Editing ABC Records (section)

{{short description|US record label; imprint of ABC Records, Inc.}}
{{For|the unrelated record label of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC Music}}
{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
| name        = ABC Records
| image       = [[File:ABC Records logo.png|100px|class=skin-invert]]
| image_size  = 100px
| parent      = [[American Broadcasting Company]]
| founded     = {{start date and age|1955}}
| founder     = 
| defunct     = {{end date and age|1979}}
| status      = Sold to [[MCA Records]]: Defunct
| distributor = Self-distributed (US), [[EMI]] (international), [[Anchor Records]] (UK), [[Sparton Records]] (Canada), [[Polydor Records]] (Canada), [[GRT Records|GRT]] (Canada)
| genre       = Various
| country     = United States
| location    = New York City
| url         = 
}}

'''ABC Records''' was an American record label founded in [[New York City]] in 1955. It originated as the main popular music label operated by the Am-Par Record Corporation. Am-Par also created the [[Impulse! Records|Impulse!]] jazz label in 1960. It acquired many labels before ABC was sold to [[MCA Records]] in 1979. ABC produced music in a variety of genres: [[Pop music|pop]], [[Rock and roll|rock]], [[jazz]], [[Country music|country]], [[rhythm and blues]], [[Soundtrack album|soundtrack]], [[Gospel music|gospel]], and [[polka]]. In addition to producing records, ABC licensed masters from independent record producers, and purchased regionally released records for national distribution.

The label was initially called '''Am-Par Records''' (1955), but quickly changed to '''ABC-Paramount Records''' (1955–1966), and then renamed '''ABC Records''' in 1966.<ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine|date=September 24, 1955|title=Am-Par Alters Label Name to ABC-Param't|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DCMEAAAAMBAJ&q=Am-Par+records+billboard+1955&pg=PA11|magazine=Billboard|pages=11}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine|date=June 18, 1966|title=ABC-Paramount Is Now abc Records|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0igEAAAAMBAJ&q=ABC+Records+1966+billboard&pg=PA3|magazine=Billboard|pages=3}}</ref>