Editing Minit Records (section)

==History==
[[File:Minit Records clock logo.svg|left|thumb|Logo used from {{circa}} 1961-1963 <!--Change to gallery of all of them like [[Microsoft#Logo]] once they are done !!-->]]
[[Allen Toussaint]] was responsible for much of the label's early success, he wrote, produced, arranged and played piano on a number of tracks.<ref name="Larkin60"/> The label's first hit was Toussaint's production of "[[Ooh Poo Pah Doo|Ooh Poo Pah Doo - Part 2]]" by Jessie Hill in 1960.<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/jessie-hill|title=Jessie Hill Chart History|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> After making a distribution deal with [[Imperial Records]], the label released its biggest hit, "[[Mother-in-Law (song)|Mother-in Law]]" by [[Ernie K-Doe]] reached the top of the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and the [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|R&B singles]] chart in 1961.<ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine|date=May 22, 1969|title=Hot 100, Hot R&B Sides|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1961/Billboard%201961-05-22.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=18, 35}}</ref>

When Allen Toussaint was drafted into the Army in 1963, the hits dried up and the label was sold to Imperial.<ref name=":2" /> Banashak also owned [[Instant Records]], which he kept. Minit was acquired by [[Liberty Records]] in [[1963 in music|1963]] as part of its acquisition of Imperial Records. In 1968, Liberty was bought by [[Transamerica Corporation]] and combined with [[United Artists Records]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Tiegel|first=Eliot|date=April 6, 1968|title=Transamerica Buys Liberty for $24 Mil.|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1968/Billboard%201968-04-06.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=1}}</ref> Two years later Imperial and Minit were shut down and transferred to Liberty. In 1971, Liberty and its remaining labels (except for [[Soul City Records (American label)|Soul City]], whose catalog was sold to [[Bell Records]]) were absorbed into United Artists.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=January 23, 1971|title=UA Corp Absorbs Lines; UA Records Sole Disk Co.|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1971/Billboard%201971-01-23.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=3}}</ref> In 1979, [[EMI]] purchased United Artists. The Minit catalog is currently owned by [[Universal Music Group|UMG]], successor-in-interest to previous owner EMI.