Victor Records

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:record_label
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Victor_Talking_Machine_Company
gptkbp:catalogue V-
gptkbp:ceased_operations 1929
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:distributedBy RCA Victor
gptkbp:foundedBy Eldridge R. Johnson
gptkbp:foundedYear 1901
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Camden,_New_Jersey
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Victor Records
gptkbp:industry gptkb:music
gptkbp:logo His Master's Voice
gptkbp:mergedInto RCA Victor
gptkbp:notableArtist gptkb:Duke_Ellington
gptkb:Enrico_Caruso
gptkb:Sergei_Rachmaninoff
gptkb:Jascha_Heifetz
gptkb:Heifetz-Piatigorsky_Concerts
Arturo Toscanini
Benny Goodman
Fats Waller
Glenn Miller
Jelly Roll Morton
Paul Whiteman
gptkbp:notableEmployee gptkb:Ralph_Peer
gptkb:Fred_Gaisberg
gptkb:Nathaniel_Shilkret
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Bristol_Sessions
Caruso's first recording (1902)
acquisition by RCA (1929)
first jazz recordings (1917)
introduction of electrical recording (1925)
launch of Victrola (1906)
gptkbp:notableRecording gptkb:Benny_Goodman's_1938_Carnegie_Hall_concert
gptkb:Duke_Ellington's_"Mood_Indigo"
gptkb:Glenn_Miller's_"In_the_Mood"
gptkb:Jelly_Roll_Morton's_Red_Hot_Peppers_sessions
gptkb:Paul_Whiteman's_"Whispering"
Mamie Smith's "Crazy Blues"
Enrico Caruso's opera recordings
gptkbp:notableSeries gptkb:Bluebird
gptkb:Black_Label
gptkb:Gold_Band
gptkb:Orthophonic
gptkb:Purple_Label
gptkb:Red_Seal
gptkb:Scroll_Label
gptkb:Victor_Monarch_Record
gptkb:Victor_Special_Record
Orthophonic Victrola
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:RCA
gptkbp:product gptkb:Victrola_phonograph
78 rpm records
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gptkb:Black_and_Tan_Fantasy
gptkb:Creole_Love_Call
gptkb:Harlem_Air_Shaft
gptkb:Take_the_'A'_Train
gptkb:The_Mooche
gptkb:Ruth_Etting
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5