Elektra Records (or Elektra Entertainment) is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, founded in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickolt. [1] It played an important role in the development of contemporary folk and rock music between the 1950s and 1970s.

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This is a list of notable artists who have recorded for Elektra Records or any of its subsidiary labels, former or otherwise.

He is the founder of the record labels Elektra Records and Nonesuch Records. [1] Holzman helped commercially launch the CD and home video formats, as well as the pilot program which became MTV. [2] He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011.

US label founded by Jac Holzman in December, 1950, in New York City. The original parent company for the label was the Elektra-Stratford Record Corp. Elektra initially recorded folk music, ethnic music, jazz and gospel, although it later expanded into blues, pop, and rock music.

Elektra Records (Elektra Entertainment Group Inc.) is an American major record label. It is owned by Warner Music Group. Elektra Records was founded in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickolt in Holzman's St. John's College dorm room. It was …

Mar 22, 2022 · The best of an incredible catalogue from the early years of Elektra Records, one of the USA‘s most important, free and forward-thinking labels

Oct 12, 2020 · 70 years ago this month – on October 10, 1950 – 19-year-old college student Jac Holzman started a record label in his dorm room. He decided to call it Elektra after a Greek demigoddess, and turned an M on its side to create the signature E for the label’s first logo.

Mar 23, 2025 · Formed in 1950 by Jac Holzman, who initially ran it from his dormitory at St. John’s College, in Annapolis, Maryland, Elektra became one of the top folk labels alongside Vanguard, Folkways, and Prestige.