Bang Records | |
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Parent company | Columbia Records (1979-82) |
Founded | 1965 |
Founder | Bert Berns |
Defunct | 1982 |
Distributor(s) | Atlantic Records (1965-66) independent (1966-78) CBS Records (1979-82)[1] |
Country of origin | United States |
Location | New York City, New York |
Bang Records was created by Bert Berns in 1965 together with his partners from Atlantic Records: Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun and Jerry Wexler.[2] The first letters of their names (Bert, Ahmet, Nesuhi, Gerald) formed the label's name.