Editing Parlophone (section)

===EMI years and initial success===
[[File:Carl_Lindstrom_Parlophone_ad.jpg|right|120px|"Parlophon" ad from 1927, Berlin]]

In 1927, the [[Columbia Graphophone Company]] acquired a controlling interest in the Carl Lindström Company, including Parlophone.<ref name="about" /> Parlophone became a subsidiary of Electric & Musical Industries ([[EMI]]), after Columbia Graphophone merged with the [[Gramophone Company]] in 1931.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/616485.stm |title=BUSINESS {{!}} EMI: A brief history |publisher=BBC News |access-date=2 August 2018 |date=24 January 2000}}</ref>

In 1950, Oscar Preuss hired producer [[George Martin]] as his assistant. When Preuss retired in 1955, Martin succeeded him as Parlophone's manager. Parlophone specialized in mainly classical music, cast recordings, and regional British music,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/bobbyowsinski/2016/03/14/how-george-martin-changed-the-finances-of-the-record-business/ |title=How George Martin Changed The Finances Of The Record Business |last=Owsinski |first=Bobby |work=Forbes |access-date=2 August 2018 |date=14 March 2016}}</ref> but Martin also expanded the reach into novelty and comedy records. One notable example is ''The Best of Sellers'', a collection of sketches and comic songs by [[Peter Sellers]] undertaken in the guise of a variety of comic characters.<ref>Hall, Julian (2006). [https://books.google.com/books?id=nfi4GcEUWtwC ''The Rough Guide to British Cult Comedy'']. London: Rough Guides. {{ISBN|978-1-84353-618-5}}.</ref> It reached number three in the [[UK Albums Chart]] in 1958. Others include the albums of the comedy music double act [[Flanders and Swann]]. Musicians signed to the label included [[Humphrey Lyttelton]] and [[the Vipers Skiffle Group]].<ref name="Frame2011">{{cite book |last=Frame |first=Pete |title=The Restless Generation: How Rock Music Changed the Face of 1950s Britain |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5-SaAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT616 |access-date=26 December 2018|date=4 November 2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-0-85712-713-6|pages=616–}}</ref>

A consistently successful act for Parlophone was teen idol [[Adam Faith]], who was signed to the label in 1959.<ref name="Thompson2008">{{cite book|last=Thompson|first=Gordon |title=Please Please Me: Sixties British Pop, Inside Out |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IcFBLtl7sq8C&pg=PA291|access-date=26 December 2018|date=10 September 2008|publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-971555-8 |pages=291–}}</ref> The label gained significant popularity in 1962 when Martin signed Liverpool band [[the Beatles]].<ref name=":0" /> Parlophone gained more attention after signing [[the Hollies]], [[Ella Fitzgerald]], and [[Gerry and the Pacemakers]] in the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ron-richards-record-producer-who-worked-with-the-beatles-the-hollies-gerry-and-the-pacemakers-and-1702080.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ron-richards-record-producer-who-worked-with-the-beatles-the-hollies-gerry-and-the-pacemakers-and-1702080.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Ron Richards: Record producer who worked with the Beatles |website=The Independent |access-date=2 August 2018 |date=11 June 2009 }}</ref> Martin left EMI/Parlophone to form Associated Independent Recording ([[Associated Independent Recording|AIR]]) Studios in 1965.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.businessinsider.com.au/pictures-an-australian-photographer-was-in-george-martins-abandoned-air-studio-the-week-martin-died-2016-3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316191159/http://www.businessinsider.com.au/pictures-an-australian-photographer-was-in-george-martins-abandoned-air-studio-the-week-martin-died-2016-3 |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 March 2016 |title=A photographer was in George Martin's abandoned AIR studio the week he died |last=Farquhar |first=Peter |date=14 March 2016 |work=Business Insider Australia |access-date=2 August 2018}}</ref> [[Norman Smith (record producer)|Norman Smith]] took over as Parlophone director, though EMI chairman Sir [[Joseph Lockwood]] unsuccessfully attempted to recruit [[Joe Meek]] for the job.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Womack |first1=Kenneth |title=Sound Pictures: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin, The Later Years, 1966–2016 |date=4 September 2018 |publisher=Chicago Review Press |isbn=978-0-912777-77-1 |page=26 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qghODwAAQBAJ |access-date=23 September 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

Parlophone became dormant (except for Beatles reissues) in 1973 when most of EMI's heritage labels were phased out in favour of [[EMI Records]],<ref name="launch">{{cite web|title=EMI Label Launch Spurs Logo Plan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NQkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA53 |website=Google Books |publisher=Billboard/Nielsen Business Media |access-date=1 March 2013 |date=3 February 1973}}</ref> only to be revived in 1980.<ref name="ATV">{{cite web|title=ATV Northern Developing Production Ties to EMI |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jiQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT57 |website=Google Books |publisher=Billboard/Nielsen Business Media |access-date=1 March 2013 |date=13 September 1980 }}</ref> The first single released on the revived label was by British group The Cheaters (Parlophone – R6041).<ref>[https://www.discogs.com/release/3284659-The-Cheaters-Nuthin-Ever-Happens-On-Saturday "Nuthin' Ever Happens On Saturday"]</ref> During the next decades the label signed [[Pet Shop Boys]], [[Duran Duran]], [[Roxette]], [[Radiohead]], [[Supergrass]], [[Guy Berryman]], [[the Chemical Brothers]], [[Blur (band)|Blur]], [[Coldplay]], [[Kylie Minogue]], [[Damon Albarn]], [[Conor Maynard]], [[Gabrielle Aplin]], and [[Gorillaz]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/warner-music-group-integrates-parlophone-667019 |title=Warner Music Group Integrates Parlophone Roster, Including Coldplay, David Guetta and Pink Floyd |work=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=2 August 2018 |date=19 December 2013}}</ref>{{Citation needed|date=August 2018}}

On 23 April 2008, [[Miles Leonard]] was confirmed as the label's president.<ref name="musicweek">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1033997 |title=EMI Rings Changes |magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=23 April 2008 |access-date=16 February 2011}}</ref>