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| founded = 1947 | founder = Lew Chudd | distributor = Capitol Music Group | genre = (historic) various (current) Urban | country = United States | url = http://www.imperialrecords.com/ http://www.myspace.com/imperialrecords }} Imperial Records is a United States based label started in 1947 by Lewis Robert Chudd (1911–1998) and reactivated in 2006 by EMI which owned the label and back catalogue at that time. The current label owner is Universal Music Group. ==The independent and Liberty Records years== Upon its formation in Los Angeles in 1947, Imperial focused on the release of rhythm & blues/R&B, country, and Mexican music including recordings by such R&B artists as Fats Domino, Frankie Ford, and Ricky Nelson as well as those by yodeling country singer Slim Whitman. In the United Kingdom, Imperial was distributed by London Records. Imperial expanded its operations by purchasing Aladdin Records in 1960 and Minit Records in 1963 (having distributed Minit since 1960). Throughout the 1950s, Imperial was one of the primary labels issuing a vast quantity of R&B from New Orleans, though their involvement with producer, writer Dave Bartholomew, and later in the 1960s with their distribution and of the independent Minit Records (and purchase, a few years later). Later in 1963 after Imperial lost Fats Domino and Ricky Nelson to rival labels, Chudd sold the label to Liberty Records. Under Liberty's management, the label enjoyed success from such artists as holdover Irma Thomas as well as Johnny Rivers, Jackie DeShannon, Classics IV and Cher. During the British Invasion years, Liberty (whose recordings were distributed by EMI in the UK) licensed artists including the Hollies, Billy J. Kramer with the Dakotas and the Swinging Blue Jeans from EMI for release on the Imperial label. Recordings by Liberty UK act the Bonzo Dog Band and Kim Fowley were issued in the USA on the Imperial label. By 1970 the label became part of Liberty's merger with United Artists Records, but was phased out shortly thereafter with its artists being transferred to United Artists. EMI acquired the Imperial Records catalogue with its acquisition of UA Records in 1979. This is not the same Imperial currently in Japan or that was a division of EMI's Dutch arm. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Imperial Records」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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