Now one of the titans of the recording industry, the earliest recordings of Columbia Records show just how far we've come in just over 100 years.

Dolly Parton’s first record label. Parton signed with Monument Records in 1965. She actually got signed along with her uncle, Bill Owens, who was also a musician.

Paul Slade, the author of 2021’s “Black Swan Blues: The Hard Rise and Brutal Fall of America’s First Black-Owned Record Label,” said Pace relied on his charisma and vast network to help ...

Marsha Zazula, the co-founder of Metallica’s first record label Megaforce Records, died of cancer this weekend, the company announced. She was 68.

Amber Mark is the first signee to W Records, a new record label created by W Hotels. Lloyd Bishop/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images.

A small record label is reissuing what it calls the first country record. The music was first released in 1891 on a wax cylinder. And the singer on the album was a Black man from New Orleans.

The National Symphony Orchestra will launch its own record label on February 21, the orchestra announced Tuesday. The first recording of the orchestra under the direction of conductor Gianandrea ...