{{Short description|American record label}} {{For|the label founded by Andreas Katsambas in 1998|The End Records}} {{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music --> | name = End Records | image = <!-- logo, such as "LABEL-LOGO.jpg" --> | image_size = <!-- size --> | image_alt = <!-- WP:ALT text describing the image --> | caption = <!-- a caption for the image --> | parent = <!-- parent company, such as "Warner Music Group" --> | founded = 1957 | founder = <!-- name of founders, separated by using commas, {{Flatlist}} or {{Hlist}} --> | defunct = <!-- year the label dissolved, such as {{end date|1990}} --> | status = <!-- leave blank unless "Inactive" --> | distributor = <!-- distributors, separated by using commas, {{Flatlist}} or {{Hlist}} --> | genre = <!-- such as "World" or "Various", separated by using commas, {{Flatlist}} or {{Hlist}} --> | country = United States | location = <!-- headquarters city and state --> | website = <!-- such as "{{URL|www.atlanticrecords.com}}" --> }}
'''End Records''' was a record label founded in 1957 by George Goldner.<ref>{{cite book |title= American Bandstand: Dick Clark and the Making of a Rock 'n' Roll Empire|last= Jackson|first= John A.|year= 1997|publisher= Oxford University Press|location= New York|isbn= 0-19-513089-8|page= 96|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=wj0UAQAAIAAJ&q=%22end+records%22+George+Goldner|accessdate= October 13, 2011}}</ref> In 1962 the label was acquired by Morris Levy and incorporated into Roulette Records.<ref>{{cite magazine |date= July 7, 1962|title= Roulette Unveils Billing Plan; Absorbs Gone and End Records|magazine=Billboard|page=22|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=khcEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22|accessdate= October 13, 2011}}</ref> Among its more successful recording acts were the Flamingos, the Chantels, and Little Anthony and the Imperials; it also recorded singles by Marilyn Monroe and Wilt Chamberlain. In 1988 Roulette was purchased by Rhino Records,<ref>{{cite book |title= Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound|last= Benson|first= Carl|editor1-first= Frank|editor1-last= Hoffman|edition= Second|volume= 1 (A-L)|year= 2005|publisher= Routledge|location= New York|isbn= 0-415-93835-X|page= 609|chapter= Levy, Morris|chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=xV6tghvO0oMC&pg=PA609|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=xV6tghvO0oMC|accessdate= October 13, 2011}}</ref> and Rhino in turn was sold in the 1990s to what is now the Warner Music Group, which currently owns the End Records archives.
==See also== * List of record labels
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