{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music --> | name = Tico 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 = 1948 | founder = George Goldner | 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 = <!-- origin, such as "United States" or "Turkey" --> | location = <!-- headquarters city and state --> | website = <!-- such as "{{URL|www.atlanticrecords.com}}" --> }} '''Tico Records''' was a New York City record label that was founded in 1948, and was known for 30 years as the "home of the recorded mambo".<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Contreras |first=Felix |date=October 27, 2023 |title='Hit the Bongo: The Latin Soul of Tico Records' |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2882533128 |access-date=2024-06-22 |work=Morning Edition |publisher=National Public Radio |id={{ProQuest|2882533128}} }}</ref> It was originally owned by George Goldner and later acquired by Morris Levy and incorporated into Roulette Records. It specialized in Latin music and was significant for introducing artists such as Ismael Rivera, Ray Barretto and Tito Puente. In 1974, it was sold to Fania Records and stopped issuing new releases in 1981; however, the label's extensive catalog continues to be reissued under the Tico Records name.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
Nightclub owner Goldner started Tico Records in the 1940s after realizing there was no record label dedicated to Latin ballroom dancing music.<ref name=":0" /> In 2023, a compilation album, ''Hit The Bongo! The Latin Soul Of Tico Records'', was released to celebrate the label's 75th anniversary.<ref name=":0" />
==See also== *List of record labels
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20060519123006/http://latin.discogs.com/label/Tico+Records Tico Records at Discogs.com] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080924125031/http://www.jazz.com/jazz-blog/2008/9/16/tito-puente-78s "Tito Puente: The Complete 78s (1949-1955)"] by Ted Gioia ([http://www.jazz.com Jazz.com]) *[https://archive.org/details/georgeblood?and%5B%5D=publisher:tico Tico Records] on the Internet Archive's [http://great78.archive.org/ Great 78 Project]
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Category:Tico Records Category:American record labels Category:Record labels established in 1948 Category:Record labels disestablished in 1981 Category:Latin American music record labels
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