Musicor Records was a New York City based record label, active during the 1960s and 1970s. The label was founded by legendary A&R man Art Talmadge after the sale of Mercury Records, which he co-founded some years earlier. This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Mercury Records was a record label founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1945 by Irving Green, Berle Adams and Arthur Talmadge. ...

Musicor's best-selling arists ran the gamut of genres: pop star Gene Pitney, Bethea Harmon, Puerto Rican sensation Tito Rodriguez, middle-of-the-road orchestra leader Hugo Winterhalter, cross-over vocal group The Platters, and country music singer George Jones. Look up pop in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Gene Francis Alan Pitney (February 17, 1940 – April 5, 2006) was an American singer and songwriter. ... Tito Rodríguez a. ... Hugo Winterhalter (August, 1909 - September 17, 1973) was a popular American musician. ... The Platters was a successful vocal group of the early rock and roll era. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... George Glenn Jones (born September 12, 1931), is an American country music artist known for his distinctive voice and phrasing that frequently evoke the raw emotions caused by grief, unhappy love, and emotional hardship. ...

Musicor produced some of the earliest recordings featuring the Moog Synthesizer. The one-hit wonder, Hot Butter, scored a hit for the label with the song "Popcorn." The Electric Moog Orchestra was also on the Musicor roster, specializing in synthesized versions of John Williams music. Popcorn is a reasonably famous early synthpop instrumental. ...

See also

• List of record labels