Fontana Records
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Fontana Records is a record label which was started in the fifties, as a subsidiary of the Dutch Philips Records. When Philips restructured its music operations it dropped Fontana in favour of Vertigo Records and Mercury Records. In the seventies PolyGram acquired the dormant label.
Fontana's U.S. counterpart label was started in 1964 and distributed by Mercury Records. Among the hitmakers were: Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders, The Troggs, The New Vaudeville Band, and Steam, all of whom had #1 hits on the label. Mercury discontinued this label (and its other subsidiary, Smash) in 1970.
Fontana was revived in the 1980s and is currently an active division of Mercury Records.
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