Abkco Records

Founded over 50 years ago, ABKCO Music and Records is one of the world’s leading independent entertainment companies. It is home to iconic catalog assets that include compositions and recordings by Sam Cooke, The Rolling Stones, Bobby Womack, The Animals, Herman’s Hermits, Marianne Faithfull, The Kinks as well as the Cameo Parkway masters by such artists as Chubby Checker, Bobby Rydell, Clint Eastwood, The Orlons, The Dovells, ? & The Mysterians, The Tymes and Dee Dee Sharp.



ABKCO Music actively pursues cover placements and licensing opportunities for its catalog including Susan Boyle’s worldwide multi-million selling hit album featuring the single “Wild Horses” and Bobby Womack’s “If You Think You’re Lonely Now” sampled in “We Belong Together” performed by Mariah Carey, which was named Song of the Decade 2000-2010 by Billboard Magazine. Our compositions are featured in hit television shows such as American Idol’s Rolling Stones themed show, Glee, True Blood and movies such as American Gangster which featured Bobby Womack’s “Across 110th Street”.



ABKCO Records is active on many fronts including the release of highly regarded compilations and reissues from its vast catalog. In 2009 Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out! The Rolling Stones In Concert – 40th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set and the 40th Anniversary Super Deluxe Box Set were released to five star reviews by critics and fans alike and were included in “must have” collectors lists all around the world.



Soundtrack releases include Wes Anderson’s The Darjeeling Limited and the 2010 Academy Award® nominated Fantastic Mr. Fox, the director’s first animated feature based on Roald Dahl’s book, Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief, The Men Who Stare At Goats, I Love You Beth Cooper, Post Grad, All About Steve and the soundtrack to the first season of the hit Showtime® series, Californication.



ABKCO Films has been involved with many successful movies including The Greek Tycoon starring Anthony Quinn and Jacqueline Bisset, La Grande Bouffe winner of the International Critics prize at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival and The Concert for Bangladesh featuring Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Bob Dylan and Ringo Starr. Renowned cult director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s classics El Topo and The Holy Mountain, fully restored and remastered to HD, were shown at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival (Classics section) and at the prestigious 44th New York Film Festival.



In 2003 ABKCO won a Grammy for the DVD release of Sam Cooke – Legend and the following year released the DVD of The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus to universal acclaim. Films in pre-production include a biopic on the life of Sam Cooke.



ABKCO is at the forefront of new technologies in the entertainment field and is in active development of several multi-platform projects, theatrical productions and innovative educational tools to ensure its catalog is enjoyed by generations of fans for years to come.



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