MGM Records

MGM Records was a record label started by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio in 1946, for the purpose of releasing soundtrack albums of their musical films. Later it became a pop label, lasting into the 1970s. A sucessor company, MGM Music, was established in 2008 under MGM. Their first soundtrack was of Till the Clouds Roll By, based on the life of composer Jerome Kern. The album was originally issued as a set of four 10-inch 78-rpm records. As... more
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