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Disques Vogue was founded in France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 in 1947
1947 in music

Events*August 7 - Carlo Bergonzi makes his professional debut as Schaunard in La Boh?me at the Arena Argentina in Catania.*October - Enrico De Angelis leaves Quartetto Cetra to join the army....
, the same year that the USA Vogue closed shop. They originally specialized in jazz
Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
 recordings, featuring such artists as Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet

Sidney Bechet was an American jazz saxophone, clarinetist, and composer.He was one of the first important soloists in jazz , and was perhaps the first notable jazz saxophonist of any sort....
, Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt

Jean-Baptiste "Django" Reinhardt was a Belgian Gypsy jazz guitarist.One of the first prominent European jazz musicians, Reinhardt remains one of the most renowned jazz guitarists due to his innovative and distinctive playing....
, Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie [/g?'l?spi/] was an United States jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and composer. He was born in Cheraw, South Carolina, the youngest of nine children....
, Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton

Lionel Leo Hampton , was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor. Like Red Norvo, he was one of the first jazz vibraphone players....
, and Errol Garner. In the late 1950s Vogue expanded into pop music
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
, recording Petula Clark
Petula Clark

Petula Clark, Order of the British Empire , is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades.Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II....
 and other popular singers of the era. In the 1960s and early 1970s the label boasted Jacques Dutronc
Jacques Dutronc

Jacques Dutronc is a France singer, composer, and actor. He has been married to singer Fran?oise Hardy since March 30 1981, with whom he had a son ....
 and Françoise Hardy
Françoise Hardy

Fran?oise Madeleine Hardy ) is a France singer, actor and astrologer. Hardy is an iconic figure in fashion, music style and personality in the Francophile world....
. They later licensed recordings by ABBA
ABBA

ABBA were a Sweden pop music group. The band consisted of Agnetha F?ltskog, Benny Andersson, Bj?rn Ulvaeus and Anni-Frid Lyngstad . They topped the charts worldwide from the mid-1970s in music to the early 1980s in music....
 for release in Belgium and France.

The label's United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 sister label was Pye Nixa Records
Pye Records

Pye Records is a United Kingdom record label. In its first incarnation, Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , and Brotherhood of Man ....
.






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Disques Vogue was founded in France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 in 1947
1947 in music

Events*August 7 - Carlo Bergonzi makes his professional debut as Schaunard in La Boh?me at the Arena Argentina in Catania.*October - Enrico De Angelis leaves Quartetto Cetra to join the army....
, the same year that the USA Vogue closed shop. They originally specialized in jazz
Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
 recordings, featuring such artists as Sidney Bechet
Sidney Bechet

Sidney Bechet was an American jazz saxophone, clarinetist, and composer.He was one of the first important soloists in jazz , and was perhaps the first notable jazz saxophonist of any sort....
, Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt

Jean-Baptiste "Django" Reinhardt was a Belgian Gypsy jazz guitarist.One of the first prominent European jazz musicians, Reinhardt remains one of the most renowned jazz guitarists due to his innovative and distinctive playing....
, Dizzy Gillespie
Dizzy Gillespie

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie [/g?'l?spi/] was an United States jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and composer. He was born in Cheraw, South Carolina, the youngest of nine children....
, Lionel Hampton
Lionel Hampton

Lionel Leo Hampton , was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor. Like Red Norvo, he was one of the first jazz vibraphone players....
, and Errol Garner. In the late 1950s Vogue expanded into pop music
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
, recording Petula Clark
Petula Clark

Petula Clark, Order of the British Empire , is an English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades.Clark's professional career began as an entertainer on BBC Radio during World War II....
 and other popular singers of the era. In the 1960s and early 1970s the label boasted Jacques Dutronc
Jacques Dutronc

Jacques Dutronc is a France singer, composer, and actor. He has been married to singer Fran?oise Hardy since March 30 1981, with whom he had a son ....
 and Françoise Hardy
Françoise Hardy

Fran?oise Madeleine Hardy ) is a France singer, actor and astrologer. Hardy is an iconic figure in fashion, music style and personality in the Francophile world....
. They later licensed recordings by ABBA
ABBA

ABBA were a Sweden pop music group. The band consisted of Agnetha F?ltskog, Benny Andersson, Bj?rn Ulvaeus and Anni-Frid Lyngstad . They topped the charts worldwide from the mid-1970s in music to the early 1980s in music....
 for release in Belgium and France.

The label's United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 sister label was Pye Nixa Records
Pye Records

Pye Records is a United Kingdom record label. In its first incarnation, Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , and Brotherhood of Man ....
. The label's catalogue is today part of Sony BMG
Sony BMG Music Entertainment

Sony BMG Music Entertainment was a global recorded music company with a roster of artists that included a broad array of both local artists and international superstars, as well as a vast catalog that comprised some of the most important recordings in history....
.

See also

  • List of record labels
    List of record labels

    This is a list of notable record labels.Owing to the large number of entries, the list has been divided by the first letter of the label's name, with labels starting with a number added to this page:...