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Polygon Records was one of the first British
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....
 independent record labels.

It was started in 1949
1949 in music

Events*December 24 - At the start of the Holy Year, Charles Gounod's Inno e Marcia Pontificale is adopted as the new papal anthem.*December 29 - Les Paul and Mary Ford marry....
 as the Polygon Record Company Ltd. by Alan A. Freeman
Alan A. Freeman

Alan A. Freeman is an United Kingdom record producer, most known for being Petula Clark's producer from 1949 until 1963, when his role was taken over by Tony Hatch....
 and Leslie Clark, who was anxious to control distribution of his daughter 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....
's recordings. (Those associated with it fondly referred to the company as "Dead Parrot Records.") The two set up offices on Grosvenor Place in the Sloane Square
Sloane Square

Sloane Square is a small hard-landscaped square on the boundaries of the fashionable London districts of Knightsbridge, Belgravia and Chelsea, London, located southwest of Charing Cross....
 section of London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, and arranged Clark's first recording session with Ron Goodwin
Ron Goodwin

Ronald Alfred Goodwin was a United Kingdom composer and Conducting known for his film scores....
 and his orchestra and a vocal backing group called The Stargazers
The Stargazers

The Stargazers were a British human voice group founded in 1949 jointly by Cliff Adams and Ronnie Milne. Other original members were Marie Benson, Fred Datchler and Dick James....
.






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Polygon Records was one of the first British
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....
 independent record labels.

It was started in 1949
1949 in music

Events*December 24 - At the start of the Holy Year, Charles Gounod's Inno e Marcia Pontificale is adopted as the new papal anthem.*December 29 - Les Paul and Mary Ford marry....
 as the Polygon Record Company Ltd. by Alan A. Freeman
Alan A. Freeman

Alan A. Freeman is an United Kingdom record producer, most known for being Petula Clark's producer from 1949 until 1963, when his role was taken over by Tony Hatch....
 and Leslie Clark, who was anxious to control distribution of his daughter 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....
's recordings. (Those associated with it fondly referred to the company as "Dead Parrot Records.") The two set up offices on Grosvenor Place in the Sloane Square
Sloane Square

Sloane Square is a small hard-landscaped square on the boundaries of the fashionable London districts of Knightsbridge, Belgravia and Chelsea, London, located southwest of Charing Cross....
 section of London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, and arranged Clark's first recording session with Ron Goodwin
Ron Goodwin

Ronald Alfred Goodwin was a United Kingdom composer and Conducting known for his film scores....
 and his orchestra and a vocal backing group called The Stargazers
The Stargazers

The Stargazers were a British human voice group founded in 1949 jointly by Cliff Adams and Ronnie Milne. Other original members were Marie Benson, Fred Datchler and Dick James....
. Since Polygon's UK
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....
 distribution had not yet been set up, the first 78rpm single - "You Go to My Head" backed with "Out of a Clear Blue Sky" - was released in Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
, followed by a cover of Teresa Brewer
Teresa Brewer

Teresa Brewer was an United States pop and jazz singer who was one of the most popular female singers of the 1950s. Born Theresa Breuer in Toledo, Ohio, Brewer died of a neuromuscular disease at her home in New Rochelle at the age of 76....
's "Music! Music! Music!" backed with "Blossoms on the Bough", both on the Esquire
Esquire Records

Esquire Records is the name of two defunct record labels:*Esquire Records , founded by Carlo Krahmer, which put out jazz recordings starting with 78s in the middle to late 1940s and continued into the vinyl age to about 1960....
 label.

Oddly, the first Polygon release in the UK was not by Clark but by Louis Prima
Louis Prima

Louis Prima was an Italian American entertainer, singer, actor, songwriter, and trumpeter. Prima rode the musical trends of his time, starting with his seven-piece New Orleans style jazz band in the 1920s, then successively leading a swing combo in the 1930s, a big band in the 1940s, a Las Vegas, Nevada lounge music in the 1950s, and a pop-...
 and his orchestra. Clark's first official Polygon release was "You Are My True Love" (b/w "You're the Sweetest in the Land") in 1950. In all, she recorded more than fifty songs for the label, including a few duets with its other major artist, Jimmy Young
Jimmy Young (disc jockey)

Sir Jimmy Young CBE is a well-known former singer, United Kingdom disc jockey and radio station interviewer....
.

Near the end of 1955, Polygon was sold to Nixa Records
Nixa Records

Nixa Record Company Ltd. was founded in 1950 in music by F. H. B. Nixon. Nixa was the second company, after Decca Records, in Britain to release LP records....
, then part of Pye 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 ....
, which lead to the establishment of Pye Nixa Records. Nixa utilized a selection of Clark's Polygon tapes to release her first LP album, Petula Clark Sings.

Clark's complete Polygon catalogue is available on CD - The Polygon Years, Volume One (1950-1952) and The Polygon Years, Volume Two (1952-1955).

Notable Artists

  • 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....
  • Jimmy Young
    Jimmy Young (disc jockey)

    Sir Jimmy Young CBE is a well-known former singer, United Kingdom disc jockey and radio station interviewer....


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:...
  • Polygon Records discography
    Polygon Records discography

    An overview of the Polygon Records discography.* P. 1001 Louis Prima and his Orchestra with Keely Smith Oh Babe! / Piccolina Lena Dec-50* P. 1002 Petula Clark with the Stargazers and the Harold Smart Quartet You Are My True Love / You're The Sweetest In The Land Dec-50...