Elektra Records

Elektra Records was a record label started in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickholt, who both invested $300. It was acquired by Kinney National Company in 1970, along with Holzman's Nonesuch Records, for $10 million. Soon afterwards Kinney consolidated their label holdings under the Warner Communications umbrella. Holzman remained in charge until 1972, when Asylum Records and Elektra were combined and Asylum's director (David Geffen) was put in charge. Holzman went on to start Discovery Records.

Artists

• 10,000 Maniacs
• AC/DC
• Atomic Rooster
• The Afghan Whigs
• Bad Company
• The Beautiful South
• Better Than Ezra
• Blaque
• Blindside
• Björk
• Karla Bonoff
• Bread
• The Breeders
• Jackson Browne
• Buffalo Springfield
• Busta Rhymes
• The Call
• The Cars
• Harry Chapin
• Tracy Chapman
• Natalie Cole
• Judy Collins
• The Cure
• Dokken
• The Doors
• Down
• Dream Theater
• The Eagles
• Missy Elliott
• Emmylou Harris
• Faster Pussycat
• Glenn Frey
• Jimmie Dale Gilmore
• Nanci Griffith
• Sara Hickman
• Hoodoo Gurus Rock
• The Housemartins
• Huey Lewis and the News
• Colin James
• Etta James
• Jet
• Howard Jones
• Ben E. King
• Ziggy Marley
• Marvelous 3
• MC5
• Sergio Mendes
• Natalie Merchant
• Metallica
• Joni Mitchell
• Moby
• Mötley Crüe
• Jason Mraz
• Nada Surf
• Phil Ochs
• Ol' Dirty Bastard
• Old 97's
• Pantera
• Teddy Pendergrass
• Phish
• Pixies
• The Pogues
• Leon Redbone
• Linda Ronstadt
• Tom Rush
• Patrice Rushen
• David Sanborn
• Georgia Satellites
• Peter Schilling
• Carly Simon
• Nina Simone
• Simply Red
• The Sisters of Mercy
• Phoebe Snow
• Staind
• Dave Stewart
• The Stooges
• The Sugarcubes
• Keith Sweat
• Sweetwater
• Tangerine Dream
• Television
• They Might Be Giants
• Third Eye Blind
• Violent Femmes
• Tom Waits
• Grover Washington Jr.
• Ween
• X
• Yes
• Warren Zevon
• John Zorn