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Atco Records was founded in August 1955 as a
division of Atlantic
Records. It was devised as an outlet for productions by one of
Atlantic's founders, Herb Abramson, who had returned to the company
from military service. It was also intended as a home for acts that did
not fit the format of Atlantic, which at the time was only releasing
blues, jazz, and R&B/soul. The Atco name is simply an abbreviation
of ATlantic COrporation.
In 1964 Atco released a single in the United States by The Beatles,
"Ain't She Sweet"; (flip side "Nobody's Child," with lead singer Tony
Sheridan), which had been recorded in Hamburg in 1961.(from "Wikipedia")
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