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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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