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It began its life as Carnival Records in 1961, but after problems with an existing record label of that name, Alpert and Moss changed the name to "A&M."

A&M releases were issued in the United Kingdom by Pye Records until 1967, when it began doing its own distribution. A&M has, in fact, a long history of distributing records for other labels, including Dark Horse Records ( 1974– 1976), IRS Records ( 1979– 1985), Windham Hill Records ( 1982– 1985), Gold Mountain RecordsGold Mountain Records was a record label that was distributed by A&M Records between 1983 and 1985 and fromoff 1985 they are distributed by MCA Records Gold Mountain Records changed its name in 1989 to Gold Castle Records. See also List of record labels R ( 1983Events January January 1 Beat Raaflaub became Basel Boys Choir's new conductor January 1 the ARPANET officially changes to use the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet. January 1 compulsory wearing of seat belts becomes law in the UK. January 2 The mu– 1985), and Cypress RecordsCypress Records is a record label which is distributed by A&M Records. See also List of record labels Record labels. (since 19861986 is a common year starting on Wednesday. Events January January 1 Spain and Portugal enter the European Community January 1 Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands and is separated from the Netherlands Antilles. January 9 After losing a pa.) A&M also distributed Ode RecordsOde Records was started by Lou Adler in 1967 after he sold Dunhill Records to ABC Records. Ode records was later purchased by A&M Records. Distributed between 1967 and 1969 by CBS Records, between 1970 and 1976 distributed by A&M Records, fromoff 1976 aga and purchased Shelter RecordsShelter Records is started by Leon Russell, later purchased by A&M Records. See also List of record labels Record labels..

A&M was sold to PolyGramPolyGram was the name from 1972 of the major label recording company started by Philips as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. In 1998, it was sold to Seagram and made part of Universal Music. Hollandsche Decca Distributie (HDD), 1929-1950 in 1989 for about half a billion dollars. It is now a part of the Interscope Records group, which also includes Geffen Records. Interscope is in turn part of Universal Music Group which is owned by the French water company Vivendi.

From 1966 to 1999, the studio was located on the grounds of the Charlie Chaplin studio.