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The Electric and Musical Industries Ltd formed in March 1931 from a merger of the UK Columbia Graphophone Company and the Gramophone Company/ HMV. In 1955, to replace the loss of its long-established licensing arrangements with RCA Victor and Columbia Records, EMI entered the American market by acquiring Capitol Records.
Electric & Musical Industries changed its name to EMI Ltd in 1971 and the subsidiary Gramophone Company became EMI Records Ltd in 1973. In February 1979, EMI Ltd. acquired United Artists Records.
In October 1979 THORN Electrical Industries Ltd. merged with EMI Ltd. to form THORN EMI .
In 1989 THORN EMI bought a 50% interest in Chrysalis Records, buying the outstanding 50% in 19911991 like 2002, is a palindromic year. It also has the same calendar as 2002, including Easter on March 31. It is a common year starting on Tuesday. Events January January 2 Sharon Pratt Dixon is sworn in as mayor of Washington, DC becoming the first blac. In one of its highest-profile and most expensive acquisitions, THORN EMI took over Richard BransonSir Richard Branson (born July 18, 1950) a famed British entrepreneur, is best known for his widely successful Virgin brand, a banner that encompasses a variety of business organizations. Branson first achieved notoriety with Virgin Records, a record labe's Virgin RecordsVirgin Records is a British recording label founded by British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson and Nik Powell in 1972 after a period of selling discount records via their small shop in London. The first release on the label was the classic progressive ro in 1992.
On August 16, 1996, THORN EMI shareholders voted in favour of demerger proposals. The resulting media company has since been known by the name EMI Group PLC.
Under the control of Sir Louis Sterling , EMI opened the legendary Abbey Road StudiosAbbey Road Studios created in November of 1931 by EMI in London, England, is best known as the legendary recording studio used by the rock bands, Cliff Richard and the Shadows and The Beatles. The studios are located in Abbey Road, in Camden. Studio Two a in LondonLondon is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England, and with over seven million inhabitants in the Greater London area, is the second-most populous conurbation in Europe (after Moscow). From being Londinium the capital of the Roman province of Bri, EnglandEngland is the largest, the most populous, and the most densely populated of the four " Home Nations" which make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). Occupying the south-eastern portion of the island of Great Britain, England in NovemberNovember is also the letter N in the NATO phonetic alphabet. November is the eleventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 30 days. From the Latin novem for " nine". It was originally the ninth month of the year in the early Roman calendar, w 1931.