Monument Records
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Monument Records is an American record label in Washington, D.C. named for the Washington Monument, founded in 1958 by Fred Foster, Buddy Deane (a prominent Baltimore disc jockey at WTTG), and business manager Jack Kirby. Buddy Deane soon left the company, and in the early '60s bought KOTN in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, where he lived in retirement until his death. Foster and Kirby relocated to the Nashville suburb of Hendersonville, Tennessee. Monument's releases include a variety of genres including rock and roll, country, jazz, and rhythm and blues.
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Monument Records | |
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Parent company | Sony Music Entertainment |
Founded | 1958; 66 years ago (1958) |
Founder | Fred Foster Buddy Deane Jack Kirby |
Genre | Various |
Country of origin | U.S. |
Official website | monument-records |
Sony Music revived the Monument label in 2017 in a joint venture with manager Jason Owen and songwriter/producer Shane McAnally, both serving as co-presidents.[1]