Mercury Records (Universal Music Group)

~ Label

Annotation

History

2007 - Mercury Records re-launched in US as Division of Island Def Jam Music Group
1960 - Philips (PolyGram) acquires Mercury Records.

note: Mercury Records UK revived the use of the Mercury icon in its imprint that had formerly been in use since the label's inception until the mid-1990s.

Annotation last modified on 2014-09-08 13:19 .

Releases

Release Artist Format Tracks Date Country Catalog# Barcode
Norman Granz' Jazz At The Philharmonic Vol.5 Norman Granz' Jazz At The Philharmonic 3×10" Shellac 2 + 2 + 2
  • 1946
  • US
11030, 11031, 11032
That's My Desire / By the River Sainte Marie Frankie Laine and Mannie Klein's All Stars 10" Shellac 2
  • 1946
  • US
5007 [none]
Old Maid Boogie / Kidney Stew Blues Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson Vinyl 2
  • 1947-01
  • US
8028
Feudin' and Fightin' / Take it Back and Change it for a Boy Rex Allen 10" Vinyl 2
  • 1947-06
  • US
6049
Fool That I Am / Mean and Evil Blues Dinah Washington Vinyl 2
  • 1947-08
  • US
8050
Miranda Doaks / Chime Bells Rex Allen 10" Vinyl 2
  • 1947-12-07
  • US
6122
Goodluck Polka / Foundling Waltz Romy Gosz and His Orchestra 10" Shellac 2
  • 1947
  • US
1035 [none]
Muziky Muziky Polka / Happy Nights Romy Gosz and His Orchestra 10" Shellac 2
  • 1947
  • US
1037 [none]
Shine / We'll Be Together Again Frankie Laine Vinyl 2
  • 1947
  • US
5091
Young Man's Blues / Jungle Boogie The Bobby True Trio 10" Vinyl 2
  • 1948
  • US
5169 [none]
Blues in my Mind / Little Brown Shoes Rex Allen 10" Vinyl 2
  • 1949-07
  • US
6221
Summertime / I Didn't Know What Time It Was Charlie Parker Vinyl 2
  • 1949-11-30
  • US
11038
Charlie Parker with Strings Charlie Parker with Jimmy Carroll and His Orchestra Vinyl 6
  • 1949-11-30
  • US
[none]
You’re Breaking My Heart / Four Winds and Seven Seas Vic Damone 10" Vinyl 2
  • 1949
  • US
5271 [none]
That Lucky Old Sun Frankie Laine 10" Vinyl 2
  • 1949
  • US
5316
Tennessee Tears / Song of the Hills Rex Allen 10" Vinyl 2
  • 1949
  • US
6171
Cookie Flip Phillips, Bennie Green, Max Roach (unknown) 2
  • 1949
  • US
8908 [none]
Selected Song Favorites Eddy Howard & His Orchestra 10" Vinyl 8
  • 1949
  • US
MG 25011
Broken Down Merry-Go-Round / Tag Along Patti Page & Rex Allen Vinyl 2
  • 1950-01
  • US
6231-X45
I Stay Blue All the Time / You've Been Mistreating Me Big Bill Broonzy Vinyl 2
  • 1950-02
  • US
8160
Foggy Mountain Breakdown Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs 10" Vinyl 2
  • 1950-03-15
  • US
6247 [none]
No Mother or Dad / Foggy Mountain Breakdown Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys Vinyl 2
  • 1950-03-15
  • US
6247
Farther Along / Softly and Tenderly Patti Page & Rex Allen Vinyl 2
  • 1950-04
  • US
6258-X45
Bald Head / Hey Now, Baby Roy Byrd and His Blues Jumpers Vinyl 2
  • 1950-04
  • US
8175
Black Lace / The Cry of the Wild Goose Frankie Laine 10" Vinyl 2
  • 1950
  • US
5363
Boogie Woogie Santa Claus / The Tennessee Waltz Patti Page 10" Vinyl 2
  • 1950
  • US
5534
Rock Around the Clock / Fine as Wine Hal Singer Vinyl 2
  • 1950
  • US
8196
Charlie Parker with Strings Charlie Parker 10" Vinyl 6
  • 1950
  • US
MC-C-101, MG 35010
Frankie Laine Sings for Us: Songs for People Together Frankie Laine 12" Vinyl 12
  • 1950
  • US
MG 20083 [none]
Songs Patti Page 10" Vinyl 8
  • 1950
    		MG-25059
    Piano Solos Bud Powell 10" Vinyl 6
    • 1950
    • US
    		MG 35012
    Bud Powell's Moods Bud Powell Vinyl 10
    • 1950
    • US
    		MG C-610
    Tag-A-Long / Soft and Tenderly Patti Page & Rex Allen Vinyl 2
    • 1951-02
    • US
    		5592-X45
    The Old Organ Grinder / You're Everybody's Sweetheart Al Trace 10" Vinyl 2
    • 1951
    • US
    		5652 [none]
    Christmas with Patti Page Patti Page (unknown) 8
    • 1951
    • US
    		MG 25109
    Folk Song Favorites Patti Page 10" Vinyl 8
    • 1951
      		MG-25109
      Piano Solos Bud Powell 10" Vinyl 8
      • 1951
      • US
      		MG C-507
      Charlie Parker with Strings Charlie Parker 10" Vinyl 6
      • 1951
      • US
      		MG C-509
      Pike County Breakdown / Old Salty Dog Blues Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys Vinyl 2
      • 1952-05
      • US
      		6396
      Pike County Breakdown / Old Salty Dog Blues Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys Vinyl 2
      • 1952-05
      • US
      		6396X45
      Mad About the Boy / I Can’t Face the Music Dinah Washington 7" Vinyl 2
      • 1952-06
      • US
      		5842
      Release Me / Wedding Bells Patti Page & Rusty Draper Vinyl 2
      • 1952-07
      • US
      		5895x45
      Night and Day / I Can't Get Started Charlie Parker 10" Vinyl 2
      • 1952
      • US
      		11096 [none]
      Kiss of Fire / A Lasting Thing Georgia Gibbs 7" Vinyl 2
      • 1952
      • US
      		5823-X45
      You Belong to Me / You're an Angel on Outside Sue Thompson Vinyl 2
      • 1952
      • US
      		6407
      Blazing Ballads Dinah Washington 10" Vinyl 8
      • 1952
      • US
      		MG 25140
      Tennessee Waltz Patti Page Vinyl 8
      • 1952
      • US
      		MG 25154
      Collates Roy Eldridge Vinyl 8
      • 1952
      • US
      		MGC-113
      Bird and Diz Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie 10" Vinyl 8
      • 1952
      • US
      		MG C-512
      Lover Come Back to Me / Yesterdays Billie Holiday 10" Vinyl 2
      • 1953-03
      • US
      		89037 [none]
      (How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window? / My Jealous Eyes Patti Page with Orchestra Conducted by Jack Rael 7" Vinyl 2
      • 1953
      • US
      		70070-X45 [none]
      House of Blues / I'll Never Let You Go Ray Johnson Vinyl 2
      • 1953
      • US
      		70203
      Silent Night Dinah Washington (unknown) 2
      • 1953
      • US
      		70263x45
      The Breeze and I / To Love You (Italia mia) Vic Damone 7" Vinyl 2
      • 1954
      • US
      		70287-X45 [none]
      Until You Came to Me / The Sparrow Sings Vic Damone 7" Vinyl 2
      • 1954
      • US
      		70326X45 [none]
      Trying to Get to You / Please, Please The Eagles Vinyl 2
      • 1954
      • US
      		70391
      Sh-Boom / I Spoke Too Soon The Crew-Cuts Vinyl 2
      • 1954
      • US
      		70404
      Sh-Boom / I Spoke Too Soon The Crew-Cuts 7" Vinyl 2
      • 1954
      • US
      		70404X45
      Well Do It / It Used to Hurt Me Ella Johnson 7" Vinyl 2
      • 1954
      • US
      		70459 [none]
      Bongo Guitar / Kiss Crazy Baby Ralph Marterie & His Orchestra Vinyl 2
      • 1954
      • US
      		70482-X45
      The Divine Sarah Sings Sarah Vaughan 7" Vinyl 4
      • 1954
      • US
      		EP-1-3304 [none]
      Confess Patti Page Vinyl 4
      • 1954
      • US
      		MEP 14011
      I've Got It Bad and That Ain't Good Patti Page Vinyl 4
      • 1954
      • FR
      		MEP 14027
      Mr. Sandman / Rock-A-Beatin' Boogie Buddy Morrow and His Orchestra 7" Vinyl 2
      • 1954
      • US
      		YW11026 [none]
      The Great Pretender The Platters 10" Shellac 2
      • 1955-11-03
      • US
      		70753 [none]
      The Great Pretender The Platters 7" Vinyl 2
      • 1955-11-03
      • US
      		70753X45 [none]
      Por favor / Born to Sing the Blues Vic Damone 7" Vinyl 2
      • 1955-11
      • US
      		70699X45 [none]
      Moritat / I’ll Be With You in Apple Blossom Time Richard Hayman & Jan August 7" Vinyl 2
      • 1955-12-30
      • CA
      		70781X45 [none]
      Poppa Poppadopolis / Chow Mein The Gaylords Vinyl 2
      • 1955
      • US
      		70543
      Poppa Poppadopolis / Chow Mein The Gaylords Vinyl 2
      • 1955
      • US
      		70543X45
      Dance With Me Henry (Wallflower) / Every Road Must Have a Turning Georgia Gibbs 7" Vinyl 2
      • 1955
      • US
      		70572-X45 [none]
      Alright, Okay, You Win / If You Would Only Say You're Sorry Ella Johnson Vinyl 2
      • 1955
      • US
      		70580
      The House of Blue Lights / Can’t Help Wonderin’ Chuck Miller 7" Vinyl 2
      • 1955
      • US
      		70627X45 [none]
      The House of Blue Lights / Can’t Help Wonderin’ Chuck Miller 7" Vinyl 2
      • 1955
      • US
      		70627-X45 [none]
      It's Obdacious Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra 7" Vinyl 2
      • 1955
      • US
      		70695X45 [none]
      Rice / The Impatient Years Kitty White 7" Vinyl 2
      • 1955
      • US
      		70704X45 [none]
      Cry Me a River / Out of This World Kitty White 7" Vinyl 2
      • 1955
      • US
      		70722X45 [none]
      Never / C’est la vie Sarah Vaughan with Hugo Peretti and His Orchestra 7" Vinyl 2
      • 1955
      • US
      		70727X45 [none]
      Never / C’est la vie Sarah Vaughan with Hugo Peretti and His Orchestra 7" Vinyl 2
      • 1955
      • US
      		70727X45 [none]
      Mambo Moves Garner Erroll Garner 12" Vinyl 9
      • 1955
      • US
      		MG-20055 [none]
      Songs By Anna Maria Alberghetti Anna Maria Alberghetti 12" Vinyl 12
      • 1955
      • US
      		MG 20056
      Cinerama Holiday (original release) Morton Gould 12" Vinyl 15
      • 1955
      • US
      		MG 20059 [none]
      Solitaire Erroll Garner 12" Vinyl 7
      • 1955
      • US
      		MG 20063
      Waltzes, Wine and Candlelight David Carroll and His Orchestra 12" Vinyl 12
      • 1955
      • US
      		MG 20086
      The Voices of Patti Page Patti Page 12" Vinyl 12
      • 1955
      • US
      		MG 20100
      The Greatest Thing / Rock Right Georgia Gibbs 7" Vinyl 2
      • 1956-02-09
      • US
      		70811x45 [none]
      Rockin' Daddy / I've Got a Woman Eddie Bond & The Stompers 7" Vinyl 2
      • 1956-03-15
        		70826
        Cat on a Hot Tin Roof / The First Time Dinah Washington with Hal Mooney and His Orchestra 7" Vinyl 2
        • 1956-04-26
        • US
        		70868X45 [none]
        Allegheny Moon / The Strangest Romance Patti Page with Orchestra Conducted by Vic Schoen 7" Vinyl 2
        • 1956-05-14
        • US
        		70878X45 [none]
        My Prayer / Heaven on Earth The Platters 7" Vinyl 2
        • 1956-06-06
        • US
        		70893X45 [none]
        Mercury 70921X45 Rusty Draper Vinyl 2
        • 1956-07-13
        • US
        		70921X45
        You'll Never Never Know / It Isn't Right The Platters 7" Vinyl 2
        • 1956-08-17
        • US
        		70948X45
        One in a Million / On My Word of Honor The Platters 7" Vinyl 2
        • 1956-11-15
        • US
        		71011X45 [none]
        Rock 'n' Roll Various Artists Vinyl 4
        • 1956
        • FR
        		14176
        Held for Questioning / Forty Two Rusty Draper Vinyl 2
        • 1956
        • US
        		70818
        Plain Gold Ring / As Children Do Kitty White 7" Vinyl 2
        • 1956
        • US
        		70925X45 [none]
        Petticoats of Portugal Florian Zabach 7" Vinyl 2
        • 1956
        • US
        		70975x45 [none]
        I'm Getting Sentimental Over You Patti Page Vinyl 4
        • 1956
        • FR
        		MEP 14114
        Songs by Frankie Laine Frankie Laine 12" Vinyl 12
        • 1956
        • US
        		MG 20069
        Page 4 Patti Page 12" Vinyl 12
        • 1956
        • US
        		MG-20101