Polydor began as a record division of German-based Deutsche Grammaphon Gesellschaft.  The latter had been established by Emile Berliner in 1898.  In 1956, Polydor extended its operations to the UK.  The early 1960's saw releases like 'Beat Boys' from The Beatles.  Other record labels joined Polydor and included the Track label which had signed up big name artists like Jimi Hendrix and The Who.  The Bee Gees got signed up with Polydor after the founder of the Creation label, Robert Stigwood got the group over.  Stigwood had been very much associated with Polydor.  Polydor were able to distribute records on the RSO label from Stigwood and these included the huge musical releases that were 'Grease' and 'Saturday Night Fever'.  Through its A&R label, Polydor signed up other big name artists like The New Seekers and Slade.  Through its MGM label, Polydor signed up the highly popular Osmonds.  In the 1970s there was the merge of Polydor with Philips to form Polygram.  A whole host of other great music artists have signed up with Polydor.  Through the 80's artists like Roxy Music and Level 42 came along.  Cathy Dennis, The Moody Blues and Wonder Stuff were other big names and of course, of recent times, Boyzone, Stephen Gately and Ronan Keating.

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