AB Disques | |
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Parent company | AB Groupe |
Founded | 1991 |
Status | Active |
Country of origin | France |
AB Disques is a record label created by AB Productions in 1991 to release the records of their house singers. Previously, the records produced by the company were simply stamped "AB Productions" or "AB Hits". AB Disques was one of the premier independent labels in Europe in the 1990s with artists such as Dorothée and Hélène Rollès, as well as numerous actors from sitcoms produced by AB Productions.
The AB Disques catalogue, today called "Panorama AB", consists of almost 1,200 songs, nearly all of which were written and composed by Jean-Luc Azoulay and Gérard Salesses. However, in the 1970s and 1980s, AB Productions also produced celebrities such as Arielle Dombasle and Steve Gabsi.
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