Legacy Recordings
Legacy Recordings is Sony Music Entertainment's catalogue label, created in 1990 after Sony acquired CBS Records. Its original role was to handle the archives of Columbia Records and Epic Records, placing it in charge of recordings associated with artists including Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Prince, Willie Nelson and David Gilmour.
The label's work is built around preserving and reissuing material from major American and international recording catalogues rather than operating as a conventional artist-development imprint. In 2004, during the Sony BMG joint venture, Legacy's archive remit expanded to include RCA Records, J Records, Windham Hill Records, Arista, LaFace, Jive and Buddah Records. This brought together music from pop, rock, soul, country, jazz and other styles under one catalogue operation.
Legacy also distributes Philadelphia International Records and the catalogue of recordings produced by Phil Spector. The label is an American Sony Music division and is unrelated to the former British independent label called Legacy Records.
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Details
- Artists
- 70
- Releases
- 207 tracked
Artists on Legacy Recordings
- Queen
- Pink Floyd
- Alicia Keys
- Prince
- Jimi Hendrix
- Paul Simon
- Le mele canterine
- David Gilmour
- Top of the Socks
- Philippe Corti
- Caravelli
- Jeff Tweedy
- Los Villancicos
- Wilco
- Claude François
- Gérard Lenorman
- Gilles Luka
- Sakura
- Tryo
- Antonello Venditti
- Françoise Hardy
- Nyusha
- Rino Gaetano
- Romany Gilmour
- The New Power Generation
- Michael Jackson
- Alain Souchon
- Alexis Rault
- Andrea Bertè
- Barry Manilow
- Bill "Jazz" Gillum
- Brownie McGhee
- CANDICE
- Claudio Baglioni
- Clay Aiken
- Darlene Love
- Edie Brickell
- Fabrizio De André
- Jake Owen
- Joe Dassin
- Jonathan Dassin
- Julio Iglesias
- Kris Bowers
- Liz Story
- Los Acústicos
- Lucio Dalla
- Marc Scalia
- Monica Naranjo
- Nick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets
- Pierre Bachelet
- Pino Daniele
- Robert Popoli
- Sheena Melwani
- Stomy Bugsy
- Teenage Dream
- The Raconteurs
- Topo Gigio
- Verdine White
- Vitamin String Quartet
- Willie Nelson
- Les Darons
- Stars for kids
- Malú
- Dean Martin
- Maestro Lorenzo
- Julian Pollack
- Katherine Larson
- MÃRDØ
- Nek
- Whitney Houston
Discography
Related Artists
- Mel Tormé
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Teddy Swims
- DMX
- The O'Jays
- Anna Lisa Graham
- Nicole Moudaber
- Lewis Capaldi
- The Jacksons
- The Shins
Related Labels
Common questions
Who is signed to Legacy Recordings?
Queen, Pink Floyd, Alicia Keys, Prince, and Jimi Hendrix all have releases on Legacy Recordings, alongside 65 other artists in the Tracknack catalogue.
How many artists are on Legacy Recordings?
Tracknack lists 70 artists with releases on Legacy Recordings. That counts everyone credited in the catalogue, not only the current roster.
How many releases does Legacy Recordings have?
Tracknack tracks 207 Legacy Recordings releases. The most recent is Vous les femmes (Pobre Diablo) (2026).
How do I follow new Legacy Recordings releases?
Follow Legacy Recordings on Tracknack and every new release is added to a Spotify playlist that updates itself.
