Which label owns the rights to every Elvis Presley recording ever made?

RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment (SME), a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, Inc. It is one of SME's three flagship record labels, alongside Columbia Records and Epic Records. The label has released multiple genres of music, including pop, rock, hip hop, R&B, blues, jazz, and country. The company's name is derived from the initials of the label's former parent company, the Radio Corporation of America (RCA). It is the second oldest recording company in US history, after sister label Columbia Records. RCA's Canadian unit (formerly Berliner GramophoneCanada) is Sony's oldest label in Canada. It was one of only two Canadian record companies to survive the Great Depression.

RCA Records owned all of Elvis' music recordings. The RCA Records Label was bought by BMG in the 1980s and in 2004 BMG merged with Sony Music Entertainment to become Sony BMG. Sony BMG owns Elvis' recordings and they continue to use the RCA Records label for issuing Elvis releases. They also have a special Elvis collectors label, Follow That Dream Records. The various composers/publishers own the songs themselves. People get confused about the ownership of the recordings with that of the songs.

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JohnnyRoulette

James Gardner, Sun was its own small label out of Memphis

Barbara Westgate

I concur, the answer should be Sony...I almost got this wrong and there's no space for a write-in!

ldross

A little less conversation, I beg of you, the question was , always on my mind. I am glad his family did not suffer heart break hotel.

tbear

tesla alset, 👍😊

Richard G Schwartz

I was afraid another company had taken over RCA.

Louella Wilson

According to the Official Elvis Presley Fan Club, "Elvis began his recording career with Sun Records in Memphis in the summer of 1954. Sun Records owner/producer Sam Phillips sold Elvis' recording contract and the catalog of Elvis' Sun recordings to RCA in the fall of 1955. Elvis began recording for RCA in January 1956 and continued under contract with RCA for the rest of his life. Elvis never had ownership in his Sun or RCA recordings. Elvis received an artist's royalty on record sales, per the terms of his contracts with the record company."

James Gardner

RCA. I thought Elvis was on the sun label through RCA

skullfire

According to my research, RCA/Sony/BMG, own the rights to all recordings prior to 1973, the question is incorrect and should be removed.

Charlotte Wright

RCA is owned by SONY/BMG.

Joseph A. Robitaille

I liked the question and answer.

George Oliver Prince

My wife is the biggest Elvis fan I know. We've got a bunch of his old albums

Albeck1994

Carol Ann Lapadot-Schell, to the Beatles

Bill Coe

witt norman, He started on Sun with Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison.

Bill Coe

The explanation has the RIGHT answer; BMG. " Sony BMG owns Elvis' recordings and they continue to use the RCA Records label for issuing Elvis releases."