RSO Records, Inc.

This page is for the US company that owned the RSO label, not the label itself. Any US releases that carry the RSO logo should also be added to the RSO page. Legally operated under this name from 3 August 1976 to 29 July 2005. Formed by Robert Stigwood, RSO Records began operations in 1973. The label and company's name stands for 'Robert Stigwood Organisation'. The company was incorporated in August 1976. Worldwide aside from North America, RSO was distributed throughout its lifetime by Polydor. In North America it was originally distributed by the Atlantic Recording Corporation from 1973 to 1975, the label briefly became an independent entity until the beginning of 1976, when it was distributed by PolyGram, through both Polydor and PolyGram itself. Although it managed several top acts including Eric Clapton and Bee Gees, it was the release of several soundtracks including Fame, the Star Wars movies, and most notably Grease and Saturday Night Fever in the late 1970s, that made RSO one of the most financially successful labels of the 1970s and early 1980s. Stigwood ended his involvement with the label by 1981, which was eventually absorbed into PolyGram a few years later in 1984. Also appears as 'RSO Records Inc'. Please credit 'RSO Records' when the legal suffix is not included. Full legal entity name: R.S.O. Records, Inc. CA company number: 0775669 Incorporated: 3 August 1976 Dissolved: 29 July 2005 (merged into , registered in Delaware)