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In 1929, RCA purchased the Victor Talking Machine Company, then the world's largest manufacturer of phonographs (including the famous "Victrola") and phonograph records (in British English, "gramophone records").
RCA Victor Studios New York were music recording studios established by RCA Victor in New York City, including its studio at 155 East 24th Street which was active from 1928 to 1969, and its successor at 1133 Avenue of the Americas which was active from 1969 to 1993.
RCA-Victor Company merged from two earlier companies — Victor Talking Machine Company and the Radio Corporation of America (RCA). The Victor Talking Machine Company was founded in 1901 after the development of the cylinder phonograph.
RCA Victor also released a number of recordings with the RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, which was usually drawn from either Philadelphia or New York musicians, as well as members of the Symphony of the Air, and the orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera.
The RCA Corporation was a major American electronics company, which was founded in 1919 as the Radio Corporation of America. It was initially a patent trust owned by General Electric (GE), Westinghouse, AT&T Corporation and United Fruit Company.
In the mid 1950s RCA Victor had two studios in New York City for recording music, Studio A and B (sometimes also referred to as Studios 1 and 2). They would at times rent commercial space such as Webster Hall and the Manhattan Center for large performances, like orchestras when they couldn't get Carnegie Hall or when the other studios were booked.
RCA Victor was used to cover essentially any style of music that RCA Records wasn't covering, meaning anything not considered pop and/or rock. In 2004, BMG merged with Sony Music Entertainment to become Sony-BMG Music Entertainment , who continue to use RCA Victor in a limited role.
