Tico Records was a
New York City
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record label
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that was founded in
1948
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. It was originally owned by
George Goldner and later acquired by
Morris Levy and incorporated into
Roulette Records. It specialized in
Latin music and was significant for introducing artists such as
Ray Barretto
Raymundo "Ray" Barretto Pagán (April 29, 1929 – February 17, 2006) was an American percussionist and bandleader of Puerto Rican descent. Throughout his career as a percussionist, he played a wide variety of Latin music styles, as well as Lati ...
and
Tito Puente. In 1974, it was sold to
Fania Records and stopped issuing new releases in 1981; however, the label's extensive catalog continues to be reissued under the Tico Records name.
See also
*
List of record labels
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External links
Tico Records at Discogs.com"Tito Puente: The Complete 78s (1949-1955)"
by Ted Gioia
Jazz.com
Tico Records
on the Internet Archive'
Great 78 Project
American record labels
Record labels established in 1948
Record labels disestablished in 1981
Latin American music record labels
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