Bang Records was setup by Bert Berns in 1965 together with some of his friends who worked at Atlantic Records at that time: Ahmet Ertegun, Neshui Ertegun and Jerry Wexler (Gerald). The first letters of there names formed the label's name: BANG. Berns was working as a producer at Atlantic Records. When he left Atlantic, he took Bang Records with him. When Bert Berns died suddenly on December 30, 1967, his wife Ilene took over management. Over the years 2 subsidiary labels were started: Shout Records and Bullet Records.

In the early years, Bang did its own distribution. In 1978 Bang signed a distribution deal with CBS Records, until the company was purchased in the early eighties by Columbia Special Products .

Some of the well known Bang artists were Van Morrison and Neil Diamond.

See also

• List of record labels