Jolly is an Italian
record company
"Big Three" music labels
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founded in 1958 by
Walter Guertler.
From 1958 to 1970, Jolly published records of most of the famous Italian singers as
Dalida
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,
Adriano Celentano
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Celentano's many albums frequently enjoyed both com ...
,
Enzo Jannacci
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,
Fausto Leali
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Leali began his musical career as a singer in several bands in his native Brescia. His first guitar teacher was Tullio Romano, of the band ...
,
Nicola Di Bari
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,
Luigi Tenco
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,
Ennio Morricone
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Tony Dallara
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,
Franco Battiato
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Cochi e Renato, and
Gabriella Ferri
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, to mention few.
Jolly was the first Italian record company to publish an economic line of products (''Joker''), and one of the first ones to acquire the rights of distribution in Italy of foreign brands like
Disques Vogue
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(
Petula Clark
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,
Françoise Hardy
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...),
Mercury Records
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and
Atlantic Records
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.
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Italian record labels
Record labels established in 1958
Italian companies established in 1958