Dot Records

American label founded around 1950 by Randy Wood & Gene Nobles in Gallatin, Tennessee; also appears as “Dot” only.

Dot Records was sold to Paramount Pictures in 1957 (and adopted a version of the Paramount logo). Gulf+Western Industries bought Paramount in 1968, placed its operation under its ‘Famous Music’ publishing unit. Gulf+Western sold its record operation to ABC in late 1973 which absorbed the catalog and labels into ABC Dunhill Records.

Early in 1974, Dot Records was renamed ABC DOT and became the country music unit of ABC Records. At the end of 1977, Dot was discontinued in favor of the parent ABC label. In 1979, Dot was sold to MCA which itself merged with PolyGram in 1998 and ultimately became Universal Music Group.

In 2014, Dot Records was revived in a joint venture between Big Machine Label Group and Republic Nashville with Chris Stacey, who was appointed General Manager.