Signature Records was a mid-20th century United States

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 based record label

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. Noted Signature recording artists included Anita O'Day

Anita O'Day

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, Coleman Hawkins

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, Eddie Lawrence

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, Ray Anthony

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, Barbara McNair

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, Monica Lewis, Dickie Thompson, Jane Harvey, Kay Thompson

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 and Alan Dale

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. Bob Thiele

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 produced records for Signature in the 1940s and 1950s. He was married to two of Signature's vocalists - Monica Lewis and Jane Harvey.

The label flourished in the 1940s, but went out of business in 1972.

2007 revival

Signature Records is also a record label set up in January 2007 by Max Martin

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, to record pop music

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 and create new artists. Artists include David Bisbal

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 and Amanda

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