Avco

Recording arm of filmmakers [l=Avco Embassy Pictures Corp.], launched in 1969 as [l=Avco Embassy]. The name was shortened to Avco in October, 1971.

Artists, producers, songwriters and A&R men [a=Hugo Peretti] and [a=Luigi Creatore], better known as [a295511] were tapped by Avco Embassy Pictures President Joseph E. Levine as the label's Vice Presidents and CFOs upon startup in 1969. The label's biggest group was The [a=Stylistics], who charted over a dozen hits. [a=Van McCoy]'s "The Hustle" was Avco's last major chart hit. At the end of 1975, Avco Embassy Pictures decided to exit the record business, and the company was sold to Hugo & Luigi, who renamed it [l=H & L Records] at the start of 1976. Today, the Avco catalog is today owned by [l=Amherst Records].