ABKCO Music & Records, Inc. (ABKCO acronym of
Allen &
Betty
Klein and
COmpany) is a major independent record label, music publisher, and film and video production company. It owns and or administers the rights to music by
Sam Cooke,
the Rolling Stones,
the Animals,
Herman's Hermits,
Marianne Faithfull,
the Kinks as well as the
Cameo Parkway label, which includes recordings by such artists as
Chubby Checker,
Bobby Rydell,
the Orlons,
the Dovells,
Question Mark & the Mysterians,
the Tymes and
Dee Dee Sharp. Until 2009, ABKCO administered
Philles Records and its
master recordings, including hits by
the Righteous Brothers,
the Ronettes,
the Crystals and others (via a licensing deal with
EMI Music Publishing, which owned the Philles catalog since the mid-1990s).