(formerly of the Sir Douglas Quintet), Joe Barry, and Freddy Weller (formerly of Paul Revere & the Raiders). During the transition, Dot's pop back catalog was deleted and was transferred to the newly founded Paramount label. In 1971, Gulf and Western placed Dot under the umbrella of the Famous Music Group, which included Paramount Records, Stax (until 1970), and Blue Thumb, with distribution of Sire (now owned by Warner Music Group) and Neighborhood, originally owned by Melanie Safka. By 1968, Lawrence Welk had acquired his portion of the Dot back catalog and subsequently reissued the material on his own Ranwood label. With the rest of the Famous Music Group, in 1974, Dot was bought by ABC, which had tried to purchase the label years before, and renamed it to ABC/Dot Records, a name it retained before the label was discontinued at the start of 1978. The ABC/Dot headquarters became the Nashville office of ABC Records. ABC Records was then sold to MCA Records in 1979. MCA's Nashville division briefly revived the Dot label in 1985–86 for a series of one-off albums by country music artists such as Jan Howard, Jeanne Pruett, Jim Ed Brown and the Browns, Carl Perkins, Billie Jo Spears, Porter Wagoner, and Tompall Glaser. The merger of the MCA Records and PolyGram Records families became the foundation for Universal Music Group in 1999. Currently, the Dot pop music catalog is managed by Universal Music's Geffen Records. The country back catalog is managed by the former Decca and Coral unit, which was rebranded as MCA Nashville. Randy Wood died at age 94 in his La Jolla, California, home on April 9, 2011, from complications after a fall. Revival Big Machine Records revived the Dot Records name for a new label in March 2014. The label's first signees included Maddie and Tae, Drake White, and Steven Tyler. Big Machine discontinued the label in 2017. Artists (**indicates a master purchase/lease from another record company) Billy Vaughn See also List of record labels Dot Records artists References External links The Dot Records Story Singles discography Billy Vaughn & Dot recording stars (interviewed 2.22.1968) on the Pop Chronicles (audio). Dot Records on the Internet Archive's Great 78 Project Record labels established in 1950 American country music record labels Rhythm and blues record labels Christian record labels Jazz record labels Pop record labels Rock and roll record labels Paramount Pictures 1950 establishments in