in 1970 she hired promotion man Eddie Biscoe to help run Bang. They eventually married. Development of the label In 1971 Ilene moved Bang's base of operations from New York City to Atlanta, Georgia. In the early years Bang did its own distribution. In 1979 Bang was sold to CBS Records, and kept its identity as part of the CBS Associated unit until it was absorbed in 1982 by CBS' Columbia Records unit. Over the years two subsidiary labels were started: Shout Records and Bullet Records. While Sony Music owns the Bang Records catalog today, the Berns family still owns the music publishing operations. In 1979 Columbia Records turned over control of Diamond's Bang master recordings to the artist himself, at the time one of the label's hottest stars, who has remixed and re-released them several times over the years. Peabo Bryson was the only artist who released an album with Bullet. His recordings with Bullet are now owned by Capitol Records. Revival attempt Ilene Berns attempted to revive the Bang label as Bang II Records in the late 1990s under Sony Music Entertainment. Only two recordings were released: Monty Holmes' All I Ever Wanted and Sleepy's Theme's The Vinyl Room. Bang Records artists Paul Davis Neil Diamond The Lost Souls The McCoys Van Morrison Nigel Olsson The Strangeloves Brick David L Cook Peabo Bryson Derek The K-Otics See also List of record labels References External links The Bang Records Story from BSN Pubs Defunct record labels of the United States Record labels established in 1965 Record labels disestablished in 1982