ABKCO Music & Records

ABKCO is one of the world’s leading independent entertainment companies. It is home to iconic music catalogs that include compositions and recordings by Sam Cooke, The Rolling Stones, Bobby Womack, Eric Burdon, The Animals, Herman’s Hermits, Marianne Faithfull, The Kinks, as well as the Cameo Parkway masters by such artists as Chubby Checker, Bobby Rydell, Clint Eastwood, The Dovells, ? & The Mysterians, The Orlons, Dee Dee Sharp, Charlie Gracie, Bob Seger, and The Tymes. Cooke, The Soul Stirrers, Billy Preston, Johnnie Taylor, The Valentinos and more. ABKCO Films has a long history of being involved with many successful movies including La Grande Bouffe, winner of the International Critics prize at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, The Greek Tycoon starring Anthony Quinn and Jacqueline Bisset, and The Concert for Bangladesh featuring George Harrison, Eric Clapton, Bob Dylan and Ringo Starr. In 2003, ABKCO won a Grammy® for the documentary Sam Cooke – Legend, and the following year released the DVD of The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus to critical acclaim. In 2012, ABKCO released The Rolling Stones Charlie Is My Darling- Ireland 1965 whose soundtrack won a Grammy®. ABKCO Films is currently co-producing One Night In Miami…, a Major Motion Picture adapted from the Olivier® nominated play of the same title. The film is in post-production and is directed by Oscar® winning actress Regina King. ABKCO Films’ relationship with renowned cult director Alejandro Jodorowsky dates back to 1970, when John Lennon and Yoko Ono brought El Topo to the attention of Allen Klein, the company’s late founder. Jodorowsky’s classics El Topo and The Holy Mountain were shown at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival (Classics section) and the prestigious 44th New York Film Festival. ABKCO and Jodorowsky continue their relationship through his three latest films Dance Of Reality, Endless Poetry and now Psychomagic, A Healing Art.