60 years ago today (2/3/60), Frank Sinatra launched the first fully artist-owned label, Reprise Records , so he can own his own masters. Some of his cohorts, including Dean Martin and Rosemary Clooney, join the label, which is sold to Warner Brothers in 1963, where it becomes home to other artists including Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell and Green Day. Listen to “Night and Day” from Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years
