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{{For|the company|Avco}}
{{Unreferenced|date=December 2009}}
'''Avco Records''' was a [[record label]] started in 1968 by music producers/composers[[Hugo Peretti]], [[Luigi Creatore]] and film and tv producer [[Joseph E. Levine]] as '''Avco Embassy Records'''.
Avco's best-known artists were the r&b/soul groups, [[the Stylistics]], who had a series of major hits in the pop and R&B charts mainly produced by Thom Bell, and [[Little Anthony & The Imperials]]. However, one of the most memorable albums recorded for Avco was 1975's "Disco Baby" by Van McCoy. This featured the classic disco hit, "The Hustle", a million-seller which topped both the Billboard Hot 100 and the R&B chart, as well as charts worldwide (#3 in the UK). This was the company's only Number 1 in the USA, although The Stylistics' "You Make Me Feel Brand New" stayed at #2 for two weeks in the Hot 100 in 1974. In the UK, the same group's "Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)" was a #1 hit in mid-1975.
The label was named simply Avco Records when the 'Embassy' part was dropped in 1971. Hugo & Luigi
==See also==
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