Nemperor Records

Nemperor Records was an American jazz and pop music record label active from 1974 to 1986. It was distributed by Atlantic Records from 1974 to 1977 and then CBS Records from 1978 until the label was absorbed by subsidiary Epic Records. The label's catalog is owned by Sony Music Entertainment.

Nemperor Records
Parent companySony Music Entertainment
Founded1974 (1974)
FounderBrian Epstein, Nat Weiss, Shaun Weiss
Defunct1986 (1986)
StatusInactive
GenreJazz, pop
Country of originU.S.

It was founded in 1966 by The Beatles' manager Brian Epstein, Nat Weiss, and Shaun Weiss as the management company Nemperor Artists. In 1974, the company became a record label after releasing the album Like Children by Jerry Goodman and Jan Hammer. Others who recorded for Nemperor include The Romantics, Phoebe Legere and Stanley Clarke.

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