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to MON 1051 - 1970 |
to MNT 8477 - 1972 Series shared with CBS |
to MNT 4900 - 1977 Series shared with CBS |
to MNT 7076 - 1979 Label discontinued |
| Monument Records was founded in 1958 by Fred Foster and Bob Moore in the Nashville suburb of Hendersonville, Tennessee, In Britain, Monument's products initially came out on Decca's London label. It was the signing of the former Sun Records singer, Roy Orbison, that brought phenomenal success, starting with the 1960 hit, "Only the Lonely." With the loss of Monument's key business partner, Bob Moore, followed by the loss of Orbison to MGM Records in 1965, the company fell into a slow decline. These circumstances, combined with a series of bad investments in the 1970s, led to difficulties that saw Foster lose the company to bankruptcy. CBS Records acquired the Monument catalog. | |||
