General Motors Corporation
General Motors (GM), formally the General Motors Company, is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. By sales, it was the largest automaker in the United States in 2022, and was the largest in the world for 77 years before losing the top spot to Toyota in 2008. General Motors operates manufacturing plants in eight countries. Its four core automobile brands are Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac. It also holds interests in Chinese brands Baojun and Wuling via SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile. GM also owns the BrightDrop delivery vehicle manufacturer, a namesake defense vehicles division which produces military vehicles for the United States government and military, the vehicle safety, security, and information services provider OnStar, the auto parts company ACDelco, a namesake financial lending service, and majority ownership in the self-driving cars enterprise Cruise LLC. In January 2021, GM announced plans to end production and sales of vehicles using internal combustion engines, including hybrid vehicles and plug-in hybrids, by 2035, as part of its plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040. GM offers more flexible-fuel vehicles, which can operate on either E85 ethanol fuel or gasoline, or any blend of both, than any other automaker. The company traces itself to a holding company for Buick established on September 16, 1908, by William C. Durant, the largest seller of horse-drawn vehicles at the time. The current entity was established in 2009 after the General Motors Chapter 11 reorganization. As of January 2023, GM is ranked 25th on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue. |
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1932 - 1938
Roles Represented in DAHR: sponsor
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | FS-73371 | 14-in. | 9/8/1932 | Chevrolet's Big six of the air | General Motors Corporation | Radio broadcast : Variety | sponsor | |
Victor | FS-73372 | 14-in. | 9/8/1932 | Chevrolet's Big six of the air | General Motors Corporation | Radio broadcast : Variety | sponsor | |
Victor | FS-73375 | 14-in. | 9/8/1932 | Chevrolet's Big six of the air | General Motors Corporation | Radio broadcast : Variety | sponsor | |
Victor | FS-73524 | 14-in. | 9/19/1932 | Chevrolet's Big six of the air. Program no. 1 | General Motors Corporation | Radio broadcast : Variety | sponsor | |
Victor | FS-73525 | 14-in. | 9/19/1932 | Chevrolet's Big six of the air. Program no. 1 | Unidentified radio performer(s) | Radio broadcast : Variety | sponsor | |
Victor | FS-73526 | 14-in. | 9/19/1932 | Chevrolet's Big six of the air. Program no. 1 | General Motors Corporation | Radio broadcast : Variety | sponsor | |
Victor | FS-73527 | 14-in. | 9/19/1932 | Chevrolet's Big six of the air. Program no. 2 | Frank Crumit | Radio broadcast : Variety | sponsor | |
Victor | FS-73528 | 14-in. | 9/19/1932 | Chevrolet's Big six of the air. Program no. 2 | Frank Crumit | Radio broadcast : Variety | sponsor | |
Victor | FS-73529 | 14-in. | 9/19/1932 | Chevrolet's Big six of the air. Program no. 2 | Frank Crumit | Radio broadcast : Variety | sponsor | |
Victor | FS-73542 | 14-in. | 9/19/1932 | Chevrolet's Big six of the air. Program no. 3 | Fred Waring Orchestra | Radio broadcast : Variety | sponsor | |
Victor | FS-73543 | 14-in. | 9/19/1932 | Chevrolet's Big six of the air. Program no. 3 | Fred Waring Orchestra | Radio broadcast : Variety | sponsor | |
Victor | FS-73544 | 14-in. | 9/19/1932 | Chevrolet's Big six of the air. Program no. 4 | Al Jolson | Radio broadcast : Variety | sponsor | |
Victor | FS-73545 | 14-in. | 9/19/1932 | Chevrolet's Big six of the air. Program no. 4 | Al Jolson | Radio broadcast : Variety | sponsor | |
Victor | FS-73546 | 14-in. | 9/19/1932 | Chevrolet's Big six of the air. Program no. 5 | Fanny Brice | Radio broadcast : Variety | sponsor | |
Victor | FS-73547 | 14-in. | 9/19/1932 | Chevrolet's Big six of the air. Program no. 5 | Fanny Brice | Radio broadcast : Variety | sponsor | |
Victor | MS-73882 | 16-in. | 10/31/1932 | General Motors Oldsmobile review. Program 1 | General Motors Corporation | Radio transcription disc | sponsor | |
Victor | MS-73883 | 16-in. | 10/31/1932 | General Motors Oldsmobile review. Program 1 | General Motors Corporation | Radio transcription disc | sponsor | |
Victor | MS-73889 | 16-in. | 10/31/1932 | General Motors Oldsmobile review. Program 2 | General Motors Corporation | Radio transcription disc | sponsor | |
Victor | MS-73890 | 16-in. | 10/31/1932 | General Motors Oldsmobile review. Program 2 | General Motors Corporation | Radio transcription disc | sponsor | |
Victor | MS-73891 | 16-in. | 10/31/1932 | General Motors Oldsmobile review. Program 2 | General Motors Corporation | Radio transcription disc | sponsor | |
Victor | MS-73892 | 16-in. | 10/31/1932 | General Motors Oldsmobile review. Program 3 | General Motors Corporation | Radio transcription disc | sponsor | |
Victor | MS-73893 | 16-in. | 10/31/1932 | General Motors Oldsmobile review. Program 3 | General Motors Corporation | Radio transcription disc | sponsor | |
Victor | MS-73894 | 16-in. | 10/31/1932 | General Motors Oldsmobile review. Program 4 | General Motors Corporation | Radio transcription disc | sponsor | |
Victor | MS-73895 | 16-in. | 10/31/1932 | General Motors Oldsmobile review. Program 4 | General Motors Corporation | Radio transcription disc | sponsor | |
Victor | BS-024863 | 10-in. | 9/1/1938 | Talk for old and new home exhibit (General Motors Parade of Progress) | General Motors Corporation | Talk | sponsor |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "General Motors Corporation," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102440.
General Motors Corporation. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102440.
"General Motors Corporation." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: General Motors Corporation - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79079577
Wikidata: General Motors - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q81965
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/149730335
Getty ULAN: General Motors Corporation - http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500255562
ISNI: 0000 0001 1344 2199 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000113442199
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