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ABKCO is the successor company to a business that was founded in 1961 as Allen Klein & Co. Allen Klein was then a business manager specializing in music clients including Bobby Darin and Sam Cooke and, later, managed The Rolling Stones and The Beatles.

ABKCO Industries was founded in 1968 as an umbrella company involved in management, music publishing, film, TV and theatrical production.

( The acronym stood for " Allen & Betty Klein and COmpany ," although Klein would often joke that it stood for " A Better Kind of COmpany ").

Later that year, Cameo-Parkway Records was acquired by ABKCO, bringing the legendary Philadelphia label ’ s decade-long run of hits into the fold.