Casablanca Records was an American record label started by Neil Bogart, who partnered with Cecil Holmes, Larry Harris, and Buck Reingold. The label was formed after all of them had left Buddah Records and secured financing by Warner Bros. Records to start the venture.
In 1977, PolyGram Records acquired a 50 percent stake of Casablanca and in 1980 it purchased the other 50 percent. The label was eventually shut down by PolyGram with some of the artist roster and catalogue absorbed into sister label Mercury Records.
In 2000, the Casablanca Records name was revived for a joint venture between Universal Music Group and Tommy Mottola. In a Billboard article, Mottola said that he chose the name as a homage to the original label, but that there was no actual connection between the old and new labels. Casablanca is now a part of Universal Republic Records.