Ltd., a division of Electronic Industries Ltd., which also made Astor radios, radiograms and television sets.
She sang mostly English, but also had some Spanish-language hits, and also recorded a Tagalog song, "Dahil sa Iyo".
At various times, Astor also held the Australian distribution rights to a number of American labels including Motown, Vanguard, Pye, Elektra, MGM/Verve, Kama Sutra, Casablanca, Buddha, Mercury and MCA.
In the late 1970s, Astor enjoyed considerable chart and sales success with Kiss and Donna Summer, who were both on the Casablanca label at the time.
Astor was taken over by PolyGram in October 1981,[1] and its manufacturing facility in Melbourne closed on 31 December 1981 and the company ceased to exist.