It specialized in reissuing vintage American ragtime, jazz, and blues music.
Its catalog includes titles by Bunny Berigan, Bing Crosby, The California Ramblers, Ruth Etting, Benny Goodman, Earl Hines, George Lewis, Ted Lewis, Jimmy O'Bryant, Jabbo Smith, Jack Teagarden, Ethel Waters, and Clarence Williams.
[1] The company's label are Melodeon, Center, Regal and Dawn.
[1] In August 2002, Biograph was acquired by Retropolis Entertainment, which in 2003 was renamed Shout!
Factory by owners Richard Foos and Robert Emmer, two of the founders of the label.