Based in Munich, its roster has included Chumbawamba, Matthias Reim, Helene Fischer, Brings, Höhner and Santiano.

[citation needed] On 8 May 1925 the British Gramophone Company founded Electrola GmbH in Nowawes near Berlin and received its record licence in December.

On the site of the former Atlantic Gummi-Werke Aloys Weyers KG in Cologne-Braunsfeld, Maarweg 149, an area that could be expanded was found.

In these studios all hits from Fred Bertelmann to Conny Froboess and Gitte Hænning, but also the last recordings with Marlene Dietrich up to the era of Herbert Grönemeyer, were produced.

Initially, EMI Music Germany was based at three locations in Munich (Virgin), Cologne (Capitol with pop and EMI Classics and Blue Note for jazz) and Berlin (Labels Germany and Mute); Virgin Records was absorbed into Labels and Mute in 2004.

After Electrola and the rest of EMI's German operations were sold to Universal Music Group (UMG) on 21 September 2012, when the European Commission (EC) gave its approval to the sale, UMG relocated the former EMI Music Germany from Cologne to Berlin later in December, with Electrola moved to Munich.

[4] In February 2013, UMG sold PLG, including EMI Classics, to Warner Music Group (WMG).

He produced Bibi Johns,[7] Wolfgang Sauer,[8] Fred Bertelmann, Conny (1957), the Nilsen Brothers (1958), Angèle Durand,[9] Gitte Hænning, Rex Gildo (March 1959), and Adamo (1964).

Under his direction, the super hits "Zwei kleine Italiener" and "Lady Sunshine and Mister Moon" with Conny Froboess, "Speedy Gonzales" with Rex Gildo, "Motorbiene" with Benny Quick, and another of his own compositions, "Mimi Never Goes to Bed" with Bill Ramsey, were created under his direction in 1962 the top seller of the year.

In 1968 the Cornet label, owned by Gietz, released the first record with the title "Mer schenken dä Ahl e couple Blömcher" from the Kölsch dialect group De Bläck Fööss.