[4] In 1957 Columbia revived the Harmony label for its budget album line.

By the late-1960s these bargain-priced discs proved to be so popular Columbia actually acquired the rights to some recordings from ABC, Warner Bros., and Reprise to keep up with the demand for more releases.

The final new compilations on Harmony were issued in 1974 but a number of titles remained in print until 1979.

Virtually every major recording artist who was ever under Columbia had at some point had at least one Harmony compilation.

Among the most popular artists for Harmony compilations were Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, The Carter Family, Roy Acuff, Tony Bennett, The Everly Brothers, Dinah Shore, Aretha Franklin, Judy Garland, Johnny Cash, Lynn Anderson, and Billie Holiday.