About Warner Records: Warner Bros. Records opened for business on March 19, 1958, above the film studio's machine shop at 3701 Warner Blvd. in Burbank. Among the artists who have found a home at the company: Frank Sinatra, Duke Ellington, The Kinks, Joni Mitchell, Jimi Hendrix, Randy Newman, Black Sabbath, The Grateful Dead, Van Morrison, Neil Young, Alice Cooper, Captain Beefheart, James Taylor, Richard Pryor, Rod Stewart, George Harrison, Prince, Van Halen, The Sex Pistols, Talking Heads, The Who, Eric Clapton, Madonna, Wale, Common, Faith Hill, John Fogerty, Kimbra, R.E.M., Red Hot Chili Peppers, Michelle Branch, Green Day, Jane's Addiction, Muse, Seal, Jason Derulo, Tom Petty and countless others.