General Motors Corporation

General Motors (GM), formally the General Motors Company, is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. By sales, it was the largest automaker in the United States in 2022, and was the largest in the world for 77 years before losing the top spot to Toyota in 2008.

General Motors operates manufacturing plants in eight countries. Its four core automobile brands are Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, and Cadillac. It also holds interests in Chinese brands Baojun and Wuling via SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile. GM also owns the BrightDrop delivery vehicle manufacturer, a namesake defense vehicles division which produces military vehicles for the United States government and military, the vehicle safety, security, and information services provider OnStar, the auto parts company ACDelco, a namesake financial lending service, and majority ownership in the self-driving cars enterprise Cruise LLC.

In January 2021, GM announced plans to end production and sales of vehicles using internal combustion engines, including hybrid vehicles and plug-in hybrids, by 2035, as part of its plan to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040. GM offers more flexible-fuel vehicles, which can operate on either E85 ethanol fuel or gasoline, or any blend of both, than any other automaker.

The company traces itself to a holding company for Buick established on September 16, 1908, by William C. Durant, the largest seller of horse-drawn vehicles at the time. The current entity was established in 2009 after the General Motors Chapter 11 reorganization.

As of January 2023, GM is ranked 25th on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1932 - 1938

Roles Represented in DAHR: sponsor

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor FS-73371 14-in. 9/8/1932 Chevrolet's Big six of the air General Motors Corporation Radio broadcast : Variety sponsor  
Victor FS-73372 14-in. 9/8/1932 Chevrolet's Big six of the air General Motors Corporation Radio broadcast : Variety sponsor  
Victor FS-73375 14-in. 9/8/1932 Chevrolet's Big six of the air General Motors Corporation Radio broadcast : Variety sponsor  
Victor FS-73524 14-in. 9/19/1932 Chevrolet's Big six of the air. Program no. 1 General Motors Corporation Radio broadcast : Variety sponsor  
Victor FS-73525 14-in. 9/19/1932 Chevrolet's Big six of the air. Program no. 1 Unidentified radio performer(s) Radio broadcast : Variety sponsor  
Victor FS-73526 14-in. 9/19/1932 Chevrolet's Big six of the air. Program no. 1 General Motors Corporation Radio broadcast : Variety sponsor  
Victor FS-73527 14-in. 9/19/1932 Chevrolet's Big six of the air. Program no. 2 Frank Crumit Radio broadcast : Variety sponsor  
Victor FS-73528 14-in. 9/19/1932 Chevrolet's Big six of the air. Program no. 2 Frank Crumit Radio broadcast : Variety sponsor  
Victor FS-73529 14-in. 9/19/1932 Chevrolet's Big six of the air. Program no. 2 Frank Crumit Radio broadcast : Variety sponsor  
Victor FS-73542 14-in. 9/19/1932 Chevrolet's Big six of the air. Program no. 3 Fred Waring Orchestra Radio broadcast : Variety sponsor  
Victor FS-73543 14-in. 9/19/1932 Chevrolet's Big six of the air. Program no. 3 Fred Waring Orchestra Radio broadcast : Variety sponsor  
Victor FS-73544 14-in. 9/19/1932 Chevrolet's Big six of the air. Program no. 4 Al Jolson Radio broadcast : Variety sponsor  
Victor FS-73545 14-in. 9/19/1932 Chevrolet's Big six of the air. Program no. 4 Al Jolson Radio broadcast : Variety sponsor  
Victor FS-73546 14-in. 9/19/1932 Chevrolet's Big six of the air. Program no. 5 Fanny Brice Radio broadcast : Variety sponsor  
Victor FS-73547 14-in. 9/19/1932 Chevrolet's Big six of the air. Program no. 5 Fanny Brice Radio broadcast : Variety sponsor  
Victor MS-73882 16-in. 10/31/1932 General Motors Oldsmobile review. Program 1 General Motors Corporation Radio transcription disc sponsor  
Victor MS-73883 16-in. 10/31/1932 General Motors Oldsmobile review. Program 1 General Motors Corporation Radio transcription disc sponsor  
Victor MS-73889 16-in. 10/31/1932 General Motors Oldsmobile review. Program 2 General Motors Corporation Radio transcription disc sponsor  
Victor MS-73890 16-in. 10/31/1932 General Motors Oldsmobile review. Program 2 General Motors Corporation Radio transcription disc sponsor  
Victor MS-73891 16-in. 10/31/1932 General Motors Oldsmobile review. Program 2 General Motors Corporation Radio transcription disc sponsor  
Victor MS-73892 16-in. 10/31/1932 General Motors Oldsmobile review. Program 3 General Motors Corporation Radio transcription disc sponsor  
Victor MS-73893 16-in. 10/31/1932 General Motors Oldsmobile review. Program 3 General Motors Corporation Radio transcription disc sponsor  
Victor MS-73894 16-in. 10/31/1932 General Motors Oldsmobile review. Program 4 General Motors Corporation Radio transcription disc sponsor  
Victor MS-73895 16-in. 10/31/1932 General Motors Oldsmobile review. Program 4 General Motors Corporation Radio transcription disc sponsor  
Victor BS-024863 10-in. 9/1/1938 Talk for old and new home exhibit (General Motors Parade of Progress) General Motors Corporation Talk sponsor  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "General Motors Corporation," accessed November 5, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102440.

General Motors Corporation. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 5, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102440.

"General Motors Corporation." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 November 2024.

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