American publishing company, d with ASCAP. Also shown as "T.B. Harms Company" and "T.B. Harms Comp."
In Europe, this has sometimes been mistranslated as "Harms TB Company" or "Harms TB Cie".
Founded in 1875 in New York City by brothers Thomas B. Harms and Alexander T. Harms under the name T. B. Harms & Co., this company became one of the largest publishers of popular music in the Unites States. In 1908, it merged with British firm Francis, Day, & Hunter and became T. B. Harms & Francis, Day & Hunter, Inc. In 1921, it changed its name to Harms, Inc.
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Legal entity
California company number: 0459584
Incorporated: 22 October 1963 as Bibo Music Publishers Inc.
Name change: 28 April 1970 to 'T.B. Harms Company' - this page
Merged in: Vogue Music, Inc. on 14 April 1978
Name change: 13 March 1989 to 'Welk Properties, Inc.'
Merged in: 'Welk Songs, Inc.' on 30 June 1989
Dissolved: 30 June 1989 (merged into Teleklew Productions, Inc.)
