Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
MCA Inc. (originally an initialism for Music Corporation of America) was an American media conglomerate founded in 1924. Originally a talent agency with artists in the music business as clients, the company became a major force in the film industry, and later expanded into television production.
The U.S. arm of Britain's Decca Records was established in New York in 1934 [1] In 1937, the owner of Decca, Edward R. Lewis, chose to split off the UK Decca company from the U.S. company (keeping his U.S. Decca holdings), fearing the financial damage that would arise for UK Companies if the emerging hostilities of Nazi Germany should lead to war – correctly foreseeing World War II.
Stein, who by this time was the sole owner of MCA, decided to take the company public by giving 51% of his ownership of MCA to his employees, which included a 20% stake for Wasserman. The company went public on the New York Stock Exchange and was incorporated as MCA Inc. on November 10, 1958. [ 11 ]
The second and last album Jerry Lee Lewis made for MCA records failed to make an impression on the album charts. It was his first album since Soul My Way in 1967 that would not reach the US album charts. [2] As his first MCA album, it was produced by Ron Chancey. The album included many ace studio musicians and offered a similar mix of a few ...
In the compilation's liner notes, Randall Wilson, author of Forever Faithful: A Study of Florence Ballard and the Supremes, [46] explains that several years prior to the 2001 Spectrum release, unauthorised tapes of Ballard's ABC recording sessions had been circulated, prompting an unsuccessful letter-writing campaign to MCA Records, requesting ...
Revue Records was an American subsidiary record label of MCA. [1] Revue was operated by the same management team that ran Universal City (UNI) Records. Revue was created in 1967 to exclusively cater to the R&B market. [2] The label primarily released singles, but from 1968 until its dissolution, albums were released.
Mattel v. MCA Records, 296 F.3d 894 (9th Cir. 2002), [1] was a series of lawsuits between Mattel and MCA Records that resulted from the 1997 hit single "Barbie Girl" by Danish-Norwegian group Aqua. [2] The case was ultimately dismissed.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more