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MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc. established in 1972, though MCA had released recordings under that name in the UK from the 1960s. The label achieved success in the 1970s through the 1980s, often by acquiring other record labels, from ABC to Motown to Geffen .
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 following is a list of artists who have had recordings with MCA Records. For MCA Records' country music artists, see List of MCA Nashville artists. As MCA reissued recordings previously released on other labels, only artists whose recordings were first issued on the MCA label are listed here.
The Decca Record Co. Ltd. of England spun American Decca off in 1939. [16] MCA Inc. merged with American Decca in 1962. [17] In November 1990, Japanese multinational conglomerate Matsushita Electric agreed to acquire MCA for $6.59 billion. [18] [19] In 1995, Seagram acquired 80 percent of MCA from Matsushita.
Jay Robert Boberg (born in 1958) is an American music, entertainment and viticulture executive. He co-founded the independent record label I.R.S. Records in 1979, [1] and later served as the president of Universal/MCA Music Publishing and the president of MCA Records. [2]
Pages in category "MCA Records artists" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 389 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
By the later 1980s, Silas had produced records with Babyface, Bobby Brown, Sheena Easton, Pebbles, Patti LaBelle, and worked for another MCA imprint, SOLAR Records, as a music executive, and after helping with their success, and executive producing Bell Biv Devoe's debut album, got the green light to found his own imprint, which he named Silas ...
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