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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.
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 first was MCA Records, which had been occupant since its 1934 foundation under the Decca Records banner. MCA's final album release was rapper Common's fifth studio album, Electric Circus, which was released in December 2002; the album's lukewarm commercial performance was the main factor and reason of MCA's demise and later absorption into ...
On December 9, 1996, the new owners dropped the MCA name; the company became Universal Studios, Inc. [42] and MCA's music division, MCA Music Entertainment Group, was renamed Universal Music Group. MCA Records continued to live on as a label within the Universal Music Group.
The company's origins go back to the formation of the American branch of Decca Records in September 1934, and its name and company logo originate from Carl Laemmle's Universal Pictures. Although the movie studio and the music business share a common history, today the former is part of Comcast and the latter an independent commercial entity.
MCA Records singles (2 C, 1,343 P) ... Radioactive Records; The Rocket Record Company; S. Sidney Sheinberg; Silas Records; T. Truck Drivin' Man (Lynyrd Skynyrd song)
Uni Records (short for the label's legal name Universal City Records and rendered as UNI) was a record label owned by MCA Inc. The brand, which long featured a distinctive UNi logo, was established in 1966 by MCA executive Ned Tanen and developed by music industry veteran Russ Regan .