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This is a list of artists on Universal Music Group Nashville. Universal Music Group Nashville comprises the Nashville branches of MCA Records, Mercury Records and Capitol Records, as well as Lost Highway Records. Formerly, the company included the Nashville branch of DreamWorks Records.
This category is for recording artists who have recorded for MCA Records, MCA Nashville, or MCA Master Series.
Nov 26, 2023 · Kapp Records, in the early 1970s, was a big label for two big stars, Sonny & Cher. (Photo credit: Discogs) In 1967, MCA acquired Kapp Records, which had gained notoriety for having, on its roster, the likes of Roger Williams, the Pete King Chorale (who recorded one of the first covers of songs from The Sound of Music back in 1960, when it was merely a Broadway show), the American rights to the ...
HISTORY. MCA Nashville operates as part of the Universal Music Group Nashville and was founded in 1945 by Paul Cohen as the country music division of Decca Records in New York. In 1955 the country music division along with many of its contemporaries moved to Nashville, TN. It was renamed MCA Nashville in 1973.
MCA Records was an American record label owned by MCA Inc., which later became part of Universal Music Group. MCA Inc., a powerful talent agency and a television production company, entered the recorded music business in 1962 with the purchase of the New York-based US Decca Records (established in 1934[1]), including Coral Records and Brunswick Records. MCA was forced to exit the talent agency ...
MCA Records Inc. does not appear on releases before that latter date. The company was dissolved on 21 April 2000. Name variations: · MCA Records Inc. · MCA Records,Inc. · MCA Records Incorporated - MCA Records Inc., USA CA company number: 602267 Incorporated: 3 July 1970 Merged in: Backstreet Entertainment, Inc. on 5 September 1985
Jun 14, 2019 · James Preston "J.P." Pennington (born January 22, 1949) is an American musician, known primarily as a founding member of the country pop band Exile. Pennington was the founding member and lead singer of the group until departing in 1990. After his leaving Exile, he signed to MCA Records as a solo artist.
