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MCA Inc., a talent agency and television production company, entered the recorded music business in 1962 with the purchase of the New York–based US Decca Records (established in 1934), including Coral Records and Brunswick Records. MCA was forced to exit the talent agency business in order to complete the merger.
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.
Multinational record label active from 1967 (outside the US and Canada) and December 1972 (USA and Canada). It was also the name of MCA Inc. 's recorded music division from early 1970 when the US Decca Records was renamed, to April 1971 when it was folded into MCA Records, Inc.
With the absorption of MCA Records into Geffen Records in 2003, and in 2021 where UMG legally changed the name for its Philippine division, MCA Nashville is now the only unit of UMG to still use the MCA name.
Universal Music Group Nashville consists of Capitol Records Nashville, EMI Records Nashville, MCA Nashville and Mercury Nashville.
Jan 29, 2017 · MCA Records. "Music Corporation of America" (MCA) was founded in Chicago in 1924 as a talent agency by Dr. Jules Stein. As a brand, it was first used in 1967 by British Decca, with American Decca following suit, turning completely into MCA Records in 1973.
MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group (now Universal Music Group), of which MCA.
MCA Records was a United States-based record label. It was owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to MCA Music Entertainment Group (now Universal Music Group), of which MCA Records was still a part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003.
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.
MCA Records. 100 Universal Plaza. Los Angeles CA 91608. MCA was founded as a music booking agency based in Chicago, Illinois in 1924 by Jules Stein. MCA helped pioneer modern practices of touring bands and name acts.
