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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 1970s, often by acquiring other record labels, from ABC to Motown to Geffen.
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.
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.
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.
MCA Nashville is one of the four labels under Universal Music Group Nashville, along with Capitol, EMI, and Mercury. It was founded in 1945 as the country music division of Decca Records and has a roster of artists such as George Strait, Reba, and Kacey Musgraves.
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 Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003.
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.
