MTM Records
| MTM Records | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | RCA Nashville |
| Distributor(s) | Capitol Records |
| Genre | Country, rock |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
| Location | Nashville, Tennessee |
MTM Records was an American independent record label specializing in country music. It was founded in 1984 as a subsidiary of the production company of the same name owned by actress Mary Tyler Moore.[1]
Howard Stark was the label's President, and
In its four years of existence, fifty-one singles on the MTM label charted on the
After MTM Enterprises was sold to Britain's Television South PLC in July 1988, the label was purchased by and absorbed into RCA Nashville. Becky Hobbs, Paul Overstreet, and Judy Rodman were then transferred to RCA's roster. Holly Dunn signed with Warner Bros. Nashville, and her MTM masters went with her (Warner Bros. re-released the original MTM hit version of Dunn's hit, "Daddy's Hands," as the B-side of her 1991 single "Maybe I Mean Yes"). The Girls Next Door signed with Atlantic Records, but their MTM hits are still owned by RCA.
Artist roster
- The Almost Brothers
- The Debonaires
- Holly Dunn
- Girls Next Door
- Marty Haggard
- Hege V
- Becky Hobbs
- In Pursuit
- The Metros
- Paul Overstreet
- Judy Rodman
- Ronnie Rogers
- S-K-O
- The Shoppe
- The Voltage Brothers
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-517608-7. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
- ISBN 978-0-89820-203-8.
- ^ McCormick, Moira (12 October 1985). "Minn.'s Metros Join MTM". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 63–. Retrieved 9 March 2010.