Smash Records
Parent company | Mercury Records |
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Founded | 1961 |
Founder | Shelby Singleton |
Defunct | 1996 |
Status | Defunct |
Distributor(s) | Island Records (catalog) |
Genre | Various |
Country of origin | U.S. |
Smash Records was an American record label founded in 1961 as a subsidiary of Mercury Records[1] by Mercury executive Shelby Singleton and run by Singleton with Charlie Fach. Fach took over after Singleton left Mercury in 1966. Its recording artists included Frankie Valli, James Brown, Bruce Channel, Roger Miller, The Left Banke, Bill Justis, and Jerry Lee Lewis.
History
A dispute with King Records led Brown to release all of his band's instrumental recordings between 1964 and 1967 on Smash. Smash also released three of Brown's vocal recordings, including his 1964 proto-funk single "Out of Sight".[2]
Smash shared the numbering system for their singles with other labels that they distributed. The most important of these was Fontana Records. Mercury discontinued the Smash label in 1970.[3]
Mercury label owner
Artists
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See also
- List of record labels
References
- ISBN 0-306-80683-5.
- ^ "James Brown Biography". allmusic. Retrieved November 22, 2006.
- ^ "Smash Album Discography". Bsnpubs.com. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
- ^ Stefan Wirz. "Luke "Long Gone" Miles discography". Wirz.de. Retrieved November 15, 2011.