Mega Records was a
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and t ...
-based music label founded in 1970 by former
RCA Records
RCA Records is an American record label currently owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside RCA's former long-time rival Columbia Records; also ...
executive Brad McCuen along with Harry E. Pratt. Its most successful recording artist was
Sammi Smith
Jewel Fay Smith (August 5, 1943 – February 12, 2005), known professionally as Sammi Smith, was an American country music singer and songwriter. She is best known for her 1971 country-pop crossover hit "Help Me Make It Through the Night", wh ...
who also recorded the label's very first single.
Tennessee Record Labels Mega Records Label Index
, accessed July 10, 2010 She would record 16 chart singles for the Mega label. Mega's other notable recording artist was Apollo 100
Apollo 100 was a short-lived British instrumental group, that had a U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 top 10 hit with the Johann Sebastian Bach–inspired single " Joy" in 1972.
History
Apollo 100 was founded by arranger and multi-instrumentalist T ...
. The continuing Bill Black's Combo also recorded for the label, which lasted until 1976.
See also
* List of record labels
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References
External links
Mega Records story from BSN Pubs
Defunct record labels of the United States
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