Mega Records was a
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, locat ...
-based music label founded in 1970 by former
RCA Records
RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Group Corporation. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside Columbia Records (its former longtime rival), Arista Records and Epic R ...
executive Brad McCuen along with Harry E. Pratt. Its most successful recording artist was
Sammi Smith
Jewel Fay "Sammi" Smith (August 5, 1943 – February 12, 2005) was an American country music singer and songwriter. She is best known for her 1971 crossover hit " Help Me Make It Through the Night", which was written by Kris Kristofferson. Sh ...
who also recorded the label's 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 British instrumental group that had a U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 top 10 hit with the Bach–inspired single " Joy" in 1972.
History
Apollo 100 was founded by arranger and multi-instrumentalist Tom Parker, who was known for hi ...
. 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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