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Smash Records is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 record label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
. It was founded in 1961 as a subsidiary of Mercury Records
Mercury Records

Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Music Group in the US, and are both subsidiaries of Universal Music Group....
  by Mercury executive Shelby Singleton
Shelby Singleton

Shelby Singleton is an United States record producer and record label owner....
 and run by Singleton with Charlie Fach. Fach took over after Singleton left Mercury in 1966. Its recording artists included James Brown
James Brown

James Joseph Brown, Jr. was an United States entertainer. He is recognized as one of the most influential figures in 20th century popular music and was renowned for his vocals and feverish dancing....
, Bruce Channel
Bruce Channel

Bruce Channel is an United States singing, known for his 1962 chart-topper hit record, "Hey! Baby"....
, Roger Miller
Roger Miller

Roger Dean Miller was an United States singer, songwriter and musician, best known for his mid-1960s country/pop hits such as King of the Road , Dang Me and England Swings....
, The Left Banke
The Left Banke

The Left Banke was a 1960s United States popular music group best remembered for its two hit singles, "Walk Away Ren?e" and "Pretty Ballerina". The band often utilized what was referred to as "baroque" string arrangements, which led its music to be termed "Johann Sebastian Bach-rock"....
, Bill Justis
Bill Justis

William E. "Bill" Justis Jr. was an United States pioneer Rock and Roll musician, composer, and musical arranger best known for his 1957 Grammy Hall of Fame song "Raunchy ."...
 and Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis

Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer, songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 and his pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame....
.

A dispute with King Records
King Records (USA)

King Records is an United States record label, started in 1943 by Syd Nathan and headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. At first it specialized in country music, at the time still known as "hillbilly music." King advertised, "If it's a King, It's a Hillbilly -- If it's a Hillbilly, it's a King." One of the label's most important hits was "I'm Usi...
 led James Brown
James Brown

James Joseph Brown, Jr. was an United States entertainer. He is recognized as one of the most influential figures in 20th century popular music and was renowned for his vocals and feverish dancing....
 to release all of his band's instrumental
Instrumental

An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or any other sort of vocal music; all of the music is produced by musical instruments....
 recordings between 1964
1964 in music

Events*January 1 - Top of the Pops premieres on BBC television.*January 3 - Footage of the Beatles performing a concert in Bournemouth, England is shown on The Jack Paar Show....
 and 1967
1967 in music

The summer of 1967 was "The Summer of Love" in San Francisco. It also became an important year for psychedelic rock, with releases from The Beatles Small Faces, "Itchycoo Park", Eric Burdon & The Animals , The Doors , Jefferson Airplane , Pink Floyd's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Love 's Forever Changes, Cream 's Disraeli Gears, Th...
 on Smash. Smash also released three of Brown's vocal recordings, including his 1964 proto-funk
Funk

Funk is an United States Music genre that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, soul jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music....
 single
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
 "Out of Sight
Out of Sight (song)

"Out of Sight" is an R&B song recorded by James Brown in 1964. A twelve-bar blues written by James Brown under his alias Ted Wright, the stuttering, staccato dance rhythms and blasting horn section riffs of its instrumental arrangement were an important evolutionary step in the development of funk music....
".

Smash shared the numbering system for their singles with other labels that they distributed.






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Smash Records is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 record label
Record label

In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
. It was founded in 1961 as a subsidiary of Mercury Records
Mercury Records

Mercury Records is a record label operating as a standalone company in the UK and as part of the Island Def Jam Music Group in the US, and are both subsidiaries of Universal Music Group....
  by Mercury executive Shelby Singleton
Shelby Singleton

Shelby Singleton is an United States record producer and record label owner....
 and run by Singleton with Charlie Fach. Fach took over after Singleton left Mercury in 1966. Its recording artists included James Brown
James Brown

James Joseph Brown, Jr. was an United States entertainer. He is recognized as one of the most influential figures in 20th century popular music and was renowned for his vocals and feverish dancing....
, Bruce Channel
Bruce Channel

Bruce Channel is an United States singing, known for his 1962 chart-topper hit record, "Hey! Baby"....
, Roger Miller
Roger Miller

Roger Dean Miller was an United States singer, songwriter and musician, best known for his mid-1960s country/pop hits such as King of the Road , Dang Me and England Swings....
, The Left Banke
The Left Banke

The Left Banke was a 1960s United States popular music group best remembered for its two hit singles, "Walk Away Ren?e" and "Pretty Ballerina". The band often utilized what was referred to as "baroque" string arrangements, which led its music to be termed "Johann Sebastian Bach-rock"....
, Bill Justis
Bill Justis

William E. "Bill" Justis Jr. was an United States pioneer Rock and Roll musician, composer, and musical arranger best known for his 1957 Grammy Hall of Fame song "Raunchy ."...
 and Jerry Lee Lewis
Jerry Lee Lewis

Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer, songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 and his pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame....
.

A dispute with King Records
King Records (USA)

King Records is an United States record label, started in 1943 by Syd Nathan and headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. At first it specialized in country music, at the time still known as "hillbilly music." King advertised, "If it's a King, It's a Hillbilly -- If it's a Hillbilly, it's a King." One of the label's most important hits was "I'm Usi...
 led James Brown
James Brown

James Joseph Brown, Jr. was an United States entertainer. He is recognized as one of the most influential figures in 20th century popular music and was renowned for his vocals and feverish dancing....
 to release all of his band's instrumental
Instrumental

An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or any other sort of vocal music; all of the music is produced by musical instruments....
 recordings between 1964
1964 in music

Events*January 1 - Top of the Pops premieres on BBC television.*January 3 - Footage of the Beatles performing a concert in Bournemouth, England is shown on The Jack Paar Show....
 and 1967
1967 in music

The summer of 1967 was "The Summer of Love" in San Francisco. It also became an important year for psychedelic rock, with releases from The Beatles Small Faces, "Itchycoo Park", Eric Burdon & The Animals , The Doors , Jefferson Airplane , Pink Floyd's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Love 's Forever Changes, Cream 's Disraeli Gears, Th...
 on Smash. Smash also released three of Brown's vocal recordings, including his 1964 proto-funk
Funk

Funk is an United States Music genre that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, soul jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music....
 single
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
 "Out of Sight
Out of Sight (song)

"Out of Sight" is an R&B song recorded by James Brown in 1964. A twelve-bar blues written by James Brown under his alias Ted Wright, the stuttering, staccato dance rhythms and blasting horn section riffs of its instrumental arrangement were an important evolutionary step in the development of funk music....
".

Smash shared the numbering system for their singles with other labels that they distributed. The most important of these was Fontana Records
Fontana Records

Fontana Records is a record label which was started in the 1950s as a subsidiary of the Dutch Philips Records; when Philips restructured its music operations it dropped Fontana in favor of Vertigo Records and Mercury Records....
.

Polygram
PolyGram

PolyGram was the name from 1972 in music of the major label recording company started by Philips as a holding company for its music interests in 1945....
 revived Smash as an R&B/dance
Dance music

Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dance. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement....
 label for a short time in the late 80s and early 90s.

Label variations

  • 1961-1967 -- Red label with SMASH shown vertically on left side
  • 1968-1970 -- Red or orange label with SMASH/Mercury logo shown sideways on left side


Smash Records artists

  • The Angels
    The Angels (band)

    The Angels were an United States girl group, best-known for their 1963 number 1 hit, "My Boyfriend's Back "....
  • James Brown
    James Brown

    James Joseph Brown, Jr. was an United States entertainer. He is recognized as one of the most influential figures in 20th century popular music and was renowned for his vocals and feverish dancing....
  • The Caravelles
    The Caravelles

    The Caravelles were a United Kingdom duet girl band, best known for their 1963 hit single, "You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry"....
  • Mother Maybelle Carter
  • Bruce Channel
    Bruce Channel

    Bruce Channel is an United States singing, known for his 1962 chart-topper hit record, "Hey! Baby"....
  • Dee Jay & The Runaways
  • Jay & the Techniques
    Jay & The Techniques

    Jay & the Techniques was an Miscegenation pop music band , which was formed in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania during the mid 1960s. A group whose sound and songs were more pop than soul music, Jay & the Techniques earned some points for the playful, joyous "Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie," which was their lone Top 40 Rhythm and blues and...
  • Joe Dowell
    Joe Dowell

    Joe Dowell was an American pop singer. He was born in Bloomington, Indiana, but moved to Bloomington, Illinois, as a child. He first performed at a ninth-grade talent show, and later attended the University of Illinois....
  • Pete Drake
    Pete Drake

    Pete Drake , born Roddis Franklin Drake, was a major Nashville, Tennessee, Tennessee-based record producer and pedal steel guitar player....
     (and his talking Steel Guitar)
  • Dickie Lee
  • Left Banke
  • Jerry Lee Lewis
    Jerry Lee Lewis

    Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer, songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 and his pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame....
  • Linda Gail Lewis
    Linda Gail Lewis

    Linda Gail Lewis is an American singer and pianist. She is the sister of Jerry Lee Lewis. She plays piano and has recorded with Stephen Ackles, Van Morrison, Tav Falco's Panther Burns and with her brother....
  • The Mesmerizing Eye
  • Roger Miller
    Roger Miller

    Roger Dean Miller was an United States singer, songwriter and musician, best known for his mid-1960s country/pop hits such as King of the Road , Dang Me and England Swings....
  • Charlie Rich
    Charlie Rich

    Charlie Rich was an United States. A Grammy Award winner, his eclectic-style of music was often hard to classify in a single genre, playing in the rockabilly, jazz, blues, country music, and gospel music genres....
  • Sir Douglas Quintet
    Sir Douglas Quintet

    'Sir Douglas Quintet' was a Rock and Roll musical ensemble active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Despite their British sounding name, they came out of San Antonio, Texas, Texas and are perhaps best known for their 1965 hit single songwriter by Doug Sahm, the 12-bar blues "She's About a Mover" named the chart-topper 'Texas' song by Texas...
  • Millie Small
    Millie (singer)

    Millie was often known as "Little Millie Small", and in the United States as "Millie Small", and is best known as the singer of the 1964 hit record, "My Boy Lollipop"....
  • Swingin' Medallions
  • The Walker Brothers
    The Walker Brothers

    The Walker Brothers were an United States 1960s and 1970s pop music musical ensemble, comprising Scott Engel, John Maus, and Gary Walker . They had a number of top ten albums and singles in the mid-1960s, including #1 chart hits "Make It Easy on Yourself" and "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine "...
  • Bill Justis
    Bill Justis

    William E. "Bill" Justis Jr. was an United States pioneer Rock and Roll musician, composer, and musical arranger best known for his 1957 Grammy Hall of Fame song "Raunchy ."...
  • Sparky's Flaw
    Sparky's Flaw

    Parachute, VA is a band that describes itself as "Acoustic Driven Pop Rock." The band started in 2001 and has since toured up and down the East Coast....
  • The Tempests


See also

  • List of record labels
    List of record labels

    This is a list of notable record labels.Owing to the large number of entries, the list has been divided by the first letter of the label's name, with labels starting with a number added to this page:...

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