Smash Records is an American record label. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music It was a subsidiary of Mercury Records in the 1960s run by Charlie Fach. 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 Its recording artists included James Brown, Bruce Channel, Roger Miller, The Left Banke, Bill Justis and Jerry Lee Lewis. James Joseph Brown Jr (May 3 1933 – December 25 2006 commonly referred to as "The Godfather of Soul" the "King of Funk" and "The Bruce Channel (pronounced "shuh-NELL" (born Bruce McMeans 28 November 1940, Jacksonville, Texas) is an American Singer Roger Dean Miller ( January 2, 1936 – October 25, 1992) was an American Singer, Songwriter and The Left Banke was an American 1960s pop-music group best remembered for their two hit singles " Walk Away Renee " and " Pretty Ballerina William E "Bill" Justis Jr ( October 14, 1926 – July 15, 1982) was an American pioneer Rock and Roll Jerry Lee Lewis (born September 29, 1935) is an American Rock and roll and Country music Singer, Songwriter
A dispute with King Records led James Brown to release all of his band's instrumental recordings between 1964 and 1967 on Smash. King Records is an American Record label, started in 1943 by Syd Nathan and headquartered in Cincinnati Ohio. James Joseph Brown Jr (May 3 1933 – December 25 2006 commonly referred to as "The Godfather of Soul" the "King of Funk" and "The An instrumental is a Musical composition or recording without Lyrics or any other sort of Vocal music; all of the Music is produced by Events January 1 - Top of the Pops premieres on BBC television The year 1967 was an important year for Psychedelic rock, with releases from The Beatles ( Sgt Smash also released three of Brown's vocal recordings, including his 1964 proto-funk single "Out of Sight". Funk is an American musical style that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended Soul music, Soul For the 1999 song see Guitars (Mike Oldfield album. " Out of Sight " is an R&B Song recorded by James Brown [1]
Smash shared the numbering system for their singles with other labels that they distributed. The most important of these was Fontana Records. Fontana Records is a Record label which was started in the 1950s as a subsidiary of the Dutch Philips Records.
Polygram revived Smash as an R&B/dance label for a short time in the late 80s and early 90s. PolyGram was the name from 1972 of the Major label recording company started by Philips as a holding company for its music interests in 1945 This article is about music for dancing in general You may also be looking for Electronic dance music.
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