Rca Records history

Die Abkürzung RCA leitet sich von der Radio Corporation of America ab, aus der die Firma hervorging. (de) Die Radio Corporation of America (RCA) war ein US-amerikanisches Unternehmen, das 1919 als Aktiengesellschaft von amerikanischen Elektronikherstellern gegründet wurde.

During the early part of the Depression, RCA Victor made a number of attempts to create a successful cheap label to compete with the "dime store labels" (Perfect, Oriole, Banner, Melotone, etc.). The first was the short-lived "Timely Tunes" label in 1931 sold at Montgomery Ward.

Bluebird Records was created in 1932 as a sub-label of RCA Victor.

In 1939, RCA demonstrated an all-electronic television system at the New York World's Fair and developed the USA's first-ever television test pattern.

With the introduction of the NTSC standard, the Federal Communications Commission authorized the start of commercial television transmission on July 1, 1941.

In the spring of 1946, "RCA Victor" replaced "Victor" on labels for shellac 78 rpm singles.

The first 45 rpm record manufactured was "PeeWee the Piccolo" RCA Victor 47-0147 pressed December 7, 1948 at the Sherman Drive plant in Indianapolis.

In 1949, RCA-Victor developed and released the first 45 rpm record to the public, answering CBS/Columbia's 331/3 rpm "LP".

RCA Victor finally bowed to the inevitable and announced its intention to issue LPs in January 1950.

RCA Victor officially announced the formation of label "X" on April 20, 1953.

In September 1954, RCA Victor introduced "Gruve-Gard" where the center and edge of a record are thicker than the playing area, reducing scuff marks during handling and when stacked on a turntable with an automatic record changer.

For the lack of any better designation, Billboard chose to refer to the new, unnamed label in the story as Label "X"; the new label began to hire staffers and decide on a direction, and the name stuck until 1955.

His first record for the label was "Heartbreak Hotel", recorded in January 1956.

RCA in Music City, United StatesA.: The Nashville Sound In RCA in Music City, United StatesA.: The Nashville SoundChet Atkins was a respected guitarist and songwriter long before he was put in charge of RCA’s office in Nashville in 1957.

In 1960, RCA Victor announced the Compact 33 double extended play and singles; these were 7 inch records, which played at 33 1/3 rpm.

In January 1961, the Compact 33 discs were released simultaneously with their 45 rpm counterparts.

The long-term goal was to phase out the 45 rpm disc, but sales of the new records were poor and by early 1962 the campaign had failed.

In 1963, RCA Victor introduced Dynagroove which added computer technology to the disc cutting process, ostensibly to improve sound reproduction.

RCA was a major proponent of the eight-track tape cartridge, which it launched in 1965.

BMG revived the old RCA "lightning bolt" logo that was retired in 1968 to differentiate RCA Records from the other RCA divisions, which GE either liquidated, sold, or closed.

In late 1969, RCA Records introduced a very thin, lightweight vinyl LP known as Dynaflex.

A empresa entrou em decadência em meados dos anos 1970, quando tentou diversificar e expandir suas operações em um conglomerado.

The color of the labels, which had always been black for the popular series (as opposed to the Red Seal line), was changed to a bright orange or yellow (becoming tan briefly later in 1975–76).

Beginning in late 1976, the RCA Corporation revived the Nipper/His Master's Voice trademark.

Det var dock på fallrepet när dess stora stjärna, Elvis Presley, plötsligt avled 1977.

En 1985, la firme rachète Ariola et Arista.

Em 1986, a RCA foi readquirida pela General Electric que liquidou as diversas empresas do grupo nos anos subsequentes.

By the end of the fiscal year 1988, RCA Records had gross revenue of $236 million in the United States, its most profitable year to date.

In August 1990 Buziak was replaced by Joe Galante, who had been the president of RCA Records Nashville division.

Galante returned to head the Nashville division and was replaced in March 1995 by the president of RCA Records Canada, Bob Jamieson.

…50 countries, including Arista and RCA in the United States). In 2001 the firm gained a controlling interest in the Luxembourg-based RTL Group, Europe’s largest producer of radio, television, and movie content and operator of numerous radio and TV stations across the continent.

Ekde 2002, la televidila branĉo de RCA apartenas al ĉina firmao TCL. La Bertelsmann AG posedas RCA Victor kaj vendas dismonde Audio-KDj kun RCA-etikedo. (eo)

In 2006, Sony BMG merged its former Broadway music and classical labels, including Red Seal and Gold Seal, to Sony Masterworks.

In April 2008, former Zomba Label Group president and CEO Barry Weiss was appointed chairman of the BMG Label Group, and Davis was named chief creative officer of Sony BMG worldwide.

In May 2011, Doug Morris was appointed chairman of Sony Music Entertainment.

John Fleckenstein and Joe Riccitelli were appointed as co-presidents of RCA Records in January 2018.

In June 2020, the label partnered with the Human Rights Campaign to present the 2020 Pride Benefit Concert, a livestream supporting LGBTQ equality in June.