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MCA was formed in 1924 by Jules Stein and William R. Goodheart, Jr., as Music Corporation of America, a music booking agency based in Chicago, Illinois. MCA helped pioneer modern practices of touring bands and name acts.
The Music Corporation of America (MCA, Inc.) was an American media company founded in Chicago by Jules C. Stein and William R. Goodheart, Jr. Initially starting in the music business, the company next became a dominant force in the film business, and later expanded into the television business.
He organized a band in which he played the fiddle, made bookings for other bands for a fee, finally teamed up with William R. Goodheart Jr., who later retired, to found M.C.A. as a...
Dec 17, 2019 · NBC program executive William R. Goodheart, Jr had this answer: “The studies we have made indicate that housewives want good, easy-listening music,” he said. “That’s just what we’re going to give them…live big band music every morning.”
- Early Years
- Revue Productions and The Early Days of Television
- Takeover of Universal Studios and Decca Records
- Later Years
MCA was formed in 1924 by Jules Stein and William R. Goodheart, Jr., as Music Corporation of America, a music booking agency based in Chicago, Illinois. MCA helped pioneer modern practices of touring bands and name acts. Early on, MCA booked such prominent artists as King Oliver and Jelly Roll Morton for clubs and speakeasies run by legendary notor...
In 1948, Jules Stein moved up as MCA's first chairman, giving Lew Wasserman charge of day-to-day operations of the company as president. That year, Stein and Wasserman decided to get into a new medium that would soon change the entertainment industry: television. Although many motion picture studios would not touch this new medium, thinking it was ...
In 1962, MCA entered a merger of equals with New York-based American Decca Records, with MCA as the surviving company. Decca at the time owned Coral Records and Brunswick Records, as well as an 89% controlling stake in Universal Pictures Company, Inc.. In order to acquire Universal, MCA was forced by the Department of Justice to dissolve its talent...
In 1967, the MCA Recordslabel was established outside the United States and Canada to issue releases by the MCA group of labels. Decca, Kapp and Uni were merged into MCA Records at Universal City, California in 1971; the three labels maintained their identities for a short time but were soon retired in favor of the MCA label. The first MCA Records ...
Dec 5, 2023 · edit. Language. Label. Description. Also known as. English. William R. Goodheart, Jr. American businessman, co-founder of Music Corporation of America.
Music Corporation of America (MCA) was founded in Chicago in 1924 as a talent agency by Dr. Jules Stein and Mr. William R. Goodheart, Jr. and began to produce TV shows in the late 40s. In 1958 MCA acquired the Universal Studios property and also Paramount's pre-1948 film library for its MCA TV division.
