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Parent company | Mercury Records |
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Founded | 1961 |
Founder | Shelby Singleton |
Defunct | 1996 |
Status | Defunct |
Distributor(s) | Island Records (catalog) |
Genre | Various |
Country of origin | U.S. |
Smash Records was an American record label founded in 1961 as a subsidiary of Mercury Records[1] by Mercury executive Shelby Singleton and run by Singleton with Charlie Fach. Fach took over after Singleton left Mercury in 1966. Its recording artists included Frankie Valli, James Brown, Bruce Channel, Roger Miller, The Left Banke, Bill Justis, and Jerry Lee Lewis.
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