| 1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rca_records.jpg]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:A collage of RCA's various logos, taken from their Website/{{Facebook}} page.]] |
| 3 | |
| 4 | RCA Records is one of the oldest, and most successful, record companies in existence. |
| 5 | |
| 6 | Its origins go back to 1901, when its precursor, the Victor Talking Machine Company, went into business. Victor became a leading manufacturer of both phonographs and the records that played on them; the record label's roster included such prominent names as Enrico Caruso and Paul Whiteman. In 1929, Victor was acquired by the Radio Corporation of America, and the main pop label housed names such as Rudy Vallee and the first records of Music/BingCrosby as a solo singer, while Bluebird was launched as a budget label in 1932. In 1946, the Victor label was renamed RCA Victor. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | In 1949, RCA introduced the 7-inch record as both a successor to older 78 rpm discs and a competitor to Creator/ColumbiaRecords' Long Play (LP) format. RCA's attempts at pushing 7-inch albums (which collected multiple discs like 78 rpm albums) fell flat, with customers overwhelmingly preferring the LP for that niche. Despite this, the 7-inch would remain standard for single releases until the advent of 12-inch singles in the mid-'70s and cassette and CD singles in TheEighties. On the flipside, RCA would be quick to jump on the Platform/CompactDisc bandwagon that decade, releasing albums on the format as soon as it became available outside of Japan. |
| 9 | |
| 10 | In TheFifties, RCA helped usher in the RockAndRoll era by signing Music/ElvisPresley. RCA's other major artists over the years include Music/JeffersonAirplane, Music/DavidBowie, Music/LouReed, Music/KellyClarkson, and Music/FooFighters, among many others. The RCA label is currently owned by Creator/SonyMusicEntertainment, along with its longtime competitor Columbia. |
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| 12 | !!RCA Records performers, past and present, with Website/TVTropes pages: |
| 13 | [[index]] |
| 14 | * Music/AHa |
| 15 | * Music/{{ABBA}} (Latin America, Australia/New Zealand) |
| 16 | * Music/ChristinaAguilera |
| 17 | * Music/{{Alabama}} |
| 18 | * Music/{{Alcatrazz}} (Europe only) |
| 19 | * Music/AlvinAndTheChipmunks |
| 20 | * Music/PaulAnka |
| 21 | * Creator/AnnMargret |
| 22 | * Music/AntiFlag |
| 23 | * Music/LouisArmstrong |
| 24 | * Music/ASAPRocky |
| 25 | * Music/RickAstley |
| 26 | * Music/BackstreetBoys |
| 27 | * Creator/HarryBelafonte |
| 28 | * Music/ClintBlack |
| 29 | * Music/BlackRebelMotorcycleClub |
| 30 | * Radio/BobAndRay |
| 31 | * Music/MichaelBolton (released his first two albums on RCA under his real name, Michael Bolotin) |
| 32 | * Music/DavidBowie[[note]]1971-1982; material from TheNewTens is also distributed in the UK by RCA, as was his 1969-1970 material prior to 1988[[/note]] |
| 33 | * Music/{{Brandy}} |
| 34 | * Music/BringMeTheHorizon |
| 35 | * Music/{{BROCKHAMPTON}} |
| 36 | * Music/GarthBrooks |
| 37 | * Music/KaneBrown |
| 38 | * Music/AlexandraBurke |
| 39 | * Creator/CarolBurnett |
| 40 | * Music/TracyByrd |
| 41 | * Music/CageTheElephant |
| 42 | * Music/{{TheCalling|Band}} |
| 43 | * Creator/DiahannCarroll |
| 44 | * Creator/DavidCassidy |
| 45 | * Music/ChildishGambino |
| 46 | * Music/{{Clannad}} |
| 47 | * Music/KellyClarkson |
| 48 | * Music/SamCooke |
| 49 | * Music/ElvisCostello and the Attractions (some European releases) |
| 50 | * Music/BingCrosby |
| 51 | * Music/MileyCyrus |
| 52 | * Creator/RodneyDangerfield |
| 53 | * Music/{{Daughtry}} |
| 54 | * Music/DeepPurple |
| 55 | * Music/JohnDenver |
| 56 | * Music/BoDiddley |
| 57 | * Music/DojaCat |
| 58 | * Music/{{Donovan}} |
| 59 | * Music/HilaryDuff |
| 60 | * Music/DukeEllington |
| 61 | * Music/{{Eurythmics}} |
| 62 | * Music/SaraEvans |
| 63 | * Music/{{Eve 6}} |
| 64 | * Music/TheEverlyBrothers |
| 65 | * Music/{{Everything Everything|Band}} |
| 66 | * Music/PalomaFaith |
| 67 | * Music/MarianneFaithfull |
| 68 | * Music/JoseFeliciano |
| 69 | * Music/{{Fergie}} |
| 70 | * Music/EddieFisher |
| 71 | * Music/FooFighters |
| 72 | ** Music/DaveGrohl |
| 73 | * Music/LitaFord |
| 74 | * Creator/JamieFoxx |
| 75 | * Music/ArethaFranklin |
| 76 | * Music/GEazy |
| 77 | * Music/VinceGill |
| 78 | * Music/DizzyGillespie |
| 79 | * Music/DavidGray (US & Canada only) |
| 80 | * Creator/LorneGreene |
| 81 | * Creator/MervGriffin |
| 82 | * Music/TheGuessWho |
| 83 | * Music/HalfAlive |
| 84 | * Music/DarylHallAndJohnOates |
| 85 | * Music/TomTHall |
| 86 | * Music/MikePosner |
| 87 | * Music/MCHammer |
| 88 | * Music/{{Hawkwind}} |
| 89 | * Music/{{Helloween}} |
| 90 | * Music/{{Horslips}} |
| 91 | * Music/WhitneyHouston |
| 92 | * Music/{{Hum}} |
| 93 | * Creator/JenniferHudson |
| 94 | * Music/EnriqueIglesias |
| 95 | * Music/TheIsleyBrothers |
| 96 | * Music/JanAndDean |
| 97 | * Music/JeffersonAirplane |
| 98 | ** Music/JeffersonStarship |
| 99 | ** Music/{{Starship}} |
| 100 | * Music/WaylonJennings |
| 101 | * Music/JimmyEatWorld |
| 102 | * Music/GeorgeJones |
| 103 | * Music/SpikeJones |
| 104 | * Music/TheJudds |
| 105 | * Music/RKelly |
| 106 | * Music/{{Kesha}} |
| 107 | * Music/AliciaKeys |
| 108 | * Music/{{Khalid}} |
| 109 | * Music/CaroleKing |
| 110 | * UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr[[note]]Via a promo-only release of his speech to the 1967 convention of NATRA, the National Association of Television and Radio Announcers[[/note]] |
| 111 | * Music/KingsOfLeon |
| 112 | * Music/TheKinks |
| 113 | * Music/EarthaKitt |
| 114 | * Music/AdamLambert |
| 115 | * Music/MirandaLambert |
| 116 | * Creator/MichaelLandon |
| 117 | * Music/AvrilLavigne |
| 118 | * Music/{{Leadbelly}} |
| 119 | * [[Music/{{Eurythmics}} Annie Lennox]] |
| 120 | * Music/LittleRichard |
| 121 | * Music/NickLowe and His Cowboy Outfit (Some European releases) |
| 122 | * Creator/JeanetteMacDonald |
| 123 | * Music/HenryMancini |
| 124 | * Music/BarryManilow |
| 125 | * Music/DaveMatthewsBand |
| 126 | * Music/MartinaMcBride |
| 127 | * Music/SarahMcLachlan |
| 128 | * Music/{{Miguel}} |
| 129 | * Music/GlennMiller |
| 130 | * Music/FloMilli |
| 131 | * Music/RonnieMilsap |
| 132 | * Creator/CarmenMiranda |
| 133 | * Music/{{MO}} |
| 134 | * Music/{{Monica}} |
| 135 | * Music/TheMonkees (except for the USA, where they were on the RCA-distributed Colgems label) |
| 136 | ** Music/MichaelNesmith |
| 137 | * Music/LittleMix (from 2018-Onwards) |
| 138 | * Music/LorrieMorgan |
| 139 | * Music/EnnioMorricone |
| 140 | * Music/GiorgioMoroder |
| 141 | * Music/{{Morrissey}} (UK & Europe only) |
| 142 | * Music/WillieNelson |
| 143 | * Creator/AnthonyNewley |
| 144 | * Music/HarryNilsson |
| 145 | * Music/KlausNomi |
| 146 | * Music/NothingButThieves |
| 147 | * Music/{{NSYNC}} |
| 148 | * Music/TheNuttySquirrels (one single in 1964) |
| 149 | * Music/TheOakRidgeBoys |
| 150 | * Music/OldDominion |
| 151 | * Music/RoyOrbison |
| 152 | * Music/JakeOwen |
| 153 | * Music/DollyParton |
| 154 | * Music/{{Pentatonix}} |
| 155 | * Music/{{Pink}} |
| 156 | * Music/{{Pitbull}} |
| 157 | * Music/IggyPop |
| 158 | * Music/PopWillEatItself |
| 159 | * Music/ElvisPresley |
| 160 | * Music/CharleyPride |
| 161 | * Music/TitoPuente |
| 162 | * Music/{{Redbone}} |
| 163 | * Music/LouReed |
| 164 | * Music/DjangoReinhardt |
| 165 | * Music/{{Renaissance}} (Some European releases) |
| 166 | * Music/RestlessHeart |
| 167 | * Music/JimmieRodgers (through Victor) |
| 168 | * Music/KennyRogers |
| 169 | * Creator/RoyRogers |
| 170 | * Music/JacobSartorius |
| 171 | * Music/ScatmanJohn |
| 172 | * Creator/NicoleScherzinger |
| 173 | * Music/{{Scorpions|Band}} |
| 174 | * Music/GilScottHeron |
| 175 | * Music/TheScript |
| 176 | * Music/TheSearchers |
| 177 | * Music/NeilSedaka |
| 178 | * Music/TheShaggs |
| 179 | * Music/{{Shakira}} |
| 180 | * Music/{{Shenandoah}} |
| 181 | * Creator/DinahShore |
| 182 | * Music/{{Sia}} (outside Australia and New Zealand) |
| 183 | * Music/NinaSimone |
| 184 | * Music/NancySinatra |
| 185 | * Music/DanielSkye |
| 186 | * Music/{{Sparks}} |
| 187 | * Music/BritneySpears |
| 188 | * Music/RickSpringfield |
| 189 | * Music/RingoStarr |
| 190 | * Music/SteeleyeSpan (UK only) |
| 191 | * Music/RayStevens |
| 192 | * Music/AlStewart (outside the USA & Canada) |
| 193 | * Music/JohnStewart |
| 194 | * Music/TheStrokes (everywhere except the UK) |
| 195 | * Music/JazmineSullivan |
| 196 | * Music/{{Sweet}} (UK & Europe only) |
| 197 | * Music/{{SZA}} |
| 198 | * Music/TPain |
| 199 | * Music/{{Take That|Band}} |
| 200 | * Music/TaylorGirlz |
| 201 | * Music/ThreeDaysGrace |
| 202 | * Music/JustinTimberlake |
| 203 | * Music/{{Tinashe}} |
| 204 | * Music/AaronTippin |
| 205 | * Music/{{Tool}} |
| 206 | * Music/AllenToussaint (as "Tousan") |
| 207 | * Music/ATribeCalledQuest |
| 208 | * Music/BonnieTyler |
| 209 | * Music/{{Usher}} |
| 210 | * Music/FrankieValliAndTheFourSeasons (as "The Four Lovers") |
| 211 | * Music/{{Vangelis}} |
| 212 | * Music/VerticalHorizon |
| 213 | * Music/DianaVickers |
| 214 | * Music/VillagePeople |
| 215 | * Music/WalkTheMoon |
| 216 | * Music/ColterWall |
| 217 | * Music/FatsWaller |
| 218 | * Music/WarBand |
| 219 | * Music/SteveWariner |
| 220 | * Creator/JohnWayne |
| 221 | * Music/KeithWhitley |
| 222 | * Music/WolfAlice (US & Canada only) |
| 223 | * Music/WuTangClan |
| 224 | * Creator/PeterWyngarde |
| 225 | * Music/WeirdAlYankovic |
| 226 | * Music/{{Yazoo}} (Spain only) |
| 227 | * Music/TrishaYearwood |
| 228 | * Music/ChrisYoung |
| 229 | * Music/ZZTop |
| 230 | [[/index]] |
| 231 | |
| 232 | !!RCA Records performers licensed from Creator/DunhillRecords |
| 233 | Between 1965 and 1970, RCA was the Canadian and European licensee for American label Dunhill Records. Artists released on RCA under that arrangement include: |
| 234 | [[index]] |
| 235 | * Creator/BarryGordon (Canada only) |
| 236 | * Creator/RichardHarris |
| 237 | * Music/TheMamasAndThePapas |
| 238 | * Music/{{Steppenwolf}} |
| 239 | * Music/VanDerGraafGenerator (Canada only) |
| 240 | [[/index]] |
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