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Mercury Records is a record label currently headquartered in the UK, and is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. In the US, its name and logo are now only used on back catalogue, country releases, and re-issues.

Mercury Records was founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1945 by Irving Green, Berle Adams and Arthur Talmadge. They were a major force in jazz and blues, classical music, rock and roll, and country music recordings. Early in the labels history, Mercury opened two pressing plants, one in Chicago and the other in St. Louis, Missouri. With the use of automatic presses and providing 24-hour turnaround, they went into direct competition with major recording labels such as Columbia, Decca, and RCA Victor.

By hiring two promoters, Tiny Hill and Jimmy Hilliard, they penetrated the pop market with names such as Frankie Laine, Vic Damone and Patti Page.

In 1947 Jack Rael, a musician and publicist/manager, persuaded Mercury to let Patti Page (whom he managed) record a song that had been planned to be done by Vic Damone, “Confess.” The budget was too small for them to hire a second singer to provide the “answer” parts to Page, so at Rael’s suggestion she did both voices. This became the first documented example of “overdubbing,” and Patti Page became one of the artists best known for the use of this technique.
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    November 2012

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    October 2012

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    Change main pic for Shiny Toy Guns. Come on!!! [2]

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