Mega Records was a

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-based music label founded in 1970 by former

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executive Brad McCuen along with Harry E. Pratt. Its most successful recording artist was

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who also recorded the label's very first single.Tennessee Record Labels Mega Records Label Index
, accessed July 10, 2010 She would record 16 chart singles for the Mega label. Mega's other notable recording artist was

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. The continuing

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also recorded for the label, which lasted until 1976.

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Mega Records story from BSN Pubs
Defunct record labels of the United States {{US-record-label-stub

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