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USA Records was an American, Chicago based independent record label. Jim Golden started the USA label as part of Chicago's Allstate Distributors in 1960, which was owned by Paul Glass. USA Record Co., Inc. had its office at 1448 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60605, which was across the street from Chess Records and Glass's Allstate Distributors, Chess' regional distributor. While USA had a few regional hits, their biggest hit came in 1967 with the chart-topping "Kind of a Drag" by The Buckinghams. The label lasted until 1969.

USA Records worldwide rights were acquired by 43 North Broadway, LLC in 2015.

External links

"U.S.A. Discography". Bsnpubs.com. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
"45 Discography for U.S.A. Records". Globaldogproductions.info. Retrieved January 27, 2020.
"USA Records". discogs.com. Retrieved February 7, 2020.

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-''USA Records'' was a [[Chicago]] based record label founded in 1960 by record distributor Jim Golden. The label's office was located across from [[Chess Records]] and Paul Glass' Allstate Records Distributing Co., which was Chess' regional distributor. Paul Glass, the 1955 founder of Allstate Records Distributing Co., one of the largest independent distributors in the country at the time. Glass was a pioneer Chicago distributor of independent record labels. Paul Glass partnered with [[Marshall Neal]] , who was his #1 top distribution expert! No-one in the music industry could outdo Neal, he accurately kept release dates, charts, sales and numbers all in his head, never writing anything down. Glass later owned the USA Records label, which launched several local musical groups that became famous. While USA had a few regional hits, their biggest hit came in 1967 with the chart-topping "[[Kind of a Drag]]" by [[The Buckinghams]].  The label lasted until 1969.
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+'''USA Records''' was an American, [[Chicago]] based [[independent record label]]. Jim Golden started the USA label as part of Chicago's Allstate Distributors in 1960, which was owned by Paul Glass.  USA Record Co., Inc. had its office at 1448 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60605, which was across the street from [[Chess Records]] and Glass's Allstate Distributors, Chess' regional distributor.  While USA had a few regional hits, their biggest hit came in 1967 with the chart-topping "[[Kind of a Drag]]" by [[The Buckinghams]].  The label lasted until 1969.
-USA Records worldwide rights were acquired by 43 North Broadway, LLC in 2015.
+USA Records worldwide rights were acquired by [[43 North Broadway, LLC]] in 2015.
-== External links ==
+==External links==
-*[http://bsnpubs.com/chicago/usa/usa.html USA Records story from BSN Pubs]
+*{{Cite web|url=http://bsnpubs.com/chicago/usa/usa.html|title=U.S.A. Discography|website=Bsnpubs.com|access-date=January 27, 2020}}
+*{{Cite web|url=http://www.globaldogproductions.info/u/usa.html|title=45 Discography for U.S.A. Records|website=Globaldogproductions.info|access-date=January 27, 2020}}
+*{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/label/87642-USA-Records-2|title=USA Records|website=discogs.com|access-date=February 7, 2020}}
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