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MCA Nashville Label Chief Retiring

Thu Aug 8,12:50 AM ET

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Reuters) - Officials at MCA Nashville said on Wednesday that Bruce Hinton was resigning as chairman of the country music powerhouse after 19 years to spend more time with his family.

MCA Nashville, home to such acts as George Strait, Trisha Yearwood, Reba McEntire and Wynonna, is a division of Universal Music Group.

Succeeding Hinton, who has been in the business since 1960, is Luke Lewis, chairman and CEO of Universal's Mercury Nashville and Lost Highway labels. He will now oversee all three labels. Lewis helped oversee the huge success of the Grammy-winning soundtrack to "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"

MCA Nashville was named the No. 1 country label by the Billboard and R & R trade publications for 10 consecutive years starting in 1991.

Hinton, who will take the title chairman emeritus, started his career in 1960 with Warner Bros. Records in New York, relocated to Los Angeles, then joined Columbia Records as western promotion manager. Moving back to New York, he became CBS's Custom Label Group director, then returned to Los Angeles in 1967. In the early 1980s, he moved to Nashville as senior vice president of MCA Nashville.



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