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RCA

American  
  1. Radio Corporation of America.

  2. Royal College of Art.


RCA British  

abbreviation

  1. (formerly) Radio Corporation of America

  2. Royal Canadian Academy

  3. Royal College of Art

  4. Central African Republic (international car registration)

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Etymology

Origin of RCA

(sense 4) from République Centrafricaine

Example Sentences

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Not long after, Sedaka signed with RCA Records as a performer.

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Sedaka had difficulty delivering a successful sequel to his initial hit for RCA, so he constructed “Oh! Carol” to mimic the lovelorn yet sweet sounds filling the charts in 1959.

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Rushing into a nearby demo studio, Sedaka cut a version that was ready for radio, but RCA refused to release it, on the grounds that it only released records made in its studios.

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After his deal with RCA expired in 1966, Sedaka started playing hotels in the Catskills and clubs on the East Coast, venues that grew progressively smaller with each passing year.

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He returned to RCA with “Emergence,” a mellow record designed to follow King’s “Tapestry” onto the radio, but that airplay never materialized: Sedaka was still seen as a relic of the early ’60s.

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