Decca

Decca, founded 1929: jazz artists and albums on the label.

Decca Records is a British-American record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis after his acquisition of a gramophone manufacturer, The Decca Gramophone Company. It set up an American subsidiary under the Decca name, which became an independent company just before the Second World War. The American spin-off became a subsidiary of MCA Inc. in 1962. Known for its technical innovations, the British parent company grew to become the second most successful recording company in Britain and celebrated fifty years of existence in 1979, shortly before being sold to PolyGram. Both Decca and its former subsidiary were subsequently acquired by Universal Music. Decca and its American spin-off both built up strong catalogues of popular music. In their first two decades, their artists included Gertrude Lawrence, George Formby, Jack Hylton and Vera Lynn in Britain and Bing Crosby, Al Jolson, the Andrews Sisters and the Mills Brothers in the US.

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Artists on Decca

Louis Armstrong 1901–1971 · American jazz musician, trumpeter and singer (1901–1971)

Barbra Streisand b. 1942 · American singer and actress (born 1942)

Bing Crosby 1903–1977 · American singer and actor (1903–1977)

Ella Fitzgerald 1917–1996 · American jazz singer (1917–1996)

Duke Ellington 1899–1974 · American jazz pianist and composer (1899–1974)

Billie Holiday 1915–1959 · American jazz singer (1915–1959)

Nat King Cole 1919–1965 · American singer and jazz pianist (1919–1965)

Jerry Lewis 1926–2017 · American comedian, actor and film director (1926–2017)

Lena Horne 1917–2010 · American singer, actress, dancer and activist (1917–2010)

Count Basie 1904–1984 · American jazz musician and composer (1904–1984)

Perry Como 1912–2001 · American singer, actor, television personality (1912-2001)

Peggy Lee 1920–2002 · American singer (1920–2002)

Les Paul 1915–2009 · American jazz guitarist, country guitarist, songwriter and…

Sammy Davis Jr. 1925–1990 · American entertainer (1925–1990)

Rosemary Clooney 1928–2002 · American singer and actress (1928–2002)

Bobby Darin 1936–1973 · American singer and actor (1936–1973)

Art Tatum 1909–1956 · American jazz pianist (1909–1956)

Manu Dibango 1933–2020 · Cameroonian musician and songwriter, recording artist…

Lionel Hampton 1908–2002 · American jazz musician (1908–2002)

Charlie Watts 1941–2021 · British drummer (1941–2021)

Woody Herman 1913–1987 · American jazz musician and bandleader (1913–1987)

Carmen McRae 1920–1994 · American jazz musician and actress (1922-1994)

Sister Rosetta Tharpe 1915–1973 · American gospel musician (1915–1973)

Al Jolson 1886–1950 · American entertainer, actor, and singer (1886–1950)

Roy Eldridge 1911–1989 · American trumpeter (1911–1989)

Earl Hines 1903–1983 · American jazz pianist (1903–1983)

Stan Kenton 1911–1979 · American pianist, composer, arranger and band leader…

Mel Tormé 1925–1999 · American recording artist (1925–1999)

Friedrich Gulda 1930–2000 · Austrian pianist and composer (1930–2000)

Tommy Dorsey 1905–1956 · American big band leader and musician

Mary Lou Williams 1910–1981 · American jazz pianist and composer (1910–1981)

The Andrews Sisters 1925– · American close harmony singing group

Louis Jordan 1908–1975 · American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician…

The Mills Brothers 1925– · American jazz and pop vocal quartet (1923-1981)

Bert Kaempfert 1923–1980 · German orchestra leader, multi-instrumentalist, music…

Chris Barber 1930–2021 · English trombonist (1930–2021)

Jamie Cullum b. 1979 · English jazz singer and pianist

Larry Adler 1914–2001 · American harmonica player (1914-2001)

Patrick Moraz b. 1948 · Swiss musician

Madeleine Peyroux b. 1973 · American jazz singer, songwriter, and guitarist

Raymond Scott 1908–1994 · American composer, bandleader, pianist, record producer…

Georgie Fame b. 1943 · English rhythm and blues and jazz singer and keyboard player

Jimmy Scott 1925–2014 · American jazz singer (1925-2014)

Adelaide Hall 1904–1993 · American-born jazz singer and actor (1901–1993)

Imelda May b. 1974 · Irish singer Jerry Fielding 1922–1980 · American jazz musician, arranger, band leader, and film… Stanley Black 1913–2002 · British composer (1913-2002)

Hazel Scott 1920–1981 · American musician (1920-1981)

Nikki Yanofsky b. 1994 · Canadian singer

Les Brown 1912–2001 · American bandleader (1912–2001)

Stan Tracey 1926–2013 · British pianist (1926-2013)

Kitty Kallen 1921–2016 · American singer (1921-2016)

Jon Hiseman 1944–2018 · English drummer and sound engineer (1944-2018)

Helen O'Connell 1920–1993 · American actress and singer (1920–1993) Ted Heath 1902–1969 · British musician (1900–1969) Gordon Jenkins 1910–1984 · American arranger, composer, and pianist who was…

Donna Hightower 1926–2013 · American soul singer (1926-2013)

Sammy Price 1908–1992 · American pianist (1908-1992)

Helen Humes 1913–1981 · American jazz and blues singer (1913–1981)

Connee Boswell 1907–1976 · American musician (1907–1976)

Chihiro Yamanaka b. 1974 · Japanese jazz pianist

Lucky Millinder 1910–1966 · American bandleader (1910–1966)

Helen Forrest 1917–1999 · American singer (1917-1999)

Al Hibbler 1915–2001 · American baritone vocalist (1915-2001)

Tiny Bradshaw 1907–1958 · American jazz and rhythm and blues bandleader, singer…

Gorni Kramer 1913–1995 · Italian musician (1913–1995)

Ray McKinley 1910–1995 · American jazz drummer, singer, and bandleader (1910-1995)

Sy Oliver 1910–1988 · American jazz arranger, trumpeter, composer, singer and… Cleo Brown 1909–1995 · American singer (1909–1995)

Russ Morgan 1904–1969 · American big band leader and arranger, songwriter… Neil Ardley 1937–2004 · British jazz musician (1937–2004)

Roy Smeck 1900–1994 · American virtuoso guitarist, banjoist and ukulele player…

Nat Gonella 1908–1998 · British musician (1908–1998) Cousin Joe 1907–1989 · American blues and jazz singer (1907-1989)

Carola Standertskjöld 1941–1997 · Finnish singer (1941–1997)

Irving Fields 1915–2016 · American cocktail pianist famous for fusion of Latin and…

Erskine Butterfield 1913–1961 · American musician (1913–1961) Nancy Holloway 1932–2019 · American jazz musician (1932–2019)

Floyd Smith 1917–1982 · American jazz guitarist (1917–1982) Margie Hyams 1920–2012 · American jazz vibraphonist (1920-2012)

Johnny Desmond 1919–1985 · American pop singer (1919–1985) Bernard Peiffer 1922–1976 · French musician (1922-1976) Teddy Grace 1905–1992 · American jazz singer (1905–1992) Henry Jerome 1917–2011 · American musician (1917–2011) Bea Booze 1920–1986 · American musician (1920–1986)

Label profile

Multinational label; also appears as Decca Records. Label code: LC 0171 / LC 00171.
This is the LABEL to use, regardless of whether the COMPANY behind is The Decca Record Company Limited (formerly owned by its founder Edward Lewis and PolyGram) or Decca Records, Inc. (formerly owned by MCA), or whichever else.

Former stockbroker Edward Lewis formed The Decca Record Company Limited in the United Kingdom on February 28, 1929. It was founded for Brunswick Ltd., which was founded locally by Brunswick-Balke-Collender and the German Polyphon Musik. The company started releasing records under the Decca trademark.

A US branch, Decca Records, Inc., was launched on August 4th, 1934. The first US Decca label was a Sunburst design (also referred to as three-dimensional), but that design disappeared in 1937. The sunburst design was replaced by a Decca in block lettering (also referred to as two-dimensional), mainly blue and red. This branch was sold off during World War II, but the UK & US companies continued to release each other’s recordings in their respective territories. In the UK, US Decca recordings were released on the Brunswick label from 1934 until February 1968, when the MCA Recor

Profile from Discogs (CC0)

Albums on Decca