London Records
London Records, founded 1947: jazz artists and albums on the label.
London Recordings (or London Records and London Music Stream) is a British record label that marketed records in the United States, Canada, and Latin America for Decca Records from 1947 to 1980 before becoming semi-independent. The London name – as London American Recordings, often shortened to London American – was also used by British Decca in the UK market, for releases taken from American labels, which British Decca licensed. The label is owned by Because Music, which also owns most of the label's 1980s and 1990s UK catalogue.
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Artists on London Records
Barbra Streisand
b. 1942 · American singer and actress (born 1942)
Fats Domino
1928–2017 · American pianist and singer (1928-2017)
Julie London
1926–2000 · American actress and singer (1926-2000)
Yma Sumac
1922–2008 · Peruvian-American singer (1922–2008)
Modern Jazz Quartet
1952– · American musical group; jazz ensemble
Steve Lawrence
1935–2024 · American singer and actor (1935–2024)
Georgie Fame
b. 1943 · English rhythm and blues and jazz singer and keyboard player
Ted Heath
1902–1969 · British musician (1900–1969)
Don Costa
1925–1983 · American recording artist, conductor, record producer…
Robert Farnon
1917–2005 · Canadian-born composer, conductor, musical arranger and…
Label profile
British-owned multi-national label created by The Decca Record Company Limited initially to market their catalogue in North America and their North American catalogue outside North America, but later to market licensed catalogue around the world, both directly (in the UK) and via their worldwide licensees. It had a third life as a worldwide label under Decca’s new owners Polygram from the 1980s.
Also appears as: London only or London Recordings.
Label Code: LC 0253 / LC 00253 (LC 7654 / LC 07654 for London/ releases).
Please note: INT is not part of the catalogue number; it merely indicates that number is the international number.
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London Records was established in 1947 from the split in ownership between the British branch of Decca and that same company's USA branch. Since British Decca could not use the Decca name in North America, it used the "London" label and logo to release records from the UK-owned Decca catalogue for US release only. Note: Many USA releases from 1950 to the mid-1970's say "Made in England" on the bottom edge of label; these were pressed at Decca's second factory in Hampshire, close to Southam
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