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In 1937, Decca took over Crystalate's record division and moved its recording production to the Broadhurst Gardens studios, closing its existing Upper Thames Street studio. [2] From British Decca's beginnings in 1929, its earliest recordings were made at two locations, the Chenil Galleries Studios in Chelsea, [3] and later in Lower Thames ...
Decca Records is a British 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. [1]
2.2 Jazz and popular artists released on Decca Records (US) label 2.3 Artists under the Decca Nashville label 2.4 Pop/rock artists who had more than one hit on Decca Records (UK)
On January 12, 1939, the Ink Spots entered Decca studios to record a ballad written by a young songwriter named Jack Lawrence. This ballad, "If I Didn't Care", was to be one of their biggest hits, selling over 19 million copies and becoming the 8th-best-selling single of all time. This is the first studio recorded example of the Ink Spots "Top ...
During the 1940s Kenny was featured in two major motion pictures: The Great American Broadcast (1941) and the Abbott and Costello film Pardon My Sarong (1942). In 1944 Ella Fitzgerald joined The Ink Spots at Decca studios where she and Kenny were to be featured on a song entitled "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall". That song reached #1 on the ...
The book includes a photograph of an acetate 45 made by Decca, containing "Like Dreamers Do". [8] Afterwards, the Beatles came to believe that Epstein had paid Decca to tape the audition. [3] Lennon asserted that a Decca producer, Tony Meehan (formerly of the Shadows), produced the Decca audition session; but current scholarship considers this ...
John Mayall Plays John Mayall is a live album and the first release by John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, issued in 1965 on Decca Records.It was recorded live at the Klooks Kleek club in West Hampstead, London, on 7 December 1964. [1]
Original 1970 Decca release promo for "Reflections of My Life" The recording took place over three days in October 1969 at Decca Studios 2 and 1 in West Hampstead London with band members Graham Knight on bass, Alan Whitehead on drums, Pat Fairley on acoustic guitar, and Junior Campbell on keyboards and electric guitars. Dean Ford sang lead ...