Kapp_records

Kapp Records logo during most of the 1960s.

Kapp Records was a record label started in 1955 by David Kapp, brother of Jack Kapp (who had set up American Decca Records in 1934).[1] Kapp licensed its records to London Records for release in the UK.

In 1967, David Kapp sold his label to MCA; Kapp was consolidated with MCA\'s other record labels in 1971 and, in 1972, MCA Records released the last Kapp Record.

Throughout Kapp\'s history, its logo was a stylized "K" incorporating a phonograph record design. Three versions of this logo appeared during the company\'s history. Until 1970, this logo also appeared on a drum major\'s cap in a word play of the label\'s name.

Contents 1 Subsidiaries 2 History 3 Kapp Records artists 4 References 5 External links

Subsidiaries

• Leader Records: It was launched to release more "middle of the road" material.
• Four Corners Records, with its "4 Corners of the World" logo. The record label was launched to promote European artists like Françoise Hardy, Raymond Lefevre, and the Barclay Singers.
• Another subsidiary label was Congress Records.

History

• 1955: Kapp Records was created by David Kapp.

• 1966: The record label released the original cast album of Man of La Mancha.

• 1967: David Kapp sold his label to MCA and became a division of Universal City Records.

• 1972: MCA released the last Kapp Record. The catalog and artist roster was absorbed by MCA Records.

Kapp Records artists

• Louis Armstrong
• Paul Arnoldi
• Fred Astaire
• Burt Bacharach
• Kenny Ball
• Kenny Ballard
• Gilbert Bécaud
• Gregory Howard and group
• Budgie
• Cher
• The Critters
• El Chicano
• The D-Men
• Bill Dana (a.k.a.José Jiménez)
• Shirley Ellis (Congress)
• The Flying Machine (Congress)
• Sergio Franchi (Four Corners)
• The Ginger Snaps (including Judi Weiner)
• The Greenwood County Singers (including Van Dyke Parks)
• Françoise Hardy (Four Corners)
• The Hesitations
• Brian Hyland (Leader & Kapp)
• Art Mooney
• Elton John (2 singles on Congress)
• Jack Jones
• Just Us
• Raymond Lefèvre (Four Corners)
• Rod McKuen
• Miriam Makeba
• Carmen McRae
• David McWilliams
• Chad Mitchell Trio
• Jane Morgan
• Nightcrawlers
• David Rose
• Sugar & Spice
• The Searchers
• Kermit Schaefer
• Harry Simeone Chorale
• Cal Smith
• Silver Apples
• Sonny & Cher
• Sylvia Telles
• Mel Tillis
• The Unifics
• Leroy Van Dyke
• Lenny Welch
• Billy Edd Wheeler
• Roger Williams
• Bob Wills
• Pete King Chorale

References

• Hall, Claude: "MCA Drops Vocalion, Decca, Kapp and Uni", Billboard, February 10, 1973

External links

• A collection of Kapp record labels

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from Wikipedia