Kapp Records

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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). 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.

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

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