While recording for Decca, Lee had hit singles with the songs Lover and Mister Wonderful.

Oldham and Easton negotiated with Decca Records-which had regretted and were embarrassed by passing on the Beatles-an advantageous recording / production contract for the Rolling Stones, in which they got three times the typical royalty rate for a new act, full artistic control of recordings, and ownership of the recording masters.

Now signed to the Decca label, she had several popular hits while recording with such artists as the Ink Spots, Louis Jordan, and the Delta Rhythm Boys.

Once at the studio, producer Milt Gabler ( Uncle of actor Billy Crystal, who had produced Louis Jordan as well as Billie Holiday ), insisted the band work on a song entitled " Thirteen Women ( and Only One Man in Town )" ( previously written and recorded by Dickie Thompson ), which Gabler wanted to promote as the A-side of the group's first single for Decca.

Basie had already signed with Decca Records, but did not have his first recording session with them until January 1937.

Decca Radar had a large research and development facility beside Tolworth railway station.

After the " twisting schoolgirl " had finished the Victor Hugo High School, she was free to sign a contract with Decca Records to start recording her own EP.

In Britain, Decca bought out the bankrupt UK branch of Brunswick Records in 1932, which added such stars as Bing Crosby and Al JolsonAl Jolson, who had recorded for the Victor Talking Machine, Columbia Records, and Brunswick Records, made a series of recordings for Decca from 1946 until his death in 1950, following the success of Columbia Pictures Technicolor film biography The Jolson Story ( 1946 ).< sub >< citation needed ></ sub ></ ref >

American Decca acquired Brunswick Records and its sublabel Vocalion Records in 1941 from Warner Bros., which had a financial interest in Decca.

But Decca had made history by recording Broadway musicals, and the influence of these releases in the recording of theatrical shows in the U. S continues to this day-in Decca's home country, the UK original cast albums had been a fixture for years.

Since Decca had access to the stereophonic tracks of the Oscar-winning film, they quickly released a stereo version in 1958.

In a reversal of the usual situation, in which American Decca had released original Broadway cast albums of three Rodgers and Hammerstein shows, this was the only film soundtrack album of a Rodgers and Hammerstein show ever released by Decca, while the Broadway cast album had been released by Columbia Masterworks.

British Decca had several missed opportunities.

Although Decca had set up the first of the British " progressive " labels, Deram Records, in 1966, with such stars as Cat Stevens and The Moody Blues, by the time the punk era set in 1977, Decca had pop success with such acts as John Miles, novelty creation Father Abraham and The Smurfs, and productions by longtime Decca associate Jonathan King.

In 1943, Decca revived the Brunswick label, mostly for reissues of recordings from earlier decades, particularly Bing Crosby's early hits of 1931 and jazz items from the 1920s.

The first song released on disc was A Go-Go Getter in May 1965 ( produced by Gary Usher ), which he had earlier composed and published before signing on with Decca.

In 1976 the Decca Navigator Company of London sued the Unites States government over patent infringements, claiming that the Omega system was based on a proposed earlier Decca system known as DELRAC-Decca Long Range Area Coverage, that had been disclosed to the US in 1954.

* Decca Navigator Decca had earlier prosed a system known as Delrac that Omega was subsequently based on.

Oldham signed recording rights to the Stones to Decca targeting A & R head Dick Rowe, who had earlier declined to sign The Beatles.

After World War II Gabler went to work for Decca Records, and his Commodore label was later used by Decca for reissuing earlier jazz recordings on LP.

He was twice involved in running Decca Records at the request of the founder Sir Edward Lewis who had also been at Trinity College, Cambridge many years earlier.

Although EmArcy is currently part of the Decca Label Group, much of its earlier catalogue is now managed by Verve Records.

Some note-worthy labels of the earlier decades include the Columbia Records, Crystalate, Decca Records, Edison Bell, The Gramophone Company, Invicta, Kalliope, Pathé, Victor Talking Machine Company and many others.

After Porgy and Bess was revived on Broadway in 1942, Decca brought the cast from the revival together to record more songs not already recorded two years earlier, issuing a new " Volume Two.

Like his earlier periods, most of his early 1950s designs are drawn, for Columbia, RCA, Remington, Decca and London.

Shortly afterward, she accepted a contract from MCA's sister record company, Decca Nashville in 1996.

Delia Derbyshire, an early pioneer of electronic music and one of the founders of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, was refused an interview for a sound engineer's job because Decca would not employ a woman in such a post.

Big-band leader Ted Heath was an early pioneer of the Decca " Phase 4 " sound.

Heath was an early pioneer of Decca ’ s Phase 4 Stereo recordings in the early 60s.

The American Decca rock / pop catalogue is managed by Geffen Records.

In late 1971, McCartney added to the Wings line-up ex-Spooky Tooth guitarist Henry McCullough, a Northern Ireland native and a lead guitarist on the original 1970 Decca recording of the rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar.

By the time Green was twelve, he had written ten more songs, and Time magazine ran a short piece about Green in an article about aspiring young rock -' n '- roll singers, referring to him as Decca Records ' " prepubescent dreamboat ".

Notably, Decca Records initially labeled its rock and roll releases as " foxtrots ", most notably " Rock Around the Clock " by Bill Haley and His Comets.

Let It Bleed is the eighth British and tenth American album by English rock band The Rolling Stones, released in December 1969 by Decca Records in the United Kingdom and London Records in the United States.

In the mid-1950s Festival Records grabbed an early lead in rock ' n ' roll by releasing Bill Haley's " Rock Around The Clock " in Australia in 1956 after the single had been turned down EMI / Decca.

Decca initially conceived Deram Records initially as an outlet for stereo ' Deramic Sound ' recordings of contemporary pop and rock music, though not all of the early recordings on Deram used this technique.

After this Verve closed their rock and pop division, causing Caravan to move to Decca Records for the release of If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You in 1970, from which the title track gained the band an appearance on Top Of The Pops, and then Deram ( Decca's progressive subsidiary ) for 1971's In the Land of Grey and Pink.

* " The Saint's Rock ' n ' Roll " / " R-O-C-K " ( Decca 29870 )

Other Mizzy compositions included " There's a Faraway Look in Your Eye " and " Three Little Sisters ", both co-written with lyricist Irving Taylor, the latter sung by The Andrews Sisters on Decca Records and in Universal's " Private Buckaroo ," in which the sisters appeared with Harry James ' big band ( Dinah Shore also recorded " Three Little Sisters "); " Take It Easy " ( also with lyricist Taylor ), " Pretty Kitty Blue Eyes ", " The Whole World Is Singing My Song ", " Choo ' n Gum " ( recorded by The Andrews Sisters, as well as Teresa Brewer ), " The Jones Boy " ( a 1953 hit for The Mills Brothers ), and " With a Hey and a Hi and a Ho-Ho-Ho ".

Louisiana singer / composer Jimmie Davis began recording for Decca the same year, joined by western vocalists Jimmy Wakely and Roy Rogers in 1940.

The album was much more pop-oriented, featuring decidedly fewer compositions from within the band ( David Clayton-Thomas, however, had already mounted a solo career as a singer / songwriter over this same time period, beginning with an album released in 1969 by Decca ).

In 1941, Tatum recorded two sessions for Decca Records with singer Big Joe Turner, the first of which included " Wee Wee Baby Blues ", which attained national popularity.

Connie Boswell continued to have a successful solo career as a singer for Decca.

As a solo singer, he recorded several romantic hits for Decca ( 1945 ), and with the Artie Shaw Orchestra on the Musicraft label ( 1946 – 48 ).

Also, during this period, Burnett had the opportunity to display her talents as a singer by recording two albums for Decca Records and, during the 1961-1962 season, while appearing as a regular on The Garry Moore Show, she, along with singer Richard Hayes, sang and hosted a CBS radio show.

She further signed an exclusive recording contract with the London / Decca label, making her the first American singer in 31 years to do so ( Marilyn Horne was the last ).

So, to my good fortune, we dined each night with the likes of Ol ' Blue Eyes, Judy Garland, Nat " King " Cole, Rosemary Clooney, Louis Prima and Keely Smith and every other singer that ever performed on Capitol, Decca or R. C. A.

In 1936, the Ted Weems Orchestra gave singer Perry Como his first national exposure ; Como recorded with the band ( on Decca Records ), beginning his long and successful career.

He had previously worked for Decca Records and its subsidiaries Coral and Brunswick, where his production credits included Alan Dale, The McGuire Sisters, Pearl Bailey and numerous hits for singer Theresa Brewer, whom he married.

* " The Sheik of Araby " performed by The Beatles during their 1962 Decca audition, with George Harrison as the lead singer and Pete Best on the drums.

Lead singer Ira Tucker joined the group in 1938 at age 13, and they signed with Decca Records.

Other interpretations of the Bredon song include versions by The Plebs ( 1964 Decca Records UK / MGM Records USA ), The Association in 1965 ( also doing a live version in 1970 ) and British pop singer Mark Wynter in 1965.

His wife was the singer Teresa Brewer, whom he met and produced while working for Decca Records in the 1950s.

Put in charge of Decca ’ s subsidiary label Coral, he expanded his musical scope, producing hits for country singer Red Foley, the left-leaning folk group The Weavers, Peggy Lee, The Ink Spots, and Sammy Davis Jr.

Others out there were by Roy Smeck & His Orchestra ( released by Decca Records as catalog number 649 ) Jan Garber & His Orchestra ( released by Decca Records as catalog number 651B ), singer Connee Boswell ( released by Decca Records as catalogue number 657A ), Lud Gluskin's Orchestra with vocal by a young Buddy Clark ( released by Brunswick Records as catalog number 7590 ), and the BBC Dance Orchestra of Henry Hall.

Shea began his recording career at the U. S. branch of Decca Records after being signed by A & R representative Jack Kapp, who told Shea: " If you do better than the singer we have in mind, we will give you a contract.

An early version was featured on the soundtrack of Jean-Pierre Jeunet's 2001 film, Amélie, a Decca recording made on December 2, 1931 by Al Bowlly, a popular British singer of the thirties, accompanied by Roy Fox and his Orchestra.