Annotation

There are literally TONS of classical/operatic (and maybe even jazz) releases that should be filed under Decca Classics ("DECCA" in white uppercase on a blue-over-red rectangular block) that are wrongly filed under this profile, please help move them over to the correct label. (search from ca. 1982 onward, classical/operatic release before then might still be released under the old "DECCA" imprint). MusicBrainz does not classify these releases the same as Discogs.

One of the oldest record companies. Founded by Edward Lewis.
Had subsidiaries: Brunswick Records, Gennet Records.
Distributed RCA 1957-1971, and Atlantic until 1966.
Became part of Polygram in 1980, which was subsumed by Universal in 1998.
Decca retains the copyright for the names London Records and FFRR, although these are distributed under license by Warner Music Group. (London Records was originally used for US releases only, due to complicated copyright issues).
Chiefly known as classical and jazz label, Decca also had many releases during the rock n' roll era. The label boss famously passed on the opportunity to sign The Beatles, but did have a contract with The Rolling Stones. When the Stones left in the 1970s, Decca declined markedly as a pop music label.
The huge Decca back catalogue is licensed to hundreds of re-issue labels on short-term deals, while original Decca recordings also appear on Verve, Polygram TV and many other UMG imprints.
Note that copyrights expired in Europe (50 years limit) for a good part of the Decca catalog, making it freely available (public domain). This is one of the reasons you now find Decca cuts on many budget/slacky releases (though American copyright holders - the Verve Music Group mainly - still claim rights on these and still - obviously - have control over unreleased material).

Annotation last modified on 2022-04-01 20:05 UTC.

Releases

ReleaseArtistFormatTracksCountry/DateCatalog#Barcode
Who Told You I Cared? / The Chimes of Notre DameRoy Smeck’s Serenaders10" Shellac2
2795[none]
If What You Say Is True / SeventeenRoy Smeck’s Serenaders10" Shellac2
2809[none]
Body and Soul / Punch and Judy ShowAmbrose and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
M. 118[none]
Nobody's Sweetheart / GuiltyRoy Fox & His Band7" Shellac2
  • GB1931-12-02
F. 2716
Heartaches / Close Your EyesJack Hylton and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
F. 2665
When It's Sleepy Time Down South / Three Little TimesJack Hylton and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
F. 2681
Me / I Don't Know WhyJack Hylton and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
F. 2684
For You / Rio de JaneiroJack Hylton and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
F. 2685
Running 'round the Trees / Joey the ClownJack Hylton and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
F. 2700
More RhymesJack Hylton and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
F. 2750
Live, Laugh and Love / Today I Feel So HappyJack Hylton and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
F. 2751
All of Me / Save the Last Dance for MeJack Hylton and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
F. 2814
Cavalcade-SelectionJack Hylton and His Orchestra12" Shellac2
K.619
Sweet and Lovely / I Found YouJack Hylton and His Orchestra12" Shellac2
K 633
Southern Lullaby / Who Taught You ThatThe RadiolansVinyl2
  • -1932-07
F272
The Blue Duke / Shake Your HipThe RadiolansVinyl2
  • -1932-07
F273
Wrap Your Arms Around Me / MasqueradeJack Hylton and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
  • GB1932-09-23
F. 3161
I Could Make a Good Living at That / Let's All Go to RenoGeorge Formby10" Shellac2
  • GB1932-11-09
F.3377
When the Music Is Playing / Just Once for All TimeJack Hylton and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
F. 2698
I Wanna Be Loved by You / It's Great to Be in LoveJack Hylton and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
F.2758
Sentenced for Life / Faded Summer LoveJack Hylton and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
F. 2767
He Played His Ukulele as the Ship Went DownJack Hylton and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
F. 2798
Open Up Dem Pearly Gates / In the Jailhouse NowJack Hylton and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
F. 2824
In the Bushes at the Bottom of the Garden / Perry-Werry-WinkleJack Hylton and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
F. 2896
Auf Wiedersehen, My Dear / With All My Love and KissesJack Hylton and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
F. 2938
Rain on the Roof / The Blue of the NightJack Hylton and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
F. 2939
Snuggled on Your Shoulder / Lovely Little SilhouetteJack Hylton and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
F. 2959
Paradise / Dream SweetheartJack Hylton and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
F. 3030
Sing Brothers / Hoch CarolineJack Hylton and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
F. 3033
Little Anna Gramm / You're Taking a Chance With MeJack Hylton and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
F. 3040
A Bungalow, a Piccolo and You / Underneath the ArchesJack Hylton and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
F. 3070
Do De O Do / Chinese BluesGeorge Formby10" Shellac2
F.3079
I Told My Baby With the Ukulele / If You Don't Want the Goods, Don't Maul 'emGeorge Formby10" Shellac2
F. 3219
Where Is the Lady? / Tell Me To-NightJack Hylton et son orchestre10" Shellac2
F. 3224
Where Is the Lady? / Tell Me To-NightJack Hylton and His Orchestra, Jack Hylton10" Shellac2
F. 3224
Someday We'll Meet Again/ Sweet MuchachaJack Hylton and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
F. 3238
Love Is the Sweetest Thing / 'round the End of the RoadJack Hylton and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
F. 3253
Junk Man BluesLew Stone & His Monseigneur BandVinyl2
F 3313[none]
Goodnight, Vienna - SelectionJack Hylton and His Orchestra12" Shellac2
K. 666
To-Day I Feel So Happy / My Heart Is Bluer Than Your Eyes CherieJack Hylton and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
M.1058
Gilbert and Sullivan MedleyJack Hylton and His Orchestra12" Shellac2
  • GB1933-10-25
K. 712
Fit as a Fiddle / I'm Sure of Everything but YouJack Hylton and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
F. 3424
Try a Little Tenderness / Play, Fiddle, Play -- WaltzJack Hylton and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
F. 3440
Why Don't Women Like Me? / Running Round the Fountains in Trafalgar SquareGeorge Formby10" Shellac2
F. 3524
She's Never Been Seen Since Then / Swimmin' With the Wimmin'George Formby10" Shellac2
F.3666
Aunt Sally SelectionJack Hylton and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
F. 3718
Rhapsody in BlueJack Hylton and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
F. 3763
The Stack of Barley / The New DemesneLiam WalshShellac2
F. 3816[none]
Shave 'em Dry / Silent GeorgeBessie Jackson10" Shellac2
T.O. 1317[none]
Without That Certain Thing / Who Walks in When I Walk Out?Elsie Carlisle10" Shellac2
F. 3838[none]
I Love You Truly / Just A‐Wearyin’ for YouBing Crosby with Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
100[none]
On the Sunny Side of the Street / Blue MinorChick Webb and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
172[none]
Cattle Call / Pride of PrairieTex Owens10" Shellac2
5015
Beef Man Blues / Throw Me in the AlleyTee McDonald / Peetie Wheatstraw & His Blue BlowersVinyl2
7018
Chickasaw Train Blues (Low Down dirty Thing) / Banana Man Blues (I Don't Want That Thing)Memphis MinnieVinyl2
7019
The Moon Was Yellow (and the Night Was Young) / The Very Thought of YouBing Crosby with Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
179[none]
June in January / Love Is Just Around the CornerBing Crosby with Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
310[none]
Tumbling Tumbleweeds / Moonlight on the PrairieSons of the Pioneers10" Shellac2
5047[none]
Six Feet in the Ground / Pipe Layin' BluesOld Man Oden (Jimmie Oden)10" Shellac2
7017
Mean Mistreatin’ Blues / Yo Yo Mama BluesJimmie Gordon10" Shellac2
7020[none]
I Believe in Miracles / Dancing With My ShadowDorsey Brothers’ Orchestra10" Shellac2
  • US1934-12-21
335[none]
Au revoir l’amour / Singing a Happy SongDorsey Brothers’ Orchestra10" Shellac2
  • US1934-12-28
357[none]
Where There's Smoke - There's Fire / Blue MoonGlen Gray & The Casa Loma Orchestra10" Shellac2
312[none]
Anything Goes / All Through the NightDorsey Brothers’ Orchestra10" Shellac2
318[none]
Don't You Cry When We Say Goodbye / What a Little Moonlight Can DoViolet Loraine10" Shellac2
F 5266[none]
Stars Fell on Alabama / Give Me a Heart to Sing ToGuy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians10" Shellac2
104
I’m Gettin’ Sentimental Over You / Long May We LoveDorsey Brothers’ Orchestra10" Shellac2
115
What a Diff’rence a Day Made / What Can You Say in a Love Song?Dorsey Brothers’ Orchestra10" Shellac2
115
I Ain’t Gonna Sin No More / I Can’t Dance (I Got Ants in My Pants)Dorsey Brothers’ Orchestra10" Shellac2
116
Annie’s Cousin Fannie / Dr. Heckle and Mr. JibeDorsey Brothers’ Orchestra10" Shellac2
117
By Heck / Basin Street BluesDorsey Brothers’ Orchestra10" Shellac2
118
Milenberg Joys / St. Louis BluesDorsey Brothers’ Orchestra10" Shellac2
119[none]
Sophisticated Lady / Unsophisticated SueJimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
129[none]
Nana / Miss Otis Regrets (She’s Unable to Lunch Today)Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
130[none]
Mood Indigo / Rose RoomJimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
131[none]
Why Do You Close Your Eyes / They Didn't Believe MeVictor Young & His OrchestraVinyl2
136
Miss Otis Regrets / MoonglowEthel WatersVinyl2
140
Under the Creole Moon / Polka Dot RagNoble Sissle and His International Orchestra10" Shellac2
153[none]
The Old Ark Is Moverin / Loveless LoveNoble Sissle and His International Orchestra10" Shellac2
154[none]
Limehouse Blues / Wrappin' It Up (The Lindy Glide)Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
157[none]
Shanghai Shuffle / Memphis BluesFletcher Henderson And His Orchestra10" Shellac2
158
Wabash Blues / Someday, SweetheartLouis Panico and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
159[none]
Rhythm Man / LonaChick Webb and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
173[none]
Ellingtonia / DinahJack Hylton and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
189
St. Louis Blues / Hylton StompJack Hylton and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
190
Lost in a Fog / I Couldn’t Be Mean to YouDorsey Brothers’ Orchestra10" Shellac2
195[none]
How Can You Face Me? / The Moon Was Yellow (and the Night Was Young)Dorsey Brothers’ Orchestra10" Shellac2
196
Tidal Wave / Down South Camp Meetin'Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
213[none]
Earful of Music / Your Head on My ShoulderDorsey Brothers’ Orchestra10" Shellac2
258
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town / Jingle BellsHarry Reser and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
264[none]
Honeysuckle RoseDorsey Brothers’ Orchestra10" Shellac2
296
Stratosphere / SolitudeJimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
299[none]
Love Is Just Around the Corner / Here Is My HeartDorsey Brothers’ Orchestra10" Shellac2
311
Apache / It’s Dark on Observatory HillDorsey Brothers’ Orchestra10" Shellac2
314
I’d Like to Dunk You in My Coffee / If It’s LoveDorsey Brothers’ Orchestra10" Shellac2
321
Hyde Park / Ain't Misbehavin'Duke Ellington And His Famous Orchestra10" Shellac2
323
Wild Party / Big Cutter's SwingFletcher Henderson And His Orchestra10" Shellac2
342
Rhythm Is Our Business / Star DustJimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
369[none]
The Continental / La CucarachaAmbrose and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
373[none]
Some of These Days / Kashmiri SongJack Hylton and His Orchestra10" Shellac2
411