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to F 10419 - 1954 |
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name "Decca" dates back to a portable gramophone called the "Decca Dulcephone"
patented in 1914 by musical instrument makers Barnett Samuel and Sons.
That company was eventually renamed The Decca Gramophone Co. Ltd. and then
sold to former stockbroker Edward Lewis in 1929. Within years Decca Records
Ltd. was the second largest record label in the world, calling itself "The
Supreme Record Company".
Decca bought out the bankrupt UK branch of Brunswick Records in 1932, which added such stars as Bing Crosby and Al Jolson to its roster. Decca also bought out the Melotone and Edison Bell record companies. By 1939, Decca and EMI were the only record companies in the UK. In late 1934, a United States branch of Decca was launched. In establishing the American unit, the founders bought the former Brunswick Records pressing plants from Warner Bros. in exchange for a financial interest in the new label. Decca became a major player in the depressed American record market thanks to its roster of popular artists, particularly Bing Crosby. Dissatisfied with American Decca's promotion of British Decca recordings and because American Decca held the rights to the name Decca in the US and Canada, British Decca sold its records in the United States and Canada under the label London Records beginning in 1947. PolyGram acquired the remains of Decca UK within days of Sir Edward Lewis's death in January 1980. British Decca's pop catalogue was taken over by Polydor Records. |
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