Yesterday, in honor of the fabled "day the music died," WFMU's Beware of the Blog posted an awesome entry, along with an MP3 of a phone conversation between Buddy Holly and Paul Cohen, an executive at ...
In 1958, Decca Records audaciously began to record Wagner’s epic, 15-hour Ring Cycle. As Phil Hebblethwaite explains, there was more at stake than art. Decca was a classical music underdog determined ...
A Canadian record shop owner has found an audition tape that The Beatles recorded in 1962 for Decca Records, which the record label famously decided didn't show enough promise for them to sign the ...
Decca Records and US partner label Verve Forecast have signed 18-year-old rising blues star Muireann Bradley. Hailing from Ballybofey in County Donegal, Ireland, Bradley performed on this year's Jools ...
Actor/ walking charisma factory Jeff Goldblum is putting out a jazz album, Variety reports. Goldblum’s affinity for jazz piano is well known, as anyone who attended his Wednesday night performances ...
Record label Decca will celebrate its 90th anniversary by re-opening its lost London recording studio and releasing a series of rare David Bowie videos. The label, which has been home to musicians ...
From 1950 to 1962 Leroy Anderson had a recording contract with Decca Records of New York City (not to be confused with the then Decca Records of England). Decca Records was one of the most popular ...
At 87, Ennio Morricone signs a new record deal with Decca. By Melinda Newman At 87, Ennio Morricone is having a banner year. The world-renowned Italian composer snagged his first competitive Oscar ...
Decca is to record and release the official album of the Coronation on the same day. When King Charles III & Queen Camilla are crowned at Westminster Abbey next month, the service, and pre-service ...