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Kapp Records
Kapp logo
Parent company MCA Inc.
Founded 1954 (1954)
Founder David Kapp
Defunct 1973 (1973)
Status Inactive
Distributor(s) MCA Records
Genre Various
Country of origin U.S.
David Kapp
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David Kapp and Danny Kaye, 1947
Background information
Birth name David Kapp
Born August 7, 1904
Chicago, Illinois
Died March 1, 1976
New York City
Genres Country, pop, rock, R&B, jazz, musical theatre
Occupation(s) Record producer
Years active 1930s–1960s
Labels Decca, RCA, Kapp
Associated acts Louis Armstrong, Fred Astaire, Ernest Tubb, Danny Kaye,

Kapp Records was an independent record label started in 1954 by David Kapp, brother of Jack Kapp (who had set up American Decca Records in 1934). David Kapp founded his own label after stints with Decca Records and RCA Victor Records. Kapp licensed its records to London Records for release in the UK.

In 1967, David Kapp sold his label to MCA Inc. and the label was placed under Uni Records management; Kapp was consolidated with MCA's other record labels in 1971 and, in 1973, MCA Records released the last Kapp record. Catalogue albums that continued to sell were renumbered and reissued on the MCA label.

Kapp's subsidiaries included Medallion Records (an audiophile label),Congress Records, Leader Records, and Four Corners Records with its "4 Corners of the World" log. Four Corners was formed to promote European artists, such as Françoise Hardy, Raymond Lefèvre, and the Barclay Singers.


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 wordplay of the label's name.

Hall, Claude: "MCA Drops Vocalion, Decca, Kapp and Uni", Billboard, February 10, 1973


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