Decca Records is a recording label. A division of Universal Classics, it is also known as Decca Music Group.

Classical

Vocal artists

  • Roberto Alagna
  • Ada Alsop
  • Elly Ameling
  • Arleen Auger
  • Janet Baker
  • Cecilia Bartoli
  • Teresa Berganza
  • Carlo Bergonzi
  • Jussi Björling
  • Andrea Bocelli
  • Barbara Bonney
  • Olga Borodina
  • Jean Borthayre
  • Catherine Bott
  • Roger Bourdin
  • James Bowman
  • Montserrat Caballé
  • Nicole Cabell
  • Joseph Calleja
  • Giuseppe Campora
  • José Carreras
  • Carmen Cavallaro and his Orchestra
  • Franco Corelli
  • Fernando Corena
  • Armand Crabbe
  • Régine Crespin
  • Maud Cunitz
  • José Cura
  • Libero de Luca
  • Suzanne Danco
  • Mario del Monaco
  • Lisa Della Casa
  • Alfred Deller
  • Anton Dermota
  • Giuseppe Di Stefano
  • Plácido Domingo
  • Otto Edelmann
  • Margreta Elkins
  • Kathleen Ferrier
  • Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
  • Kirsten Flagstad
  • Renée Fleming
  • Juan Diego Flórez
  • Mirella Freni
  • Angela Gheorghiu
  • Nicolai Ghiaurov
  • Matthias Goerne
  • Galina Gorchakova
  • Hilde Gueden
  • Thomas Hayward
  • Judith Hellwig
  • Roy Henderson
  • Wolfgang Holzmair
  • Marilyn Horne
  • Dmitri Hvorostovsky
  • Giovanni Inghilleri
  • Jacques Jansen
  • Sumi Jo
  • Louis Jordan
  • Endre Koreh
  • Jonas Kaufmann
  • Richard Lewis
  • Wilma Lipp
  • David Lloyd
  • George London
  • Emmy Loose
  • Christa Ludwig
  • Walther Ludwig
  • Enzo Mascherini
  • Karita Mattila
  • Sylvia McNair
  • Janine Micheau
  • Sherrill Milnes
  • Liza Minnelli
  • Martha Mödl
  • Birgit Nilsson
  • Magda Olivero
  • Jessye Norman
  • Julius Patzak
  • Luciano Pavarotti
  • Peter Pears
  • Alfred Poell
  • Giacinto Prandelli
  • Leontyne Price
  • Margaret Price
  • Ruggero Raimondi
  • Samuel Ramey
  • Maria Reining
  • Katia Ricciarelli
  • Mado Robin
  • Helge Rosvaenge
  • Erna Sack
  • Heinrich Schlusnus
  • Paul Schoeffler
  • Andreas Scholl
  • Renata Scotto
  • Anja Silja
  • Gérard Souzay
  • Cheryl Studer
  • Isabel Suckling
  • Joan Sutherland
  • Kiri Te Kanawa
  • Renata Tebaldi
  • Bryn Terfel
  • Conrad Thibault
  • Günther Treptow
  • Hermann Uhde
  • Giuseppe Valdengo
  • Arnold van Mill
  • Anne Sofie von Otter
  • Jennifer Vyvyan
  • Anthony Way
  • Ludwig Weber
  • Ljuba Welitsch
  • Wolfgang Windgassen
  • Marcel Wittrisch
  • Laura Wright
  • Sophie Wyss
  • Eugenia Zareska

Conductors

  • Otto Ackermann
  • Leroy Anderson
  • Franz André
  • Ernest Ansermet
  • Ataúlfo Argenta
  • Vladimir Ashkenazy
  • Krešimir Baranović
  • Samuel Barber
  • Sir Thomas Beecham
  • Sidney Beer
  • Eduard van Beinum
  • Anthony Bernard
  • Leonard Bernstein
  • Harry Blech
  • Leo Blech
  • Ernest Bloch
  • Herbert Blomstedt
  • Karl Böhm
  • Richard Bonynge
  • Sir Adrian Boult
  • Warwick Braithwaite
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Frans Brüggen
  • Basil Cameron
  • Sergiu Celibidache
  • Riccardo Chailly
  • Albert Coates
  • Eric Coates
  • Anthony Collins
  • Piero Coppola
  • Sir Colin Davis
  • Robert Denzler
  • Roger Désormière
  • Christoph von Dohnányi
  • Antal Doráti
  • Charles Dutoit
  • Georges Enesco
  • Alberto Erede
  • Robert Farnon
  • Iván Fischer
  • Anatole Fistoulari
  • Grzegorz Fitelberg
  • Øivin Fjeldstad
  • Wilhelm Furtwängler
  • Pierino Gamba
  • John Eliot Gardiner
  • Valery Gergiev
  • Isidore Godfrey
  • Walter Goehr
  • Bernard Haitink
  • Sir Hamilton Harty
  • Christopher Hogwood
  • Heinrich Hollreiser
  • Robert Irving
  • Herbert von Karajan
  • Reginald Jacques
  • Thomas Jensen
  • Enrique Jordá
  • István Kertész
  • Royalton Kisch
  • Erich Kleiber
  • Hans Knappertsbusch
  • Clemens Krauss
  • Josef Krips
  • Rafael Kubelík
  • Franz Lehár
  • Erich Leinsdorf
  • Edouard Lindenberg
  • Peter Maag
  • Lorin Maazel
  • Sir Charles Mackerras
  • Klaus Mäkelä
  • Nikolai Malko
  • Sir Neville Marriner
  • Jean Martinon
  • Zubin Mehta
  • Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
  • Rudolf Moralt
  • Charles Munch
  • Karl Münchinger
  • Riccardo Muti
  • Boyd Neel
  • Victor Olof
  • Seiji Ozawa
  • Philip Pickett
  • André Previn
  • Fernando Previtali
  • Karl Rankl
  • Victor Reinshagen
  • Christophe Rousset
  • Paul Sacher
  • Sir Malcolm Sargent
  • Hermann Scherchen
  • Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
  • Carl Schuricht
  • Georges Sébastien
  • Ivan Semenoff
  • Sir Georg Solti
  • Fritz Stiedry
  • Robert Stolz
  • Oscar Straus
  • George Szell
  • Stig Westerberg
  • Mogens Wöldike
  • Albert Wolff
  • Eric Tuxen

Instrumentalists

  • Valentina Lisitsa
  • Salvatore Accardo
  • Martha Argerich
  • Claudio Arrau
  • Vladimir Ashkenazy
  • Wilhelm Backhaus
  • Ellen Ballon
  • Pierre Barbizet
  • Antoine de Bavier
  • Joshua Bell
  • Yvonne Blanc
  • Jacqueline Blancard
  • Felicja Blumental
  • Jorge Bolet
  • Julian Bream
  • Alfred Brendel
  • Benjamin Britten
  • Alfredo Campoli
  • Kyung Wha Chung
  • Aaron Copland
  • Clifford Curzon
  • Alicia de Larrocha
  • Jeanne Demessieux
  • Marcel Dupré
  • Ludovico Einaudi
  • Osian Ellis
  • Mischa Elman
  • Christian Ferras
  • Julia Fischer
  • Myers Foggin
  • Pierre Fournier
  • Nelson Freire
  • Walther Frey
  • Maurice Gendron
  • Max Gilbert
  • Arnold Goldsbrough
  • Vicente Gómez
  • Isador Goodman
  • Frederick Grinke
  • Arthur Grumiaux
  • Friedrich Gulda
  • Monique Haas
  • Ida Haendel
  • Håkan Hardenberger
  • Clara Haskil
  • Heinz Holliger
  • Florence Hooton
  • Peter Hurford
  • Nobuko Imai
  • Janine Jansen
  • Leila Josefowicz
  • Anton Karas
  • Julius Katchen
  • Peter Katin
  • Wilhelm Kempff
  • Zoltán Kocsis
  • Gidon Kremer
  • Georg Kulenkampff
  • Charlie Kunz
  • Katia and Marielle Labèque
  • Alexandre Lagoya
  • Chad Lawson
  • Kathleen Long
  • Radu Lupu
  • Moura Lympany
  • Nikita Magaloff
  • Enrico Mainardi
  • George Malcolm
  • Stephan Moccio
  • Viktoria Mullova
  • Kaori Muraji
  • Zara Nelsova
  • David Oistrakh
  • Gabríel Ólafs
  • Franz Osborn
  • Kun Woo Paik
  • Walter Panhoffer
  • Itzhak Perlman
  • Anthony Pini
  • André Previn
  • Ossy Renardy
  • Ruggiero Ricci
  • Sviatoslav Richter
  • Pascal Rogé
  • Pepe Romero
  • Max Rostal
  • Mstislav Rostropovich
  • Christophe Rousset
  • Joseph Saxby
  • András Schiff
  • Heinrich Schiff
  • Andrés Segovia
  • Guilhermina Suggia
  • Akiko Suwanai
  • Henryk Szeryng
  • Jean-Yves Thibaudet
  • Frederick Thurston
  • Mitsuko Uchida
  • Andrea Vanzo
  • Julian Lloyd Webber
  • Mary O'Hara

Ensembles

  • Amadeus Quartet
  • Amsterdam Quartet
  • Beaux Arts Trio
  • Boskovsky Quartet
  • Carmirelli Quartet
  • Griller Quartet
  • Grimethorpe Colliery Band
  • Koppel Quartet
  • I Musici
  • Musica Vitalis Quartet
  • New Italian Quartet
  • Orford String Quartet
  • Quartetto Italiano
  • Quintetto Chigiano
  • Takács Quartet
  • Trio di Trieste
  • Vegh Quartet
  • Vienna Octet
  • Polteau Instrumental Ensemble
  • D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
  • Choir of King's College, Cambridge
  • The Purcell Singers

Orchestras

  • Belgrade National Opera Orchestra
  • Boyd Neel String Orchestra
  • BBC Theatre Orchestra
  • Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra
  • Hamburg Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra
  • Kingsway Symphony Orchestra
  • London Chamber Orchestra
  • London Mozart Orchestra
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • London Theatre Orchestra
  • Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra
  • New Symphony Orchestra
  • Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
  • Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
  • Radio Orchestra, Beromünster
  • Radio Symphony Orchestra, Copenhagen
  • Santa Cecilia Orchestra
  • Stockholm Radio Orchestra
  • Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
  • Tonhalle Orchester Zurich
  • Turin Symphony Orchestra
  • Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Vienna Symphony Orchestra
  • Zurich Collegium Musicum

Non-classical

Film composers

  • John Barry
  • Jerry Goldsmith
  • James Horner
  • Michael Kamen
  • Michael Nyman
  • Alan Silvestri
  • John Williams
  • Hans Zimmer

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  • The Andrews Sisters
  • Toni Arden
  • Louis Armstrong
  • Banana Splits
  • Len Barry
  • Vincent Bell
  • Elmer Bernstein & Orchestra
  • Owen Bradley Quintet
  • Bob Braun
  • Erskine Butterfield and his Blue Boys
  • Don Cherry
  • Rosemary Clooney
  • Deborah Cox
  • Jacob Collier
  • Crazy Otto
  • Bing Crosby
  • The Cuff Links
  • Bobby Darin
  • Sammy Davis Jr.
  • Lenny Dee
  • Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra
  • Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
  • The Dream Weavers
  • Deanna Durbin
  • Yvonne Elliman
  • Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
  • Sophie Ellis-Bextor
  • Paul Evans
  • Eddie Fontaine
  • The Four Aces
  • The Free Movement
  • Judy Garland
  • Jimmie Gordon
  • Teddy Grace
  • Earl Grant
  • Dobie Gray
  • Glen Gray & the Casa Loma Orchestra
  • Keith Green
  • Bill Haley & His Comets
  • Adelaide Hall
  • Glass Harp
  • Bobby Helms
  • Woody Herman & His Orchestra
  • Milt Herth Trio
  • Al Hibbler
  • Billie Holiday
  • Burl Ives
  • Al Jolson
  • Bert Kaempfert
  • The Kalin Twins
  • Kitty Kallen
  • Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra
  • The Kingston Trio
  • Peggy Lee
  • Jerry Lewis
  • Guy Lombardo & the Royal Canadians
  • Matthew's Southern Comfort
  • Robert Maxwell & Orchestra
  • Barrelhouse Buck McFarland
  • Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
  • The Mills Brothers
  • Domenico Modugno (Italy)
  • Russ Morgan
  • Maurice Rocco
  • Rick Nelson & the Stone Canyon Band
  • Les Paul and His Trio
  • The Peppermint Rainbow
  • Artie Shaw
  • Georgie Shaw
  • Ethel Smith
  • The Spokesmen
  • Morris Stoloff/Columbia Pictures Orchestra
  • The Surfaris
  • Sylvia Syms
  • Debbie Taylor
  • The Tyrones
  • The Weavers
  • The Who
  • Wishbone Ash
  • Victor Young & His Orchestra
  • Helmut Zacharias (Germany)

Artists under the Decca Nashville label

  • Gary Allan
  • Rhett Akins
  • Bill Anderson
  • Jan Howard
  • Jeannie Seely
  • Jack Greene
  • Mark Chesnutt
  • Patsy Cline
  • Helen Darling
  • Roy Drusky
  • Red Foley
  • Rebecca Lynn Howard
  • Chris Knight
  • Brenda Lee
  • Ronnie Dove
  • Danni Leigh
  • Loretta Lynn
  • Grady Martin
  • Moon Mullican
  • One Flew South
  • Dolly Parton
  • Frazier River
  • Webb Pierce
  • Dawn Sears
  • Shane Stockton
  • Conway Twitty
  • Kitty Wells
  • Lee Ann Womack

Pop/rock artists who had more than one hit on Decca Records (UK)

  • Father Abraham and The Smurfs (Netherlands)
  • Chris Andrews
  • The Animals (formerly on Columbia)
  • The Applejacks
  • Arrival (1971 to CBS)
  • Winifred Atwell
  • The Bachelors (Ireland)
  • Dave Berry
  • The Beverley Sisters
  • The Big Three
  • Los Bravos (Spain)
  • Max Bygraves
  • The Casuals
  • Frank Chacksfield
  • Jess Conrad
  • Lyn Cornell
  • Billy Cotton and his Band (first on Rex)
  • Dana (on Rex)
  • Billie Davis
  • Terry Dene
  • Jackie Dennis
  • The Dennisons
  • Karl Denver
  • Ken Dodd (later on Columbia)
  • Val Doonican (later on Pye, Philips)
  • East of Eden
  • Bern Elliott and the Fenmen
  • Marianne Faithfull (later on Island)
  • The Fortunes (later on Capitol)
  • Billy Fury (later on Polydor)
  • The Goons
  • Jet Harris & Tony Meehan
  • Ted Heath
  • Heinz (later on Columbia)
  • Engelbert Humperdinck
  • The Johnston Brothers
  • Tom Jones (later on Epic)
  • Eden Kane (later on Fontana)
  • Jonathan King (later formed UK Records)
  • Kathy Kirby
  • Lee Lawrence
  • The Lumineers
  • Mike Preston
  • Alan Price (several other labels)
  • P.J. Proby (later on Liberty)
  • The Redskins
  • Joan Regan (later on Pye)
  • Neil Reid
  • Paddy Roberts
  • Lord Rockingham's XI
  • The Rolling Stones (formed Rolling Stones Records in 1970)
  • Lita Roza
  • Paul & Barry Ryan
  • Crispian St. Peters
  • Doug Sheldon
  • Peter Skellern
  • The Small Faces (to Immediate in 1967)
  • Cyril Stapleton
  • The Stargazers
  • The Sundowners
  • Thin Lizzy (to Phonogram in 1974)
  • Tommy Steele
  • Them (to Tower Records in 1967)
  • The Tornados
  • Twinkle
  • Unit 4 + 2
  • Dickie Valentine (later on Pye Nixa)
  • The Vernons Girls
  • The Warriors
  • David Whitfield
  • Mark Wynter (later on Pye)
  • Jimmy Young (formerly Polygon, later Columbia)
  • The Zombies (CBS from 1967)

Pop/crossover artists

  • AURORA
  • Tori Amos
  • Alexandra Burke
  • Kerry Ellis
  • Clay Aiken
  • Bond
  • Boyz II Men
  • Jodie Brooke Wilson
  • Amy MacDonald
  • David Garrett
  • Delta Goodrem
  • The Love Willows
  • Boz Scaggs
  • David Sanborn
  • Charlie Haden
  • Brendan James
  • Sonya Kitchell
  • Najofondo
  • Paula Cole
  • Duel
  • Matt Dusk
  • Ludovico Einaudi
  • Red Moon
  • Rick Guard
  • Louis Jordan
  • Ute Lemper
  • Annie Lennox
  • Ashley MacIsaac
  • Dominic Miller
  • Morrissey
  • Aziza Mustafa Zadeh
  • Kristyna Myles
  • Donny Osmond
  • Ana Salazar
  • Eimear Quinn
  • Andrea Vanzo
  • Vocal Sampling
  • Russell Watson
  • Hayley Westenra
  • Imelda May
  • Joe McElderry
  • Kimberley Walsh

See also

  • List of one-hit wonders on the UK Singles Chart

References

  • Decca Records Web Page
  • Decca Classics Web Page
  • Decca Broadway Web Page
  • Universal Music Classical Web Page