Editing Kapp Records (section)

{{short description|American record label}}
{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
| name        = Kapp Records
| image       = 1970kapplogo.jpg
| image_size  = 120px
| image_alt   = Kapp logo
| parent      = MCA Inc. (original), [[Universal Music Group]] (current)
| founded     = {{start date|1954}}
| founder     = David Kapp
| defunct     = {{end date|1973}}
| status      = Inactive
| distributor = MCA Records<br>[[Universal Music Group]]
| genre       = Various
| country     = U.S.
| location    = <!-- headquarters city and state -->
| url         = <!-- such as "{{URL|www.atlanticrecords.com}}" -->
}}

{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name                = David Kapp
| image               = DaveKapp-DannyKaye-1947.JPG
| caption             = David Kapp and Danny Kaye, 1946
| image_size          = 250px
| background          = non_performing_personnel
| birth_name          = David Kapp
| birth_date          = August 7, 1904<ref name="Hoffmann">{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound|last1=Hoffmann|first1=Frank|year=2004|edition=2nd|publisher=Routledge|page=1119|isbn=978-0415938358}}</ref>
| birth_place         = [[Chicago, Illinois]]
| death_date          = March 1, 1976<ref name="Hoffmann"/>
| death_place         = [[New York City]]<ref name="Hoffmann"/>
| instrument          = 
| genre               = [[country music|Country]], [[pop music|pop]], [[rock music|rock]], [[R&B music|R&B]], [[jazz music|jazz]], [[musical theatre]]
| occupation          = Record producer
| years_active        = 1930s–1960s
| label              = [[Decca Records|Decca]], [[RCA Victor]], Kapp
| associated_acts     = [[Louis Armstrong]], [[Fred Astaire]], [[Ernest Tubb]], [[Danny Kaye]], 
| website             = 
}}
'''Kapp Records''' was an [[independent record label]] started in 1954 by David Kapp, brother of [[Jack Kapp]] (who set up American [[Decca Records]] in 1934). David Kapp founded his own label after stints with Decca and [[RCA Victor]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_MygEAAAAMBAJ |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_MygEAAAAMBAJ/page/n76 7] |quote=kapp records + mca. |title=Billboard |via=[[Internet Archive]] |date=1967-12-09 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media |access-date=2013-02-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/label/Kapp+Records |title=Kapp Records - CDs and Vinyl at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date=2013-02-14 |access-date=2013-02-28}}</ref> 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;<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_MygEAAAAMBAJ |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_MygEAAAAMBAJ/page/n76 7] |quote=uni + decca + kapp. |title=MCA Buys Kapp in New Surge to be a Major Record Complex|magazine=Billboard |via=[[Internet Archive]] |date=1967-12-09 |access-date=2013-02-28}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bsnpubs.com/decca/kapp/07-kapp3600.html |title=Kapp Album Discography, Part 7 |publisher=Bsnpubs.com |date=2013-03-15 |access-date=2014-08-03}}</ref>

Kapp's subsidiaries included [[Medallion Records]] (an [[audiophile]] label),<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_vh8EAAAAMBAJ |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_vh8EAAAAMBAJ/page/n42 43] |quote=kapp + medallion records. |title=Billboard |via=[[Internet Archive]] |date=1960-05-09 |access-date=2013-02-28}}</ref> [[Congress Records]], Leader Records, and [[Four Corners Records]] with its "4 Corners of the World" logo. Four Corners was formed to promote European artists, such as [[Françoise Hardy]], [[Raymond Lefèvre]], and the Barclay Singers.

Today, the Kapp Records catalog is owned by MCA's successor-in-interest Universal Music Group through its Geffen Records subsidiary.