Sixty-one years ago today, on Sept. 3, 1961, Loretta Lynn's life changed forever: It was on that date that the then-22-year-old signed with Decca Records, with which she released 18 studio albums, ...

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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 ...

Imagine working for a record label and being the guy who turned down The Beatles. Dick Rowe, an “A&R man” at Decca Records in the ’60s, did just that after the group (then with Pete Best on drums) ...

It’s hard to imagine a record company turning down The Beatles, but that’s exactly what happened after the band recorded an audition tape for Decca Records on New Year’s Day in 1962. And now, that ...

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 ...

Italian composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi, billed as “the most-streamed classical artist of all time,” has signed a new worldwide contract with Decca Records, a division of Universal Music Group, ...

In the 1940s, recording engineers perfected new sound techniques that were used in World War II — and which launched a hi-fi revolution. Lloyd Schwartz reviews the new 53-CD Decca box set. This is ...