# List of Decca Records artists

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
* 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
* 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

### Jazz and popular artists released on Decca Records (US) label

* 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 (organist)
* 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 & Georgie Shaw
* 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
* 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