Jack Kapp (June 15, 1901 Chicago, Illinois – March 25, 1949 New York City) was a record company executive with Brunswick Records who founded the American Decca Records in 1934 along with British Decca founder Edward Lewis and later American Decca head Milton Rackmil. He oversaw Bing Crosby's rise to success as a recording artist in the early 1930s, and, four decades later, Crosby still gave appreciation to Kapp for diversifying his song catalogue into various styles and genres, saying, "I thought he was crazy, but I just did what he told me." Kapp could not read or sing music, but to his talent he stressed the credo, "Where's the melody?"
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Connee Boswell
American musician (1907-1976)
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Bing Crosby
American singer and actor (1903-1977)
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The Mills Brothers
American jazz and pop vocal quartet
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The Andrews Sisters
American close harmony singing group
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Jimmy Dorsey
American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey
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Victor Young
American composer, arranger, violinist and conductor, orchestra leader (1900-1956)
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Al Jolson
American entertainer, actor, and singer (1886-1950)
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Les Brown
American bandleader, jazz musician, songwriter
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The Boswell Sisters
Singing trio popular during the Jazz Age
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Isham Jones
American bandleader, saxophonist, bassist and songwriter
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Joe Sullivan
American musician
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Dave Pell
American musician
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Bob Crosby
American dixieland bandleader and vocalist (1913-1993)