Coral Records

Coral Records was a subsidiary of Decca Records that was formed in 1949. Coral released music by Patsy Cline, Buddy Holly, the McGuire Sisters and Teresa Brewer.

Coral issued jazz and swing music in the 1940s, but after Bob Thiele became head of the label in 1954, he produced pop and rock musicians such as Buddy Holly, Jackie Wilson, Lawrence Welk, and Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé. He also produced hit songs by his wife, Teresa Brewer.

Coral stopped issuing new material in 1971. In 1973, MCA amalgamated Decca, Kapp Records, and Uni Records under the single MCA Records banner, and Coral was repositioned as a mid-line and budget album reissue label in the U.S. and internationally. That version of Coral (MCA Coral) lasted into the 1980s. Some product from MCA's former Vocalion Records budget label was manufactured with MCA Coral labels that bore Vocalion catalog numbers and was shipped in sleeves still bearing the Vocalion trademark, presumably to cut costs.



Roster

 * Steve Allen
 * Ames Brothers
 * Louis Armstrong
 * Two Ton Baker
 * Kenny Bass and His Polka Poppers
 * Milton Berle
 * Owen Bradley
 * Teresa Brewer
 * Doug Bragg
 * Paul Bruno
 * Johnny Burnette Trio
 * Champ Butler
 * George Cates
 * Patsy Cline
 * Rosemary Clooney
 * Al Cohn
 * Dorothy Collins
 * Don Cornell
 * Eddie Costa
 * Bob Crosby
 * Jimmy Dorsey
 * Pete Fountain
 * Georgia Gibbs
 * Charlie Gracie
 * Lou Graham
 * Buddy Greco
 * Eddie Gronet and His Orchestra
 * Greg Hatza
 * Woody Herman
 * Milt Herth
 * Buddy Holly
 * Will Holt
 * Steve Lawrence
 * Lennon Sisters
 * Liberace
 * McGuire Sisters
 * Betty Madigan
 * Barbara McNair
 * The Modernaires
 * Moon Mullican
 * Debbie Reynolds
 * Raymond Scott
 * Jack Shook
 * John Serry
 * Frank Sorrell
 * Gino Tonetti
 * Tony and the Bandits
 * Jackie Verdell
 * The Vogues
 * Romance Watson (of the Roberta Martin Singers)
 * Lawrence Welk
 * Paul Whiteman and his "New" Ambassador Orchestra
 * Lee Wiley
 * Billy Williams