David KAPP

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David KAPP 1904 - 1976

aka	D. Kapp
nationality
occupation	record executive / music producer

birth	7 Aug 1904, Chicago, Illinois
baptism
death	1 March 1976, Doctors Hospital, New York
burial

marriage	Anneliese GMELCH (= Anna GMELCH ?) b. 19 May 1922, ......., GERMANY d. 19 Jan 2009, Bronx, New York (86y)
children	Michael b. ............ d. ................
remark	Anneliese came to New York in 1938 (NYT of 1 Feb 2009)

PARENTS

father	Meyer KAPP b. .... <1878>, .........., RUSSIA d. ............
mother	Minnie LEADER b. .... <1878>, ........., RUSSIA d. ................
remark	Year of immigration: 1899.
remark	KAPP family not found in 1900, 1910 and 1920 Censuses.
children	Jacob/Jack b. 15 June 1901, Chicago, Illinois d. 25 March 1949, Manhattan, New York, NY David b. 7 Aug 1904, Chicago, Illinois d. 1 March 1976, Doctors Hospital, New York Bertha ("Bert") b. 9 July 1906, Chicago, Cook, Illinois d. .........) aka Adrienne Garblik, Howard Richards, Glenn Gibson, Billy Scott Jones, Rinky Scott Jones, Bert Kapp, Bert Davis, and Phoebe Snow Paul b. 5 Aug 1907, ........., Illinois d. 15 May 1984, nursing home in Scarsdale, N.Y. (residence: Hastings-on-Hudson, Westchester, New York)) Director of General Music Publishing Company

LIFE

1930 CENSUS (Chicago, Cook, Illinois, 10 Apr 1930) :
Meyer KAPP (52y) music dealer / own store
Minnie KAPP (52y)
- Bertha (26y)
- Paul (22y) routine worker / radio store
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1930 CENSUS ((Chicago, Cook, Illinois, 5 Apr 1930) :
Jack Kapp (28y) Director / Musical
Frieda Kapp (28y)

Started Kapp Records in 1954 or 1955

NOTES

Kapp Records (WIKIPEDIA)

Recorded Music in American Life. The Phonograph and Popular Memory, 1890-1945 by William Howland Kenney. Oxford University Press, New York & London, 1999 (pp. 1598-173)

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