13 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
13 records matching
Charles Penrose and Company, British comedians of the 1920s, recorded the novelty hit 'Laughing Policeman' alongside 'Laughing Trombone' on Broadcast 505. The 'Laughing Policeman' became one of the most popular comedy records of its era.AI summary
Broadcast 505 Comic
Charles Penrose & Co, credited here with 'Laughing Clara & the comic Cornet' and 'Laughs & Yodels' on Broadcast, a minor British label active in the late 1920s and early 1930s.AI summary
Broadcast 533 Comic
Broadcast 638 Music Hall
Charles Penrose & Co performing comic songs 'Laughing Stuttering Sam' and 'Happy Hikers' on Columbia DB856. Penrose was a popular British music hall entertainer known for his laughing and novelty songs.AI summary
Columbia DB856 Music Hall
Charles Penrose & Co performing a two-part comic narrative, 'Careless Peter visits the Land of Topsy Turvy', on His Master's Voice B3974. Penrose was a prolific British comic singer and entertainer of the early 20th century.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3974 Comic
Charles Penrose and Company on Decca, a British comedy piece with two parts titled 'Sweepstake Luck'.AI summary
Decca F2954 Comic
Charles Penrose, the British music-hall comedian best known for 'The Laughing Policeman', recorded this Parlophone TEST pressing with whimsical titles 'Wilful William' and a Christmas carol with choir; the TEST catalogue prefix indicates this is an experimental or test pressing, extremely scarce.AI summary
Parlophone TEST Comic
Charles Penrose and Company on Piccadilly, a cheap British budget label, performing the pantomime story 'Cinderella' or related material from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Piccadilly 440 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, the celebrated British comic singer and whistler, recorded on Piccadilly 441 performing dramatic scenes from Cinderella.AI summary
Piccadilly 441 Music Hall
Charles Penrose and company in Dr. Kanem's Kollege, a two-sided comic sketch, on Dominion A218.AI summary
Dominion A218 Comic
Charles Penrose & Co performing 'Laughter on the Line' and 'Diner à Deux' on His Master's Voice B3932, a mid-1920s British pressing. Charles Penrose was a popular comedy monologist and character actor of the period.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3932 Music Hall
Charles Penrose and company in a comic novelty recitation on HMV, part of the tradition of music-hall spoken word that Penrose made famous.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3974 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, a British comedian and entertainer, known for 'The Laughing Policeman', on His Master's Voice; likely 1920s–1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3932 Music Hall