175 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Abe & Sandy on Columbia DB997, a comedy or novelty duo, recorded parts 1 and 2 of 'Life Insurance'.AI summary
Columbia DB997 Comic
Al Starita performing two novelty songs on Columbia—'A House on a Hill Top' and the comic 'I Lift Up My Finger and Say Tweet Tweet'. Starita is not identified in standard discographies.AI summary
Columbia 5393 Comic
Arthur Marshall performing humorous monologues 'The Head Mistress' and 'A School Girls Story' on Columbia DB1646, a British recording from the 1930s dance-band era.AI summary
Columbia DB1646 Comic
Arthur Marshall, a British music-hall and sketch performer, presenting 'The Games Mistress' and 'Showing the School' on Columbia DB1652, likely from the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB1652 Comic
Arthur Prince and Jim perform 'Insubordination' in two parts on this Columbia electrical recording, catalogue DX412, likely from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DX412 Comic
B. Hale and B. Howes, performers of comedy sketches and songs, on Columbia in the DX series. The catalogue number indicates a special format from the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DX626 Comic
A Columbia double-sided comedy sketch featuring B. Hale, B. Howes, and other performers. The DX series catalogue number indicates this is a longer-playing or special format record from the 1930s, and the sketches are typical of British music-hall comedy.AI summary
Columbia DX628 Comic
'Pantomime Plums', parts 3 and 4, a novelty or sketch recording on Columbia 2824, a British Columbia pressing from the early era of the label.AI summary
Columbia 2824 Comic
Benny Hill, the British comedian and entertainer, recorded 'Who done it' for Columbia. This is one of his early comedy recordings, made before his later career as a television star.AI summary
Columbia DB3731 Comic
Bertha Willmott on Columbia DB1471, performing novelty-song material: 'What can you give a Nudist' and 'Up aroun' the ole North Pole' — Columbia's DB series, dating to the late 1930s–1940s.AI summary
Columbia DB1471 Comic
Billy Bennett, the British music-hall comedian, performing 'The Miser' and 'I'll Be Thinking of You' on Columbia 4006.AI summary
Columbia 4006 Comic
Billy Bennett was a British comedian and monologist of the 1920s–30s, famous for his rapid-fire comic recitations and parodies. 'Mottoes' and 'Memory Man' are typical of his humorous spoken-word repertoire, recorded for Columbia.AI summary
Columbia 9454 Comic
Billy Bennett was a famous British comic performer and recording artist of the 1920s-30s, celebrated for rapid-fire novelty monologues. This Columbia electrical recording captures him in characteristic form.AI summary
Columbia DX28 Comic
Billy Bennett, a British comic singer and monologist of the 1920s–30s, on Columbia 9296 with "The Tightest Man I Know" and "Ogul Mogul" — novelty comedy songs typical of Bennett's act.AI summary
Columbia 9296 Comic
Billy Bennett was a British comedian and character vocalist of the 1920s–30s; this Columbia side features comic novelty material.AI summary
Columbia 5649 Comic
Billy Whitlock performing two comedy numbers, 'Chuckles' and 'Laughing', on Columbia. The titles suggest music-hall novelty material or comic song.AI summary
Columbia IS1058 Comic
Billy Whitlock, a comic performer, recorded two topical comic songs — 'A German Recruiting Station' and 'The Last Zeppelin' — for Columbia during or just after the First World War.AI summary
Columbia is685 Comic
Billy Williams, a prolific recording artist of the 1920s–1930s, recorded these comic novelty numbers for Columbia's popular-priced series. Both titles are music-hall humour in the British comedy tradition.AI summary
Columbia is1342 Comic
Blaney and Farrar recorded comic and novelty songs for Columbia in the early acoustic era, likely 1920s. Both were minor British entertainers.AI summary
Columbia 3647 Comic
Blaney and Farrar on Columbia 3648 with 'I Don't Want to Get Married' and 'Come Back', novelty and popular material from the early 1930s. Neither artist is documented in standard sources.AI summary
Columbia 3648 Comic
Bobby Howes and others in a theatrical or comic piece titled 'Horrortorio', recorded for Columbia. Howes was a light-entertainment performer of the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB870 Comic
Bransby Williams was a celebrated British character actor and monologist of the early 20th century, known for his Dickens impersonations and dramatic recitations; this Columbia side features 'Showman'.AI summary
Columbia 9299 Comic
Bransby Williams, a celebrated British dramatic actor and monologuist, recorded his famous character performance 'Scrooge', parts 1 and 2, for Columbia. This is a character-acting recording, not song.AI summary
Columbia 347 Comic
Brian Rix and John Slater performing excerpts from the farce 'Dry Rot' on Columbia DB3543, a British recording of stage comedy.AI summary
Columbia DB3543 Comic
George Burns and Gracie Allen, the American comedy duo, on Columbia in a novelty number. The pair were huge radio stars; their recordings survive in quantity but command modest prices today.AI summary
Columbia DB286 Comic
Burns and Allen were a famous American comedy duo of the 1920s-30s, best known for their radio and film work. This Columbia DB286 pressing captures their comedic patter and songs.AI summary
Columbia DB286 Comic
Burt Shepard performing novelty comic songs on Columbia 1754, from the early acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia 1754 Comic
Cal Stewart, the American entertainer famous for Unk Odham stories and comic monologues, on Columbia D84, from the acoustic era around 1910–1915.AI summary
Columbia D84 Comic
Cal Stewart was an American character performer and dialect comedian of the early 20th century; this Columbia pressing of 'Uncle Josh' comic sketches (with A. Jones and H. Browne) captures his rural character work.AI summary
Columbia A2991 Comic
Cal Stewart and Len Spencer's 'Uncle Josh at the Dentists', a famous comic monologue duet first recorded in the 1890s, here on Columbia D121; a core piece of early American dialect comedy on a British pressing.AI summary
Columbia D121 Comic
Charles Austin recorded 'Parker at the Derby' in two parts for Columbia, catalogue is1360. Austin was a comic monologue artist active in the early 1920s; this is likely a horse-racing novelty comedy piece.AI summary
Columbia is1360 Comic
Charles E Benham on Columbia 4201, performing 'London Sharper' and 'New fangled Ways', popular comic or character songs from the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 4201 Comic
Charles Penrose, the British comedian and actor, performing parts 9 and 10 of "Inkwell Fairy" on Columbia 4109. Like his other novelty recordings, this was part of his long series of recorded comedic pieces.AI summary
Columbia 4109 Comic
Charles Penrose on Columbia 4223, recorded 'Adventures of 'Arry Emmy & Joe' parts 1 and 4, comic sketches with dialogue.AI summary
Columbia 4223 Comic
Charles Penrose on Columbia 4225, recorded 'Doings of Dismal Desmond' parts 1 and 2, comic spoken word with sound effects.AI summary
Columbia 4225 Comic
Charles Penrose recorded 'Doings of Dismal Desmond' (part 4) for Columbia, catalogue 4300; Penrose was a British entertainer and comedian known for comic vocal novelties.AI summary
Columbia 4300 Comic
Charles Penrose, the British music-hall comedian famous for 'The Laughing Policeman', performing 'Army Laughs' and 'Village Laughsmith' on Columbia, catalogue 4691.AI summary
Columbia 4691 Comic
Charles Penrose, of 'Laughing Policeman' fame, performing novelty Christmas material on Columbia; likely 1920s–30s.AI summary
Columbia 5083 Comic
Charles Penrose's 'Laughing Policeman' was one of the most famous novelty records of the 1920s, a global hit that defined its era. This Columbia pressing is the updated version, 'Laughing Policeman Up to Date', in two parts, from the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 5532 Comic
Charles Penrose, a British comedian and recording artist, recorded for Columbia in the 1920s. Penrose was a popular character comic, though he remains less famous than his contemporaries.AI summary
Columbia 3902 Comic
Charles Penrose recorded 'The Laughing Curate' and 'The Laughing Major' for Columbia, catalogue 4117, in the early 1920s. Penrose's 'laughing' novelties, recorded in various comic characters, remain among the most distinctive British comedy records of the acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia 4117 Comic
Charles Penrose, famous for his novelty 'laughing' recordings, performed 'Laughing Railway Porter' and 'Laughteritis' for Columbia, catalogue DB302. His comic vocal records remain novelties of enduring appeal.AI summary
Columbia DB302 Comic
Charles Penrose recorded 'Laughing Through' for Columbia, catalogue DB1010, in the early 1930s. Another of Penrose's celebrated laughing novelties, continuing the character-based comic records that made him a recording institution.AI summary
Columbia DB1010 Comic
Charles Penrose, a British comic performer, recorded 'Let's Have a Jolly Good Laugh' and 'Laughter and the Old Bassoon' on Columbia DB2602. Penrose was known for his comic monologues and novelty vocal recordings.AI summary
Columbia DB2602 Comic
Charles Penrose's 'The Laughing Policeman', a comedy novelty that became one of the most famous and frequently recorded comic songs of the early twentieth century, captured here on a Columbia pressing from the late acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia FB1184 Comic
Charles Penrose, the British entertainer famous for 'The Laughing Policeman', recorded 'Laughing Policeman's Party' and 'Laughing Policeman's Baby' for Columbia's electrical DB series, sequels to his signature piece.AI summary
Columbia DB305 Comic
Charles Penrose's signature novelty recording, 'The Laughing Policeman', one of the most famous British comedy recordings of the 1920s–30s; this is the Columbia DB 605 pressing.AI summary
Columbia DB605 Comic
Clapham & Dwyer, a British comedy duo, performing on Columbia DB243. They were known for spoken-word comedy routines in the music-hall tradition.AI summary
Columbia DB243 Comic