175 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Brother Low Down's Prayer and Brother Low Down's Sermon by Hooten and Hooten, on Columbia 14014-D, a number from the 14000-D series that Columbia used for its recordings aimed at Black audiences in the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 14014D Comic
Jack Charman, a prolific comic performer on minor labels, performing novelty material—'Don't take me Home' and 'Mary took her Calves to the Dairy Show'—on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia 1178 Comic
Jack Charman on Columbia 1543 with 'Come with Me Down Regent Street' and 'Take Me with You Dearie', comic-novelty songs from the late 1920s or early 1930s. Charman does not appear in standard sources.AI summary
Columbia 1543 Comic
Jack Warner was a British comedy actor and singer best known for the postwar radio comedy 'Garrison Theatre' and the television series 'Dixon of Dock Green'; this early Columbia disc couples two novelty or comedy pieces.AI summary
Columbia FB2543 Comic
Jimmy Hanley, a British actor and entertainer, performing 'I Lift up my Finger and I Say Tweet Tweet' on Columbia SWT1762. Hanley was best known for his film and stage work; this appears to be a novelty number.AI summary
Columbia SWT1762 Comic
Joe Hayman on Columbia 2779, performing 'Cohen & the Houseboat' in two parts. Hayman was a British character comedian and vocalist popular on stage and records.AI summary
Columbia 2779 Comic
Joe Hayman was a Jewish-American comedy monologist whose 'Cohen' routine was a staple of vaudeville and early recording; these Columbia sides capture his persona in the 1910s-20s.AI summary
Columbia A2192 Comic
John Slater on Columbia (DB3488) with 'Friends and Neighbours' and 'Bob's yer Uncle', comedy novelty numbers from the swing era.AI summary
Columbia DB3488 Comic
John Tilley on Columbia DB1265, performing 'The Loch Ness Monster' on both sides. This is a comic novelty recording about the famous Scottish cryptid, likely from the 1930s-40s.AI summary
Columbia DB1265 Comic
John Tilley recorded a novelty song about the Loch Ness Monster for Columbia—a comic or topical piece from the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB1265 Comic
John Tilley on Columbia DB1265, performing 'The Loch Ness Monster', an apparently novelty or comic recording. Tilley is unidentified in standard sources, and this appears to be a routine Columbia release of the 1940s era.AI summary
Columbia DB1265 Comic
John Tilley recorded 'Missus Lowsborough Goodby' and 'Cycling' for Columbia, catalogue DB1508, in the late 1920s or early 1930s. Tilley was a monologist or comedy-spoken-word performer.AI summary
Columbia DB1508 Comic
Joyce Grenfell, the British actress and comedian, performing comic monologues 'Maud' and 'Keepsake' on Columbia; a significant post-war recording artist.AI summary
Columbia DB2918 Comic
J. W. Meyers recorded comic or novelty material for Columbia, likely in the early 20th century. Columbia 686 is an early catalogue number, but Meyers is not established as a major recording artist.AI summary
Columbia 686 Comic
L Henson and C Hulbert (Claude Hulbert, a British comedian) recorded a theatrical sketch for Columbia 9002, drawing on stage material about Mary Queen of Scots.AI summary
Columbia 9002 Comic
Len Spencer was a prolific American comic singer and monologist of the 1890s–1900s; this Columbia side documents his brand of spoken humour, 'Parson Pinkney discourses on Adam and Eve'.AI summary
Columbia 3111 Comic
Len Spencer and Ada Jones, two prominent early recording artists, duetting on Columbia 3206 in the novelty 'Heinie'. Spencer and Jones were among the most prolific recording artists of the 1900s–1910s.AI summary
Columbia 3206 Comic
Under the comic stage name Lovejoy Enoch Ramsbottom, a novelty performer sings 'The Rain Came Pitter Patter Down' and 'When Moaning Minnie Moans No More' on Columbia, the latter title referring to wartime air-raid siren slang.AI summary
Columbia FB2652 Comic
Lucan and McShane, the popular Irish comic duo, recorded a sketch with Old Mother Riley for Columbia; the recording includes two sides of material, probably in the 1930s or 1940s.AI summary
Columbia FB2685 Comic
Lucan and McShane, performing two comic sketches on Columbia: 'Old Mother Riley's Budget' and 'Old Mother Riley takes her Medicine'. This is likely from the 1940s–50s, when the Old Mother Riley character was popular in British variety and film.AI summary
Columbia FB2702 Comic
Milton Hayes on Columbia 4509, performing spoken-word comic pieces 'Why every married Man should have a Wife' and 'Do Film Actresses make good Husbands'.AI summary
Columbia 4509 Comic
Milton Hayes, a British reciter and monologuist, recorded "Monty's Hints on Health" and "Monty on Bolshevism & the Like" for Columbia. Hayes was known for his dramatic and comic spoken-word routines.AI summary
Columbia 3504 Comic
An artist credited as Munro sings the comic numbers 'There's Something Wrong with the Weather' and 'Tears from My Inkwell' on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia FB2273 Comic
Naunton Wayne, the British character actor and comedian, on Columbia performing comedy material. Wayne was known for his partnership with Basil Radford in films and radio.AI summary
Columbia DB864 Comic
Naunton Wayne was a British actor and comic performer; this Columbia DB885 pressing captures his comedy routine in four parts ('Nonchalant Nonsense').AI summary
Columbia DB885 Comic
Nicholas Adams performing 'Perlmutter as an MP' on Columbia 9145, a comic or spoken-word title suggesting a music-hall or Jewish comedy sketch.AI summary
Columbia 9145 Comic
Norman Long, a British comedian and pianist, recorded 'Monday Morning' and 'My Little Austin Seven' for Columbia, catalogue 5112, in the late 1920s. Long was a prolific recording artist and radio personality.AI summary
Columbia 5112 Comic
Norman Long, a British comic pianist and entertainer, recorded the comic songs 'Sing Ho for the Days of Drinking' and 'On the Beach at Bangaloo' for Columbia. Long was a popular radio and recording artist in the 1930s, specialising in humorous piano-accompanied songs.AI summary
Columbia 5159 Comic
Norman Long, a British comedian and entertainer popular in the 1920s–30s, performs 'Ideal Homes' and 'Hidden Heroes' on Columbia 5495.AI summary
Columbia 5495 Comic
Norman Long, a British comedian and entertainer, recorded 'On the Day That Chelsea Went and Won the Cup' and 'Ten Pahnds Dahn' for Columbia, showcasing his comic songs with their characterful dialect delivery.AI summary
Columbia DB1287 Comic
Oliver Wakefield on Columbia performing spoken comic material, a two-part recording typical of early 1930s novelty entertainment.AI summary
Columbia FB1553 Comic
A vocal ensemble—P. Edgar, C. Brewer, Mabel France, and Gladys Joine—recorded 'The Invalid' and its sequel for Columbia. The catalogue number and era suggest a 1920s recording of a novelty or comic sketch with vocal parts, characteristic of early Columbia programming.AI summary
Columbia DB1179 Comic
Raymond Hitchcock (1865–1929) was an American musical theatre star and comedian. This Columbia pressing of 'Ain't It Funny' and 'So What's the Use' from the very early 1920s or late 1910s preserves his comedic spoken and sung material.AI summary
Columbia 605 Comic
Reginald Purdell was a British actor, comedian and entertainer known for his work in theatre and light comedy. This Columbia DB-series pressing captures two humorous songs in his characteristic style.AI summary
Columbia DB1475 Comic
Reginald Purdell was a British light comedian and actor of the 1930s-50s; these comic song recordings on Columbia capture his music-hall style.AI summary
Columbia DB1475 Comic
Robb Wilton, the Lancashire comedian and character actor, on Columbia FB2960, performing his signature 'Home Guard' routine as a two-sided sketch. Wilton was a hugely popular radio and stage comedian of the 1940s-50s.AI summary
Columbia FB2960 Comic
Sam Nicholls performing 'I should like a little bit of nougat' and 'Drawing the dole' on Columbia IS1634, likely comic or novelty music-hall material from the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia is1634 Comic
Sid Field, a celebrated British comedian and actor, recorded 'Sid Field Plays Golf' for Columbia DB2163. Field was famous for his pantomime and variety comedy in the 1940s.AI summary
Columbia DB2163 Comic
Stanelli was a novelty performer known for sound effects and comic material. This Columbia recording documents his 'Stag Party' routine, a piece of theatrical variety performance.AI summary
Columbia FB1310 Comic
Stanley Holloway, the beloved British character actor and comedian, performing 'Albert Evacuated' and 'My Missus' on Columbia FB24088 — comic monologues from the man famous for the Albert stories.AI summary
Columbia FB24088 Comic
Stanley Kirkby performing two novelty or comic songs on Columbia. Kirkby was a minor British variety singer active in the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Columbia is737 Comic
Steve Porter performing two Irish-American comic monologues, 'Christmas morning in Flannigan's' and 'Evening at Mrs Clancey's boarding house', recorded for Columbia. Porter was a leading stage Irish comedian of the early phonograph era.AI summary
Columbia 3512/3526 Comic
Swain with 'Is Zat so' and 'Chick Chicken' on Columbia (3886), comic novelty numbers from the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3886 Comic
Terance Casey on Columbia YBX5, a comic number called 'Father's Favourites' recorded in two parts. YBX series context requires checking.AI summary
Columbia YBX5 Comic
The Two Bobs recorded 'Casey Jones' for Columbia, an early novelty or comedy vocal duo. The identity of the performers is unclear.AI summary
Columbia 1932 Comic
The Three Professors on Columbia DB3845, performing "Vulgar Boatmen Rock" and "Yew stept owt offa Dreme" — likely a comic or novelty side from the 1930s, with titles in phonetic dialect humour.AI summary
Columbia DB3845 Comic
Tom Clare on Columbia, recording light comic or novelty material: 'One Little One More' and 'This Freedom (My Wife is Away)'. British music-hall style performer.AI summary
Columbia 3561 Comic
Tom Clare singing novelty songs 'At home I'm my Wife's Husband but when I'm away I'm me' and 'Where does Daddy go to?' for Columbia (3978), early comic material from the acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia 3978 Comic