81 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Lou Monte with Henri René orchestra performing two novelty or popular numbers on His Master's Voice B10750. Monte (1917–2006) was an American singer and entertainer with a long career in novelty and ethnic comedy material.AI summary
His Master's Voice B10750 Comic
Max Bygraves recorded 'Big Head' and 'Say Si Si' (with ventriloquist Peter Brough and his dummy Archie Andrews) for HMV—comedy novelty songs featuring a popular entertainer with established radio characters.AI summary
His Master's Voice B10546 Comic
Max Kester was a British entertainer and comedian known for novelty comedy recordings and pantomime. 'In Town All Night' was recorded for His Master's Voice, capturing his comedy material from the 1930s or 1940s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8145 Comic
Max Kester performing 'In Town All Night' on His Master's Voice B8145, a British comic or novelty side.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8145 Comic
Max Kester was a British ventriloquist and comedian active in radio and music hall during the 1930s–1950s. This HMV recording (B8145) appears to be from his stage act. Kester is moderately collected by British variety and comedy specialists.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8145 Comic
Max Miller was a celebrated and controversial British stand-up comedian of the 1930s-1950s, known for risqué music-hall humor. This HMV pressing captures him in character with comic monologues and songs typical of his act.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD475 Comic
Max Miller, the irreverent British comedian famous for his blue material and outrageous blazers, recorded 'Max Miller Entertains the War Workers' in two parts for His Master's Voice during the Second World War. Miller was one of Britain's most popular and distinctive comedians.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD980 Comic
McGovern, recorded 'We All Went Up Up Up the Mountain' and 'Mrs Rush and her Scrubbing Brush' for His Master's Voice B6446, novelty songs from the late 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B6446 Comic
N Griffin and D Burnaby performing 'Would You Believe It' on His Master's Voice 04231, a comic or novelty number. Artists are unidentified; likely a music-hall or novelty recording from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice 04231 Comic
Norman Evans, a major British comedian of the 1930s and 1940s, in his signature monologues featuring the character Joe Ramsbottom on His Master's Voice BD302; these are celebrated comic sketches from a comedian with a substantial local following.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD302 Comic
Norman Griffin on His Master's Voice catalogue 02790, performing 'Ninny Nonny no'.AI summary
His Master's Voice 02790 Comic
P. Brough, A. Andrews and H. Jacques performing children's novelty pieces 'Ginger & the Bird's Eggs' and 'Herbert the Hedgehog & Freddy the Fieldmouse' on His Master's Voice. These are likely from a radio or theatrical revue of the 1940s-50s.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD1282 Comic
P Graves and P Charles performing two novelty vocal pieces on His Master's Voice POP series, a post-war budget line.AI summary
His Master's Voice POP132 Comic
Pinocchio performing 'I've Got No Strings' and 'Hi Diddle Dee Dee' on His Master's Voice BD822. These are novelty recordings or character performances of Disney's Pinocchio songs from the late 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD822 Comic
'Record for Parties' is a novelty His Master's Voice release featuring party games and instructions for the gentlemen and ladies, likely from the 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3979 Comic
A novelty party record on His Master's Voice B3979 from the 1920s or 1930s, with separate sides for gentlemen and ladies.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3979 Comic
Revnell and West on 'A Trip to the Zoo' (two parts), from HMV BD566. Revnell and West (also known as 'Flotsam and Jetsam') were a British comedy vocal duo popular in the 1920s-1930s; their novelty and comedy recordings are modestly collected.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD566 Comic
The Roland House Players recorded "Jack and Jill" for His Master's Voice B-series catalogue 39. This low catalogue number suggests a very early HMV B-series issue, possibly around 1923-1924, and the Players appear to have been a novelty or children's act.AI summary
His Master's Voice B39 Comic
Ronald Frankau, a British comedian and satirist of the 1920s-30s, on His Master's Voice. Frankau was a prolific recording artist and is modestly collected by enthusiasts of vintage British comedy.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9127 Comic
Comedy spoken-word sides by Ronald Frankau on His Master's Voice, a leading British label. Frankau was a significant British comedian of the 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9150 Comic
Tom Clare performing the comic song 'My Beastly Eyeglass' on His Master's Voice, circa early 1910s.AI summary
His Master's Voice 4-2135 Comic
Tom Clare on His Master's Voice B450, two comic novelty songs from the late 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B450 Comic
Tom Clare recorded a comic monologue, 'Fishy Story', for HMV in the early 1920s, likely from the acoustic era given the catalogue number format.AI summary
His Master's Voice 4-2190 Comic
Tom Clare recorded for Columbia and HMV in the early 1920s, primarily comic and novelty material. 'Telephone' is likely in this tradition, though recorded for the major HMV label.AI summary
His Master's Voice 01047 Comic
Tom Clare, recorded '(13) Telephone' and 'Winkelheimer's Motor Ride' for His Master's Voice C538, novelty vocal sides from the acoustic era.AI summary
His Master's Voice C538 Comic
Tommy Handley, the British radio comedian and star of the long-running *ITMA*, recorded comic material for HMV, split across two parts.AI summary
His Master's Voice C3034 Comic
Tommy Handley and Doris Summers performing 'Mr Therm', with Jeanne de Casalis performing 'EDA', on His Master's Voice JH47. Handley was the comic star of the hugely popular British radio programme ITMA.AI summary
His Master's Voice JH47 Comic
A novelty record on His Master's Voice titled 'Try Your Fortune', with separate sides for 'Ladies' and 'Gentlemen'—likely a gimmick recording or parlour game of the 1930s–40s era.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3979 Comic
Uncle George performing 'The Storks' in two parts on His Master's Voice AS23, a scarce early acoustic or light novelty series.AI summary
His Master's Voice AS23 Comic
Van and Ernie Stanton recorded two instalments of 'English as She Is Not Spoken', a comedy sketch, for His Master's Voice in the 1920s. The Stantons were a comedy duo in the British variety tradition, known for dialect and cross-talk comedy.AI summary
His Master's Voice B2626 Comic
Vernon Watson, a British comedian who performed under the stage name Nosmo King, recorded 'Pull Together' and 'Values/A Sense of Humour' for His Master's Voice. Watson was a music-hall and radio personality, and his name is documented in theatrical records of the period.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9737 Comic
Vernon Watson, known as Nosmo King, a British comedy performer, recorded "Pull Together" and "Values / A Sense of Humour" for His Master's Voice. Nosmo King was a popular radio and music hall comedian.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9737 Comic
Vic Oliver, an Austrian-born comedian and composer popular in British radio and entertainment, performing comic sketches on His Master's Voice, late 1930s–early 1940s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9169 Comic