6 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
6 records matching
Bud Billings on Victor, catalogue V40043. Victor was the major American label, but Billings is an obscure artist and the repertoire ('How to Make Love', 'Barnacle Bill') is comedy or novelty material of the early 1930s.AI summary
Victor V40043 Comic
Burt Shepard, credited to Victor, singing the novelty 'Has anybody seen our Cat', an early American acoustic recording on the Victor label (later RCA).AI summary
Victor 883 Comic
Cal Stewart, an American entertainer famous for his 'Uncle Josh' character sketches, performing on Victor Records. Stewart's homespun comic monologues were very popular in the early 1900s and are now collected by American comedy and Americana enthusiasts.AI summary
Victor 3101 Comic
Charles Penrose, a British baritone and comic entertainer, recorded 'Laughing Family' and 'I Tried to Keep from Laughing' for Victor Records. Penrose was famous for his laughing trick and novelty vocal effects.AI summary
Victor C6 Comic
Golden and Hughes perform two comic novelty songs on Victor 16547: "The Liars" and C. Case's "How Mother Made the Soup," likely from the 1920s. Victor was an American label with some UK distribution; the artists are otherwise untraced.AI summary
Victor 16547 Comic
S H Dudley performs 'The Blow That Almost Killed Father (Parody)' on Victor 35 — an extraordinarily early Victor number, placing this among the first commercial disc pressings ever made by the Victor Talking Machine Company, almost certainly before 1902. Dudley was one of the most prolific early American recording artists; a Victor pressing with a two-digit catalogue number is a genuinely historic document of the very beginnings of recorded sound.AI summary
Victor 35 Comic