34 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
34 records matching
Amos 'n' Andy, the famous radio comedy duo, recorded 'Sam 'n' Henry at the Fortune Teller' and 'Sam's Speech at the Coloured Lodge' for Zonophone 2831. These are early recordings from the height of the show's popularity.AI summary
Zonophone 2831 Comic
Amos 'n' Andy (Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll), the famous American radio duo, performing 'I Just Wanna Be Known as Susie's Feller' and 'Georgianna' on Zonophone 2866.AI summary
Zonophone 2866 Comic
Amos 'n' Andy (Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll), the hugely popular American radio comedy duo, performing 'I just wanna be known as Susie's Feller' and 'Georgianna' on Zonophone 2866.AI summary
Zonophone 2866 Comic
Billy Whitlock on Zonophone 606, performing novelty or comic material. Billy Whitlock was an American recording artist active in the 1920s, and this British Zonophone pressing captures his work from that era, though these particular titles are obscure.AI summary
Zonophone 606 Comic
Billy Williams, a British comic singer and performer, recorded 'We All Live at No. 24' and 'Sheila O'Neil' on Zonophone 1041. Williams was a prolific recording artist of the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Zonophone 1041 Comic
The Black Diamond Band recorded a 'Puzzle Record' in two parts for Zonophone, catalogue 5000—a catalogue number that places it in the label's very early numbering. The Puzzle Record was a gimmick novelty format that enjoyed some popularity in the early 20th century.AI summary
Zonophone 5000 Comic
C Penrose and B Whitlock on Zonophone 1382, singing light comic novelty numbers from the early acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone 1382 Comic
Clarkson Rose, a British comedian and sketch artist, on Zonophone catalogue 2487 with the titles 'I Love Lizzie' and 'Hard Boiled Rose'.AI summary
Zonophone 2487 Comic
A descriptive recording of Christmas music on Zonophone: 'Christmas Waits' and 'Christmas Raffle', likely a novelty or comedic piece rather than a straight performance.AI summary
Zonophone 1404 Comic
Florence Oldham recorded 'Take your Finger out of your Mouth' and 'Whispering Pines of Nevada' for Zonophone. 'Take your Finger out of your Mouth' is a novelty song; Zonophone was a British label active in the 1920s and early 1930s. Nothing is known of Oldham.AI summary
Zonophone 2958 Comic
'Arry and family at the zoo' on Zonophone 1553, a novelty comedy recording by Frank Leo and party, likely from the 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 1553 Comic
Fred Curran performing parodies 'Daddy parody' and 'Red White & Blue parody' on Zonophone 346, a small British label of the 1920s-1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 346 Comic
Harry Fay performing comic novelty songs on Zonophone 1351, a low catalogue number from the early 1920s; 'Gilbert the Filbert' is a British novelty classic.AI summary
Zonophone 1351 Comic
Harry Fay on Zonophone 294, performing 'Angelina' and 'Little girl from nowhere' — a comic or novelty side from a prolific artist on the Zonophone label.AI summary
Zonophone 294 Comic
Hedges Bros and Jacobson, a comedy or novelty vocal act, recorded 'Oh I Wish I Was Tarzan' and 'Oh You Little Thief' on Zonophone 2101. The act is not a major-label recording name of established prominence.AI summary
Zonophone 2101 Comic
Jack Pleasants on Zonophone 2119, performing two comic or novelty titles: 'Have you ever seen a Winkle wink' and 'Old Top Hat I was married in'. Zonophone was a Decca budget label often used for short-run or regional titles.AI summary
Zonophone 2119 Comic
Jack Pleasants on Zonophone 2339 with 'It's My Bath Night Tonight' and 'I'm Playing Gooseberry', a British comedy or novelty recording from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 2339 Comic
Jack Pleasants on Zonophone 1970 with novelty spoken-word comedy pieces. The Zonophone label was a prolific British imprint of the 1920s–30s, and Pleasants appears to have been a music-hall entertainer.AI summary
Zonophone 1970 Comic
Jack Pleasants on Zonophone 1922: British comic or novelty vocal from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Zonophone 1922 Comic
Joe Hayman was a celebrated American dialect comedian famous for his 'Cohen' character routines; this Zonophone pressing, from a high catalogue number late in the label's run, captures two classic pieces of his humorous repertoire.AI summary
Zonophone 5239 Comic
Murray & Fay performing 'Oshkosh' and 'Indianapolis' on Zonophone 1875, novelty numbers from the mid-1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 1875 Comic
Phil Ray on Zonophone 6, the earliest catalogue numbers on this label, performing comic or novelty songs: 'Would you like to save my Life' and a comic piece 'Don't stick it out like that'. Zonophone was a Decca subsidiary that often issued obscure and short-run sides.AI summary
Zonophone 6 Comic
Russell Hunting, 'Casey at a Wake', on Zonophone 41006; Hunting was one of the earliest recording artists, famous for comic Irish-inflected monologues recorded in the acoustic cylinder era, and this side represents the transition to disc recording in the 1900s.AI summary
Zonophone 41006 Comic
Russell Hunting, an early phonograph artist whose novelty monologues and ethnic skits were recorded from the 1890s onward, on Zonophone 41004—a record from the acoustic era and among the earliest items in any such collection.AI summary
Zonophone 41004 Comic
Sam Mayo recorded the novelty comic songs 'Things Are Worse in Russia' and 'Ha Ha' for Zonophone, a British label owned by the Gramophone Company.AI summary
Zonophone 2308 Comic
Sammy Shields performs The English Cup Final in two parts on Zonophone 559.AI summary
Zonophone 559 Comic
Tom Foy recorded 'I've been to China' and 'Amateur Theatricals' for Zonophone 764, a comic or novelty vocal record from the early 1910s.AI summary
Zonophone 764 Comic
Tommy Handley, the British comedian and star of the ITMA radio show, recorded 'The Dis-Orderly Room' (Parts 1 and 2) for Zonophone; Handley was one of the most popular entertainers of wartime Britain, and his comedy recordings capture the humour and topical references of the 1940s.AI summary
Zonophone 2900 Comic
Tommy Handley, the British comedian famous for the radio show ITMA, recorded 'The Dis-Orderly Room' in two parts for Zonophone; a novelty or comedy piece typical of his stage and recording work in the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 2900 Comic
Venie Clements performing 'Humorous Stories About Children' on Zonophone, a British label operated by Gramophone Company subsidiaries from the 1920s-1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 807 Comic
Walter Miller recorded a comic or novelty piece, 'Mandy's Christening', for Zonophone, a major British label; the catalogue number suggests a pre-war pressing, though the artist is not widely documented.AI summary
Zonophone X2-42011 Comic
Will Evans on Zonophone performing 'All About Jim', a novelty or comic song by an unidentified artist on a British budget label.AI summary
Zonophone X42287 Comic
Will Evans performs All About Jim on Zonophone 42287, a single-sided issue.AI summary
Zonophone 42287 Comic
Will Evans performing comedy sketches 'Building a Chicken House' (parts 1 and 2) on Zonophone 859, a British recording of the early 1900s–1920s era.AI summary
Zonophone 859 Comic