878 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Leonard Henry, a British music-hall comedian, recorded these two comic pieces for St. Catalogue—a tiny British label; Henry was known for character comedy and dialect work in the Edwardian and interwar music halls.AI summary
Sterno 896 Comic
Leonard Henry recorded 'Eleven Good Lads' and 'There Are Many Good Reasons for Drinking' on Hom HR26, likely comic or novelty numbers on a small British label.AI summary
Homochord HR26 Comic
Leonard Henry, a minor British music-hall comedian, performs 'Tale of the Talkies' and 'General Post' on His Master's Voice B2916 from the late 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B2916 Comic
Leonard Henry, the radio comedian, with 'I Can't Wed a Woman Like That' and 'Oh Alice, Where Art Thou' on Sterno.AI summary
Sterno 682 Comic
Leonard Henry with My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes and That Must Have Been Our Walter on Sterno 745.AI summary
Sterno 745 Comic
Leonard Henry, a British comedian and variety artist, recorded 'Barney's Boarding House' and 'Ah!' for 'St' Records 896.AI summary
Sterno 896 Comic
Leonard Henry performing two novelty or character comedy pieces, 'Sir Roger de Coverly' and 'Majah General Thingamebob', on the St label, catalogue 963.AI summary
Sterno 963 Comic
Leonard Henry was a British comic vocalist and entertainer popular in the early twentieth century. This Sterno recording of 'In these hard Times' and 'A Fly's Day out' dates from the label's brief existence in the 1920s.AI summary
Sterno 993 Comic
Leonard Henry with Ah and Barney's Boarding House on Sterno 896.AI summary
Sterno 896 Comic
Leonard Henry was a British character comedian and entertainer of the music-hall era, famous for his comic monologues and comic songs. This HMV pressing captures him in character pieces with food and domestic themes.AI summary
His Master's Voice B2883 Comic
Leslie Holmes recorded these two novelty songs for Imperial, a small British budget label of the 1920s-1930s. Both titles suggest comedy material.AI summary
Imperial 2797 Comic
Leslie Holmes performs Sunday School Stories on Eclipse 512.AI summary
Eclipse 512 Comic
Leslie Holmes performing novelty material on Rex 8094. Rex was a budget British marque; Holmes is unrecognised.AI summary
Rex 8094 Comic
Leslie Holmes on Rex 8094 with the comic novelty 'I'm the monster of Loch Ness' and the popular song 'Annie doesn't live here any more'.AI summary
Rex 8094 Comic
Leslie Holmes recorded 'Meet me by the Dustbin', a novelty comedy number with Leslie Sarony, for Regal in the 1930s.AI summary
Regal MR1819 Comic
Leslie Sarony was a British entertainer and comedy singer of the 1920s and 1930s, known for novelty songs and vaudeville material. 'Once Aboard the Lugger' is a famous comic piece. This Eclipse label pressing is from a minor British imprint, and Sarony recordings are scarce.AI summary
Eclipse 174 Comic
Leyland Franklin recorded comic novelty songs for Piccadilly, a cheap British marque of the 1930s. 'So I Joined the Navy' and 'Naw I Don't Wanta Be Rich' suggest humorous material.AI summary
Piccadilly c838 Comic
Two comic or novelty songs by Lionel Rothery on Pil (Pilotone), a small British marque of the interwar period.AI summary
Pilgrim 5664 Comic
Lord Rockingham's XI, a novelty instrumental group, recorded the comic novelty hit 'Hoots Mon' and 'Blue Train' for Decca in 1958; 'Hoots Mon' was a UK number-one novelty hit.AI summary
Decca F11059 Comic
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
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
Lupino Lane, the acrobatic comedian who introduced 'The Lambeth Walk', performs 'A Visit to Madame Tussaud's' and 'Concerning Dogs' on Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion X9011 Comic
Lupino Lane, the British comedian and acrobat of the Lupino stage family, performs On the Tram and The Birthday Recitation on Vocalion X9024.AI summary
Vocalion X9024 Comic
Lupino Lane, the British comedian and acrobat of the Lupino stage family, performs Christmas Eve and Christmas Morning on Vocalion X9865.AI summary
Vocalion X9865 Comic
Lupino Lane & Co performing 'Nip & Nunky in Fireworks' Parts 1 and 2 on Broadcast. Lane was one of the most celebrated British music-hall comedians; this appears to be a sketch or narrative piece.AI summary
Broadcast 646 Comic
M. Constanduros and M. Hogan, British comedy actors, on Broadcast with sketches titled 'Grandma and Bert in Mixed History' and 'Bugginses' Family Group'.AI summary
Broadcast 357 Comic
M Constanduros and M Hogan recorded the comedy sketch 'Bugginses at the Seaside' in two parts for Broadcast, a small British label; Constanduros was known for comic sketches and monologues.AI summary
Broadcast 418 Comic
Mabel Constanduros and Michael Hogan, performers of a comic domestic sketch titled "Santa Claus at the Buggins," recorded in two parts on Broadcast 637. Constanduros was a well-known British radio and gramophone comedy entertainer.AI summary
Broadcast 637 Comic
Mabel Constanduros and Michael Hogan perform a comic sketch, 'Father Sweeps the Chimney', on Decca F2027 from the early 1930s. Constanduros was a popular British radio and recording comedian.AI summary
Decca F2027 Comic
M. Darent on Scala, credited with a novelty or comic song title; Scala was a small British label.AI summary
Scala 209 Comic
M Martin and G Payn on two comedic novelty songs: 'Dear Mme Salvador my Horse has cast a Shoe' and 'Bright was the Day'. Released on Decca K1591 in the mid-1930s.AI summary
Decca K1591 Comic
M. Raby performing character comedy sketches 'The German at the Telephone' and 'On Strike' on Polyphon 8868, a Continental-origin label with small British pressing runs.AI summary
Polyphon 8868 Comic
Mabel Constanduros was a radio and stage comedienne best known for her Buggins family sketches; Baby and the Silkworm is a two-part comic sketch on Edison 0205.AI summary
Edison 0205 Comic
Mabel Constanduros, the radio and stage comedienne best known for the Buggins family sketches, performs The Buggins Family at the Zoo in two parts on Edison 0210.AI summary
Edison 0210 Comic
Mabel Constanduros, the radio and stage comedienne best known for the Buggins family sketches, performs The Guide in two parts on Edison 0246.AI summary
Edison 0246 Comic
Mabel Constanduros, the radio and stage comedienne best known for the Buggins family sketches, performs Grandma's Birthday Party in two parts on Edison 0271.AI summary
Edison 0271 Comic
Mabel Marks, a performer in the novelty-song tradition, recorded these two comedy vocals for Electrical, a small British label of the late 1920s.AI summary
Electron 0259 Comic
Mae Questel, the voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl, recorded these novelty numbers for Decca's X-series. The titles suggest children's or comedy material typical of Questel's repertoire beyond her famous voice acting work.AI summary
Decca X1181 Comic
Mandell performing 'Punch and Judy Show' and 'Wedding in the Ark' on Imperial 2249, a minor British label.AI summary
Imperial 2249 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