877 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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B. Lockwood and G. Whelan recorded dialogue or novelty sketches for Solex, a small British label. The catalogue number 138 suggests an early period. Neither artist is established in standard discographies.AI summary
Solex 138 Comic
B. Melville, a performer of novelty and domestic-themed comedy songs, recorded for Fam, a small British imprint. The artist is not well known from standard reference.AI summary
Famous 283 Comic
B. Whitlock and H. Bluff performing 'Whitlock's Boarding House', part 2, on Winner 2899. A comic monologue or sketch series.AI summary
Winner 2899 Comic
B. Whitlock and H. Hemsley recorded the comedy sketch 'Robbie and Grandad' for Regal, a budget British label. Comic sketches and monologues were common music-hall fare in the 1920s and 1930s.AI summary
Regal 9055 Comic
The Ballyhooligans recorded 'I Got Rhythm' and 'I'm Nuts About Screwy Music' for His Master's Voice BD5056. This is a novelty or comedy group recording from the early 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5056 Comic
The Ballyhooligans recorded 'I Got Rhythm' and 'I'm Nuts About Screwy Music' for HMV, likely a novelty or comic vocal group from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5056 Comic
Ballyhooligans on His Master's Voice BD 5032, with both sides credited as 'Make Whoopee', a popular song novelty.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5032 Comic
The Ballyhooligans, a British comedy ensemble, recorded these two blues standards for HMV in a novelty style typical of 1930s music-hall comedy recordings.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5089 Comic
'Pantomime Plums', parts 3 and 4, a novelty or sketch recording on Columbia 2824, a British Columbia pressing from the early era of the label.AI summary
Columbia 2824 Comic
Pantomime comedy sketches or songs, parts 3 and 4, released on the obscure British label Scala 452.AI summary
Scala 452 Comic
Barclay Gammon performs 'Oratorio' in two parts on Odeon 66731. This is a companion to the other Odeon Gammon in this collection; the 66000 series suggests an Edwardian or early acoustic date.AI summary
Odeon 66731 Comic
Barclay Gammon performs part three of 'Oratorio' and the 'Suffragettes' Anthem' on Odeon 66733. The suffragette anthem title adds a topical-political curiosity dimension to this Edwardian comedy performer's output; this is a companion to the other Gammon Odeon pressings in this collection.AI summary
Odeon 66733 Comic
Ben Albert performs 'My Inquisitive Kiddie' and 'End of the Chapter' on Odeon 32408. Ben Albert is not a widely recognised recording name in major references; the Odeon 32000 series suggests an early acoustic pressing.AI summary
Odeon 32408 Comic
A comic novelty by Ben Albert on the Ar label, a cheap British marque of the early 1930s. The title and two-part structure suggest music-hall humour.AI summary
Ariel 783 Comic
Ben Albert on Lyric, a minor British label of the early 1930s, with a pair of comic novelty numbers.AI summary
Lyric 231 Comic
Ben Albert performing the novelty comedy songs 'The First Time I Ever Went Burgling' and 'My Inventive Kiddie' on Lyr 231, a humorous recording on an obscure label.AI summary
Lyceum 231 Comic
Ben Lawes with The Little Wireless Set I Made at Home in two parts on HMV C1152.AI summary
His Master's Voice C1152 Comic
Benny Hill, the British comedian and entertainer, recorded 'Who done it' for Columbia. This is one of his early comedy recordings, made before his later career as a television star.AI summary
Columbia DB3731 Comic
Bernard Bresslaw performing two comedy songs on His Master's Voice's POP series, 'Mad Passionate Love' and 'You Need Feet'. Bresslaw was a British actor and comedian known for his film and television work; this is a comic novelty recording from the 1950s.AI summary
His Master's Voice POP522 Comic
Bernard Bresslaw, Michael Medwin, and Alfie Bass perform comedy sketches from 'The Army Game', a popular British television series, on His Master's Voice. This is a comedy or novelty recording from the 1950s.AI summary
His Master's Voice POP490 Comic
Bernard Clifton, a children's entertainer, recorded 'Sew Saw / Baa Baa Black Sheep' and 'House That Jack Built' for Broadcast, a minor British label. These nursery novelties are typical of the early 1930s market for family entertainment.AI summary
Broadcast 1003 Comic
Bernard Miles was a renowned British actor, raconteur and founder of the Mermaid Theatre; these HMV recordings capture his spoken word and character sketches, a rare glimpse of his distinctive comic performing style.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9829 Comic
Bernard Miles, the actor and theatre director, recorded two comic monologues on His Master's Voice: 'Billy and Toggie' and 'One of the Old School', B10184, showcasing his talents for character comedy and dialect.AI summary
His Master's Voice B10184 Comic
Bernie recorded two novelty songs for Melot 1630, a small British label of the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Meloto 1630 Comic
Bert Marsden on the Home label (Hom), a British comedy or novelty record from the early period, with laughter and discord in the title.AI summary
Hom H413 Comic
Bertha Willmott on Columbia DB1471, performing novelty-song material: 'What can you give a Nudist' and 'Up aroun' the ole North Pole' — Columbia's DB series, dating to the late 1930s–1940s.AI summary
Columbia DB1471 Comic
Betty Bolton on Eclipse label 306, with comic songs 'He's dead but he won't lie down' and 'Don't go any higher Jeremiah'.AI summary
Eclipse 306 Comic
Bidgood (and S Powell), performing comic novelty material on Broadcast, a small British label of the 1930s.AI summary
Broadcast 475 Comic
Bidgood, with vocalist Jack Morrison, recorded 'Oh what a silly Place to kiss a Girl' and 'We're uncomfortable' for Broadcast, catalogue 569, a minor British label of the late 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Broadcast 569 Comic
Big Dave's 'Loosely with Feeling' and 'The Cat from Coos Bay' on Capitol are novelty or comedy recordings from the 1950s era. Without further identification of the artist, the record's significance is difficult to determine.AI summary
Capitol CL14195 Comic
Bill Bailey was a celebrated British music-hall comedian and performer of the early 20th century. This Home label recording captures him in characteristic comic numbers.AI summary
Hom 702 Comic
Billy Bennett, the British music-hall comedian, performing 'The Miser' and 'I'll Be Thinking of You' on Columbia 4006.AI summary
Columbia 4006 Comic
Billy Bennett was a British comedian and monologist of the 1920s–30s, famous for his rapid-fire comic recitations and parodies. 'Mottoes' and 'Memory Man' are typical of his humorous spoken-word repertoire, recorded for Columbia.AI summary
Columbia 9454 Comic
Billy Bennett was a famous British comic performer and recording artist of the 1920s-30s, celebrated for rapid-fire novelty monologues. This Columbia electrical recording captures him in characteristic form.AI summary
Columbia DX28 Comic
Billy Bennett, a British comic singer and monologist of the 1920s–30s, on Columbia 9296 with "The Tightest Man I Know" and "Ogul Mogul" — novelty comedy songs typical of Bennett's act.AI summary
Columbia 9296 Comic
Billy Bennett, a British comedian and music-hall performer, on Regal 9159 with comic monologues 'No Power on Earth' and 'The Charge of the Tight Brigade', from the late 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
Regal 9159 Comic
Billy Bennett was a celebrated British comic performer and recording artist of the 1920s-30s, known for his rapid-fire novelty monologues and comic timing. This Regal electrical recording captures him in his characteristic style.AI summary
Regal MR147 Comic
Billy Bennett was a British comedian and character vocalist of the 1920s–30s; this Columbia side features comic novelty material.AI summary
Columbia 5649 Comic
Billy Caryll and Hilda Mundy on Broadcast 3253, a British comedy or music-hall double act recording comic scenes; Caryll and Mundy were known performers of the 1920s–1930s variety stage.AI summary
Broadcast 3253 Comic
Billy Costello performing two novelty songs including 'I'm Popeye the Sailor Man' on Regal MR2897—a tie-in with the popular cartoon character.AI summary
Regal MR2897 Comic
Billy Golden recorded 'Mocking bird' and a 'Laughing record' for Imperial, suggesting early comic or novelty material; Golden was an American performer active from the late 1800s through early 1900s.AI summary
Imperial 1189 Comic
Billy Jones, a prolific vaudeville and recording artist, performing two comic songs about Christmas on Little Tots Records, catalogue 112. Jones was one of the most recorded artists of the 1920s–early 1930s, known for novelty duets and comic songs.AI summary
LittleTots 112 Comic
Billy Jones, an American comic and novelty vocalist of the 1920s–30s, recorded seasonal material 'Night before Christmas' and 'Tomorrow will be Christmas' for Play, catalogue 213.AI summary
Play 213 Comic
Billy Melville on Curry's 107, performing comic novelty 'I Toddled In' and 'Vacuum Cleaner'.AI summary
Curry's 107 Comic
Billy Seymour and the Boys recorded these two comic novelty numbers for the St label, a cheap British pressing house of the early 1930s.AI summary
Sterno 1428 Comic
Billy Whitlock performing two comedy numbers, 'Chuckles' and 'Laughing', on Columbia. The titles suggest music-hall novelty material or comic song.AI summary
Columbia IS1058 Comic
Billy Whitlock, a comic performer, recorded two topical comic songs — 'A German Recruiting Station' and 'The Last Zeppelin' — for Columbia during or just after the First World War.AI summary
Columbia is685 Comic
Billy Whitlock on Bulldog TEST, performing 'British Pluck' and 'Bedtime'. Bulldog was a short-lived budget British label; Whitlock was a comic entertainer. The 'TEST' designation suggests a test pressing or experimental issue.AI summary
Bulldog TEST Comic