33 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
33 records matching
Bill Clifton, a bluegrass and folk guitarist from Kentucky, recorded these popular standards for Columbia in the early 1950s during the post-war folk revival.AI summary
Columbia 39177 Country
Burl Ives on Columbia DC 470, with two American folk and blues numbers. Ives was a successful American folk singer, actor, and entertainer of the 1940s–1950s era.AI summary
Columbia DC470 Country
Burl Ives recorded 'Mr. Froggie Went A-Courtin'' and 'Worried Man Blues' for Columbia DC470; Ives was an American folk singer, actor and songwriter who became famous for his warm baritone voice and his interpretations of traditional and contemporary American songs.AI summary
Columbia DC470 Country
Burl Ives, an American folk and popular singer, recorded for Columbia on this folk-song medley. Ives was a successful crossover artist; however, this Columbia DC series pressing suggests a budget or special issue.AI summary
Columbia DC507 Country
Burl Ives recorded 'Mr. Froggie Went a-Courtin'' and 'Worried Man Blues' for Columbia DC470. Ives was an American folk singer and actor; this appears to be an early folk recording, possibly from the 1940s.AI summary
Columbia DC470 Country
Curly Williams and the Georgia Peach Pickers recorded "Georgia Steel Guitar" and "Grandma's Turned Over Again" for Columbia, capturing the American rural string-band and novelty styles of the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 37083 Country
Floyd Tillman on Columbia MC3409. Tillman was a Texas singer-songwriter and musician known for his contributions to Western swing and country music; this appears to be a later recording, possibly from the 1940s–1950s.AI summary
Columbia MC3409 Country
Gene Autry, the singing cowboy star, recorded 'They Warned Me About You' and 'Rolling Along' for Columbia; his records are collected for both country and film music interest.AI summary
Columbia MC3385 Country
Gene Autry, the American cowboy singer and film star, performing his Christmas novelties 'Santa' and 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' on Columbia FB3576.AI summary
Columbia FB3576 Country
Gid Tanner, a pioneering American country and string-band musician, recorded 'Polly Wolly Doo' and 'She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain' for Columbia, catalogue 19011. Tanner was one of the earliest recorded exponents of American folk and hillbilly string-band music.AI summary
Columbia 19011 Country
Hayes & Croft recorded two Western or Americana-themed songs—"On the Trail to Santa Fe" and "My Morning Star"—for Columbia, likely in the 1920s–30s era.AI summary
Columbia is998 Country
Jimmie Rodgers, the 'Father of Country Music', performing two songs on Columbia in what appears to be a later reissue or coupling.AI summary
Columbia DB4235 Country
Jimmie Rodgers, the "Father of Country Music," recorded prolifically for Columbia in the late 1920s and early 1930s. This DB-series pressing captures his distinctive yodel and guitar style on a romantic ballad.AI summary
Columbia DB4052 Country
Jimmie Rodgers, the pioneering country vocalist, recorded "Kisses Sweeter than Wine" and "Better Loved You'll Never Be" for Columbia; the first became a standard, famously covered by The Weavers and others.AI summary
Columbia DB4052 Country
Columbia 20502 Country
Johnny Duncan, a Scottish country and novelty singer, recorded for Columbia; "Last Train to San Fernando" was a chart hit in the UK in 1957.AI summary
Columbia DB3959 Country
Johnny Duncan recorded 'Footprints in the snow' and 'Get along home Cindy' for Columbia. Duncan was a country and folk-influenced singer of the 1950s, known for his recordings of traditional American songs.AI summary
Columbia DB4029 Country
Johnny Duncan, a country and western singer, performing 'Ella Speed' and 'Kaw Liga' on Columbia DB. This is likely from the late 1940s or early 1950s, when Duncan recorded for Columbia.AI summary
Columbia DB3925 Country
Johnny Duncan, a British country and popular singer, on Columbia DB4179 with 'Geisha Girl' and 'My Lucky Love', recorded in the 1950s.AI summary
Columbia DB4179 Country
Johnny Duncan and the Blue Grass Boys performing 'Itching for My Baby' and 'I Heard the Bluebirds Sing' on Columbia DB series. This is early bluegrass or country-gospel recorded by a Tennessee group, a style that has gained significant collector interest in recent years.AI summary
Columbia DB4118 Country
Lefty Frizzell, the pioneer of honky-tonk, performing 'Travelin' Blues' and 'I Want to Be with You Always' on Columbia MC3422, a British pressing of the Texas country singer.AI summary
Columbia MC3422 Country
Lefty Frizzell (1928–1975) was an influential American honky-tonk and country singer who helped define the honky-tonk sound of the 1950s; this Columbia side, recorded in the early 1950s, captures two of his sentimental country ballads.AI summary
Columbia MC3412 Country
Lefty Frizzell, a major honky-tonk pioneer, recorded 'Shine Shave Shower' and 'Look What Thoughts Will Do' for Columbia in the early 1950s.AI summary
Columbia MC3412 Country
Lefty Frizzell, a pioneering American country singer, recorded the country songs 'Shine Shave Show' and 'Look What Thoughts Will Do' for Columbia in the early 1950s.AI summary
Columbia 20772 Country
Lefty Frizzell, the American country-music pioneer, recording 'Blue Yodel No 6' and 'Travelli' Blues' for Columbia 20842, likely early 1950s.AI summary
Columbia 20842 Country
Lefty Frizzell recorded 'Brakeman's Blues' and 'My Rough and Rowdy Ways' for Columbia (MC3431). Frizzell was an important American country and honky-tonk singer of the late 1940s–50s; these are early recordings in his influential style.AI summary
Columbia MC3431 Country
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs on Columbia 21248. Flatt and Scruggs were pioneering bluegrass musicians who recorded extensively from the 1940s onwards. This Columbia 78 captures them early in their recording career, making it of interest to bluegrass and American country-music collectors, though this specific pressing requires confirmation.AI summary
Columbia 21248 Country
Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs on 'Before I met you' and 'I'm gonna sleep with one Eye open', from Columbia 21412. Flatt and Scruggs were legendary bluegrass musicians and pioneers of the genre; these are among their Columbia recordings, likely from the late 1940s-early 1950s. UK issues of their records are less common than American pressings.AI summary
Columbia 21412 Country
Little Jimmy Dickens on Columbia MC3399, performing 'Hillbilly Fever' and 'Country Boy'. Dickens was an American country-music star; the MC prefix is unusual for Columbia and may indicate a special series or reissue.AI summary
Columbia MC3399 Country
Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys, country music pioneers, recorded 'Tennessee Waltz' and 'Careless Hands' for the Columbia L-series, a rare American country pressing in a British collection.AI summary
Columbia L20 Country
Slim Dusty, the celebrated Australian country singer, recorded 'A Pub with no Beer' and 'Once when I was mustering' for Columbia in the early 1950s. 'A Pub with no Beer' became one of his signature pieces and a country standard.AI summary
Columbia DB4212 Country
Slim Dusty, an Australian country and folk singer of the 1950s–60s, on Columbia, performing Australian novelty and traditional song.AI summary
Columbia DB4212 Country
Sons of the Pioneers performing 'One More River to Cross' and 'Open Range Ahead' on Columbia 20500. The Sons of the Pioneers were one of America's most influential Western swing and cowboy music groups, active from the 1930s onward.AI summary
Columbia 20500 Country