630 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Guy Lombardo's orchestra, the 'Royal Canadians', performing 'Little Kiss Each Morning' and 'You're My Silver Lining of Love' for Columbia, representing the smooth ballroom dance style that made Lombardo a household name.AI summary
Columbia 5728 Dance
Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians recorded 'Why the Shy Little Violets Grow' and 'Pagan Love Song' for Columbia 5542. Lombardo was one of the most commercially successful bandleaders of the swing era, and his sweet-style orchestra recordings define the period.AI summary
Columbia 5542 Dance
Guy Lombardo's orchestra, known for their sweet dance-band sound, recorded for Columbia throughout the 1930s-1940s. This pressing is typical of their commercial dance-floor repertoire.AI summary
Columbia CB121 Dance
H Lanin's orchestra performing dance music including the Black Bottom on Columbia, circa mid-1920s.AI summary
Columbia 4153 Dance
Hal Kemp was an American dance-band leader of the 1930s, known for a sweet, sophisticated style. This Columbia 50000-series pressing offers two standard ballads typical of his orchestra's repertoire.AI summary
Columbia 50042 Dance
Columbia CB456 Dance
A performer or band credited only as 'Hall' on Columbia; titles suggest novelty or spoken-word broadcast material.AI summary
Columbia CB716 Dance
Columbia CB747 Dance
Handler performing 'Cryin for the Moon' and '(Carroll) Hugs and Kisses' on Columbia 4381, a dance-series pressing from the early 1920s. The artist is unidentified.AI summary
Columbia 4381 Dance
The Hannan Dance Band recorded these two popular dance-band numbers for Columbia: 'Yearning' and 'Moonlight and Roses'. The Hannan Band was a British dance orchestra active in the 1920s-1930s. Both titles are typical of the sentimental dance music of the era.AI summary
Columbia 3602 Dance
The Happy Six and the Columbians performing 'Mystery' and 'Swanee' on Columbia A-series, an early vocal or novelty dance side from the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia A2905 Dance
Happy Six performing two novelty sentimental songs on Columbia, catalogue 3027. This is a very early Columbia catalogue number, placing it in the acoustic era circa 1907–1910, and likely a small group or studio ensemble.AI summary
Columbia 3027 Dance
The Happy Six, a dance band of the early 1920s, recorded two novelty numbers for Columbia.AI summary
Columbia 3030 Dance
Happy Six on Columbia 3141 with 'Boo Hoo' and a cover of 'Old Fashioned Girl'; an early 1930s dance or novelty group of no standard discographic record.AI summary
Columbia 3141 Dance
The Happy Six recorded 'Time Will Tell' and 'Save the Last Waltz for Me' for Columbia, likely a small dance ensemble of the 1920s–1930s; both are sentimental popular numbers.AI summary
Columbia 3269 Dance
Harry James's trumpet and Frank Sinatra's vocal on a Columbia dance-band recording of 'All or Nothing at All', a swing standard from the early 1940s. This is the first and best-known recording of the song.AI summary
Columbia DB2145 Dance
Hayes and Croft performing 'For me and my gal' and 'My Devon Girl' on a Columbia Imperial Series pressing; likely a mid-1920s regional or dance-hall coupling.AI summary
Columbia is1100 Dance
An unidentified performer or band on Columbia; novelty dance titles suggest mid-1930s.AI summary
Columbia FB2012 Dance
Heinz Sandhauer's band recorded for Columbia's German language series in the 1950s; two German novelty songs.AI summary
Columbia MC3158 Dance
Henry Hall, a British bandleader and dance orchestra director, on Columbia; the titles suggest novelty or song numbers, likely mid-1930s.AI summary
Columbia FB2125 Dance
Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra with I'm Going Home for Christmas and The Santa Claus Express on Columbia FB1215.AI summary
Columbia FB1215 Dance
Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra, the house band of the BBC in the 1930s and 1940s, recorded 'Moon Over Miami' and 'Swing' for Columbia. Hall was one of the most prolific and broadcast British bandleaders of the era.AI summary
Columbia FB1317 Dance
Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra performing 'South of the Border' and 'I Paid for the Lie That I Told You' on Columbia, from one of Britain's most popular radio dance bands.AI summary
Columbia FB2235 Dance
Henry Hall was the BBC Dance Orchestra's director in the 1930s and 40s, and this Columbia pressing pairs two mid-tempo dance numbers typical of his light orchestral output.AI summary
Columbia FB1035 Dance
Henry Hall and his BBC Dance Orchestra, one of Britain's most famous bands, recorded these two sides for Columbia; Hall was the longstanding conductor of the BBC's dance orchestra and became a household name.AI summary
Columbia FB1902 Dance
Henry Hall's band on Columbia—a UK dance and light music ensemble that recorded extensively for Decca and Columbia in the 1930s and 1940s, this disc features two instrumental dance sides from the FB2000 series.AI summary
Columbia FB2234 Dance
Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra performing 'South of the Border' and 'I Paid for the Lie That I Told You' on Columbia, from one of Britain's most popular radio dance bands.AI summary
Columbia FB2235 Dance
Henry Hall and his orchestra, the BBC's resident dance band and one of Britain's most popular orchestras in the 1930s–1940s. Hall's Columbia sides remain common but are actively collected.AI summary
Columbia FB1789 Dance
Henry Hall, a prominent British dance bandleader and the first director of the BBC Dance Orchestra, recorded "Butterflies in the Rain" and "Love Will Find a Way" for Columbia; both are typical light dance numbers of the early-to-mid 1930s.AI summary
Columbia CB558 Dance
Henry Hall was a prominent British bandleader and conductor of the BBC Dance Orchestra, recorded here for 'Pop Goes Your Heart' and 'Blue Moon'. The FB series places this in the mid-1930s.AI summary
Columbia FB1017 Dance
Columbia FB1034 Dance
Hickman's orchestra recorded "Whispering" and "Sweet and Low" for Columbia catalogue 3017 in the early 1920s. "Whispering" was a major jazz standard of the period, and Hickman's hot dance style was influential in early jazz.AI summary
Columbia 3017 Dance
Hickman, a prolific dance bandleader, in two light pieces on Columbia: "Love Nest" and "Avalon", from the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 3009 Dance
Hickman on Columbia, catalogue 3026: 'Darling' and 'Hula Blues', dance or Hawaiian-influenced novelty material from the acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia 3026 Dance
Horace Heidt and his orchestra, an American dance band prominent in the 1930s–40s, performing two novelty songs on Columbia. Heidt's orchestra was well-known but not exceptional in the dance band hierarchy, and this pressing is likely American or part of a wide international release.AI summary
Columbia FB2216 Dance
Horace Heidt's band, a popular American swing orchestra, recorded 'Over the Rainbow' and 'Merry Old Land of Oz' (from 'The Wizard of Oz') for Columbia; Heidt was a well-known bandleader and radio personality of the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Columbia FB2338 Dance
Hotel Commodore on Columbia CB644, 'Let's call it a Day' / 'Hold me'. Likely a hotel dance band or house orchestra recording, a common source of 1930s dance recordings.AI summary
Columbia CB644 Dance
Hotel Commodore Band on Columbia, a dance orchestra from a New York hotel, recording 'Hold Me' and 'Let's Call It a Day'—popular dance music from the 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia CB644 Dance
The Houston Sisters recorded 'Happy Days are here again' (and another side) for Columbia's FB series in the early 1930s electrical era.AI summary
Columbia FB1467 Dance
Howard Jacobs Orchestra recorded 'Lambeth Walk' and 'Love me my loved one' for Columbia FB1945, a British Columbia issue from the late 1930s.AI summary
Columbia FB1945 Dance
Howard Lanin and his orchestra performing two dance standards on Columbia. Lanin was an American dance bandleader and composer active in the 1920s–30s, moderately successful but not a top-tier figure. His recordings are of modest collector interest.AI summary
Columbia 4418 Dance
Jack Payne's band, one of Britain's leading dance orchestras, recorded prolifically for Columbia. 'Mucking About the Garden' and 'Get Up Nice and Early' are comic novelty numbers typical of his popular output in the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 5555 Dance
Jack Payne's Savoy Hotel orchestra, one of the first and most famous British dance bands, recorded for Columbia on 'Choo-Choo' and 'On a Little Balcony in Spain'.AI summary
Columbia CB228 Dance
Jack Payne's band recorded prolifically for Columbia; this pressing of Hawaiian-themed novelty material ('Hawaiian Stars Are Gleaming' and 'Oh Rosalita') represents his popular light entertainment output of the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia CB263 Dance
Jack Payne was a well-known British dance-band leader and broadcaster of the late 1920s and 1930s; this Columbia side captures the light entertainment repertoire of the era.AI summary
Columbia CB106 Dance
Jack Payne and his band, the British dance-orchestra leader, with 'Californian serenade' and 'Say a little prayer for me' on Columbia CB130 from the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia CB130 Dance
Jack Payne conducting the BBC Dance Orchestra on Columbia; Payne was one of the first conductors of the BBC Dance Orchestra in the late 1920s and a pioneering British bandleader of the radio age.AI summary
Columbia 5206 Dance
Jan Garber was a popular American bandleader prominent in the 1920s and early 1930s; this Columbia side performs two Italian-influenced numbers — 'O Sole Mio' (the Neapolitan standard) and 'Granny'.AI summary
Columbia 3115 Dance