1,956 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Benny Goodman performing early swing-era rags on Columbia, a 1930s-40s pressing of the celebrated American bandleader and clarinetist.AI summary
Columbia DB5011 Jazz
Benny Goodman's orchestra recorded 'Seven come eleven' and 'Shivers' for Columbia's British DB series. Goodman was one of the most important bandleaders of the swing era.AI summary
Columbia DB5081 Jazz
Benny Goodman with Bennie's Boogie and Shishkabop on Capitol 13141.AI summary
Capitol 13141 Jazz
Benny Goodman's orchestra on His Master's Voice, including the standards 'Loch Lomond' and 'One O'Clock Jump', recorded in the swing era.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8745 Jazz
Benny Goodman's 'King of Swing' orchestra on two popular numbers, 'Russian Lullaby' and 'Margie', for HMV. Both are Goodman standards.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8827 Jazz
Benny Goodman, the American jazz clarinetist and bandleader, recording 'Louise' and 'Whispering' for His Master's Voice B8878, likely mid-1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8878 Jazz
Benny Goodman, the 'King of Swing', recorded 'Six Flats Unfurnished' and 'Why Don't You Do Right' for Parlophone in the late 1930s or early 1940s.AI summary
Parlophone lR2864 Jazz
Benny Goodman on Columbia DC603, performing 'Gone with What Wind' and 'Tim Tom Special'. Goodman was the pre-eminent American big-band leader and clarinetist of the swing era; Columbia DC-series 78s are collectible.AI summary
Columbia DC603 Jazz
Benny Goodman, the American jazz clarinetist and bandleader, recorded on the Rex label, a small British reissue or subsidiary label of the late 1930s.AI summary
Rex 8335 Jazz
Benny Goodman's His Master's Voice recording from the early 1930s, early in the career of the bandleader who would become the King of Swing by the mid-1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5152 Jazz
Benny Goodman's orchestra with 'Jersey Bounce' and 'A String of Pearls' on American OKeh.AI summary
Okeh 6590 Jazz
Benny Goodman with 'Solitude' and 'I'm Getting Sentimental Over You' in British Vocalion's Swing Series.AI summary
Vocalion S187 Jazz
Benny Goodman with 'Man I love' and 'Benny Rides Again' on Parlophone Records. Goodman was the leading white swing bandleader of the 1930s-40s, and his recordings with his band and small groups are major jazz documents.AI summary
Parlophone E11450 Jazz
Benny Goodman's 'Farewell Blues' and 'Margie', recorded for the American Victor label and issued on Bluebird, a budget subsidiary pressed during the swing era.AI summary
Bluebird 10973 Jazz
Benny Goodman on His Master's Voice with 'Did You Mean It' and 'Taint No Use'—additional swing recordings from his extensive recording sessions of the 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8535 Jazz
Benny Goodman with It Takes Time and Moonfaced, Starry-Eyed on Capitol 376.AI summary
Capitol 376 Jazz
Benny Goodman on Parlophone, a major British label; these are jazz standards that represent his core swing repertoire from the late 1930s–early 1940s.AI summary
Parlophone DPE133 Jazz
Benny Goodman was one of the most celebrated American jazz clarinetists and bandleaders of the 1930s–1950s, known as the 'King of Swing'. This Columbia DB-series recording preserves two of his sophisticated instrumental arrangements from the mid-1940s.AI summary
Columbia DB5072 Jazz
Benny Goodman performing the jazz standards 'Blue Skies' and 'On the Alamo' on Parlophone R3018, a British pressing from the late 1930s.AI summary
Parlophone R3018 Jazz
Benny Goodman's 'Don't Be That Way' and 'One O'Clock Jump' on American Victor, from his band's 1938 peak.AI summary
Victor 25792 Jazz
Benny Goodman and his orchestra perform 'Someday Sweetheart' and 'Who' on the UK His Master's Voice label, part of the swing era output that reached British listeners through HMV's American licensing arrangements.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8402 Jazz
Benny Goodman, the 'King of Swing', on His Master's Voice with two swing standards: 'I've Found a New Baby' and 'Swingtime in the Rockies'—quintessential 1930s hot dance from one of jazz's most influential figures.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8481 Jazz
Benny Goodman with And the Angels Sing and Don't Be That Way on Capitol CL14570.AI summary
Capitol CL14570 Jazz
Benny Goodman's trio recorded "More Than You Know" and "China Boy" for His Master's Voice during the swing era. Goodman was one of the defining figures of 1930s–40s jazz and swing, and his small-group recordings are classic hot jazz.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8467 Jazz
Benson Chicago, credited on His Master's Voice B1404, performs novelty instrumental selections — likely a jazz or dance ensemble, circa 1920s–early 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1404 Jazz
Benson Chicago performing two jazz standards—"Tea for Two" and "I Want to Be Happy" (arranged by Guy Arnheim or Garber)—on His Master's Voice B1978.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1978 Jazz
Benson Orchestra of Chicago performing two jazz and novelty pieces on Zonophone, a British pressing of American jazz and dance material. The Benson Orchestra was a popular American ensemble active in the 1920s; UK copies of their recordings are scarce.AI summary
Zonophone o3679 Jazz
Bernie's Brunswick recording of the popular ragtime tune 'Hindostan' and 'Cannon Ball Rag' from the early 1920s jazz era.AI summary
Brunswick 3864 Jazz
Benny Goodman with Baby, Have You Got a Little Love to Spare and Hi Ya Sophia on Capitol.AI summary
Capitol A462 Jazz
Columbia CB139 Jazz
Bertie King performing 'All of me' and a duet with George Chisholm on 'Rosetta' on Columbia, likely from the 1940s. King was a British jazz trumpeter and Chisholm a celebrated British trombonist.AI summary
Columbia DC681 Jazz
Bertie King's Jazz Group with guest Gianluigi Chisholm on trumpet, playing American jazz standards of the late 1930s on a British Columbia pressing. 'Big House Blues' and 'Jeepers Creepers' show the British hot-jazz scene's engagement with contemporary Swing.AI summary
Columbia DC696 Jazz
Beryl Bryden was a British jazz and blues singer, pianist and bandleader known for her work in jazz and skiffle music from the 1950s onward. 'Mama don't allow it' and 'I've got what it takes' were recorded for Columbia and reflect her jazz and R&B repertoire.AI summary
Columbia DC711 Jazz
Beryl Orde on His Master's Voice B8104, a jazz-novelty recording from the 1930s or 1940s; HMV B-series was mass-commercial.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8104 Jazz
Bessie Smith, the "Empress of the Blues" and one of the greatest singers of the 1920s, is heard on this Biltmore pressing, a specialist British label that reissued her Columbia sides for collectors rather than an original issue.AI summary
Biltmore 1042 Jazz
Bessie Smith was the greatest blues singer of the 1920s, known as the 'Empress of the Blues'. 'Aggravatin' Papa' and 'Beale Street Mamma' are classic blues recordings from her celebrated Columbia catalogue, representing the peak of acoustic blues recording.AI summary
Columbia A3877 Jazz
Bessie Smith, the legendary blues singer, recorded in New York for the American Columbia 14000-D series (a 'race' series). This is a UK pressing of the Columbia original. Smith was the most celebrated blues voice of the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Columbia 14000D Jazz
Bessie Smith, the legendary blues singer, on two classic blues recordings: Eavesdropper's blues and Haunted House blues, on Columbia 14010D. Among the most important and sought-after blues recordings of the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 14010D Jazz
Bessie Smith, the legendary American blues singer, performing *Beale Street Blues* and *Moonshine Blues* for Columbia. This is a British pressing of one of Smith's most celebrated recordings, from the mid-1920s when she was at the height of her fame. Columbia 14018D is a UK issue number.AI summary
Columbia 14018D Jazz
Bessie Smith was the pre-eminent classic blues singer of the 1920s, known as the Empress of the Blues; this Biltmore pressing is a later UK reissue of her original recordings rather than a period American pressing.AI summary
Biltmore 1008 Jazz
Bessie Smith's 1929 Columbia recording "Wasted Life Blues", here appearing on the obscure British label Biltmore, a cheap marque that sometimes issued reissues or covers of American blues under the original artist's name.AI summary
Biltmore 1038 Jazz
Biltmore 1039 Jazz
Bessie Smith, the most celebrated of the 1920s classic blues singers, recorded 'Kitchen Man' and 'I Want Every Bit of It' for Columbia; this Biltmore disc is a cut-price reissue of the material rather than an original pressing.AI summary
Biltmore 1040 Jazz
Bessie Smith, the 'Empress of the Blues', recorded 'Worn our Papa Blues' and 'I Got What It Takes' for Biltmore. UK copies of Biltmore pressings are extremely uncommon and highly sought by blues collectors.AI summary
Biltmore 1041 Jazz
Columbia 14197D Jazz
Bessie Smith, the legendary American blues singer, on Brunswick, performing 'After You've Gone' and 'A Good Man is Hard to Find', two of her most famous numbers. UK copies of Bessie Smith on Brunswick are uncommon — the series carried some of the most important blues of the 1920s, and British issues of these sides seldom surface.AI summary
Brunswick S14 Jazz
Bessie Smith, the legendary blues and jazz singer, on a dub pressing bearing catalogue 14273. Smith was among the most important recording artists of the 1920s.AI summary
dub 14273 Jazz
Bidgood recorded two jazz-inflected numbers—"Mediterranean Blues" and "I Ain't Got Nobody"—for Broadcast 205, a minor British label.AI summary
Broadcast 205 Jazz