1,957 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Joe Venuti, the pioneering jazz violinist, recorded 'Jig Saw Puzzle Blues' and 'Raggin' the Scale' for Columbia, catalogue DF1263.AI summary
Columbia DF1263 Jazz
Venuti on Rex 8169, performing two jazz-influenced dance numbers from the late 1920s. Rex was a cheap British budget label. The artist may be Joe Venuti, a pioneering jazz violinist, though the recording is not confirmed.AI summary
Rex 8169 Jazz
Joe Venuti, the pioneering jazz violinist, performing 'I've Found a New Baby' and Duke Ellington's 'Rockin' in Rhythm' on Parlophone R924.AI summary
Parlophone R924 Jazz
Joe Venuti recorded 'Running Ragged' and '(Armstrong) Basin Street Blues' for Parlophone (R531), a UK pressing of Venuti's hot-jazz sides from the late 1920s. Venuti was one of the greatest jazz violinists and pioneers of the instrument in jazz, and his sides are avidly collected.AI summary
Parlophone R531 Jazz
Winner 3393 Jazz
Vic Lewis, a British jazz musician and arranger, leading his orchestra on these two sides for Parlophone in the early 1950s.AI summary
Parlophone R3183 Jazz
Victor Feldman, the British child prodigy who became a leading vibraphonist and pianist in American jazz, leads his quartet in 'Mop Mop' and 'Lady Bird' on Esquire.AI summary
Esquire 10-1004 Jazz
Vido Musso was a saxophonist and bandleader active in American jazz from the 1930s; this Trilon pressing of two of his sides is from an obscure British label of uncertain date and pressing history.AI summary
Trilon 184 Jazz
Vincent Lopez, an American pianist and bandleader, recorded 'Once in a Lifetime' and 'Blue Shadows' for Brunswick 4059. Lopez was a prominent jazz pianist and bandleader of the 1920s–30s, known for dance-hall and swing arrangements.AI summary
Brunswick 4059 Jazz
Viola McCoy recorded 'Midnight Blues' and 'Triflin' Blues' for Gennett, an American label, in the classic blues idiom. McCoy was an American blues singer of the 1920s, and Gennett catalogue 5128 suggests an early acoustic recording.AI summary
Gen 5128 Jazz
Viola McCoy, an American blues and jazz singer of the 1920s, performs two early jazz sides for Columbia: 'Strut long Papa' and 'Laughin crying Blues'.AI summary
Columbia A3867 Jazz
Viola McCoy, a prolific African-American blues and vaudeville singer who recorded under many names in the early 1920s, records 'Midnight Blues' and 'Triflin' Blues' on Gennet 5128. Gennett was the Indiana independent label that also recorded Louis Armstrong and Jelly Roll Morton; original Gennett pressings of 1920s blues artists are scarce and collected internationally.AI summary
Gen 5128 Jazz
Virginia Liston, a 1920s blues and vaudeville singer, performing "Shreveport Blues" and "Jailhouse Blues" for Okeh's race series.AI summary
Okeh 8122 Jazz
The Virginians were an American jazz ensemble active in the 1920s; this HMV B series pressing pairs two of their jazz-age songs from the early electrical recording era.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1520 Jazz
The Virginians, a hot-dance jazz ensemble of the early-to-mid 1920s, performing 'Blue' and Zez Confrey's 'Struttin' at the Strutters Ball' on His Master's Voice B1408. These are seminal early jazz recordings.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1408 Jazz
The Virginians, an important early jazz and dance band, in two titles on His Master's Voice — 'Nobody Lied' and 'Yankee Doodle Blues' — from the early 1920s. The Virginians were a leading American jazz-dance ensemble.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1421 Jazz
The Virginians, a jazz ensemble of the 1920s, recorded these popular jazz and novelty dance numbers for His Master's Voice — "Sister Kate" became one of the decade's best-loved pieces.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1459 Jazz
The Virginians, a hot-jazz band, recorded 'Kiss Mama Kiss Papa' and '(Doerr) Swanee Smiles' for His Master's Voice B1520 in the mid-1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1520 Jazz
W Virgo and A Chapman recorded 'All's Well' and 'Larboard Watch' for Pal 90, a small British budget label of uncertain date. Both artists are unidentified.AI summary
Palladium 90 Jazz
Wadsworth performing 'Ringtail Blues' and 'Sensation' on Pathé, a major European label with British distribution in the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Pathé 22050 Jazz
Zonophone X42990 Jazz
His Master's Voice JF26 Jazz
The Washboard R Kings performing 'My Pretty Girl' and 'Shoutin' at the Amen Corner' (credited to Tinsley) on HMV B8655, a mid-1930s jazz and jug-band side.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8655 Jazz
The Washboard Rhythm Band, a novelty percussion group popular in the 1930s, recorded 'Coming of Hi-De-Ho' and 'Swing Gate' for Columbia, capturing the jive and swing-era novelty sound.AI summary
Columbia CB642 Jazz
Washboard Rhythm Kings performing two novelty jazz and blues pieces on His Master's Voice. The Kings were a popular American rhythm novelty group of the 1930s, and their recordings are sought by jazz collectors.AI summary
His Master's Voice B6362 Jazz
W.C. Handy, the American blues pioneer and composer, performing 'Moonlight blues' and 'Bunch of blues' on Columbia A-series, recorded in the 1920s acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia A2418 Jazz
W. C. Handy, the composer and pioneering blues bandleader, performing 'Hooking Cow Blues' and 'Ole Miss Rag' on Columbia. These are likely his own compositions or arrangements; Handy's recordings are historically important to early jazz and blues history.AI summary
Columbia A2420 Jazz
W. C. Handy, known as the Father of the Blues, composed 'St Louis Blues', one of the most influential songs in American popular music; this Philips pressing is a later reissue rather than an original period recording.AI summary
Philips 81 Jazz
Paul Whiteman, the 'King of Jazz', recorded these two sentimental popular numbers for Columbia in the mid-1920s, capturing the sweet-jazz style that dominated dance halls of the era.AI summary
Columbia 5484 Jazz
A Columbia recording (catalogue 5548B) of jazz and popular standards, likely from the late 1920s or early 1930s. The title 'Louise' and the reference to Whiteman suggest this may be a Paul Whiteman side, though the credit is unclear.AI summary
Columbia 5548B Jazz
Paul Whiteman performs 'You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me' and 'Livin' in the Sunlight' on Columbia CB117. These are recordings from Whiteman's orchestra of the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia CB117 Jazz
Paul Whiteman, the "King of Jazz," on Columbia CB120 with "Sittin' on a Rainbow" and "Old New England Moon" from the early 1930s. Whiteman was one of the most recorded and collected artists of the era.AI summary
Columbia CB120 Jazz
Paul Whiteman, the 'King of Jazz', performs 'Sensation Stomp' and 'Whiteman Stomp' on His Master's Voice B5577. Whiteman was the most commercially successful bandleader of the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5577 Jazz
Paul Whiteman, the 'King of Jazz', recorded this side for His Master's Voice; the B-side 'Ol' Man River' is a major standard.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8929 Jazz
Paul Whiteman's orchestra on His Master's Voice B8931 performing 'Sugar' (1928) and 'Dardanella', from the late 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8931 Jazz
Paul Whiteman, the 'King of Jazz', performing 'Georgia' and 'Stumbling' on His Master's Voice. This is an early recording from the HMV B1000 series, circa 1924–25, capturing Whiteman's influential dance-band sound.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1382 Jazz
Paul Whiteman's orchestra performing 'Hot Lips' and 'My Rambler Rose' for His Master's Voice, B1396. Whiteman was the pre-eminent American dance-band leader of the 1920s and early 1930s, and his HMV recordings remain highly sought after by jazz and dance collectors.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1396 Jazz
Paul Whiteman, the 'King of Jazz,' on His Master's Voice B1985—a mid-1920s dance record from the most commercially successful orchestra of the jazz age.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1985 Jazz
Paul Whiteman, the 'King of Jazz', on Columbia 4951 performing 'Get out and get under the Moon' and 'Constantinople', from the early 1920s jazz craze.AI summary
Columbia 4951 Jazz
Paul Whiteman, the famous American 'King of Jazz', recorded 'That's My Weakness Now' and 'Wa Da' for Columbia in the late 1920s. Whiteman was one of the biggest recording artists of the era.AI summary
Columbia 5006 Jazz
Paul Whiteman's orchestra performing 'Hot Lips' and 'My Rambler Rose' for His Master's Voice, B1396. Whiteman was the pre-eminent American dance-band leader of the 1920s and early 1930s, and his HMV recordings remain highly sought after by jazz and dance collectors.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1396 Jazz
Paul Whiteman, the 'King of Jazz', recorded 'All the Things you are' and 'My Fantasy' for Brunswick Records, catalogue 03071. Whiteman was one of the most famous bandleaders of the 1920s–40s and is highly collected.AI summary
Brunswick 03071 Jazz
Wilbur Sweatman performing 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' and 'That's Got 'Em' on Columbia A2721. Sweatman was an early jazz clarinetist and bandleader of the 1910s–1920s.AI summary
Columbia A2721 Jazz
Rudy Wiedoeft, a pioneering saxophonist of the 1920s, performing on Brunswick.AI summary
Brunswick 3830 Jazz
Wilbur performing 'Nobody's Sweetheart' and 'Bugle Call Rag' on Cr 89, a dance recording of unknown date from a small label.AI summary
Crown 89 Jazz
Wilbur with I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling and That's What I Call Heaven on Dominion A214.AI summary
Dominion A214 Jazz
Wilbur Sweatman, the pioneering African-American jazz clarinettist, performing two blues sides on Columbia A2548. Sweatman was among the first Black jazz musicians to record and remains important to early jazz history.AI summary
Columbia A2548 Jazz
Wilbur Sweatman, an influential early jazz and vaudeville clarinetist and multi-instrumentalist, on Columbia A2611: 'Indianola' and 'Oh You La'. Sweatman was one of the first African-American recording stars and a major figure in early jazz and dance music (1900s–1920s).AI summary
Columbia A2611 Jazz