17 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
17 records matching
An unnamed performer on side A singing 'I'm an Airman' and a xylophone solo of 'Jolly old Pals' on Bell, a British budget label.AI summary
Bell 354 Music Hall
Billy Whitlock recorded 'The Village Tragedy' and 'The Haunted House' for the Bell label, an early British imprint. The titles suggest narrative or dramatic monologues, but the artist and label are not readily identified.AI summary
Bell 369 Music Hall
Billy Whitlock recorded 'Father and Son' and 'I'll Take Her Back' for Bell, a small British imprint of the 1920s; Whitlock was a minor performer and the material is sentimental and comic song.AI summary
Bell 336 Music Hall
Billy Whitlock on Bell 356, performing novelty and sentimental material. Whitlock was a British music hall performer; Bell was a minor British label.AI summary
Bell 356 Music Hall
Billy Whitlock recorded 'Gout' and 'Pal of my Cradle Days' for Bell, catalogue 393, a small British label of the early 1920s.AI summary
Bell 393 Music Hall
Bell 271 Music Hall
G.H. Chirgwin, the Victorian-era music hall entertainer (known as the 'White-Eyed Kaffir'), recorded for Bell catalogue 66, likely an early reissue or preservation of historical material.AI summary
Bell 66 Music Hall
Harry Bluff recorded 'Come and Have a Drink with Me' and 'Waldmere' for Bell, an obscure British label; the titles suggest music-hall or novelty comedy from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Bell 42 Music Hall
Jack Charman, a British performer, recorded light entertainment novelty songs for Bell, a short-lived British imprint; 'Put on Your Ta Ta' and 'Take Your Girlie Where the Band is Playing' are typical music-hall comic numbers from the 1920s.AI summary
Bell 232 Music Hall
Jack Charman recorded "Mamie May" and "Maisie Lou" for Bell catalogue 317. Charman was a British popular singer and comedian of the 1910s-1920s, and Bell was a minor British label of that era.AI summary
Bell 317 Music Hall
Jack Charman recorded 'Ragtime Violin' and 'I'm going back to Dixie' for Bell Records, a small British label. Charman was a comedic music-hall performer active in the 1920s.AI summary
Bell 474 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants on Bell 352 — 'To Cheer Him Up' and 'I'm 21 Today.' Bell is a British label less commonly encountered than the major marques; Pleasants is a documented Edwardian music-hall comedian known for his gentle, bashful stage persona.AI summary
Bell 352 Music Hall
Sam Mayo, the music-hall comedian, on the Bell label — an obscure British imprint — catalogue 84, with 'The Toreador' and Williams's 'Put a Bit of Powder on It Father'. The Bell label is not identified in standard references; a Mayo pressing on this imprint warrants investigation.AI summary
Bell 84 Music Hall
Bell 94 Music Hall
Tom Foy recorded 'Yorkshire Lad in London' parts 1 and 2 for Bell, a small British label, probably in the early 1920s. This is the same Yorkshire dialect comedy piece as his Empire recording (id 16557), here pressed on a different imprint.AI summary
Bell 203 Music Hall
Will Evans on Bell 210, performing 'The Mermaid' and 'Reading a Novelette'. Evans was a British music-hall comedian popular in the early 1900s; Bell was an early British label. This is an acoustic-era recording and is scarce.AI summary
Bell 210 Music Hall
Will Evans on Bell 211, performing comedic music-hall songs 'All about Jim' and 'Butcher'. Bell was a small British label of the early 1900s–10s.AI summary
Bell 211 Music Hall