405 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Charles Coborn, a celebrated British music-hall comedian and singer, performs an 'Old Time Sing Song' selection on Columbia DX21 — a deluxe pressing format from the mid-1930s.AI summary
Columbia DX21 Music Hall
Charles Penrose performing two humorous pieces, 'Laugh and Grow Fat Like Me' and 'Laughing Curate', on Columbia. Penrose was a British music-hall comedian and singer, and his laugh-based novelty records are well documented.AI summary
Columbia 2089 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, the British actor and comedian best known for his novelty signature piece "The Laughing Policeman," performing parts 3 and 4 of "Inkwell Fairy" with the Jungletown Jazz Band on Columbia 3803.AI summary
Columbia 3803 Music Hall
Charles Penrose performing 'Adventures of 'Arry, Emmy & Joe' (Parts 1 & 2) on Columbia 4222, a mid-1920s British pressing. This is a comic character piece typical of Penrose's popular monologue repertoire.AI summary
Columbia 4222 Music Hall
Charles Penrose on Columbia 4224, performing 'Adventures of 'Arry, Emmy & Joe' (part 6). Penrose (1863–1952) was a celebrated British character comedian and singer; this extended sketch is one of his character comedy routines.AI summary
Columbia 4224 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, a popular British comic monologist, performed 'Doings of Dismal Desmond - Fairy Market' on Columbia 4584, a mid-1920s British pressing. Penrose's comic character pieces were popular and widely recorded.AI summary
Columbia 4584 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, a British comedian and recording artist famous for his comic recordings and character voices, recorded 'Laugh and you'll feel grand' and 'Let's laugh together Mike' on Columbia DB1021 in the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB1021 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, the British music-hall comedian famous for 'The Laughing Policeman', recorded two comic novelties for Columbia: 'Our Albert's Accordion' and 'Jolly Coppers on Parade', catalogue DB1461.AI summary
Columbia DB1461 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, a British music-hall performer famous for his laugh, on Columbia DB-series with novelty numbers 'Laughing Love & the Old Trombone' and 'Laughing Wife & the Clarinet'.AI summary
Columbia DB266 Music Hall
Charles Penrose performs 'Laughing Policeman's Sweepstake' on Columbia DB493 from the late 1920s or early 1930s. Penrose was a popular music hall performer and comedian known for novelty comedy records.AI summary
Columbia DB493 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, a British comedian best known for 'The Laughing Policeman', recorded 'Laughing stuttering Sam' and 'Happy Hikers' on Columbia in the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB856 Music Hall
Charles Penrose performing his most famous piece, 'The Laughing Policeman', on Columbia in the mid-1920s. Penrose made this novelty recitation a signature act, and it became one of the most popular recordings of the early electrical era.AI summary
Columbia DB881 Music Hall
Charles Penrose's second appearance, recorded for Columbia DB-series with his characteristic music-hall novelty material and laugh-song comedy from the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB949 Music Hall
Charles Penrose on Columbia DB881, performing 'The Laughing Policeman at Madame Tussauds' in two parts. Penrose (1863–1952) was a British character comedian and singer famous for 'The Laughing Policeman'; this is a variant or sequel recording of that signature piece.AI summary
Columbia DB881 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, a British music hall comedian, became a recording star with his novelty hit "The Laughing Policeman" (1925); this Columbia pressing offers "Laughing Policeman's Baby" and "Laughing Policeman's Party", spin-off sides capitalizing on that success.AI summary
Columbia DB305 Music Hall
Charles Penrose & Co performing comic songs 'Laughing Stuttering Sam' and 'Happy Hikers' on Columbia DB856. Penrose was a popular British music hall entertainer known for his laughing and novelty songs.AI summary
Columbia DB856 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, credited as the 'Never Never Players', performing Christmas novelty pieces for Columbia, likely from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 5083 Music Hall
Charles Whittle was an Edwardian music-hall comedian best known for the song 'Let's All Go Down the Strand'. This Columbia disc, catalogue 1972, contains 'Tommy Trouble' and 'We're All Going to the Seaside'. Columbia pressings of music-hall comedians at this catalogue number are moderately common.AI summary
Columbia 1972 Music Hall
Christy Minstrel Quartette performing 'Laughing Song' and 'Cats Serenade' on Colonial 294. Colonial was likely a small British label; this appears to be a minstrel-style vocal recording from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Columbia onial294 Music Hall
Christy Minstrel Quartette on Columbia, catalogued 'Colonial 294', with 'Laughing Song' and 'Cats' Serenade'. A minstrel group performing comic vocal pieces.AI summary
Columbia onial294 Music Hall
Cicely Courtneidge, the British comedienne and stage star, performing 'The Calinda' and 'Little Boy Blues' on Columbia 4714.AI summary
Columbia 4714 Music Hall
Cicely Courtneidge was a leading British musical-theatre star and comedienne of the 1920s–30s, known for her vivacious stage presence and her work in revue and musical comedy. 'Forty Seven Ginger Headed Sailors' and 'Monte Carlo' are songs from her theatrical repertoire, recorded for Columbia during her peak years.AI summary
Columbia 5176 Music Hall
Cicely Courtneidge on Columbia, performing 'Vitality' and 'If Only He'd Looked My Way' — the British musical comedy star and actress of stage and film.AI summary
Columbia DB2806 Music Hall
Clapham & Dwyer were a British comic duo famous for their music-hall sketches and spoken recordings in the 1920s. This Columbia recording in two parts, 'At the Races', is a typical example of their comic patter.AI summary
Columbia 5201 Music Hall
Clapham & Dwyer on Columbia DB1063, performing 'Another Day's Broadcasting' in two parts. The duo were British variety entertainers and comedians popular on radio and records in the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB1063 Music Hall
Clapham & Dwyer, British music-hall comedians, on Columbia FB1117 with 'Horses for Courses' in two parts — a topical comedy sketch.AI summary
Columbia FB1117 Music Hall
Clapham & Dwyer, a duo of British music-hall comedians, performing a novelty sketch on Columbia FB-series, a mass-produced comedy line; likely 1930s.AI summary
Columbia FB1155 Music Hall
Clapham and Dwyer were a leading British music-hall double act of the 1920s and 1930s; this Columbia recording captures a day in the life of broadcasting in their characteristic comic style.AI summary
Columbia 4745 Music Hall
Clapham and Dwyer, the British music-hall comedy duo, on Columbia DB570 with 'The Royal and Ancient Game', a golfing comedy sketch.AI summary
Columbia DB570 Music Hall
Clapham and Dwyer, a British comedy duo, on Columbia's DB series, performing comedy material; the duo were associated with British variety and music-hall entertainment.AI summary
Columbia DB1323 Music Hall
Clapham and Dwyer were a popular British comedy duo of the early 1930s; this Columbia recording captures their music-hall humour on 'It isn't Cricket'.AI summary
Columbia DB845 Music Hall
Clarice Mayne sings 'I Want a Great Big Kiss' and — with Lupino Lane or another comedian as L Henson — 'It'll Be All the Same' on Columbia F1059. Like her other Columbia F-series recordings, this is from the mid-to-late 1920s; the pairing with a named comedy performer adds variety-revue interest.AI summary
Columbia F1059 Music Hall
Clarice Mayne was a popular Edwardian music-hall and revue singer, often partnered with 'That' (J W Tate). Columbia L1167 — 'It's Lovely to Be in Love' and 'Come and Cuddle Me' — is a large-format 12-inch pressing from Columbia's premium L-series, an unusual format for a light-entertainment performer.AI summary
Columbia L1167 Music Hall
Clarice Mayne sings 'Once in a While' and 'Give Me a Little Cosy Corner' on Columbia L1326, a 12-inch coupling. The L-series Columbia is a 12-inch premium format; a 12-inch popular vocal recording from Clarice Mayne is less common than her 10-inch output and of slightly greater format interest to collectors.AI summary
Columbia L1326 Music Hall
Clarice Mayne sings 'I Was a Good Little Girl Till I Met You' and 'A Broken Doll' on Columbia L1041, a 12-inch coupling. The L-series is Columbia's 12-inch premium popular format; a 12-inch Clarice Mayne Columbia is less common than her standard 10-inch pressings and of slightly greater format interest.AI summary
Columbia L1041 Music Hall
Clarice Mayne, a popular Edwardian and 1920s music-hall and revue performer known for her partnership with 'That' James W Tate, recorded 'Mike' and 'Blushing Moon' on Columbia F1070. The F-prefix Columbia series is from the mid-to-late 1920s; Mayne had a loyal following and her records appear regularly in British music-hall collections.AI summary
Columbia F1070 Music Hall
Claude Hulbert and Elsie Randolph performing 'I might grow fond of you' and 'Two little bluebirds' on Columbia 4140. Hulbert was a British comic actor and performer of the 1920s–30s; Randolph was a stage actress and performer.AI summary
Columbia 4140 Music Hall
A ragtime or early jazz number credited to Collins on early Columbia, catalogue 790 — very early in the label's catalogue sequence, suggesting an acoustic or transitional electrical recording.AI summary
Columbia 790 Music Hall
Collins and Harlan, a legendary American duet partnership that dominated gramophone recording in the 1900s-1910s, performing comic and dance novelties on Columbia. This side captures the popular entertainment of the early acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia 2193 Music Hall
Cicely Courtneidge and Cyril Richard (or Cyril Webb), stars of the British revue 'Gay's the Word', recorded selections from this 1951 stage musical for Columbia. A theatrical cast recording from a notable West End success.AI summary
Columbia DB2808 Music Hall
Cicely Courtneidge and Graham Webb performing selections from 'Gay's the Word', a 1937 British musical comedy, on Columbia, catalogue DB2808.AI summary
Columbia DB2808 Music Hall
Cyril Maud performing 'A Telephone Reconciliation' and 'Dinky' on Columbia with an early catalogue number (593)—likely from the 1910s-20s.AI summary
Columbia 593 Music Hall
Davy Burnaby — the rotund comedian and Co-Optimist revue star — performing 'What's the Matter with 59?' on Columbia F1016, coupled with a comic number by Brunton and Squire. Burnaby is a documented interwar comedy performer; the F-series Columbia is a standard interwar pressing.AI summary
Columbia F1016 Music Hall
Davy Burnaby was a British baritone singer and comic entertainer; this Columbia FB-series disc from the early 1940s carries two comic songs.AI summary
Columbia FB1539 Music Hall
A descriptive or spoken-word recording, 'On Active Service', Parts 5 and 6, released on Columbia, catalogue 2798; likely a topical narrative or documentary piece from the early 1900s or wartime era.AI summary
Columbia 2798 Music Hall
Dinkie Rew was a British vocal personality of the 1930s–40s, recorded here on Columbia. 'Bing' and 'Saucy Sue' are novelty or comic songs, typical of the British variety stage.AI summary
Columbia DB2811 Music Hall
Dolly Connolly recorded 'Waiting for the Robert E Lee' and 'Hear that Pickanniny Band' (with Prince's Orchestra) for Columbia 2026. Connolly is unidentified; the titles are standard American ragtime and novelty numbers of the 1910s–1920s.AI summary
Columbia 2026 Music Hall
Columbia 2216 Music Hall