18 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
18 records matching
Billy Whitlock, a music-hall comedian, performs 'My New Gamp' and 'Billy Whitlock's Wedding' on Polyphon 10571, an early acoustic recording from around 1904–1906.AI summary
Polyphon 10571 Music Hall
Billy Whitlock on Polyphon 8643 with 'Laughing All the Day' and 'Ha Ha Ha'. Polyphon was a German-owned but internationally distributed label popular in the 1920s–1930s; Whitlock is not identified.AI summary
Polyphon 8643 Music Hall
Charles Penrose was a British comedian and music-hall singer of the Edwardian era, famous for novelty and comic songs; this Polyphon pressing of 'He'd a Funny Little Way with Him' and 'I Tried to Keep from Laughing' is from his variety repertoire.AI summary
Polyphon 24173 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, 'I Tried to Keep from Laughing' and 'He'd a Funny Little Way with Him', on Polyphon 5536; Penrose was a British music-hall singer and comedian famous for the novelty recording 'The Laughing Policeman'.AI summary
Polyphon 5536 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, the British music-hall and pantomime performer best known for his distinctive 'laughing song', recorded on the Polyphon label. 'The Laughing Family' and 'That awful Joke' are typical of his novelty repertoire.AI summary
Polyphon 5531 Music Hall
Ernest Shand, the Edwardian music-hall comedian and monologist, on Polyphon catalogue 5662 with 'The Husband's Strike' and 'Nelson and Me'. Polyphon was a major continental pressing firm with British distribution; Shand sides on the label are moderately uncommon.AI summary
Polyphon 5662 Music Hall
Harry Bluff performing 'Country Curate' and 'There Are Nice Girls Everywhere' for Polyphon, a minor British label of the early 1930s—likely novelty or music-hall material.AI summary
Polyphon 8642 Music Hall
Polyphon 8930 Music Hall
Jack Charman recorded 'The Spaniard that blighted my life' with a co-credited performer named Cove, also 'The Mississippi Dippy Dip' for Polyphon, catalogue 5559. Polyphon was a small British label of the early 1920s; these are comic novelty numbers.AI summary
Polyphon 5559 Music Hall
Jack Charman performing two comic or novelty songs, 'Oh the Indians in the Strand' and 'Don't Go Out with Him Tonight', on Polyphon, catalogue 8889. Polyphon was a German label with British distribution.AI summary
Polyphon 8889 Music Hall
Jack Charman on Polyphon, a German-owned budget label operating in Britain during the late 1920s, performing light topical songs.AI summary
Polyphon 8833 Music Hall
Jack Charman recorded "Let's Make a Night of It Tonight" and "It Was 3 O'Clock in the Morning" for Polyphon catalogue 8922. Charman was a British music hall and vaudeville performer of the 1910s-1920s, and Polyphon was a German-British label issuing both popular and classical material.AI summary
Polyphon 8922 Music Hall
Jack Charman performs 'What Has Become of the Girls I Used to Know' and 'Silver Star' on Polyphon 8954. Charman was a British music-hall performer.AI summary
Polyphon 8954 Music Hall
S. McGregor recorded two Scottish novelty pieces, 'Weddin' o' Lauchie McGraw' and 'Saftest o' the Family', for Polyphon Records, catalogue 10532. Polyphon was a small British label specializing in light music and novelties.AI summary
Polyphon 10532 Music Hall
Will Evans, the celebrated Edwardian music-hall comedian and pantomime performer, records 'The Butcher' and 'Tin Tacks' on Polyphon 10539, a Continental-label pressing. Like the other Polyphon Evans in this collection, this is a Continental-label variant of a collected Edwardian comedy name; such pressings are less common than Evans's domestic label equivalents.AI summary
Polyphon 10539 Music Hall
Will Evans, the celebrated Edwardian music-hall comedian and pantomime performer, records 'She Was Such a Gentle Sort of Girl' and 'Who Am I?' on Polyphon 10542. This is a Polyphon pressing of the same material as the Kling-label Evans in this collection; Polyphon was a Continental label with British distribution, and Evans recordings on this imprint are uncommon.AI summary
Polyphon 10542 Music Hall
Will Evans performing 'Jockey' and 'Jerry Builder' on Polyphon, a small British label.AI summary
Polyphon 8787 Music Hall
Will Evans, a celebrated British music-hall comedian and actor, recorded comic sketches or monologues for Polyphon; a scarce early recording of a significant variety performer.AI summary
Polyphon 8787 Music Hall