394 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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A. Collins and A. Campbell performing 'Oh You Beautiful Doll' and 'The Rooster & the Hen' on Zonophone 870.AI summary
Zonophone 870 Music Hall
Ada Jones, the American vaudeville and recording artist famous for her early comedic and sentimental recordings, recorded 'Now I Have to Call Him Father' for Zonophone; Jones was prolific in the acoustic era and her voice is immediately recognisable.AI summary
Zonophone X43188 Music Hall
Albert Richardson, a music hall performer, recorded 'Old Sow' and 'Buttercup Joe' for Zonophone, a British label active from the 1900s through the 1920s. These comic novelty titles are typical of early British variety entertainment.AI summary
Zonophone 5178 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a British comedian and singer known for character impersonations and dialect comedy, performing two novelty songs on Zonophone. Whelan was a prolific recording artist in the music-hall tradition of the 1910s-1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 2307 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a British whistling and storyteller entertainer, on early Zonophone, performing fairy-tale sketches.AI summary
Zonophone 263 Music Hall
Albert Whelan was a British whistler and comedian of the music-hall stage; this Zonophone recording, catalogue 264, pairs two comic songs, 'Little Red Riding Hood' and 'Teeny Tiny Woman'.AI summary
Zonophone 264 Music Hall
Albert Whelan recorded 'Arkansas Whistler' for Zonophone; a showcase for Whelan's famous whistling act and comedy talent.AI summary
Zonophone 42184 Music Hall
Albert Whelan on Zonophone 42560, performing 'Old Trombone'. Whelan was a British variety performer of the Edwardian and early acoustic era; Zonophone catalogue numbers in the 40000s are among the earliest acoustic recordings.AI summary
Zonophone 42560 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a celebrated British male vocalist and comic entertainer of the Edwardian and 1920s era, recorded the dramatic monologues 'Little Emily' and 'Death of Little Nell' for Zonophone catalogue 268. Whelan was a major theatrical and recording artist, and his early Zonophone recordings are sought by collectors of music-hall and theatrical material. Zonophone catalogue 268 indicates a very early pressing from the first decade of the 20th century.AI summary
Zonophone 268 Music Hall
Albert Whelan was a British whistler and entertainer of the 1920s–30s, famous for his signature whistled recitations with orchestral accompaniment; this Zonophone recording preserves his distinctive style on two light pieces.AI summary
Zonophone 265 Music Hall
Alf Gordon performing 'Seaweed' on Zonophone, a small British label that issued popular and novelty sides in the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Zonophone X42331 Music Hall
Alf Leighton sings 'There's No Harm in Kissing a Lady' and 'Naughty Boy' on this Zonophone 56, one of the earliest issues in that label's catalogue from around 1903–1904.AI summary
Zonophone 56 Music Hall
Arthur Norton on Zonophone Records with 'I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside', a British seaside-song novelty from the early 1900s.AI summary
Zonophone X42943 Music Hall
B Whitlock and H Bluff perform 'Shipwrecked' and 'Schmidt & the Special Constable' on Zonophone — early acoustic comedy or novelty recording on a sought-after British label.AI summary
Zonophone 1619 Music Hall
B Whitlock and H Bluff on Zonophone, a British comedy duo performing music-hall sketches.AI summary
Zonophone 1633 Music Hall
Ben Albert recorded "What is Work?" for Zonophone, likely a music-hall or comic number from the 1910s-20s. Almost nothing is documented about this artist or the piece.AI summary
Zonophone 41013 Music Hall
Ben Albert recorded two comic or novelty pieces, '3 Ages of Woman' and 'Why go abroad', for Zonophone Records, a British imprint; artist otherwise unidentified.AI summary
Zonophone 40 Music Hall
Bert Marsden recorded for Zonophone, a British label active mainly in the 1900s–1920s; 'Laughing Song' and 'I know some funny Tales' are music-hall character pieces, typical of the era.AI summary
Zonophone 41 Music Hall
Billy Golden and Hughes recorded 'Shipmates' and 'Farmhouse liars' for Zonophone, a British label, likely in the early 1900s.AI summary
Zonophone 903 Music Hall
Billy Merson, a music-hall comedian and singer, recorded 'Don't blame me' and 'The Photo of the Girl I left behind me' for Zonophone, catalogue 621. Zonophone was a short-lived British label of the 1920s. Merson was an established performer, making this a recording of period interest.AI summary
Zonophone 621 Music Hall
Billy Merson, a popular British music-hall comedian and singer, records 'Take an Old Woman's Advice' and 'I'm Setting the Village on Fire' on Zonophone.AI summary
Zonophone 637 Music Hall
Billy Merson performing 'Sing a Song of the Weather' and 'I've got to dance' on Zonophone Records catalogue 667. Merson was a prolific British music hall performer and comic singer active in the early 20th century.AI summary
Zonophone 667 Music Hall
Billy Merson, a British music-hall comedian and singer, recorded 'The Spaniard that Blighted my Life' and 'They can't find Kelly' for Zonophone, probably in the 1910s. Merson was a major Edwardian-era variety star.AI summary
Zonophone 691 Music Hall
Billy Merson, the British music-hall comedian and singer, on two comic songs, Engine Driver and Since Father retired, recorded for Zonophone 749.AI summary
Zonophone 749 Music Hall
Billy Merson, a British music-hall comedian and singer, performing 'Girls' and 'Back to My Home in the Mountains' on Zonophone 808, sides from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 808 Music Hall
Billy Merson was a British music-hall comedian and singer popular in the early 1900s, celebrated for his comic monologues and his signature song "The Spaniard That Blighted My Life"; this Zonophone recording is from the acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone 621 Music Hall
Billy Merson recorded 'Don't Blame Me' and 'The Photo of the Girl I Left Behind Me' for Zonophone (621). Billy Merson was a British music hall performer and comedian; this is an early Zonophone pressing from the acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone 621 Music Hall
Billy Whitlock, a banjo soloist or comedian, performs 'I Like Your Apron & Your Bonnet' and 'Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland' on Zonophone — early acoustic recording.AI summary
Zonophone 798 Music Hall
Billy Whitlock performing 'Merriest man alive' on Zonophone X42515, described as an electrically recorded vocal or comedy record from the late 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone X42515 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Zonophone (Zon 589), recorded 'If the World belonged to me' and 'When Father tried to kill the Cock-a-doodle-doo'. This appears to be music-hall material from the early twentieth century, though the artist is not established in standard discographies.AI summary
Zonophone 589 Music Hall
Billy Williams performs 'Girls of Today' and 'Oh Mr. MacPherson' on Zonophone 2209. These are music-hall songs.AI summary
Zonophone 2209 Music Hall
Billy Williams, an early African-American vaudeville and recording artist, on Zonophone with 'All Coons Look Alike to Me' from 1909 — a historically important and commercially successful piece. The title reflects the racial terminology of its era; the song was one of Williams's signature pieces and a hit of the period.AI summary
Zonophone 562 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the British music-hall star, on Zonophone 1350, performing 'Let's Have Another One Together' and 'Goodbye Ragtime' — novelty and music-hall material of the early 1910s.AI summary
Zonophone 1350 Music Hall
Billy Williams was a prolific British music-hall and comic singer of the Edwardian era; Zonophone 1380 carries two of his novelty numbers, 'I Shall Have to Ask my Mother if She'll Let Me' and 'When Mother Backed the Winner of the Derby'.AI summary
Zonophone 1380 Music Hall
Billy Williams recorded 'That's a Jolly Good Song' and a piece credited to H. Fay for Zonophone, a budget label. Williams was an English comedian and singer of the Edwardian era and 1920s, and his recordings represent early 20th-century British popular song.AI summary
Zonophone 283 Music Hall
Billy Williams was a prominent British singer and actor who had a successful recording and stage career from the 1890s through the 1920s. This Zonophone recording of novelty songs dates from the early 1900s era.AI summary
Zonophone 406 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing "Are We All Here?" and "Squeeze Her Ebenezer" on Zonophone, a budget British label active through the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Zonophone 1012 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing 'I shall have to ask my Mother if she'll let me' and 'When Mother backed the Winner of the Derby' on Zonophone 1380. A novelty singer on the Zonophone label, which was one of the earliest British recording marques.AI summary
Zonophone 1380 Music Hall
Billy Williams recorded 'That's a Jolly Good Song' and a Harry Fay composition for Zonophone 283. Williams was a British entertainer active in the early 1900s, and Zonophone was an early major British imprint, making this an acoustic-era pressing.AI summary
Zonophone 283 Music Hall
Zonophone 583 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a major British music-hall and variety comedian, on Zonophone 782, performing comedic songs 'I never heard Father laugh so much before' and 'Take me where there are no Eyes'. Williams was a prolific recording artist in the Edwardian era.AI summary
Zonophone 782 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a popular British music-hall and variety entertainer of the 1920s–1930s, performs two novelty comic songs on Zonophone 783: "Cohen" and "All the Silver from the Silvery Moon." Zonophone was a Gramophone Company label much used for British variety artists.AI summary
Zonophone 783 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a prolific British music-hall and comic singer, recorded 'Why Don't Santa Claus Bring Something to Me' and 'Tell Them You're a Londoner' for Zonophone 786.AI summary
Zonophone 786 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a prolific British music-hall singer, recorded 'One Girl's as Good as Any Other Girl' and 'All the Houses Are Going Round' for Zonophone.AI summary
Zonophone 787 Music Hall
Billy Williams recorded 'Kangaroo Hop' and 'It's Mine When You've Done with It' for Zonophone, novelty songs typical of the music hall crossover period. Williams was a minor artist on this now-scarce early label.AI summary
Zonophone 912 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a British music-hall singer and comedian, recorded 'Since Father Joined the Territorials' and 'Little Willie's Woodbines' for Zonophone, catalogue 175.AI summary
Zonophone 175 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the British music-hall performer, on Zonophone 240, performing 'Bobbing About in the Briny' and H. Fay's 'In the Days That Are Coming Bye-and-Bye'. Williams was a prolific entertainer of the early 20th century.AI summary
Zonophone 240 Music Hall
Billy Williams was a British popular vocalist and entertainer of the early 20th century, known for character songs and novelty material. This early Zonophone side, 'Old Armchair' and 'Only Bit of English We Have Got', shows his music-hall roots and comic sensibility.AI summary
Zonophone A18 Music Hall