2,703 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Billy Williams, the prolific British music-hall and comic singer, recorded 'Our Little Kiddie Sings the Best Songs of All' and 'There's Life in the Old Dog Yet' for Zonophone 1392.AI summary
Zonophone 1392 Music Hall
Billy Williams sang 'It Serves You Right' and 'The Hobnailed Boots that Father Wore' for Zonophone in the acoustic era. These are comic or sentimental novelty songs; Williams was an obscure artist on a major but now-scarce label.AI summary
Zonophone 557 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing two novelty or comic songs for Zonophone 589: 'When Father Tried to Kill the Cock-a-doodle-doo' and 'If the World Belonged to Me'. Zonophone was a Decca budget label, and catalogue 589 suggests a later pressing from the 1920s-1930s era.AI summary
Zonophone 589 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the Edwardian music-hall star, performing two patriotic and comic songs on Zonophone, a major British label of the acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone 965 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a British music hall vocalist, performing 'Old Grey Coat' and 'My Girl from London Town' on the Opera label, a small British imprint, catalogue 10.AI summary
Opera 10 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the Australian-born music hall singer, with Here We Are Again and Why Can't We Have the Sea in London on National 266i.AI summary
National 266i Music Hall
Billy Williams on National Records, a British budget label; the artist and label are too obscure to date or value with confidence.AI summary
National 267l Music Hall
Billy Williams, the Australian-born music-hall star known as 'the Man in the Velvet Suit', sings 'Save a Little One for Me' on the Pelican label.AI summary
Pelican 57 Music Hall
Billy Williams recorded 'Put a Bit of Powder on it Father' and 'Tickle Me Timothy' for Pioneer (Pion), catalogue C2. These are typical saucy music-hall numbers; Williams was a popular entertainer of the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Pioneer C2 Music Hall
Billy Williams, credited on Pioneer label catalogue 7, performing 'Save a Little One for Me' and 'Old Grey Coat'.AI summary
Pioneer C7 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Scala Records, a British small label, performing novelty and music-hall song of the 1920s–30s era.AI summary
Scala 468 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the prolific British music hall comedian, on Scala Records with two comic novelty songs; another of his many recordings on minor British labels.AI summary
Scala 506 Music Hall
Scala 608 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Scala, this pressing of 'I Shall Have to Ask My Mother' and 'I Don't Know How You Do It' is from his continuing music-hall output.AI summary
Scala 608 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Scala, this pressing of 'Willie's Woodbines' and 'I'll Meet You One Dark Night' continues his music-hall and comic recording output.AI summary
Scala 735 Music Hall
Zonophone 1435 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a British music-hall singer and comedian, on Zonophone, catalogue 830, with 'Come and Have a Look What I've Got' and 'I Didn't Know What to Do'.AI summary
Zonophone 830 Music Hall
Billy Williams was a British entertainer and comedian of the early 20th century. 'I must go Home Tonight' and 'Old Grey Coat' are topical novelty songs. The label is missing from this catalogue entry, making identification difficult.AI summary
6 Music Hall
Billy Williams recorded 'Daylight Bill' and 'I'll meet you one dark Night' for Hom, catalogue 479. Hom is an unrecognised British label. Nothing is known of this artist or imprint.AI summary
Hom 479 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a British music-hall comedian and singer, on 'Jean from Aberdeen', Home (Hom) 516. Home was a small British label active in the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Hom 516 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the Australian-born music hall singer, with Why Can't We Have the Sea in London? and She's My Sweet Lassie from Glasgie Toon on John Bull 66.AI summary
John Bull 66 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Zonophone 187, with music-hall novelty material from the acoustic era. Williams is not a major-label recording artist; Zonophone was a British budget label.AI summary
Zonophone 187 Music Hall
Billy Williams recorded 'Here We Are Again' and 'Let's Have a Song Upon the Gramophone' for Zonophone 405. Williams was a popular singer and stage performer in the early 1900s; Zonophone 405 is an early catalogue number, likely circa 1904–1910.AI summary
Zonophone 405 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the music-hall entertainer, recorded these two topical Irish novelty songs for Zonophone, a major British label owned by the Gramophone Company; Zonophone 408 is from the pre-1920 era.AI summary
Zonophone 408 Music Hall
Scala 735 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing 'Are We All Here?' and 'Squeeze Her Ebenezer' on Zonophone 1012. Zonophone was an early British label subsidiary to The Gramophone Company, and this record represents popular comedy or novelty song of the 1900s–1910s era.AI summary
Zonophone 1012 Music Hall
Billy Williams recorded 'Why Can't We Have the Sea in London?' and 'She's My Sweet Lassie from Glasgow Toon' for J. Bull, a small British label. Williams was an English entertainer and his recordings represent early 20th-century British music-hall material.AI summary
John Bull 66 Music Hall
Billy Williams (1878-1915), the Australian-born music hall singer, with When Father Papered the Parlour and John Go and Put Your Trousers On on National 234g.AI summary
National 234g Music Hall
Billy Williams, the celebrated music hall star, sings 'Take Me Back to USA' and 'My Lass Frae Glasgae Toon' on an early Zonophone disc with a catalogue number pointing to the pre-First World War period.AI summary
Zonophone 676 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the prolific British music-hall singer, performing two Irish and American-themed novelty songs on Winner 2484.AI summary
Winner 2484 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Arrow Records with two comic-song sides: 'When Father Papered the Parlour' and 'Why Can't We Have the Sea in London?'AI summary
Arrow 45 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a British vocalist, performs 'When Father Painted the Parlor' and 'Clogs and Shawl' on Cinch 5039, a small British label.AI summary
Cinch 5039 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing two novelty vocal numbers on Winner 2355, a cheap British label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Winner 2355 Music Hall
Winner 2354 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a singer of popular songs in the early acoustic era, recorded 'When Father papered the Parlour' and 'Clogs & Shawl' for Zonophone, a British subsidiary of the Gramophone Company.AI summary
Zonophone 407 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a major British music-hall and variety comedian, on Zonophone 407 (green label), performing comedic songs 'When Father papered the Parlour' and 'Clogs & Shawl'. This is an early pressing from Zonophone's acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone 407 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Regal 6010, 'Take me back to USA' and 'Why can't we have the Sea in London'. The label notes this copy is signed on the label.AI summary
Regal 6010 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the Australian-born music-hall star known as 'the Man in the Velvet Suit', sings 'She's Coming Home Tonight', backed by Fred Cooper with 'You Are My Girlski', on The Twin, the Gramophone Company's cheap double-sided label of the years before the First World War.AI summary
Twin 273 Music Hall
Binnie Hale, a leading British musical-theatre performer, recorded 'Spread a Little Happiness' (from the 1928 musical 'Mr Cinders') and 'I'm a One Man Girl' with Bobby Howes for Columbia—theatre songs from the British stage.AI summary
Columbia 5334 Music Hall
Binnie Hale and Grossmith, British musical-theatre performers, recorded these two numbers from the musical stage for Columbia; Hale was a celebrated revue and musical-comedy star of the 1920s and 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 3629 Music Hall
Zonophone 1915 Music Hall
Blanche Dare performs these two comic vocal numbers for His Master's Voice in the 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B987 Music Hall
Blaney and Farrar, singers on Columbia, performing 'Shall I have it bobbed or shingled', a novelty song reflecting 1920s fashion trends.AI summary
Columbia 3540 Music Hall
Bobbie Comber performing 'Music Hall in Grandpa's Day' on Broadcast, catalogue 3071; Broadcast was a small independent British label active from the late 1920s through the 1930s.AI summary
Broadcast 3071 Music Hall
Bobbie Comber recorded an English comic song, 'Ain't It Grand to Be Blooming Well Dead', for Broadcast (853), a minor British label. The artist is otherwise unidentified. The title suggests music-hall repertoire.AI summary
Broadcast 853 Music Hall
Bobbie Naish recorded 'Mary Ann She's After Me' and '(H Bluff) I'll Be Out in the Lifeboat' for JBullH (J Bull or similar imprint?), catalogue 32, likely 1920s.AI summary
John Bull H32 Music Hall
Bobby Howes, the British musical-theatre star, singing two light comedy or theatre songs for Columbia DB1459. Howes was a leading West End performer of the 1930s-40s.AI summary
Columbia DB1459 Music Hall
Bobby Howes, a British stage and film actor and singer, recorded 'You've got to fit your Step' and 'You'll miss my dancing' (with Debenham) for Columbia, probably in the late 1920s or early 1930s. Howes was a West End musical-theatre star and recording artist.AI summary
Columbia 4440 Music Hall