2,703 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Charles Penrose, a baritone soloist and music-hall performer, recorded 'Merry Irishman' and 'I'm 82 Tomorrow' for Regal, catalogue 7751; Penrose was known for humorous and sentimental character pieces.AI summary
Regal 7751 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, the celebrated British comedic singer and music hall star, on Scala Records with two comic novelty songs; Penrose is best remembered for 'The Laughing Policeman', one of the most famous comic recordings of all time.AI summary
Scala 639 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, the music hall comedian behind The Laughing Policeman, performs A Trip to Paris in two parts on Homochord H759.AI summary
Hom H759 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, a celebrated Music Hall comic of the early 20th century, known as 'The Laughing Policeman', on Winner 3717. This record captures his signature laughing vocal effect on comic patter pieces.AI summary
Winner 3717 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, the British music-hall comedian, recorded this Winner disc of 'Join Me in a Merry Laugh' and 'When I Do Start Laughing', typical of his novelty comic material.AI summary
Winner 3891 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, the British music-hall performer famous for 'The Laughing Policeman' recording, recorded 'The Laughing Tinker' and 'Felix Keeps on Laughing' for Winner, catalogue 4277.AI summary
Winner 4277 Music Hall
Charles Penrose was a British comedian and vocalist best known for his signature laughing songs of the 1920s–30s; this Eclipse recording preserves two of his comic specialty pieces.AI summary
Eclipse SC26 Music Hall
Charles Penrose was a British music-hall comedian and singer, famous for 'The Laughing Policeman'; these Winner sides show his comic novelty material from the early 1920s. Winner was a cheap British marque.AI summary
Winner 4277 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, the British music-hall comedian famous for his laughing songs, recorded for Regal with novelty material characteristic of his stage act.AI summary
Regal 7135 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, the British comedian famous for 'The Laughing Policeman', recorded for the Fairy label, a minor British imprint.AI summary
Fairy 353 Music Hall
Charles Penrose was a celebrated British comic singer and music-hall star known especially for his novelty recordings. This Fairy label pressing captures two of his comic numbers.AI summary
Fairy 356 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, the celebrated comic singer and entertainer, on Zonophone 2176, performing a dramatic comic monologue based on the Jack the Giant Killer tale.AI summary
Zonophone 2176 Music Hall
Broadcast 638 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 and Company on Piccadilly, a cheap British budget label, performing the pantomime story 'Cinderella' or related material from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Piccadilly 440 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, the celebrated British comic singer and whistler, recorded on Piccadilly 441 performing dramatic scenes from Cinderella.AI summary
Piccadilly 441 Music Hall
Charles Penrose & Co performing 'Laughter on the Line' and 'Diner à Deux' on His Master's Voice B3932, a mid-1920s British pressing. Charles Penrose was a popular comedy monologist and character actor of the period.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3932 Music Hall
Charles Penrose and company in a comic novelty recitation on HMV, part of the tradition of music-hall spoken word that Penrose made famous.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3974 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, a British comedian and entertainer, known for 'The Laughing Policeman', on His Master's Voice; likely 1920s–1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3932 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 Tree performing 'Hats Off to the Stoker' and 'The Likes of They' on Winner 3273, from the 1920s music-hall era.AI summary
Winner 3273 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
Charles Whittle was a music-hall and variety singer of the Edwardian period, known for topical comic songs. This Regal pressing (7212) couples 'Let's Have the Lights Up' with 'Dance with Your Uncle Joseph.' Regal was a mass-market label; Whittle is a minor but documented name in the music-hall collecting field.AI summary
Regal 7212 Music Hall
Charles Whittle on Regal with two novelty or comic pieces, 'Let's Have the Lights Up' and 'Dance With Your Uncle Joseph'—likely music-hall or character recordings.AI summary
Regal 7212 Music Hall
Charlie Chester was a British comedian and entertainer; this Parlophone recording pairs the comic songs 'Golfin' and 'In a Shady Nook'.AI summary
Parlophone R3204 Music Hall
Charlie Chester, a British comedian and entertainer, performing two novelty pieces on Decca: 'Vamp of Baghdad' and 'Let It Be Soon'. Chester was known for comic and novelty material.AI summary
Decca F8701 Music Hall
Charlie Gow recorded two novelty or comic songs for Bel Canto Records, 'Oh La La La' and 'Come with Me Down Regent Street'; artist is otherwise unplaced.AI summary
Bel-Canto C5336 Music Hall
Charlie Higgins on Broadcast with two music-hall character songs, 'With Me Gloves in Me 'and' and 'In the Waxworks Last Night'.AI summary
Broadcast 659 Music Hall
Charlie Higgins recorded 'When I was 21' and 'With Me Bagful of Nuts & Some Sweets in Me Mouth' for Broadcast, a minor British label. Higgins is not documented; the titles suggest British music-hall comedy.AI summary
Broadcast 918 Music Hall
Chas Foster performing 'The Railway Porter', likely a music-hall or humorous song, on the GC label, a small British imprint.AI summary
Gramophone Company 2-2565 Music Hall
G&T 2-2003X Music Hall
Unidentified choir on Sil 248 performing hymns and sacred songs. Sil is an obscure small British label.AI summary
Silvertone 248 Music Hall
A chorus performing 'Jubilee Music Hall Parade' parts 1 and 2 on His Master's Voice C2739, a variety entertainment recording from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice C2739 Music Hall
A Jubilee Music Hall Parade, recorded as a chorus piece for His Master's Voice catalogue C2740, likely from the 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice C2740 Music Hall
Chris Baker with Rhoda Rode to Ryde and I Wonder on Favorite 67394/7.AI summary
Favorite 67394/7 Music Hall
Chris Stone credited on Winner 5604, listing multiple other performers including Rickaby, Pleasants, Laurier, and several others across two sides. Likely a medley or compilation of variety performers.AI summary
Winner 5604 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 Courteneidge, a British stage and film star, performing novelty comic material on Edison; the catalogue number and format suggest 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Edison 5275 Music Hall
Cicely Courtneidge was a major British musical-theatre star and comedian; this Brunswick 78 contains two of her novelty numbers, 'High Street Africa' and 'Three Little Hairs'.AI summary
Brunswick 208 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 was one of Britain's leading musical-comedy stars of the interwar years; these two songs from her theatrical work appear on a His Master's Voice recording, catalogue B4418.AI summary
His Master's Voice B4418 Music Hall
Cicely Courtneidge, a major British musical-theatre and pantomime star, recorded 'Mrs Bartholomew' and 'Why Has a Cow Got 4 Legs' (with Jack Hulbert) for His Master's Voice, likely in the early 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B4475 Music Hall
Cicely Courtneidge, the British musical-comedy star, recorded 'Things Are Looking Up' and 'Gentlemen the King' for His Master's Voice, catalogue B8314, from the late 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8314 Music Hall
Cicely Courtneidge was a beloved British musical-comedy actress and comedienne whose stage and recording career spanned decades. This HMV pressing, catalogue 3892 — an early single-sided number — contains 'The Little Japanese Mamma'. The HMV 3000-series is an early acoustic-era catalogue; a single-sided HMV pressing by Courtneidge is earlier and less common than her interwar recordings.AI summary
His Master's Voice 3892 Music Hall