2,703 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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B Whitlock and H Bluff on Zonophone, a British comedy duo performing music-hall sketches.AI summary
Zonophone 1633 Music Hall
Baby Durelle Alexander on Rex 8715, singing nursery songs and children's novelty material. The artist appears to have been a child performer of the early 1930s.AI summary
Rex 8715 Music Hall
An unnamed band recorded 'I do like to see a Game of Football' and 'Underneath the Arches' for Dur 36, an unidentified label. Both titles are British music-hall standards, suggesting an early-to-mid 1920s date.AI summary
Durium 36 Music Hall
A band recording of 'Un Peu d'Amour' and 'Viva la Jota' on Sil, a minor British label. No artist name is given.AI summary
Silvertone 429 Music Hall
A band recording of 'Auf der Seine' on Lyr, a minor British label. No artist name is given beyond 'Band'.AI summary
Lyceum 1241 Music Hall
Lyceum 546 Music Hall
A band performance tribute to Harry Lauder, the Scottish music-hall star, recorded in two parts on Operaphone 2522. The label and artist are not clearly identified, and the recording cannot be reliably placed.AI summary
Opera 2522 Music Hall
Barclay Gammon performs 'Haunted by the Shadows' in two parts on Odeon 66895. Gammon was a British music-hall and comic performer of the Edwardian era; the Odeon 66000 series suggests a slightly later pressing than his 143000-series Odeon in this collection.AI summary
Odeon 66895 Music Hall
Barclay Gammon performs 'Limerickitis' in two parts on Odeon 143023. Gammon was a British music-hall and comic monologue performer of the Edwardian era; Odeon was an international label with British distribution, and domestic British artists on Odeon in the early acoustic period are uncommon.AI summary
Odeon 143023 Music Hall
Barclay Gammon performing 'Nursery Rhymes Up to Date' across two sides on Odeon catalogue 143882. Gammon was an Edwardian comedy and novelty recording artist; Odeon pressings of novelty material in the 143000-series are moderately common.AI summary
Odeon 143882 Music Hall
Barratt and Thompson, British music-hall entertainers, performed 'Banana's a Marrow's Father' and '(S Kirkby) Father sings the same old Song' for Winner, a budget British label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Winner 4494 Music Hall
The Barton Brothers with Joe and Paul on an Oriole JB603 advance copy.AI summary
Oriole JB603 ADVANCE Music Hall
Basil Hallam, a major British entertainment and theatrical performer of the Edwardian era, on His Master's Voice 4-2468, performing 'Gilbert the Filbert' — a celebrated music-hall character song. Hallam died in 1918 and recorded during the acoustic era.AI summary
His Master's Voice 4-2468 Music Hall
Basil Hallam, the British musical theatre star of the early 1910s, performing the comic song 'Gilbert the Filbert' (a celebrated novelty number) and 'I'll Make a Man of You' on His Master's Voice B-series.AI summary
His Master's Voice B481 Music Hall
Basil Hallam, the British musical theatre star, recorded 'Gilbert the Filbert' and 'I'll make a Man of you' for His Master's Voice early in the 78rpm era. 'Gilbert the Filbert' became one of his signature songs during the First World War.AI summary
His Master's Voice B481 Music Hall
The bells of Bow Bells, Cheapside, in two parts on Homochord S020.AI summary
Hom S020 Music Hall
Scala 220 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
Ben Lawes, a West Country or rustic character vocalist, recorded two dialect comic songs for Exo, a small British label.AI summary
Exo 162 Music Hall
Ben Lawes on Winner Records, catalogue 2139, performing comic or sentimental songs 'The countryman's holiday' and 'The Appetite', from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Winner 2139 Music Hall
Ben Lawes performing 'I be only a poor Country Chap' and 'With my Father along of me' for Winner. The song titles suggest rural or comic music-hall material. Winner pressed large quantities of novelty and entertainment recordings in the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Winner 2334 Music Hall
Ben Malone, a British comedian and variety performer, recorded this side for Decca; Ain't it Grand to Be Bloomin' Well Dead is a characteristic music-hall number celebrating working-class life.AI summary
Decca F2926 Music Hall
Ben Malone on Decca F2926, performing 'Ain't It Grand to Be Bloomin' Well Dead', a British music-hall comic song from the early 20th century.AI summary
Decca F2926 Music Hall
Bert Alvey with Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly and, by J. Hudson, I Like Your Old French Bonnet on John Bull 40647.AI summary
John Bull 40647 Music Hall
Bert Alvey with There Are Nice Girls Everywhere and, by J. Hudson, Sweethearts on John Bull 40777.AI summary
John Bull 40777 Music Hall
Bert Errol and Bob Waring, British music-hall performers, recorded 'Underneath the Arches' (their signature song) and 'Moonlight on the River' for Decca—much-loved British variety entertainment.AI summary
Decca F3135 Music Hall
Bert Church, a British comic music-hall performer, recording two comedy songs on Winner, including the evergreen novelty 'With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm'.AI summary
Winner W166 Music Hall
Bert Marsden performing 'Barmaid Song' and 'I've Got One Arm round Mary' on Piccadilly 564.AI summary
Piccadilly 564 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
Bert Terrell performing 'My German Lily' and 'Jerry Jeremiah' (credited to T. Yorke) on Mil label catalogue 330. Neither artist nor label is established in standard reference.AI summary
Millophone 330 Music Hall
Bert Weston on Pathé 77592, performing two comic character songs. Pathé was a major British label and Weston was a music hall performer.AI summary
Pathé 77592 Music Hall
Bertha Willmott recorded these two wartime novelty songs—the first a topical jab at Mussolini, the second a soldiers' farewell—for Decca during the Second World War.AI summary
Decca F7692 Music Hall
Beth Tate performing 'Innocent Bessie Brown' and 'Is there Anything doing in the loving Line' on Diamond, catalogue 384, a small British label of the 1910s–1920s.AI summary
Diamond 384 Music Hall
Beth Tate appears to have been a music-hall and variety performer of the early 1920s. Regal was one of the cheaper British labels of that period, and catalogue numbers in this range date from around 1921–1924. The artist is not widely documented in standard references.AI summary
Regal 6381 Music Hall
Betove performing 'Folies Musicales' on Odeon 222016. An obscure artist and title on an early Odeon catalogue number.AI summary
Odeon 222016 Music Hall
Bidgood (artist unidentified) on Broadcast 183, a short-lived British label. The titles are novelty or popular song material; neither artist nor label can be placed.AI summary
Broadcast 183 Music Hall
Bidgood (artist unidentified) on Broadcast 212, a short-lived British label. The titles suggest novelty or popular song material from the early 1930s.AI summary
Broadcast 212 Music Hall
Bidgood (artist unidentified) on Broadcast 213, a short-lived British label. The titles suggest novelty or popular material; neither artist nor label can be placed.AI summary
Broadcast 213 Music Hall
Bidgood performing four sentimental and comic songs on Broadcast, a cheap British budget label. The credits suggest material from the music-hall and novelty traditions.AI summary
Broadcast 505 Music Hall
Billie Richardson performing the music-hall comic songs 'Wot's Their Price of Swedes' and 'Soft as Oi Looks' on the Carnival label, likely from the 1930s.AI summary
Carnival 1930 Music Hall
Billy Bennett, the British comedian and novelty singer famous for monologues and comic songs, recorded 'Family Secrets' and 'Devil-may-not-care' for Columbia Records, catalogue 4005. Bennett was a popular music-hall star and recording artist in the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 4005 Music Hall
Billy Bennett, a British comedian and character singer, recorded "The Green Fly on the little yellow Dog" and "Nell" for Columbia, typical of his novelty and comedy work.AI summary
Columbia 4004 Music Hall
Billy Bennett was a British music-hall comic and novelty singer popular in the 1920s and 1930s, celebrated for his rapid-fire patter and absurdist humour; these Regal titles are typical of his style.AI summary
Regal 9159 Music Hall
Billy Bennett on Columbia 5719 with 'My Mother Doesn't Know I'm on the Stage' and 'Club Raid'. Bennett was a British comic entertainer and monologist popular in music hall and on radio in the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Columbia 5719 Music Hall
Billy Bennett, a British music hall comic and singer, performing two sentimental comic songs on Columbia: 'Don't send my Boy to Prison' and 'She was poor but she was honest'.AI summary
Columbia DB164 Music Hall
Billy Bennett, a British comic entertainer and monologist known for irreverent music-hall humour, performs two novelty pieces on Columbia DB658.AI summary
Columbia DB658 Music Hall
Billy Bennett, a British comic singer and music-hall entertainer famous for novelty and comic songs, recorded two pieces for Columbia: 'Domestic Blisters' and 'Real Guy'.AI summary
Columbia 9105 Music Hall