2,704 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Sam Mayo performing 'I Ran Straight Home with the News' and 'The Wind Blew Hard' on the Imperial label, catalogue 937. Imperial was a British label that pressed music-hall material in the early recording era; Mayo sides on Imperial are moderately uncommon.AI summary
Imperial 937 Music Hall
Sammy Shields performing 'The Cup Final' (both sides of the record) on Home, a small British label—likely a sporting novelty song.AI summary
Hom HD267 Music Hall
Sandy Powell, a British comedy actor and character singer, performing 'Sandy the Dirt Track Rider' in two parts on Imperial 2214.AI summary
Imperial 2214 Music Hall
Sandy Powell performing 'Sandy the Farmer' (both sides) on Rex 8810. Powell was one of Britain's most celebrated and prolific music-hall comedians of the 1920s–30s, famous for his character voices and rapid-fire comedic monologues.AI summary
Rex 8810 Music Hall
Sandy Powell was a celebrated British comedian known for character comedy and rapid patter, active from the 1920s through the 1950s. This Rex recording of a live road-show performance captures his comedy act.AI summary
Rex 8833 Music Hall
Sandy Powell was a celebrated British comedian and music-hall performer of the 1930s, best known for his catch-phrase 'Can you hear me, mother?'. This Broadcast recording represents his comedic work in the early sound era.AI summary
Broadcast 978 Music Hall
Sandy Powell, a celebrated British comedian and music-hall entertainer, on Rex 9425 with 'Sandy, the all-in wrestler', a novelty number typical of Powell's stage work.AI summary
Rex 9425 Music Hall
Savoy Quartet performing two novelty comic songs on His Master's Voice, catalogue B1036. The Savoy Quartet were a popular vocal ensemble recording for HMV in the late 1920s–early 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1036 Music Hall
Sayer and Sands perform 'Oh What a Night to Love' and a comic piece on Ar (Ariel), catalogue 4342.AI summary
Ariel 4342 Music Hall
Scott Wood, a British musician and composer known for comic novelty recordings, recorded for Columbia; these songs appear to be in his light popular register.AI summary
Columbia FB1326 Music Hall
Shaun Glenville, a Scottish comedian and singer of the music hall era, recorded 'Rouken Glen' and 'So we all went walking round' for Columbia. Rouken Glen is a public park near Glasgow, suggesting local Scottish appeal for this Columbia 2000-series side.AI summary
Columbia 2126 Music Hall
Shaun Glenville recorded two Irish-themed novelty or comedy songs for Regal Records, 'Where Did You Get the Name of Hennessy?' and 'We're All Pals Together'; artist appears to be a music-hall comedian or variety performer.AI summary
Regal 7401 Music Hall
Sid Darkey recorded 'He played on his Fiddle dee-dee' and 'Ragtime Violin' for But, catalogue 286. But is an unrecognised British label. The titles suggest novelty or ragtime material from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Butterfly 286 Music Hall
Sidney Torch and others on Columbia, performing 'Talent Night at the Regal Edmonton' (parts 1 and 2) — a broadcast or live-event recording. Sidney Torch was a notable British organist and composer. Columbia FB series.AI summary
Columbia FB1554 Music Hall
Slade & Romer performing 'We've Got a Move On' and 'Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag' on Nep, a minor British label of the 1910s-20s. 'Pack Up Your Troubles' was a famous WWI song that remained popular for decades.AI summary
Neptune 193 Music Hall
Slade & Romer on Nep Records, a small British label, with cowboy and comedy material: 'Down Texas Way' and 'Sergeant Brown'.AI summary
Neptune 222 Music Hall
Some of the Boys, credited to Parlophone, likely a vocal group recording novelty or variety material from the early 1930s; the Parlophone R-series was a reissue catalogue and details are sparse.AI summary
Parlophone R1065 Music Hall
Somers, with Norman Long on side A, performing 'Mother Goose Parade' and 'Tondeleyo' on Columbia, catalogue 5626.AI summary
Columbia 5626 Music Hall
Sophie Tucker, the legendary American vaudeville and recording star known as 'The Last of the Red Hot Mamas', performs 'I Wanna Say Hello' and 'After You've Gone' on Oriole 1088.AI summary
Oriole 1088 Music Hall
The Stage Coach Players perform two wartime songs, 'I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen' and 'This Is the Army, Mr Jones', on Regal, likely a studio ensemble assembled for the topical material of the Second World War years.AI summary
Regal MR3725 Music Hall
Stainless Stephen, a British comedian known for fast-talking comic patter, on Broadcast 658, performing his characteristic monologues about contemporary topics.AI summary
Broadcast 658 Music Hall
Stanley Holloway was a celebrated British actor, comedian and singer, known for his dry humour and character monologues. This HMV side features 'The Missus and I' and 'Down Love Lane' (with E. MacFarlane), capturing his comic music-hall style from the 1940s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1446 Music Hall
Stanley Holloway, the British comedian and actor, performing comic monologues on Columbia's FB series, likely from the late 1930s or 1940s.AI summary
Columbia FB2700 Music Hall
Stanley Holloway, the British actor and comic singer known for his monologues and character songs, recorded these two numbers for Decca in the late 1940s. 'My Old Dutch' is a famous Albert Chevalier music-hall standard.AI summary
Decca F1841 Music Hall
Stanley Holloway, the celebrated British comic actor and singer, on HMV B1550, performing his characteristic comic monologues with orchestral accompaniment.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1550 Music Hall
Stanley Holloway, the British character actor and entertainer, performing wartime propaganda and morale-boosting songs 'Lend to Defend' and 'Save Your Way to Victory' on CP 907/8.AI summary
CP 907/8 Music Hall
Stanley Holloway, the British music-hall and character actor, performing 'The Missus and I' and 'Down Love Lane' (with E. Macfarlane) on His Master's Voice.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1446 Music Hall
Stanley Holloway, creator of Albert and the Lion, with A Dinder Courtship and Looking at the Sky on Duophone D525.AI summary
Duophone D525 Music Hall
Stanley Holloway, the British comic singer and actor, on Columbia, performing 'Join the Navy'; Holloway's monologues and comedic songs are popular with collectors of British music-hall material.AI summary
Columbia 4651 Music Hall
Stanley Holloway, the celebrated British character actor and vocalist, performing 'Keep smiling' and 'Hand in Hand' on Columbia. Holloway's monologues and comic songs were staples of his recording career throughout the 1930s and 1940s.AI summary
Columbia DB1373 Music Hall
Stanley Holloway, a British music-hall comedian and actor who later became known for the film 'My Fair Lady', recorded 'Yorkshire Pudding' and 'Brown Boots' for Columbia in the 1930s; these are comedy patter songs typical of his style.AI summary
Columbia FB2526 Music Hall
Stanley Holloway, creator of Albert and the Lion, with Looking at the Sky and A Dinder Courtship on Duophone D525.AI summary
Duophone D525 Music Hall
Stanley Holloway, the celebrated British comedian and character actor, on CP (likely a wartime or patriotic label) singing 'Lend to Defend' and 'Save Your Way to Victory', probably 1940–41.AI summary
CP 907/8 Music Hall
Stanley Holloway was a celebrated British actor, singer and raconteur, famous for his comic monologues and character sketches. 'Hi Di Hi' and 'Penny on the Drum' are comic recordings for His Master's Voice, representing his vaudeville and music hall career.AI summary
His Master's Voice JH13 Music Hall
Stanley Holloway, the British character actor and entertainer, recorded for His Master's Voice with 'Wheel Tapper' and 'Pirate Song'. Holloway became celebrated for his comic monologues and later for his film roles, particularly as Alfred P. Doolittle in *My Fair Lady*.AI summary
His Master's Voice C1131 Music Hall
Stanley Holloway, the British actor and comedian best known for his monologues and role in *My Fair Lady*, performs two comic songs on this Decca 78. 'What care I' and 'I thowt mebbe I would & I did' are typical of Holloway's music-hall material from the 1940s.AI summary
Decca F1875 Music Hall
Stanley Holloway, the British comic actor and monologuist, recorded 'Rude Sailor' and 'Little Pal' for Decca in the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Decca F1559 Music Hall
Stanley Holloway, the distinguished British actor and monologist best known for his role in *My Fair Lady*, recorded two comic monologues on Columbia's premium DX series. Holloway's comic poetry had a long stage career and his records are sought after by variety collectors.AI summary
Columbia DX168 Music Hall
Stanley Holloway, creator of Albert and the Lion, with A Dinder Courtship and Looking at the Sky on Duophone D525.AI summary
Duophone D525 Music Hall
Stanley Holloway, the British character actor and comedian, performing his monologue 'Old Sam' (both sides) on Columbia, from the 1940s–50s.AI summary
Columbia FB2470 Music Hall
Stanley Holloway and Phil Mackey's Band perform 'Hi-Di-Hi' and 'Penny on the Drum' on HMV JH12, an unusual HMV JH-series pressing. Stanley Holloway was one of the great British comedy and musical theatre performers, and a JH-series HMV pressing — which appears to be a limited or promotional series — by him is an unusual item outside his standard catalogue.AI summary
His Master's Voice JH12 Music Hall
Stanley Holloway, the British actor and comedian, alongside Ivy Tresmand performing 'Fancy Me Just Fancying You' and 'Loo-loo' on Columbia 4652.AI summary
Columbia 4652 Music Hall
Stanley Kirkby performing 'Chorus Gentlemen' (a chorus number, likely from a musical or variety show) on His Master's Voice GC3-2291, an early acousticrecording. Kirkby was a prolific studio singer for HMV in the 1920s–30s.AI summary
His Master's Voice GC3-2291 Music Hall
Stanley Kirkby performs the mining songs 'Don't go down the Mine Dad' and 'Miner's Dream of Home' (a descriptive piece) on Curry's label, catalogue 10. Kirkby was a prolific British singer of the acoustic era, recorded extensively from the 1910s onwards, and these mining songs were popular topical numbers.AI summary
Curry's 10 Music Hall
Stanley Kirkby on Curry's 285, singing patriotic material from the First World War era ('Land of Hope and Glory', 'Boys in Khaki Boys in Blue'). Kirkby was a prolific and important British music hall and recording artist of the 1910s–30s. Curry's was a minor British label of the early period.AI summary
Curry's 285 Music Hall
Stanley Kirkby, the British male vocalist known for his work with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and for numerous comedic and novelty recordings, recorded 'Oh! You Do Look Well' and 'Me No Speak-a Good English' for Winner; both are novelty or dialect songs typical of his varied catalogue.AI summary
Winner 4042 Music Hall
Stanley Kirkby, a prolific British singer of the 1920s–30s, in two novelty numbers on His Master's Voice: "When the Moon shines bright on Charlie Chaplin" and "Private Michael Cassidy".AI summary
His Master's Voice B550 Music Hall
Stanley Kirkby, a prolific British acoustic-era vocalist who recorded widely for budget labels, sings 'I Saw Peter Henry Home' and 'We All Went Marching Home Again' on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia 1836 Music Hall