16 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
16 records matching
Albert Whelan, a celebrated whistler and entertainer of the Edwardian and early 1920s era, on Winner—performing novelty material with his signature whistling style.AI summary
Winner 3043 Personalities (Prs)
Billy Merson, a British music hall comedian and singer, performing 'The Umpteen Bandit' and 'A Life on the Rolling Sea' on Winner Records.AI summary
Winner 3544 Personalities (Prs)
Billy Merson, a British music hall comedian, performing 'The Photo of the Girl I Left Behind Me' and 'The Night I Appeared as Macbeth' on Winner Records.AI summary
Winner 3587 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams, a celebrated stage actor and recorder of dramatic monologues, performing two pieces from Dickens: 'Scrooge Before the Dream' and 'After the Dream', from A Christmas Carol, on Winner.AI summary
Winner 2533 Personalities (Prs)
Chick Endor on Winner, a small British label: 'Say it again' and 'Possibly', artist and material otherwise unrecorded in standard references.AI summary
Winner 4758 Personalities (Prs)
Cicely Courtneidge, a major British musical-theatre star and comedienne, performing on Winner. Courtneidge was one of the most popular entertainers of the 1930s-40s.AI summary
Winner 5275 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby Junior, the Lancashire ukulele comedian and film star, was one of the biggest British entertainers of the 1930s–40s. His comic songs like 'John Willie Come On' were hugely popular; Winner was a minor budget label, but Formby's name carries collector demand.AI summary
Winner 4409 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby Junior on Winner catalogue 4409, with 'John Willie Come On' and 'I Was Always a Willing Young Lad'. As with the companion Winner 4418 disc in this collection, early Formby recordings on the Winner budget label are sought by collectors of his pre-Regal-Zonophone career.AI summary
Winner 4409 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby Junior — the ukulele-playing comedian who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the 1930s and 1940s — on Winner catalogue 4418, with 'I Parted My Hair in the Middle' and 'John Willie's Jazz Band'. Winner was a budget label; early Formby recordings on minor labels are sought by collectors.AI summary
Winner 4418 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby Jr., the Lancashire comedian and ukulele entertainer, recorded 'Man was a Stranger to me' and 'Rolling around Piccadilly' for Winner Records. Formby was one of Britain's biggest entertainers in the 1930s and 1940s.AI summary
Winner 4437 Personalities (Prs)
Gilbert Payne recorded for Winner, a cheap British marque of the 1920s and early 1930s; 'Easy Payments' is the only identifiable side listed.AI summary
Winner 5624 Personalities (Prs)
Winner 4820 Personalities (Prs)
Randolph Sutton, a British performer of the early 20th century, recorded 'Pretty Little House That Jack Built' and 'Won'tcha?' on Winner 4990. Sutton is not a widely recognised name in surviving 78 collections.AI summary
Winner 4990 Personalities (Prs)
Ruth Etting, the American torch singer and Broadway star, on Winner 5373 with 'Without that Gal' and 'Nevertheless', likely from the late 1920s.AI summary
Winner 5373 Personalities (Prs)
Winner 5395 Personalities (Prs)
Winner 2214 Personalities (Prs)