1,199 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Fred Astaire with Pick Yourself Up and Never Gonna Dance, both from the 1936 film Swing Time, on Vocalion 501.AI summary
Vocalion 501 Personalities (Prs)
Fred Astaire recorded 'We Saw the Sea' and 'I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket' for Columbia, catalogue DB1634. The latter is from the 1936 film *Follow the Fleet*, and both sides showcase Astaire's light dance-vocal style.AI summary
Columbia DB1634 Personalities (Prs)
Fred Astaire was an iconic American dancer, choreographer and entertainer; this Columbia disc pairs two songs from the 1935 film "Follow the Fleet", "We Saw the Sea" and "I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket".AI summary
Columbia DB1634 Personalities (Prs)
Fred Astaire, the American dancer and singer, recorded 'Let Yourself Go' and 'Let's Face the Music and Dance' for Columbia, catalogue DB1633. The latter, from the 1936 film *Follow the Fleet*, is one of Astaire's most celebrated numbers.AI summary
Columbia DB1633 Personalities (Prs)
Fred Astaire dancing to 'They Can't Take That Away from Me' and 'Beginner's Luck', from the 1937 film Shall We Dance, on Brunswick 7855.AI summary
Brunswick 7855 Personalities (Prs)
Fred Astaire was the most celebrated American dancer of the twentieth century, a star of stage, film and record; this Brunswick disc of 'Things Are Looking Up' and 'Nice Work If You Can Get It' captures two of his songs from the 1937 film 'Damsel in Distress', with his own distinctive vocal style.AI summary
Brunswick 7983 Personalities (Prs)
Fred Astaire dancing to two George Gershwin songs from the 1936 film 'Shall We Dance', recorded for Brunswick: the bright novelty 'Beginner's Luck' and the rhythmic 'Slap that Bass', both showcasing Astaire's rhythmic precision and the orchestral sparkle of the era.AI summary
Brunswick 02424 Personalities (Prs)
Fred Astaire, the legendary American dancer and entertainer, recorded 'Let's Call the Whole Thing Off' and 'Shall We Dance' for Brunswick, songs from the 1937 film *Shall We Dance*.AI summary
Brunswick 02425 Personalities (Prs)
Fred Astaire, the American dancer and entertainer, recorded 'Things are Looking Up' and 'Nice Work if You can Get It' for Brunswick. Both are songs from Cole Porter and other 1930s musical sources; Astaire's recordings were hugely popular and widely pressed.AI summary
Brunswick 02533 Personalities (Prs)
Fred Astaire performing two popular songs on Brunswick, catalogue 03287. Astaire was already a major star by the time of this recording; these are likely 1930s sides from his early film and recording career.AI summary
Brunswick 03287 Personalities (Prs)
Fred Astaire, the legendary American dancer, singer and entertainer, recorded 'You're Easy to Dance With' and 'I Can't Tell a Lie' for Brunswick (03386) in the late 1930s. Both are standard popular songs from Astaire's film catalogue. Astaire's records are widely sought and commonly available.AI summary
Brunswick 03386 Personalities (Prs)
Fred Astaire recorded 'Isn't This a Lovely Day?' and 'Top Hat, White Tie and Tails' for Brunswick, catalogue RL297. These are standards from Astaire's film work, and his vocal records are sought-after by collectors of American popular song on 78s.AI summary
Brunswick RL297 Personalities (Prs)
Fred Astaire, the legendary dancer and vocalist, recorded 'The Piccolino' and 'A Sweet Beginning Like This' for Brunswick, catalogue RL298; these are from the mid-1930s and reflect Astaire's work for the film and stage.AI summary
Brunswick RL298 Personalities (Prs)
Fred Astaire, the legendary dancer and entertainer, recorded 'You're Easy to Dance With' and 'I Can't Tell a Lie' for Brunswick 03386, likely 1942–43.AI summary
Brunswick 03386 Personalities (Prs)
Fred Astaire, the legendary dancer and entertainer, recorded 'After You Who' and 'Night and Day' for Columbia FB1255, likely 1930s–40s.AI summary
Columbia FB1255 Personalities (Prs)
Fred Astaire, the legendary dancer and entertainer, recorded "Foggy Day" and "I Can't Be Bothered Now" with Ray Noble's orchestra for Brunswick (7982), two numbers he famously performed in the 1937 film Damsel in Distress. This is a significant popular-music recording from his peak entertainment years.AI summary
Brunswick 7982 Personalities (Prs)
Fred Douglas recorded 'Soldier blew his Bugle' and 'Round the Marble Arch' for St, a small or short-lived British label. Douglas is not identified in standard references.AI summary
Sterno 964 Personalities (Prs)
Fred Terry and Julia Neilson perform a scene from The Scarlet Pimpernel on HMV E160, with Canon Fleming reciting the Charge of the Light Brigade on the reverse. Terry and Neilson were the foremost stage partnership of the Edwardian era, and their Scarlet Pimpernel was the defining theatrical hit of the decade; a spoken-word pressing of this scene is a genuine theatrical document.AI summary
His Master's Voice E160 Personalities (Prs)
Freddy Dosh's 'Impressions' on Decca (F6108), an instrumental or novelty piece from the mid-1930s.AI summary
Decca F6108 Personalities (Prs)
Frl Wiedecke performs German-language songs on Isi 266: 'Mensch da musste lachen druber' and 'Ach konnt ich noch einmal so lieben'. Isi was a small British imprint, likely aimed at German-speaking communities.AI summary
Isi 266 Personalities (Prs)
Credited to G Bates and H Conry on Pigmy, a minor British label; the catalogue number and performers are untraced in standard reference sources.AI summary
Pigmy 55 Personalities (Prs)
G. Elliot Smith on 'Man and Civilisation' and part 2, Columbia D40032. This appears to be a spoken or recitation piece; Elliot Smith was active in British recordings of the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Columbia D40032 Personalities (Prs)
Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies and a septet directed by Isolde Menges perform scenes from Gordon Daviot's Richard of Bordeaux on Decca K727, across two sides. Ffrangcon-Davies was one of the finest Shakespearean actresses of the twentieth century and Richard of Bordeaux was a landmark stage success of the early 1930s. This is a duplicate of record 15656 in this collection.AI summary
Decca K727 Personalities (Prs)
G Foster performs 'Nobody but You' and 'Your Mother & Mine' on the obscure St label, with no catalogue number surviving.AI summary
Sterno 249 Personalities (Prs)
Brunswick 03432 Personalities (Prs)
His Master's Voice B3936 Personalities (Prs)
Victor 20371 Personalities (Prs)
Gene Kelly, the American film star and dancer, performing two songs from Gershwin's "An American in Paris" with pianist André Guetary, on MGM. This is a soundtrack or film-related recording from one of the most celebrated musicals of the early 1950s.AI summary
MGM 423 Personalities (Prs)
Gene Kelly on MGM, performing 'The Time for Parting' and a version of 'Blue Danube' — the American dancer, singer and film star.AI summary
MGM 869 Personalities (Prs)
Gene Wolf recorded two spirituals or gospel pieces, "White Man Let My People Go" and "I Feel Like My Time Ain't Long", on the Regal label — material suggesting African-American spiritual or blues tradition.AI summary
Regal MR1634 Personalities (Prs)
General William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army, recorded 'Rope Wanted' and 'Don't Forget' on Columbia 2074 — one of the very few recordings attributed to Booth personally, made in his extreme old age before his death in 1912. This is a historically extraordinary document: the voice of the Salvation Army's founder on disc.AI summary
Columbia 2074 Personalities (Prs)
General William Booth — founder of the Salvation Army — on Columbia 2075, coupling 'Please Sir Save Me' with 'Through Jordan.' Spoken-word records by major religious and social figures of the Victorian and Edwardian era are an uncommon collecting area, and Booth's public significance gives this historical weight beyond the gramophone market.AI summary
Columbia 2075 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby, the ukulele-playing Lancashire comedian and film star, recorded 'Sitting on the Sands All Night' and 'Five and Twenty Years' on Regal; Formby was one of the most popular British entertainers of the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Regal MR2232 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby, the ukulele-playing Lancashire comedian and Britain's top film star of the late 1930s, with 'Swinging Along' and 'Lad from Lancashire' on Regal Zonophone.AI summary
Regal Zonophone MR3206 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby Jr., the Lancashire ukulele comedian and film star, performing two of his characteristic comic monologues on Regal. Formby was one of the most popular variety entertainers of the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Regal MR2752 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby Jr., the Lancashire entertainer and ukulele player, on Regal — one of his earliest recordings. Formby was a major British music-hall star and comic singer in the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Regal MR Personalities (Prs)
George Formby Jr., the Lancashire comedian and ukulele player, recorded 'Dare Devil Dick' and 'Bunkam's Travelling Show' for Regal. Formby was one of Britain's most popular entertainers of the 1930s and 1940s, famed for his bawdy humour and musical gifts.AI summary
Regal MR2295 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby Jr. with 'When we feater our nest' and 'You're a li-a-ty' on Regal MR2430 from his peak years in the 1930s–1940s.AI summary
Regal MR2430 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby Jr., the legendary British music-hall entertainer and ukulele virtuoso, performing "Somebody's Wedding Day" and "Easy-Going Chap" on Regal, from his prolific recording years in the late 1930s.AI summary
Regal MR2506 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby Jr on Regal MR 2752, with two comedy songs. Formby was one of Britain's most popular comedians and entertainers of the 1930s–1940s, famous for ukulele-banjo accompaniment and cheeky humour.AI summary
Regal MR2752 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby Jr, the legendary British comedian and ukulele entertainer, performs two novelty songs on Columbia: 'Mad March Hare' and 'You Don't Need a Licence for That'. Formby's recordings remain in demand among collectors of British comedy and music-hall material.AI summary
Columbia FB3251 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby Jr was Britain's most popular entertainment star of the 1930s and 1940s, famed for his ukulele and comedy; this Decca record of 'Believe it or not' and 'In a little Wigan Garden' is from his vast recording output for the label.AI summary
Decca F3950 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby Jr., the Lancashire comedian and star of British music hall and film (1904–1961), performing 'You're Everything to Me' and 'The Emperor of Lancashire' on Regal (catalogue MR3512). Formby was one of the most popular British entertainers of the 1930s–1940s.AI summary
Regal MR3512 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby Jr, the British ukulele entertainer and comedian, recorded extensively for Regal in the 1930s; this pressing offers two of his novelty comedy songs.AI summary
Regal MR2571 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby Jr performs 'The Cookhouse Serenade' and 'You Can't Love Two Girls at the Same Time' on Regal Records. These are novelty and comedy songs typical of Formby's enormous output in the 1930s-40s.AI summary
Regal MR3663 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby Jr., the Lancashire ukulele comedian and film star of the 1930s and 1940s, recorded for Columbia as well as many other labels. This Columbia FB-series pressing captures Formby at the height of his commercial success.AI summary
Columbia FB3262 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby Jr., the Lancashire ukulele comedian and one of the most popular British entertainers of the 1930s and 1940s, performing 'Little Wooden Tool Shed in the Garden' and 'Frigid Air Fanny' on Regal 2969.AI summary
Regal 2969 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby Jr. recorded 'She Can't Say No' and 'You Can't Stop Me from Dreaming' for Regal, catalogue MR2628, likely mid-1930s.AI summary
Regal MR2628 Personalities (Prs)