1,199 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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José Collins was a major British musical-comedy star of the 1910s and 1920s, famous for her roles at Daly's Theatre in shows such as The Maid of the Mountains. Columbia F1069 — 'I Like the Boys' and a letter duet with N Leyland — is a standard Columbia popular series pressing. Collins is a collected name in British musical-theatre history.AI summary
Columbia F1069 Personalities (Prs)
Joyce Grenfell, the British comedienne and entertainer, on His Master's Voice with 'There Is Nothing New to Tell You' and 'I'm Going to See You Today', representing her early recording career as a monologue and character comedian.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9295 Personalities (Prs)
Joyce Grenfell, the British entertainer, actress and writer, in humorous character monologues on His Master's Voice, likely from the 1940s–50s. Grenfell was famous for her witty spoken-word performances.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8930 Personalities (Prs)
Joyce Grenfell, the celebrated British entertainer and actress, performing 'There Is Nothing New to Tell You' and 'I'm Going to See You Today' on His Master's Voice B9295. Grenfell was known for sophisticated comedy monologues and character sketches rather than song performance.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9295 Personalities (Prs)
Joyce Grenfell, the British comic actress and entertainer, performing two songs on Columbia DB2918. Grenfell became well known for her comic monologues and sketches, particularly through radio and film.AI summary
Columbia DB2918 Personalities (Prs)
Joyce Grenfell, the British comic actress and entertainer, singing 'Yellow Rose of Texas' and 'All the Pretty Little Horses' on Columbia DB2947, likely from the late 1940s or early 1950s.AI summary
Columbia DB2947 Personalities (Prs)
Joyce Grenfell on Columbia DB3192, a British monologist and comic performer recording two numbers; Grenfell was a well-known radio and stage personality from the 1940s onward, though this particular recording is not especially scarce.AI summary
Columbia DB3192 Personalities (Prs)
Judy Garland with Just Imagine and I Feel a Song Coming On on Capitol CL14790.AI summary
Capitol CL14790 Personalities (Prs)
Judy Garland performs 'Wearing of the Green' and 'End of the Rainbow' on Brunswick 03172 from the mid-1930s. This is an early recording by the young Garland before her Hollywood stardom.AI summary
Brunswick 03172 Personalities (Prs)
Judy Garland, the American singer and film star, recorded 'The Boy Next Door' and 'The Trolley Song' from the film *Meet Me in St. Louis* for Brunswick (03558) in 1944. These are among Garland's most famous recordings.AI summary
Brunswick 03558 Personalities (Prs)
Judy Garland on Brunswick performing 'Skip to My Lou' and 'I Wish I Were in Love Again', popular and show songs by the major Hollywood and stage entertainer.AI summary
Brunswick 04887 Personalities (Prs)
Judy Garland, the legendary MGM star, recorded these two song standards for her home label. 'Better Luck Next Time' is a lesser-known piece; '(It Only) Happens When I Dance With You', composed by Irving Berlin, is one of Astaire's best-known numbers, performed here by Garland.AI summary
MGM 174 Personalities (Prs)
Brunswick 03038 Personalities (Prs)
Judy Garland was one of the greatest singers of the 20th century. This 1929 Brunswick side documents her earliest recordings, made when she was still a child performer, before her stardom in film.AI summary
Brunswick 0148 Personalities (Prs)
Judy Garland on Brunswick 02488, performing 'Dear Mr Gable' and 'You Can't Have Everything'. These are early Garland recordings, likely from her juvenile period before The Wizard of Oz (1939).AI summary
Brunswick 02488 Personalities (Prs)
Judy Garland, one of the greatest entertainers of the Hollywood era, recorded 'It Never Rains but What It Pours' and 'Ten Pins in the Sky' for Brunswick, likely in the early 1940s.AI summary
Brunswick 02656 Personalities (Prs)
Judy Garland, still a child performer at the start of her career, sings 'In Between' and 'Sweet Sixteen' on Brunswick, from among her earliest commercial recordings.AI summary
Brunswick 0148 Personalities (Prs)
MGM 174 Personalities (Prs)
Judy Garland, the American film and theatre star, recorded 'Here's What I'm Here For' and 'The Man That Got Away' for Phil 366, likely a small-label or non-standard pressing.AI summary
Philips 366 Personalities (Prs)
Judy Garland with The Man That Got Away and Here's What I'm Here For, both from the 1954 film A Star Is Born, on Philips PB366.AI summary
Philips PB366 Personalities (Prs)
Judy Garland performing 'Play That Barber Shop Chord' and 'I Don't Care' on MGM 243. Garland was one of Hollywood's greatest entertainers; this MGM Records release is from her recording career outside of her film work.AI summary
MGM 243 Personalities (Prs)
MGM 345 Personalities (Prs)
Judy Garland and Gene Kelly perform Irving Berlin songs from the 1942 MGM film *For Me and My Gal*—"When You Wore a Tulip" and "For Me and My Gal" itself—on Brunswick.AI summary
Brunswick 03432 Personalities (Prs)
Julian Huxley, the biologist, gives a talk on ants and their habits in two parts on Columbia D40052.AI summary
Columbia D40052 Personalities (Prs)
Kay Weber, Sophie Schuyler, and pianist Harold J Rome performed 'One big Union for two' and 'Nobody makes a Pass at me' (credited to Millie Weitz) for Decca. These appear to be novelty or comic songs from the 1930s or 1940s.AI summary
Decca 23060 Personalities (Prs)
Kaye, Marx and Durante — American entertainers (Danny Kaye, Groucho Marx, Jimmy Durante) in a novelty duet recorded on Brunswick. The combination of three major stars on a single side is unusual, though exact recording date and matrix cannot be determined without inspection.AI summary
Brunswick 04794 Personalities (Prs)
Kent Bowman, an artist of whom nothing is known, credited to the 49th State label, catalogue 251 — no side titles recorded.AI summary
49th State 251 Personalities (Prs)
King Edward VIII's 'Farewell Message' recorded on the Kugel label in two parts, a historic speech pressing from the abdication crisis of December 1936.AI summary
Kugel Personalities (Prs)
King Edward VIII recorded 'A Message to the Empire' for His Master's Voice, catalogue RB8417. This is Edward's only commercial recording, made during or shortly after his reign (1936-1937). It is one of the most sought and historically significant British 78s.AI summary
His Master's Voice RB8417 Personalities (Prs)
King George V's speech opening the Five Power Naval Conference of 1930 on HMV RB3290, in two parts.AI summary
His Master's Voice RB3290 Personalities (Prs)
King George V, recording of the 'Five Power Naval Conference' on His Master's Voice RB3290. This is a spoken-word recording of historical interest, capturing the British monarch addressing an important diplomatic conference.AI summary
His Master's Voice RB3290 Personalities (Prs)
King George V delivers 'A Message to the Empire' on this HMV record, a historically significant speech recording from the royal archives.AI summary
His Master's Voice RCS2811 Personalities (Prs)
King George V's A Message to the Empire on HMV RCS2811, a royal speech issued on disc for the Empire.AI summary
His Master's Voice RCS2811 Personalities (Prs)
His Master's Voice RCS2811 Personalities (Prs)
A spoken-word recording of King George V at the Five Power Naval Conference, issued by His Master's Voice. This is a historical documentary record rather than entertainment, captured on the HMV Red Label series.AI summary
His Master's Voice RB3290 Personalities (Prs)
His Majesty King George VI, speaking *A Message to the Empire*, a royal address recorded for His Master's Voice in two parts. This is a historically significant recording made during the reign of the reigning British monarch.AI summary
His Master's Voice RC3555 Personalities (Prs)
A Decca recording of the second part of the abdication narrative featuring King George VI, Churchill and others, pressed as SX3 in the immediate post-abdication period.AI summary
Decca SX3 Personalities (Prs)
L. Henson and T. Walls, credited on Columbia, recorded 'A Little Touch of Spring'. The catalogue number MC17 and artist credits suggest a dramatic or theatrical recording from the 1930s-40s. Nothing further is known of this recording.AI summary
Columbia MC17 Personalities (Prs)
Regal 1785 Personalities (Prs)
Laddie Cliff, a British actor and entertainer of the 1920s–1930s, performing two songs on Columbia 4340. Cliff was known for stage revues and light entertainment.AI summary
Columbia 4340 Personalities (Prs)
Laurence Olivier, one of the theatre's greatest Shakespearean actors, declaims two soliloquies from Hamlet—'To Be or Not to Be' and 'O That This Too Too Solid Flesh'—for His Master's Voice. Olivier's interpretations of Shakespeare defined the role for a generation.AI summary
His Master's Voice C3755 Personalities (Prs)
Laurence Olivier recorded these extracts from Shakespeare—a scene and a famous passage of theatrical instruction—for His Master's Voice, catalogue C3756. Olivier's Shakespearean recordings are uncommon on 78rpm.AI summary
His Master's Voice C3756 Personalities (Prs)
Layton and Johnstone performing their signature material on Columbia DX306. Layton and Johnstone were a famous African American song-and-dance duo who recorded extensively in the 1920s–30s and were among the most recorded entertainers of their era.AI summary
Columbia DX306 Personalities (Prs)
Columbia 01316 Personalities (Prs)
Len Spencer, the American vaudeville comedian and singer, performing 'Night before Christmas' for Columbia 1905.AI summary
Columbia 1905 Personalities (Prs)
Leslie Banks was one of the leading British stage and film actors of the 1930s and 1940s, best known for playing the villain in Hitchcock's 'The Man Who Knew Too Much'. This HMV JG-series disc (catalogue JG218) contains his wartime 'Salute the Soldier' paired with 'One Certain Soldier'. Wartime celebrity recordings are a distinct collecting category; the JG-series prefix is unusual.AI summary
His Master's Voice JG218 Personalities (Prs)
Leslie Henson was one of London's major stage comedians and musical-theatre stars of the 1920s-30s, celebrated for his comic timing and stage presence. This Columbia electrical recording from the early 1930s captures one of his comic sketches.AI summary
Columbia MC10 Personalities (Prs)
Leslie Henson, a celebrated British musical-comedy actor, with two songs from stage shows: *Why Didn't We Meet Before* (with St John) and *Coo* (with Burnaby), recorded for Columbia. Henson was a major West End star of the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Columbia F1061 Personalities (Prs)