1,199 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Bransby Williams, a celebrated British character actor and monologist of the Music Hall era, on Columbia performing 'The Lounger' and 'The Yukon Trail' — spoken word pieces typical of his repertoire.AI summary
Columbia 2667 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams, a celebrated British actor, monologue artist and recording star, recorded two famous dramatic recitations (Tennyson's 'Charge of the Light Brigade' and Shakespeare's 'Henry V Speech before Harfleur') on Columbia. Williams' powerful dramatic interpretations were central to early British recording and remain important to collectors of spoken word and theatrical recordings.AI summary
Columbia 4013 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams was a celebrated British actor and reciter, renowned for his dramatic readings and monologues, particularly from Dickens. This Columbia DX554 (a two-part issue) of 'A Charles Dickens Christmas' is a landmark of his extensive recorded legacy of dramatic recitation from the inter-war era.AI summary
Columbia DX554 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams, a celebrated British actor and reciter, performing dramatic monologues on His Master's Voice. Williams was known for his recitations of famous dramatic scenes, and his recordings are sought by theatrical and spoken-word collectors.AI summary
His Master's Voice C500 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams was a celebrated British actor and reciter of dramatic monologues; this Columbia disc features "Scrooge" in two parts, one of his most famous readings from Dickens.AI summary
Columbia 347 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams, the famous British character actor and monologist, performing his signature piece 'Mr Micawber' from Dickens's David Copperfield on His Master's Voice TP4356. Williams was one of the earliest and most prolific recitation artists.AI summary
His Master's Voice TP4356 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams, the celebrated Victorian reciter and character actor, recorded 'Svengali' (a dramatic monologue) for His Master's Voice TP4815. Williams was one of Britain's most famous variety performers, known for his intense dramatic recitations and character pieces.AI summary
His Master's Voice TP4815 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams, a celebrated Victorian and Edwardian reciter and character actor, recorded 'Touch of the Master's Hand' for His Master's Voice TP series. Williams was a major variety star of his era, known for dramatic monologue and character pieces.AI summary
His Master's Voice TP6009 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams (1870-1961), the British actor and monologuist, performs The Penny Showman in two sides on Actuelle 10242.AI summary
Actuelle 10242 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams, a celebrated British actor and reciter of the early twentieth century, recorded dramatic selections from Dickens' A Christmas Carol ('Scrooge the Dream') for Decca. Williams was famous for his dramatic monologues and literary recitations.AI summary
Decca K1964 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams was a celebrated British actor and reciter specialising in dramatic monologues drawn from Dickens and other classic literature; this early Columbia pressing features two of his signature pieces, "Tony Weller" and "Bill Sykes".AI summary
Columbia 400 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams, a celebrated British character actor and music-hall entertainer, recorded 'Seaside Cries' and 'The Author' for Columbia, catalogue 2723. Both are character monologues typical of his repertoire.AI summary
Columbia 2723 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams, the celebrated British character actor and reciter, recorded 'Lounger' and 'Yukon Trail' for Columbia, catalogue 2667. Williams was famous for his dramatic monologues and character sketches.AI summary
Columbia 2667 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams, a celebrated British actor and monologist, performing dramatic readings from Dickens ('Death of Little Nell' and 'Sidney Carton's Farewell') on Columbia, a major British label. This represents Williams' work in the spoken dramatic genre for which he was famous.AI summary
Columbia 4836 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams (1870-1961), the British actor and monologuist, performs The Town Crier in two sides on Sterno 1394.AI summary
Sterno 1394 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams, a celebrated British actor and reciter known for dramatic monologues, on Columbia 2560 performing 'Devil-May-Care' and 'Death of Uncle Tom'.AI summary
Columbia 2560 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams, a celebrated British actor and reciter active from the 1890s through the 1930s, performing dramatic recitations "The Green Eye of the Yellow God" (a famous recitation poem by J. Milton Hayes) and "Caretaker" on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia 388R Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams was a celebrated British entertainer and actor known for his dramatic recitations and character monologues. These two pieces, 'The Bells' and 'The Portrait', are typical of the elocutionary spoken-word material that formed a major part of his recorded career. This is an early Columbia 78 from the acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia 408 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)
His Master's Voice B1923 Personalities (Prs)
Bruce McKenzie on 'Bantry Bay' and 'Wearing o' the Green' (arranged by O'Brady), released on Philharmonic Records 42. This is Irish traditional repertoire; Philharmonic was a small British label of the 1930s-40s.AI summary
Philharmonic 42 Personalities (Prs)
Bud Flanagan, one of the Crazy Gang comedians and a major British entertainer, performing two popular songs on Decca: 'Tomorrow Is a Beautiful Day' and 'Who Could Love You Like Me'. Flanagan was a star of stage and film and his recordings remain of interest to theatre and comedy enthusiasts.AI summary
Decca F8595 Personalities (Prs)
Bud Flanagan with Allen on Decca, performing 'Two very ordinary People' and 'Tomorrow is a beautiful Day'. Flanagan was a long-standing British radio and stage entertainer, best known as one half of the Crazy Gang.AI summary
Decca Y5981 Personalities (Prs)
Imperial 1352 Personalities (Prs)
Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert, the famous British theatrical duo, on His Master's Voice B8506. Both were major theatre personalities of the 1920s–1930s; their records are sought by music-hall and theatre specialists.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8506 Personalities (Prs)
Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert in songs from theatrical shows, 'Birdie out of a Cage' and 'I was anything but sentimental', on His Master's Voice B8577. Courtneidge and Hulbert were major musical theatre stars of the 1920s-1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8577 Personalities (Prs)
Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert, major stars of British musical theatre, recorded 'Love's Reawakening' for Columbia 9294; the pair's theatrical recordings remain popular with collectors.AI summary
Columbia 9294 Personalities (Prs)
Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert, stars of British musical theatre and film, recorded 'The Schoolmaster and the Boy' for Columbia 9593; this theatrical couple were major names from the 1920s through the 1950s.AI summary
Columbia 9593 Personalities (Prs)
Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert on His Master's Voice C2868, a selection from their theatrical work. Both were major British stage and film stars of the 1920s and 1930s, celebrated for their comedy, musicality and partnership in light musical theatre.AI summary
His Master's Voice C2868 Personalities (Prs)
C Day Lewis, the British poet and poet laureate, reciting his own 'Birthday Poem' and works by Emily Brontë, and recitations titled 'Album', 'Statuette', and 'Christmas Tree' for HMV C3766.AI summary
His Master's Voice C3766 Personalities (Prs)
Carl Ormeron and others with Wishing You a Merry Christmas 1929 and, by June Parker and others, Happy New Year 1930 on Brunswick, a seasonal greeting record.AI summary
Brunswick unswick Personalities (Prs)
Carlyle Cousins on Decca F5276 recorded 'America Calling'; Decca F5276 is from a mainstream British pressing period, likely the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Decca F5276 Personalities (Prs)
Carmen Miranda was the Brazilian singer and dancer who became a star of American film in the 1940s. This Brunswick recording of 'Chattanooga Choo Choo' and a Portuguese-language side documents her recording career during her Hollywood period.AI summary
Brunswick 03437 Personalities (Prs)
Carmen Miranda on Brunswick 03207, performing 'I Yi Yi Yi Yi' and 'Chica Chica Boom Chic'. Miranda was a Brazilian samba and novelty singer famous for her energetic, rhythmic style and theatrical persona; these are novelty numbers from the 1940s.AI summary
Brunswick 03207 Personalities (Prs)
Carol Channing, the Broadway star, in 'Little Girl from Little Rock' and 'Sunshine' (with Y. Adair and E. Brotherson) on Columbia DB3331. Channing was famous for her roles in mid-century musicals.AI summary
Columbia DB3331 Personalities (Prs)
Columbia FB2472 Personalities (Prs)
Imperial 2776 Personalities (Prs)
Charles Penrose, the British comic vocalist best known for 'The Laughing Policeman', performing 'Laughing Family' and 'Away with melancholy' for Pathé 79958.AI summary
Pathé 79958 Personalities (Prs)
Decca F3262 Personalities (Prs)
Children's songs credited to Charles Penrose, the music hall singer behind The Laughing Policeman, on the Nursery label.AI summary
Nursery K Personalities (Prs)
Charlie Chester, a British entertainer and comedian, performing two novelty numbers for Decca.AI summary
Decca F8693 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)
His Master's Voice C2740 Personalities (Prs)
Cicely Courtneidge, the celebrated British actress and musical comedy performer, recorded comedy dialogue and musical material for Day, a small British label. Courtneidge was a star of West End musical theatre and revue.AI summary
Day Personalities (Prs)
Cicely Courtneidge (1893–1980) was a celebrated British musical comedy actress and singer, a star of the London stage and early British film. This Columbia DB-series pressing captures her from a musical or revue.AI summary
Columbia DB2805 Personalities (Prs)
Cicely Courtneidge, a major British stage and film star, recorded 'Vitality' and 'If Only He'd Looked My Way' on Columbia DB-series; Courtneidge was a celebrated comedian and musical-theatre performer.AI summary
Columbia DB2806 Personalities (Prs)
Cicely Courtneidge was a British musical-theatre and revue star. Speak-O-Phone recording 'Gentlemen the King' is from an obscure label with no catalogue number; extremely scarce.AI summary
Speak-O-Phone Personalities (Prs)
Cicely Courtneidge was a celebrated British actress, singer and revue performer of the 1920s–1940s, known for comic songs and theatre work. This Columbia recording (DB2805) of material from a stage show ('It's Bound to Be Right on the Night') documents her stage comedy. Courtneidge's records are sought by British theatre enthusiasts.AI summary
Columbia DB2805 Personalities (Prs)