1,199 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Cicely Courtneidge was a British actress and entertainer known for comedy and musical theatre; this Columbia recording of 'Vitality' and 'If Only He'd Looked My Way' captures her theatrical style.AI summary
Columbia DB2806 Personalities (Prs)
Cicely Courtneidge, the British theatre and film star, recorded 'When it's Milking Time in Switzerland' for His Master's Voice B4002 in the 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B4002 Personalities (Prs)
Cicely Courtneidge was a star of British musical theatre and light comedy; this His Master's Voice pressing captures her in comic songs from her stage repertoire, likely from the early 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8674 Personalities (Prs)
Cicely Courtneidge, a celebrated British stage and recording star, performed in 'The Empire Depends on You' with Jack Hulbert in 'Keep it Under Your Hat' on HMV B8865. Courtneidge was a major music-hall and musical theatre personality of the 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8865 Personalities (Prs)
Cicely Courtneidge, a British stage star and actress, in two novelty numbers on His Master's Voice: "Birthday of the little Princess" and "Little Toy Train", from the late 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8941 Personalities (Prs)
Cicely Courtneidge, a celebrated British musical theatre star of the 1920s and 1930s, recorded two light numbers for His Master's Voice B8067: 'If I Had Napoleon's Hat' and 'We'll All Go Riding on a Rainbow'.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8067 Personalities (Prs)
Cicely Courtneidge, a major British musical-theatre star and comedienne, recorded for His Master's Voice. Courtneidge was known for comic monologues and songs drawn from West End revues.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8068 Personalities (Prs)
Cicely Courtneidge, a British stage and film star of the 1930s–1950s, on His Master's Voice performing comic musical material from her theatrical work.AI summary
His Master's Voice B4314 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)
Broadcast 645 Personalities (Prs)
Zonophone 2834 Personalities (Prs)
Clarkson Rose, a British musical-comedy entertainer and actor, performs two novelty and patriotic songs on Zonophone 6103 — likely a late pressing, as Zonophone ceased new recordings in 1924 but this catalogue number suggests post-1924 reissue or misdating.AI summary
Zonophone 6103 Personalities (Prs)
Claude Hulbert performing 'Limerick Puzzle Record' on HMV B3986. Hulbert was a British comic actor and music-hall entertainer of the 1930s–40s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3986 Personalities (Prs)
Claude Ivy, a British light entertainer, recorded 'When the Circus comes to Town' and 'Match Parade' for Decca in the early 1940s; the artist is unrecorded in standard references.AI summary
Decca F2527 Personalities (Prs)
Columbia 5185 Personalities (Prs)
Cliff Edwards, the American ukulele virtuoso and singer known as 'Ukulele Ike', recorded 'Singin' in the Rain' and 'Orange Blossom Time' for Columbia. Edwards was a major recording star of the 1920s and 1930s, and 'Singin' in the Rain' is one of his best-known recordings.AI summary
Columbia 5559 Personalities (Prs)
Cliff Edwards, 'Ukulele Ike', with 'When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along' and 'Lo-Do-De-O' on American Perfect.AI summary
Perfect 11620 Personalities (Prs)
Cliff Edwards, known as 'Ukulele Ike', performs two selections from Walt Disney's *Pinocchio* — the iconic 'When you wish upon a Star' and 'I've got no Strings' — on a Decca pressing.AI summary
Decca 18836 Personalities (Prs)
Cliff Edwards, known as 'Ukulele Ike', was an American recording artist and vaudeville performer famous for his ukulele playing and novelty recordings of the 1920s-1930s. This Brunswick 01752 side captures him performing popular material from his established recording career, and his work remains moderately sought by collectors of early popular recording and jazz-influenced novelty material.AI summary
Brunswick 01752 Personalities (Prs)
The Comedy Harmonists and Mathieu Wittrisch recorded 'Dreaming of a Fair Night' and 'Dreaming of Your Love' for His Master's Voice. The Comedy Harmonists were a minor German-influenced vocal ensemble of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3995 Personalities (Prs)
Cyril Fletcher, the British comedian and entertainer, performing an 'Air Ministry Security Record' on HMV — a wartime spoken-word item.AI summary
His Master's Voice JH49 Personalities (Prs)
Cyril Fletcher, a British comedian and comic entertainer, recorded 'Song of the Fletcher' and 'Ode of the Fletcher' for Columbia FB2506 in the 1930s–1940s. These appear to be Fletcher's own novelty compositions.AI summary
Columbia FB2506 Personalities (Prs)
Cyril Fletcher, a British entertainer known for humorous and absurdist monologues, on Decca F7280, performing 'Dreamin' of Thee' and novelty pieces.AI summary
Decca F7280 Personalities (Prs)
D Dickson and A Kearns recorded 'That Certain Feeling' and 'Nightie Night' for Columbia. The artists are not well documented; these appear to be light vocal or comedy numbers from the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 9129 Personalities (Prs)
Dailey Paskman with Radio Minstrels in two sides on Regal 9338.AI summary
Regal 9338 Personalities (Prs)
Dale Wimbow on Vocallion X9831 with 'Roll right offa my Green' and 'Horses', from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Vocalion X9831 Personalities (Prs)
Dan Dailey, the American actor and dancer, recorded two novelty and comic songs for Brunswick.AI summary
Brunswick 04088 Personalities (Prs)
Danny Kaye, the American comedian and entertainer, performing two novelty jazz numbers for Columbia. Kaye was a major recording and film star whose output was widely distributed.AI summary
Columbia DB2390 Personalities (Prs)
Danny Kaye was an American comedian, actor and singer known for rapid-fire novelty songs and comic delivery; this Columbia disc pairs two classic jazz standards in his comedic style, "Minnie the Moocher" and "Dinah".AI summary
Columbia DB2390 Personalities (Prs)
Danny Kaye, the American comedian and singer, on Decca 88006. 'Little Fiddle' is characteristic of Kaye's novelty and comedy song repertoire from the 1940s.AI summary
Decca 88006 Personalities (Prs)
Danny Kaye, the American entertainer and comic actor, recorded 'Tubby the Tuba Ditto' for Brunswick, one of several comic novelty recordings he made for film and record. Kaye was a major star of stage, film and variety entertainment.AI summary
Brunswick 01618 Personalities (Prs)
Danny Kaye, the American film comedian and entertainer, sings 'Babbitt and the Bromide' and 'Fairy Pipers' on Columbia, capturing his rapid-patter comic style familiar from his films.AI summary
Columbia 36584 Personalities (Prs)
Danny Kaye, the comic actor and vocalist, singing popular songs on Columbia; likely 1940s–1950s.AI summary
Columbia 36585 Personalities (Prs)
Danny Kaye on Brunswick, performing 'The Peony Bush' and 'I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts' — the American entertainer and comic vocalist.AI summary
Brunswick 04416 Personalities (Prs)
Danny Kaye with the Andrews Sisters on Brunswick, performing 'A Merry Christmas' and 'My Two Front Teeth', festive novelty recordings featuring two major entertainment names.AI summary
Brunswick 04399 Personalities (Prs)
A recording of David Lloyd George's 1909 Budget Speech on HMV D381, paired with a speech by Wedgwood on land and labour. Lloyd George's People's Budget of 1909 was one of the most consequential acts of Edwardian politics, and this disc is a primary historical document of his oratory. Spoken-word recordings of major political figures are a distinct collecting category.AI summary
His Master's Voice D381 Personalities (Prs)
Dean Martin, with Jerry Lewis on one side, with Every Street's a Boulevard in Old New York and How Do You Speak to an Angel on Capitol 14150.AI summary
Capitol 14150 Personalities (Prs)
The Dean of Canterbury (Henry Wace, probably, or a successor) recorded 'Let me enjoy this 'ere War in Peace' and 'Relevance of Christianity' for His Master's Voice, probably in the early 1920s. An unusual combination of a comic monologue with a religious address, both attributed to a senior Church of England figure.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3340 Personalities (Prs)
Columbia DB2589 Personalities (Prs)
A descriptive or narrative recording of 'Musical Influenza', likely a humorous or novelty piece, issued by Columbia in their DB-series. The two-part structure suggests a recitation or comic skit. Very little biographical information survives.AI summary
Columbia DB882 Personalities (Prs)
Play 10348 Personalities (Prs)
Diana Decker, a British-Canadian entertainer famous for novelty and comic material, performing 'The Happy Wanderer' and a sentimental ballad on Columbia in the early 1950s.AI summary
Columbia DB3434 Personalities (Prs)
Diana Dors, the British actress and pin-up star, recorded two novelty songs, 'I feel so mmm' and 'A Kiss and a Cuddle', on His Master's Voice B10613 in the early 1950s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B10613 Personalities (Prs)
Zonophone 1173 Personalities (Prs)
Dick Henderson, credited on Rad, a marginal British label, performing 'Song & Story' in two parts. Henderson's identity and Rad's precise dating are unclear.AI summary
Radio (Edison Bell) 1356 Personalities (Prs)
Dick Powell, an American singer and Hollywood star, recorded 'Flirtation Walk' for Decca; Powell was a major film personality of the 1930s and 1940s.AI summary
Decca F5650 Personalities (Prs)
Dick Powell, the American actor, singer and director, performing 'Lulu's Back in Town' and 'Rose in Her Hair' on Decca, from the 1930s.AI summary
Decca F5694 Personalities (Prs)
Dick Powell, the American actor, singer and dancer, on Broadcast Records 3340: 'I've Got to Sing a Torch Song' and 'Shadow Waltz'. Powell was a major Hollywood star and recording artist of the 1930s, with a fine light tenor voice.AI summary
Broadcast 3340 Personalities (Prs)