40 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
40 records matching
Bill Haley's 'Rip It Up' on Brunswick is one of the pioneering rock and roll records of the mid-1950s. Haley was an American bandleader whose 'Rock Around the Clock' became the anthem of the rock era.AI summary
Brunswick 05615 Rock
Bill Haley's 'Rip It Up' was recorded for Brunswick in 1954, near the height of the early rock-and-roll craze. This is a pressing of one of the records that helped establish him as a major rock figure.AI summary
Brunswick 05615 Rock
Bill Haley recorded 'Hot Dog Buddy Buddy' and 'Rockin' through the Rye' for Brunswick 05582; this was an early Haley recording, before he became famous as the pioneer of rock and roll with 'Rock Around the Clock'.AI summary
Brunswick 05582 Rock
Bill Haley and his Comets recorded 'ABC Boogie' and the iconic 'Shake Rattle and Roll' for Brunswick (05338) in 1954. This is one of Haley's most important and commercially successful recordings, and a cornerstone of early rock and roll. Haley was the first white artist to have major rock and roll hits and remains a defining figure of the 1950s.AI summary
Brunswick 05338 Rock
Bill Haley and his Comets performing 'Two Hound Dogs' and 'Razzle Dazzle' on Brunswick 05453, a UK pressing from 1955; Haley's early rock-and-roll sides are collected by rock historians and enthusiasts.AI summary
Brunswick 05453 Rock
Bill Haley performing 'Burn That Candle' and 'Rock a Beatin' Boogie' on Brunswick 05509. Haley was one of the pioneers of rock and roll; these recordings document the very early phase of the genre in the mid-1950s.AI summary
Brunswick 05509 Rock
Bill Haley and his Comets' 'Calling all Comets' and 'Don't knock the Rock' on Brunswick 05640, from the mid-1950s when Haley was the leading figure in early rock and roll.AI summary
Brunswick 05640 Rock
Bill Haley and His Comets, 'Calling All Comets' and 'Don't Knock the Rock', on Brunswick 05640. Early Haley from the rock-and-roll pioneer, though these titles suggest mid-1950s minor sides rather than major hits; Brunswick was his main UK outlet.AI summary
Brunswick 05640 Rock
Bill Haley's 'Mambo Rock' and 'Birth of the Boogie' on Brunswick 05405, from the mid-1950s when Haley was at the forefront of rock and roll.AI summary
Brunswick 05405 Rock
Bill Haley and his Comets performing 'Rip It Up' and 'Teenagers' Mother' on Brunswick, from the rock and roll era of the mid-1950s.AI summary
Brunswick 05615 Rock
Bill Haley and his Comets recorded 'Calling All Comets' and 'Don't Knock the Rock' for Brunswick—pioneering rock and roll from the mid-1950s by the group best known for 'Rock Around the Clock'.AI summary
Brunswick 05640 Rock
Bill Haley's 'Shake Rattle and Roll' and 'Dim the Lights' on Brunswick: an early rock and roll recording from one of the first white artists to embrace the genre, recorded before his breakthrough with 'Rock Around the Clock'.AI summary
Brunswick 82844 Rock
Bill Haley performing 'Forty Cups of Coffee' and 'Choo ch'boogie' on Brunswick—early rockabilly or rock and roll from the 1950s.AI summary
Brunswick 05658 Rock
Bill Haley and his Comets with Shake, Rattle and Roll and ABC Boogie on Brunswick 05338, here on the original label.AI summary
Brunswick 05338 Rock
Bill Haley recorded 'Mambo Rock' and 'Birth of the Boogie' for Brunswick in the early 1950s, before 'Rock Around the Clock' made him an international star. These represent his swing and novelty output before rock-and-roll took over.AI summary
Brunswick 05405 Rock
Bill Haley and His Comets on Brunswick performing 'Rudy's Rock' and 'Blue Comet Blues' — early rockabilly from the pioneering rock and roll artist, likely 1955.AI summary
Brunswick 05616 Rock
Bill Haley, the pioneer of rock and roll, with *How Many* and *Skinny Minnie*, two novelty numbers from his early Brunswick period. These are minor recordings from before Haley's major hits, but from the crucial early 1950s.AI summary
Brunswick 05742 Rock
Bill Haley on Brunswick 05615, 'Rip it up', one of the rock and roll classics of 1956. Haley was the dominant rock and roll artist of the early period and his records were widely pressed; Brunswick copies are common.AI summary
Brunswick 05615 Rock
Bill Haley and his Comets with Shake, Rattle and Roll and ABC Boogie on Brunswick 05338, the British release of the 1954 rock and roll breakthrough, here on the original label.AI summary
Brunswick 05338 Rock
Bill Haley's early rock and roll on Brunswick, a major British pressing of a US rock pioneer in the mid-1950s.AI summary
Brunswick 05373 Rock
Bill Haley, the pioneering rock-and-roll pioneer, recorded 'Mambo rock' and 'Birth of the boogie' for Brunswick 05405, early rock and roll crossover material from the early-to-mid 1950s.AI summary
Brunswick 05405 Rock
Brunswick 05453 Rock
Bill Haley and His Comets on Brunswick 05509, performing 'Burn That Candle' and 'Rock a Beatin' Boogie'. Early Haley from the pioneer of rock and roll; Brunswick 05000-series sides are common, though earlier numbers may be less frequently reissued.AI summary
Brunswick 05509 Rock
Bill Haley performing 'Hot Dog Buddy Buddy' and 'Rockin' Through the Rye' on Brunswick. Haley was a pioneering figure in early rock and roll in the 1950s; this recording is from his pre-fame era before 'Rock Around the Clock.'AI summary
Brunswick 05582 Rock
Bill Haley, a pioneering rock and roll artist, on Brunswick 05616, performing 'Rudy's Rock' and 'Blue Comet Blues'—uptempo rock and roll sides from the early era.AI summary
Brunswick 05616 Rock
Bill Haley and his Comets performing 'Calling All Comets' and 'Don't Knock the Rock' on Brunswick 05640, a UK pressing from 1956; Haley's energetic rock-and-roll style made him one of the first major international rock stars.AI summary
Brunswick 05640 Rock
Brunswick 05641 Rock
Bill Haley and His Comets recorded this novelty and boogie number for Brunswick in the mid-1950s. While not one of Haley's most famous recordings, it documents his prolific recording career at the dawn of rock and roll.AI summary
Brunswick 05658 Rock
Bill Haley recorded 'Hot Dog Buddy Buddy' and 'Rockin' through the Rye' for Brunswick, catalogue number 05582, in 1954 or later; this is a dance or rock-and-roll era recording.AI summary
Brunswick 05582 Rock
Bill Haley and His Comets on Brunswick performing 'Hot Dog Buddy Buddy' and 'Rockin' Through the Rye' — early rockabilly from the pioneering rock and roll artist, likely 1954-55.AI summary
Brunswick 05582 Rock
Bill Haley and his Comets' 'Rip It Up' and 'Teenagers' Mother' on Brunswick 05615, from the mid-1950s when Haley dominated early rock and roll charts.AI summary
Brunswick 05615 Rock
Bobby Helms, an American country and rock and roll singer, performing 'Fräulein' and 'Heartsick Feeling' on Brunswick 05711 — a late 1950s pressing, part of the rock and roll era.AI summary
Brunswick 05711 Rock
Bobby Helms on Brunswick 05730 with 'No other baby' and 'Magic song', mid-1950s rock and roll and novelty sides.AI summary
Brunswick 05730 Rock
Bobby Helms, a minor American rock and roll and country artist of the 1950s, on Brunswick 05748 with 'Jacqueline' and 'Living in the shadow of the past'.AI summary
Brunswick 05748 Rock
Bobby Helms, a country and rock-and-roll singer of the 1950s, recorded 'My Special Angel' and 'Standing at the End of My World' for Brunswick; 'My Special Angel' was one of his major hits.AI summary
Brunswick 05721 Rock
Bobby Helms, an American rock and roll performer, on Brunswick 05730, performing 'No Other Baby' and 'Magic Song' — material from the mid-1950s.AI summary
Brunswick 05730 Rock
Bobby Helms, an American teen pop and country singer, recorded 'Jingle Bell Rock' and 'Captain Santa Claus' for Brunswick, catalogue 05765, dating to 1957-1958. Helms was a minor but recorded rock and pop artist of the late 1950s; 'Jingle Bell Rock' became a seasonal classic and is widely reissued.AI summary
Brunswick 05765 Rock
Brenda Lee, the American child star and later rock and roll performer, recorded 'Dynamite' for Brunswick in the mid-1950s as part of the early rock-and-roll era.AI summary
Brunswick 05685 Rock
Johnny Carroll, an early rockabilly and rock-and-roll performer, recorded 'Hot Rock' and 'Crazy lovin' for Brunswick 05603, an important document of British or early American rock and roll from the mid-1950s.AI summary
Brunswick 05603 Rock
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the pioneering gospel and rock and roll guitarist, recorded 'Lonesome Road' and 'Rock Me' for Brunswick 02737. Tharpe was a major influence on early rock and roll and her recordings are of high interest to gospel and rock historians.AI summary
Brunswick 02737 Rock