180 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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A. Edwardes performing 'Teasing' on Zonophone, the British budget label, from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Zonophone 42227 Voice
A Vileshev on Zonophone 63554/62: Russian-language song, possibly vocal or instrumental, on a British Zonophone pressing, likely from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Zonophone 63554/62 Voice
Albert Whelan, a British singer and entertainer who specialised in character song and narrative ballads, recorded 'Wedding Breakfast' and 'Darby & Joan's Christmas' (with A. Augarde) on Zonophone 267; the very low catalogue number places this in Zonophone's earliest era, circa 1901–1905.AI summary
Zonophone 267 Voice
Albert Whelan, a celebrated British whistler and entertainer of the early gramophone era, recorded novelty vocal pieces including "Whistling Bowery Boy" for Zonophone's brown label series around 1910. Whelan was one of the first recording stars and a staple of early British gramophone catalogues.AI summary
Zonophone 266 Voice
Albert Whelan, a celebrated early British whistler and entertainer, recorded "Cinderella" and "Old Mother Goose" for Zonophone's green label series around 1910. Whelan was one of the first major recording stars and his nursery and character pieces were staples of the early gramophone.AI summary
Zonophone 265 Voice
Alexander Davidov performing a Russian-language vocal piece 'Proet Nebeenoe Sozdanye' on Zonophone X3-62014, a Russian-language recording on a British label.AI summary
Zonophone X3-62014 Voice
Alf Gordon, an unidentified vocalist, on Zonophone with 'That's What a Man Can't Do'; Zonophone catalogue number 42495 suggests a late pressing, possibly from the 1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 42495 Voice
Alma Jones sings 'Genevieve' on Zonophone 592 — a very early Zonophone pressing, given the low catalogue number. Zonophone was one of the original British record companies, later absorbed into the HMV/Gramophone Company orbit. Alma Jones is not a widely traced artist, but early Zonophone pressings with low catalogue numbers are of historical interest to acoustic collectors.AI summary
Zonophone 592 Voice
Arthur Gilbert singing 'There is a happy land', a Victorian hymn-style song, on Zonophone, likely early 1920s based on the catalogue number.AI summary
Zonophone XX42594 Voice
Barrington Hooper on Zonophone with 'Lolita' and 'Nirvana'—two vocal or instrumental pieces on a Gramophone Company subsidiary label from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Zonophone A382 Voice
Billy Murray, a leading American vaudeville and recording artist of the 1900s–1920s, performs two popular songs on this Zonophone disc: 'He'd have to get under' (a hit about early motoring mishaps) and 'Swing swing swing'.AI summary
Zonophone 1272 Voice
Billy Williams on Zonophone 2178, a light vocal record 'She's coming home tonight' and the comic number 'Why do you think I look so gay?' from the early 1900s–10s.AI summary
Zonophone 2178 Voice
Billy Williams, recorded 'Chanticleer' and 'You're the One' for Zonophone 584, likely in the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 584 Voice
Scottish popular songs by Billy Williams on Zonophone (catalogue 831), a British and international label active from the 1890s onward. Williams was a prolific recording artist.AI summary
Zonophone 831 Voice
Billy Williams performing 'Molly McIntyre' and 'It's a Grand Old Song is Home Sweet Home' on Zonophone 910, early 1900s-1910s era.AI summary
Zonophone 910 Voice
Billy Williams on Zonophone 135 with 'Postcards' and 'A Lover Up in Scotland', a British vocal recording from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 135 Voice
Billy Williams performing 'Little People' and 'Girls of Today' on Zonophone 143, likely an early recording.AI summary
Zonophone 143 Voice
Billy Williams, credited here on Zonophone X42869, sang "The Collier", a British ballad repertoire piece. Zonophone was a budget subsidiary of The Gramophone Company active in the early 1900s through the 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone X42869 Voice
Billy Williams singing 'We're all waiting for a Girl' on Zonophone 042010, a pre-1920s popular vocal recording.AI summary
Zonophone 042010 Voice
Billy Williams, a popular early recording artist, performing 'Old Armchair' and 'Only Bit of English We Have Got' on Zonophone A18, an early acoustic side from approximately 1903–1905.AI summary
Zonophone A18 Voice
Billy Williams on Zonophone performing 'She is My Best Girl Now' and 'I'm Out for the Day Today' — popular ballads from an unidentified vocalist, early 20th century.AI summary
Zonophone 1337 Voice
Billy Williams performing 'The Daylight Bill' and 'I'll Meet You One Dark Night' on Zonophone 559, a very early catalogue number in Zonophone's series. Williams is likely a minor vocalist or character artist.AI summary
Zonophone 559 Voice
Billy Williams performing 'Matrimonial Chimes' and 'Too-ral-oor-al-laddie' on Zonophone 560, part of Zonophone's very early catalogue series. Williams is likely a minor or pseudonymous performer.AI summary
Zonophone 560 Voice
Billy Williams singing 'Take me back to USA' and the Scottish number 'My Lass frae Glasgae Toon' on Zonophone, a British label active through the 1920s and 1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 676 Voice
Billy Williams recorded two comic or sentimental songs for Zonophone: 'Don't sing a Song about a Rose to me' and 'Don't let me get any better Nurse'.AI summary
Zonophone 832 Voice
Billy Williams performing 'Why do you think I look so gay?' and 'Playing the Game in the West' on Zonophone, a British subsidiary of the Gramophone Company.AI summary
Zonophone 258 Voice
Billy Williams recorded 'I'll Lend You My Best Girl' and 'I Don't Want a Girl for Sunday' for Zonophone (406), a British label subsidiary of the Gramophone Company. Williams was an early popular singer, and this record likely dates to the 1910s–20s.AI summary
Zonophone 406 Voice
Billy Williams, an American singer popular in the early 1950s, recorded 'Don't sing a Song about a Rose to me' and 'Don't let me get any better Nurse' for Zonophone, a British budget label. This is a UK pressing of his work.AI summary
Zonophone 832 Voice
Bransby Williams was a celebrated British dramatic monologist and actor-reciter of the Edwardian era, known for his vivid character pieces and theatrical readings; this Zonophone 78 contains two of his famous recitations, extracts from Dickens' 'David Copperfield' and his own dramatic monologue.AI summary
Zonophone A115 Voice
Bud Billings recorded gospel and religious material for Zonophone in the early 1920s; 'The Wanderer's Warning' and 'Will the Angels Play Their Harps for Me?' are hymnal and devotional pieces.AI summary
Zonophone 5422 Voice
Burt Shepard on Zonophone 42536, performing 'Hello old girl'.AI summary
Zonophone 42536 Voice
Burt Shepard recorded for Zonophone in the early 1920s; this pressing of 'No Wedding Bells for me' and 'Oh oh Antonio' is a comic or sentimental popular vocal.AI summary
Zonophone 38 Voice
Carl Brisson, a Danish-American tenor and musical-theatre star, performs 'Let Me Hold Your Hand Dear' and 'When the Love Bird Leaves...' on Zonophone 2901.AI summary
Zonophone 2901 Voice
Carrie Tubb, a British soprano, recorded 'Pansy Pansy' for Zonophone 43128, a mid-range catalogue number suggesting a 1920s-1930s pressing.AI summary
Zonophone 43128 Voice
Carrie Tubb and Hector Grant recorded 'Jealous Annie' and 'Their First Parting' for Zonophone 59, a very early catalogue number suggesting an acoustic or early electric recording, probably early 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 59 Voice
Clara Hultgren, a Swedish singer, recorded 'Synnove's Song' for Zonophone; the recording is from the 1920s or 1930s, and UK copies are scarce.AI summary
Zonophone 73040 Voice
Zonophone T1043 Voice
Collins and Harlan were early recording artists; this Zonophone side (catalogue 44128) dates to the acoustic era, likely 1900s–1910s. Zonophone was an early British and international label.AI summary
Zonophone 44128 Voice
D Denton recorded 'Coal black Mammy' and 'I shall remember your Kisses' on Zonophone, catalogue 2195. The first title contains a period racial epithet reflecting 1920s recording practice.AI summary
Zonophone 2195 Voice
Edward Davies sings two Welsh traditional songs—'Hen ffon fy nain' (Grandmother's Walking Stick) and 'Dafydd y Garreg Wen' (David of the White Stone)—on Zonophone, a British label that recorded widely in regional folk traditions.AI summary
Zonophone 1130 Voice
Eileen Wilson and Dick Thomas recorded "Broken Down Merry-Go-Round" and related novelty material for Zonophone. Both were American vocalists active in the 1950s with modest commercial appeal.AI summary
Zonophone 2317 Voice
Ernest Pike singing 'Killarney' on Zonophone 42356. Zonophone was a budget label with large pressings; Pike was a minor vocalist of the interwar years.AI summary
Zonophone 42356 Voice
Ernest Pike performing 'Alice, Where Art Thou?' on Zonophone, a British subsidiary of the Zon-o-phone company. The catalogue number and label suggest an Edwardian or early 1900s acoustic recording.AI summary
Zonophone 42357 Voice
Ernest Pike singing 'Eileen Alannah' and 'Kathleen Mavourneen' on Zonophone 494, a British label of the 1900s–1910s. Both are traditional Irish ballads.AI summary
Zonophone 494 Voice
Ernest Pike performing two songs on Zonophone A12, a very early issue catalogue. Zonophone was a British label of the 1900s–1920s.AI summary
Zonophone A12 Voice
F Cooper and H Payne performing 'Welcoming him in' on Zonophone X44122.AI summary
Zonophone X44122 Voice
F. Williams performing 'The Very First Girl I See' and 'Every Fellow's in Love with a Girl' (the latter credited to H. Forman) on Zonophone, a budget British label — a novelty vocal side from the 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 102 Voice
F Williams singing two popular ballads for Zonophone, a British label, in the early 1920s based on the catalogue number.AI summary
Zonophone 212 Voice