24 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
24 records matching
Bennie Moten led one of the key Kansas City territory bands whose personnel and style fed directly into Count Basie's later orchestra; this Bluebird disc presents two of his late-period sides.AI summary
Bluebird 5481 Jazz
Benny Goodman's 'Farewell Blues' and 'Margie', recorded for the American Victor label and issued on Bluebird, a budget subsidiary pressed during the swing era.AI summary
Bluebird 10973 Jazz
Clarence Williams, pianist, composer and talent scout, recorded 'Uncle Sammy Here I Am' with vocalist Eva Taylor, his wife, for Bluebird; Williams was a central figure in 1920s New York jazz and blues.AI summary
Bluebird 11368 Jazz
The Delmore Brothers performing 'Gamblers Yodel' and 'Brown's Ferry Blues' on Bluebird; the Delmore Brothers were influential American country and blues performers of the 1930s–1940s.AI summary
Bluebird 8230 Country
Fats Waller and his Rhythm with Winter Weather and Clarinet Marmalade on Bluebird 11469.AI summary
Bluebird 11469 Jazz
The Four King Sisters performing 'Yo Te Amo Oh Baby' and 'Rose and a Prayer' on the BB label, catalogue 11239. An obscure American vocal group on an unidentified British or American marque.AI summary
Bluebird 11239 Voice
Glenn Miller's orchestra performs 'Moonlight Serenade' and 'Sunrise Serenade' on the American Bluebird label, two of the bandleader's signature arrangements from his peak years in the early 1940s.AI summary
Bluebird 10214 Orchestra
Jan Savitt's Quaker City Jazz group recording 'Quaker City Jazz' and 'Sugar Foot Stomp' on Bluebird 10005.AI summary
Bluebird 10005 Jazz
Jan Savitt with That's a Plenty and Futuristic Shuffle on Bluebird 7733.AI summary
Bluebird 7733 Dance
Jelly Roll Morton's two masterpieces of early jazz piano: 'High Society' and 'Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say', recorded for Bluebird. Morton was the first important jazz composer, and these sides—especially the complex 'High Society'—show why; UK copies of this catalogue number are scarce.AI summary
Bluebird 10434 Jazz
Jerry Blaine performing 'Ti Pi Tin' and 'Prove It' on BB label 7443, a US small label release.AI summary
Bluebird 7443 Voice
Jesse Rodgers recorded "Back in Jail Again" and "Second Class Hotel" for Bluebird, a major American label best known for its hillbilly, blues and boogie-woogie output in the 1930s–1940s. Little is known of Rodgers himself in standard discographies.AI summary
Bluebird 7042
Knights of Rhythm recorded these two sides for BB, a tiny American label; the band is not well documented but the titles suggest a jazz-influenced dance ensemble of the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Bluebird 8882 Dance
Lonnie Johnson, the pioneering blues guitarist, with 'Rambler's Blues' and 'Fly Right Baby' on American Bluebird.AI summary
Bluebird 34-0708 Jazz
Manny Klein's Hawaiians recorded "Ulili Hula" and "Maori Brown Eyes" for Bluebird (10807), capitalising on the Hawaiian music craze of the 1930s. Klein was an American trumpeter and bandleader; this is a novelty Hawaiian recording from the era.AI summary
Bluebird 10807 Hawaiian
McIntyre recorded these swing-era novelties for BB, a minor American label; the artist's identity and background are not clear from available sources.AI summary
Bluebird 30-0831 Dance
Montana Slim was the name under which Canadian singing cowboy Wilf Carter recorded for the American market. This US Bluebird issue couples 'Call of the Range' with 'It's Great to Be Back in the Saddle Again'.AI summary
Bluebird B8753 Country
Sam Donahue was an American tenor saxophonist and bandleader known for his work in swing and big-band music from the 1930s onward. This BB 11479 pressing of "I'll Never Tire of You" and "Flo" represents his popular output.AI summary
Bluebird 11479 Jazz
Sid Peltyn performs 'Little Beer, Pretzel and You' and 'Two Buck Tim from Timbuctoo' on BB, an obscure British label. The artist and label are not documented in standard discographies.AI summary
Bluebird 5045
Sidney Bechet, the pioneering New Orleans soprano saxophonist and clarinettist, recorded 'Lay Your Racket' and 'I Want You Tonight' for Bluebird in the 1940s.AI summary
Bluebird 10472 Jazz
Teddy Powell was an American bandleader active in the 1940s; this BB Records (a small American label) pressing of 'Bluebird Boogie Woogie' captures the boogie-woogie craze of the era.AI summary
Bluebird 11082 Dance
Bluebird 6758 Jazz
Bluebird 11421
Wilf Carter, the Canadian yodelling singer known as 'Montana Slim', recorded two Western novelties for RCA Bluebird, a budget label of the 1930s-40s.AI summary
Bluebird B-4600 Country