3,430 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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The Charleston Chasers, a hot-jazz ensemble, perform Fats Waller's famous "Ain't Misbehavin'" and another jazz number on Columbia 5610, a British pressing from the late 1920s. This is an important early jazz recording, and UK Columbia pressings of hot-jazz sides are increasingly sought after.AI summary
Columbia 5610 Jazz
The Charleston Chasers on Columbia CB series, with 'What Wouldn't I Do for That Man' and 'Turn on the Heat'; a hot-dance ensemble from the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia CB16 Dance
Charleston Chasers, a dance orchestra, on Columbia catalogue 4562, performing 'Delirium' and 'Down in our Alley Blues' (Ellington). A jazz-influenced dance recording from the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 4562 Jazz
The Charleston Chasers were a hot-dance ensemble active in the mid-1920s. 'Imagination' and 'Sugar Foot Strut' are recorded on Columbia 4877, a catalogue number consistent with the mid-1920s.AI summary
Columbia 4877 Dance
The Charleston Chasers, a hot-jazz group, on Columbia FB1108. The Chasers were active in the late 1920s and their sides are sought by jazz collectors; the catalogue number places this in the late acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia FB1108 Jazz
The Charleston Chasers performing 'After You've Gone' and 'Davenport Blues' on Columbia, a hot-dance recording from the mid-1920s.AI summary
Columbia 4453 Jazz
The Charleston Chasers on Columbia 4453, performing two classic hot jazz numbers from the 1920s: 'After you've gone' and 'Davenport Blues'. The Chasers were a significant early jazz ensemble of the hot jazz era.AI summary
Columbia 4453 Jazz
Charlie Kunz, the master of the piano medley, performs one of his Columbia medleys on Columbia. Kunz recorded thousands of these light orchestral arrangements for British labels from the 1930s onwards.AI summary
Columbia FB60098 Instrumental
Charlie Kunz at the Chez Henri Club, recorded for Columbia, performing light ballads typical of West End nightclub entertainment in the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 5607 Dance
Charlie Troutt recorded 'Transportation blues' for Columbia, catalogue 4479, likely from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 4479
Chick Endor recorded dance or popular songs 'She's a Great Girl' and 'Lila' on Columbia 4964, likely from the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 4964 Voice
Chick Endor on Columbia 4905 with 'I've always wanted to call you my Sweetheart' and the popular ballad 'Ramona'.AI summary
Columbia 4905 Voice
Chris Barber's Jazz Band on Columbia DC672, performing Christmas material — a post-war British jazz revivalist, recorded in the 1950s.AI summary
Columbia DC672 Jazz
Christy Minstrel Quartette performing 'Laughing Song' and 'Cats Serenade' on Colonial 294. Colonial was likely a small British label; this appears to be a minstrel-style vocal recording from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Columbia onial294 Music Hall
Christy Minstrel Quartette on Columbia, catalogued 'Colonial 294', with 'Laughing Song' and 'Cats' Serenade'. A minstrel group performing comic vocal pieces.AI summary
Columbia onial294 Music Hall
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, the British comedienne and stage star, performing 'The Calinda' and 'Little Boy Blues' on Columbia 4714.AI summary
Columbia 4714 Music Hall
Cicely Courtneidge was a leading British musical-theatre star and comedienne of the 1920s–30s, known for her vivacious stage presence and her work in revue and musical comedy. 'Forty Seven Ginger Headed Sailors' and 'Monte Carlo' are songs from her theatrical repertoire, recorded for Columbia during her peak years.AI summary
Columbia 5176 Music Hall
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)
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 on Columbia, performing 'Vitality' and 'If Only He'd Looked My Way' — the British musical comedy star and actress of stage and film.AI summary
Columbia DB2806 Music Hall
Cicely Debenham performing two jazz-inflected vocal numbers on Columbia F1001. Little is known of Debenham, but the F-series catalogue number suggests a 1930s pressing.AI summary
Columbia F1001 Voice
Cicely Debenham, a vocalist, recorded for Columbia with pianist B. Wallis, performing 'Louana Lou' and 'Hello my Dearie'. The Columbia L1138 series dates this to the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia L1138 Voice
A dance band credited as Ciro's Club Coon Orch on this early Columbia pressing of two light theatrical numbers. The name reflects period nomenclature; Ciro's was a London nightclub.AI summary
Columbia 2713 Dance
Clapham & Dwyer were a British comic duo famous for their music-hall sketches and spoken recordings in the 1920s. This Columbia recording in two parts, 'At the Races', is a typical example of their comic patter.AI summary
Columbia 5201 Music Hall
Clapham & Dwyer, a British comedy duo, performing on Columbia DB243. They were known for spoken-word comedy routines in the music-hall tradition.AI summary
Columbia DB243 Comic
Clapham & Dwyer on Columbia DB1063, performing 'Another Day's Broadcasting' in two parts. The duo were British variety entertainers and comedians popular on radio and records in the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB1063 Music Hall
Clapham & Dwyer in another spoken-word comedy routine on Columbia DB338. Their recordings for major labels document the British music-hall comic tradition of the early twentieth century.AI summary
Columbia DB338 Comic
Clapham & Dwyer, British music-hall comedians, on Columbia FB1117 with 'Horses for Courses' in two parts — a topical comedy sketch.AI summary
Columbia FB1117 Music Hall
Clapham & Dwyer, a duo of British music-hall comedians, performing a novelty sketch on Columbia FB-series, a mass-produced comedy line; likely 1930s.AI summary
Columbia FB1155 Music Hall
Clapham & Dwyer were a British comic duo; this Columbia side credits them across two parts of a 'Fairy Tales' sketch.AI summary
Columbia FB1176 Comic
Clapham & Dwyer, performing a comic sketch titled 'Buying a House' on Columbia, a major British label. This is a continuation sketch split across two sides of the record.AI summary
Columbia DB338 Comic
Clapham and Dwyer, the celebrated British comedy partnership, on Columbia, performing the sketch 'Fairy Tales'.AI summary
Columbia DB681 Comic
Clapham and Dwyer were a leading British music-hall double act of the 1920s and 1930s; this Columbia recording captures a day in the life of broadcasting in their characteristic comic style.AI summary
Columbia 4745 Music Hall
Clapham and Dwyer, the British music-hall comedy duo, on Columbia DB570 with 'The Royal and Ancient Game', a golfing comedy sketch.AI summary
Columbia DB570 Music Hall
Clapham and Dwyer, a British comedy duo, on Columbia's DB series, performing comedy material; the duo were associated with British variety and music-hall entertainment.AI summary
Columbia DB1323 Music Hall
Clapham and Dwyer were a popular British comedy duo of the early 1930s; this Columbia recording captures their music-hall humour on 'It isn't Cricket'.AI summary
Columbia DB845 Music Hall
Clapham and Dwyer were a popular British comedy duo of the music-hall era. 'A Surrealist Alphabet' is a novelty comic piece, typical of their recorded work on Columbia in the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia FB1465 Comic
Clara Butt, the renowned British mezzo-soprano, recorded 'Down here' and 'A fairy went a-marketing' for Columbia PB-series. Butt was one of the most celebrated British singers of the Edwardian era.AI summary
Columbia PB5 Opera
Clara Butt, 'The Fairy Pipers' and 'My Treasure', on Columbia X300; Butt was a celebrated British contralto of the Edwardian and early 20th century, a major recording artist whose voice was among the first widely captured on commercial records.AI summary
Columbia X300 Voice
Clara Butt, the celebrated British contralto and one of the most recorded singers of the early 20th century, recorded 'Rock of Ages' and 'Eternal Father' for Columbia. Both are hymns or sacred vocal pieces.AI summary
Columbia DB1967 Voice
Clara Butt, the celebrated British contralto, recorded by Columbia in the acoustic era; a significant voice of Edwardian Britain.AI summary
Columbia X232 Classical
Clara Butt, the celebrated British contralto, recorded this novelty piece with her sisters on Columbia. An unusual ensemble recording from one of the most famous voices of the early gramophone era.AI summary
Columbia 7120 Voice
Clara Butt, the renowned British mezzo-soprano, recorded 'Friendship' for Columbia Records. Butt was one of the most celebrated British singers of the Edwardian era and remained active into the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 7269 Opera
Clara Butt, the British contralto and Edwardian concert-hall star, on Columbia with 'The Enchantress' and 'Three Fishers Went Sailing'—two of her signature art-song and ballad recordings.AI summary
Columbia 7306 Voice
Clara Butt, the celebrated British mezzo-soprano of the Edwardian era, recorded the aria 'Mon Coeur s'Ouvre à Ta Voix' ('My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice') from Saint-Saëns' Samson et Dalila for Columbia. This is a canonical operatic recording by one of the finest singers of her generation.AI summary
Columbia 74004 Opera
Dame Clara Butt sings 'Softly and Gently Dearly Ransomed Soul' — the Angel's Farewell from Elgar's Dream of Gerontius — on Columbia 75008. This is a standard electric-era Columbia pressing from the same 75000 series as the other Clara Butt discs in this collection; it is a fitting coupling of Britain's most celebrated contralto with Elgar's greatest choral work.AI summary
Columbia 75008 Classical