3,430 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Fred Astaire, the legendary dancer and singer, recorded 'After You Who' and Cole Porter's 'Night and Day' for Columbia; these are among his finest vocal recordings.AI summary
Columbia DB1215 Personalities (Prs)
Fred Astaire recorded 'Flying Down to Rio' and 'Music Makes Me' for Columbia (DB1329), songs from the 1933 film of the same name co-starring Ginger Rogers. Astaire was the greatest dancer and a major star of stage and screen, and this record captures him at the height of his popularity.AI summary
Columbia DB1329 Personalities (Prs)
Fred Astaire, the celebrated American dancer and singer, recorded 'Night and Day' and 'After You, Who' for Columbia in the mid-1930s. Both are standards by Cole Porter, and the recordings capture Astaire's distinctive light baritone and impeccable phrasing.AI summary
Columbia DB1215 Personalities (Prs)
Fred Astaire recorded 'We Saw the Sea' and 'I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket' for Columbia, catalogue DB1634. The latter is from the 1936 film *Follow the Fleet*, and both sides showcase Astaire's light dance-vocal style.AI summary
Columbia DB1634 Personalities (Prs)
Fred Astaire was an iconic American dancer, choreographer and entertainer; this Columbia disc pairs two songs from the 1935 film "Follow the Fleet", "We Saw the Sea" and "I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket".AI summary
Columbia DB1634 Personalities (Prs)
Fred Astaire, the American dancer and singer, recorded 'Let Yourself Go' and 'Let's Face the Music and Dance' for Columbia, catalogue DB1633. The latter, from the 1936 film *Follow the Fleet*, is one of Astaire's most celebrated numbers.AI summary
Columbia DB1633 Personalities (Prs)
Fred Astaire, the legendary dancer and entertainer, recorded 'After You Who' and 'Night and Day' for Columbia FB1255, likely 1930s–40s.AI summary
Columbia FB1255 Personalities (Prs)
Fred Bowers performs 'I Love the Girls from A to Z' and 'Jimmy Valentine' (a quartette piece) for Columbia A1043, from the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia A1043 Music Hall
Fred Duprez performing comedy or novelty material on Columbia A1516, an early catalogue number suggesting a pressing from the 1910s.AI summary
Columbia A1516 Comic
Fred Emney and Shale on Columbia 2600, a theatrical sketch or comedy turn titled 'Parlour Scene'.AI summary
Columbia 2600 Comic
Fred Feibel Quartet performing the swing standards 'Jeepers Creepers' and 'I Go for That' on Columbia FB2173, a 1930s British dance recording.AI summary
Columbia FB2173 Jazz
Fred Gibson recorded 'San Fari Ann' and 'Come on Papa' for Columbia, a major British label.AI summary
Columbia is1287
Fred Gibson recorded 'Poor Papa' and 'Oh Charley Take It Away' for Columbia, dance or comic songs of the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia is1916 Dance
Fred Kitchen recorded 'Private Potts' parts 1 and 2 for Columbia in the early 1920s. Kitchen was a music-hall entertainer known for character songs and comic monologues.AI summary
Columbia 1635 Music Hall
Fred Lennox Band on Columbia Records (budget CB series), performing two light dance numbers typical of the early 1930s — 'You Didn't Know the Music' and a Guy Lombardo arrangement, suggesting dance-hotel repertoire.AI summary
Columbia CB415 Dance
Fred Rich was an important American dance-band conductor and arranger who recorded prolifically for Columbia in the 1920s-early 1930s. This pressing of standards like 'Singin in the Rain' represents his commercial dance output.AI summary
Columbia 5561 Dance
Freddie Martin and his Hotel Bossert Orchestra, a popular American dance band, recorded for Columbia. Martin was a well-known bandleader of the 1930s–40s, leading a society-dance orchestra.AI summary
Columbia CB627 Dance
Freddy Martin, an American bandleader, performing two light orchestral novelties on Columbia in the 1940s.AI summary
Columbia FB2013 Orchestra
Fuller recorded 'Howdy' and 'Russian Rag' on Columbia 2906. These are popular instrumental novelty numbers of the 1920s on a major label.AI summary
Columbia 2906 Instrumental
G. Armanini, recorded the operatic pieces 'Brindisi' and 'Siciliana' for Columbia D5548: an unidentified tenor or baritone from the pre-electrical era.AI summary
Columbia D5548 Opera
Giuseppe Campanari, a major Italian baritone, performing two famous Mozart arias from *The Marriage of Figaro* on Columbia A740, from the acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia A740 Opera
G. Elliot Smith on 'Man and Civilisation' and part 2, Columbia D40032. This appears to be a spoken or recitation piece; Elliot Smith was active in British recordings of the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Columbia D40032 Personalities (Prs)
G. Gerrard and D. Farris in two novelty dance songs on Columbia: "Try her out at Dancing" and "Gorgeous Alexander", from the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 5404 Dance
G Grossmith and H Thatcher recorded two songs for Columbia Records, 'Church Around the Corner' and 'Wild Rose' (by D Dickson); the pairing suggests theatrical or variety performers from the early 20th century.AI summary
Columbia F1074 Music Hall
Grossmith, Hilda Thatcher, and S Beard performing 'Lorelei' and 'You Can't Keep a Good Girl Down' (D Dickson) on Columbia F1075, likely from a musical theatre or operetta production of the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Columbia F1075 Opera
G Hepburn Wilson, credited on Columbia 32428, performing 'The Tango' and an anonymous arrangement of 'In the Garden of My Heart' — ballroom and sentimental material from the early 1920s. Limited information available.AI summary
Columbia 32428 Dance
G Pimazzoni, an Italian opera singer, recorded two arias for Columbia: "Dio Possente, Dio d'Amor" and "Il balen del suo sorriso", both from Verdi's *Il trovatore*.AI summary
Columbia A764 Opera
G Reichberg performing two instrumental pieces on Columbia (catalogue is431), from the acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia is431 Instrumental
G. Reichberg recorded a piano arrangement of Kallinnikov's orchestral suite on Columbia's popular-priced series. The titles suggest light classical-salon material for domestic listening.AI summary
Columbia is430 Instrumental
George Robey and Clarice Evelyn performing a song duet recorded for Columbia. Robey was a major British music-hall star and actor, dominating the variety stage from the 1890s onwards; this L-series Columbia pressing dates from around the mid-1920s.AI summary
Columbia L1236 Music Hall
G. Zenatello and M. Gay, identified as operatic singers, performed the Italian operatic duet 'Ai nostri monti' (from La Traviata) and another piece for Columbia's prestigious A5000 series, an early electrical recording line.AI summary
Columbia A5370 Opera
Giordano Zenatello and Mario Gay, operatic singers, recorded the duet 'Ai Nostri Monti' and passages from unspecified repertoire on Columbia A5370.AI summary
Columbia A5370 Opera
Garber performing 'O sole mio' and 'Granny' (credited to the Columbians) on Columbia 3115, a popular-song recording from the mid-1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3115 Voice
Garber is credited with 'Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down' and 'Back in Your Own Back Yard' on Columbia 4912, a popular song side from the early 1920s. Without further identification this artist cannot be placed.AI summary
Columbia 4912 Voice
Garber on Columbia 4934, a dance-band recording of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Columbia 4934 Dance
Credited to Garber on Columbia 5160, performing 'Round Evening' and 'Sonny Boy'.AI summary
Columbia 5160 Dance
Garber recorded 'Puttin' on the Ritz' and Somers' 'Alice in Wonderful' for Columbia, popular songs of the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia CB46 Dance
An artist credited as 'Garber' on Columbia CB92, with a piece titled 'When a Woman loves a Man' and another credited to arranger 'Selvin': 'Oh how I adore you'. CB92 is among the earliest Columbia popular series, likely from the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia CB92 Dance
Jan Garber, the American bandleader, performing the novelty songs 'I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate' and 'Heartaches and Dreams' on Columbia 4935.AI summary
Columbia 4935 Dance
Garber and Davis, American dance bandleaders, recorded 'Sweetheart of Sigma Chi' and 'Dream Girl of Pi KA' (fraternity-themed novelties) for Columbia, catalogue A3793, in the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia A3793 Dance
The Garde Républicaine Band, a prestigious French military ensemble, performs 'Tout Paris' and 'Lothringer March' on Columbia, an early Is-series issue — a rare British pressing of Continental classical and march repertoire.AI summary
Columbia is90 Orchestra
Gene Autry, the singing cowboy star, recorded 'They Warned Me About You' and 'Rolling Along' for Columbia; his records are collected for both country and film music interest.AI summary
Columbia MC3385 Country
Gene Autry, the American cowboy singer and film star, performing his Christmas novelties 'Santa' and 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' on Columbia FB3576.AI summary
Columbia FB3576 Country
Gene Gerrard performs 'Desert Song It' and the topical number 'Eastern and Western Love' on Columbia, the British comedian and entertainer's theatrical recordings.AI summary
Columbia 4389 Music Hall
Gene Krupa, the pioneering jazz drummer, recorded these two hot jazz sides for Columbia Records on the LB10000 series, an early electrical recording series from the late 1920s. Krupa was one of the first drummers to be prominently featured in a jazz ensemble, and these sides are important examples of his early work.AI summary
Columbia LB10000 Jazz
Gene Krupa, the influential American jazz drummer and bandleader, on Columbia LB10033, performing "Overtime" and "Capital idea".AI summary
Columbia LB10033 Jazz
Gene Krupa was the most famous swing drummer of the 1930s and 1940s. 'Rhythm Jam' and 'Wire Brush Stomp' are instrumental showcases of his drumming style, recorded for Columbia. This British pressing documents important American swing-era material.AI summary
Columbia DB5048 Jazz
Gene Krupa, the swing-era drummer and bandleader, recorded 'Body and Soul' and 'Stompin' at the Savoy' for Columbia 38214. Both are standards of hot jazz and swing; Krupa's versions are highly sought by collectors.AI summary
Columbia 38214 Jazz