3,431 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Happy Six performing two novelty sentimental songs on Columbia, catalogue 3027. This is a very early Columbia catalogue number, placing it in the acoustic era circa 1907–1910, and likely a small group or studio ensemble.AI summary
Columbia 3027 Dance
The Happy Six, a dance band of the early 1920s, recorded two novelty numbers for Columbia.AI summary
Columbia 3030 Dance
Happy Six on Columbia 3141 with 'Boo Hoo' and a cover of 'Old Fashioned Girl'; an early 1930s dance or novelty group of no standard discographic record.AI summary
Columbia 3141 Dance
The Happy Six recorded 'Time Will Tell' and 'Save the Last Waltz for Me' for Columbia, likely a small dance ensemble of the 1920s–1930s; both are sentimental popular numbers.AI summary
Columbia 3269 Dance
Harold Williams performing 'Rebecca' and 'Jim' on Columbia 3224, likely from the 1920s-1930s.AI summary
Columbia 3224 Voice
Harold Williams singing 'Matilda' and 'Henry King', recorded for Columbia 3225. Williams was a British bass-baritone and concert singer active in the 1920s–30s; this early Columbia catalogue number suggests an acoustic or early electrical pressing.AI summary
Columbia 3225 Voice
Harold Williams was a British baritone vocalist and music hall performer active in the early 20th century. This Columbia 3226 pressing features comic or character songs typical of British variety tradition.AI summary
Columbia 3226 Music Hall
Harold Williams and his quartette performing 'Sailing at Dawn' and 'The Song of the Sou'wester' on Columbia 949, an early Columbia catalogue number suggesting a 1920s recording.AI summary
Columbia 949 Voice
Harriet Cohen, the celebrated British pianist, recorded a classical piano piece for Columbia in the electrical era; Cohen was a leading interpreter of contemporary British music.AI summary
Columbia DX1361 Classical
Harriet Cohen, the celebrated British pianist, accompanied by choir in 'Paean' and the *Kyrie* from Vaughan Williams's Mass in G Minor, recorded on Columbia. Cohen was a leading British concert pianist and a champion of contemporary British music.AI summary
Columbia DB1786 Classical
Columbia 4740 Instrumental
Columbia is2004 Misc.
Harry Bluff recorded 'Living Animals' and 'I Pity Myself I Do' for Columbia D264. Bluff appears to have been a British entertainer, possibly music hall.AI summary
Columbia D264 Music Hall
Harry Champion records 'Ginger You're Balmy' and 'My Natty Little Patch' on Columbia is193. The 'is' prefix is an unusual Columbia series designation — possibly an internal or special pressing series — rather than the standard UK Columbia catalogue; this makes the pressing unusual within Champion's Columbia output.AI summary
Columbia is193 Music Hall
Harry Champion on Columbia 1630, two comic British music-hall songs from the early 1920s. Champion was a leading British music-hall comedian of the early 20th century, known for his cockney character and comic patter songs.AI summary
Columbia 1630 Music Hall
Harry Champion, a legendary British music-hall performer and cockney character singer, performing 'Ginger You're Balmy' and 'Don't Do It Again Matilda' on Columbia 1490, vintage music-hall sides.AI summary
Columbia 1490 Music Hall
Harry Champion, the most popular British music-hall comedian of the Edwardian era, performs 'Billy Green PC' and 'The Natty Little Patch Behind' on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia 1512 Music Hall
Harry Champion on Columbia 1630, performing comic music-hall novelties. Champion was a major British music-hall star and comic singer of the Edwardian and 1920s era, known for cheeky and working-class humour. His recordings remain sought by collectors of British variety and social history.AI summary
Columbia 1630 Music Hall
Harry Champion, the Edwardian cockney music-hall star, recorded 'The Girl with Golden Hair' and 'Nan Nan Nan' for Columbia 2197. These are typical of Champion's novelty and character patter songs of the 1910s.AI summary
Columbia 2197 Music Hall
Harry Champion, the great cockney music-hall comedian, sings 'Father Christmas' on Columbia 6366. Champion is best remembered for 'Boiled Beef and Carrots' and 'Any Old Iron', and his Columbia sides from the acoustic era are collected by music-hall enthusiasts. The Columbia 6000 series in Britain dates from the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 6366 Music Hall
Harry Champion, a prominent British music-hall comedian, recorded for Columbia; "Old Time Medley" suggests a collection of his popular comic numbers.AI summary
Columbia DX289 Music Hall
Harry Champion, a celebrated British music-hall entertainer and cockney comedian, performing novelty medleys on Columbia. Champion was famous for his comic songs and rapid-fire delivery.AI summary
Columbia DX289 Music Hall
Harry Fay recorded 'I Want to Go to Idaho' and 'Ladies Beware' for Columbia D197, a very low catalogue number in the early Columbia numerical series.AI summary
Columbia D197 Voice
Harry Fay was an obscure singer on the British Columbia label in the early 1920s; little is known of his career beyond these recordings.AI summary
Columbia 1146 Voice
Harry Fay recorded 'Pom Diddley Orum' for Columbia, a music-hall novelty number. Fay is unidentified in standard references.AI summary
Columbia 26486 Music Hall
Harry Fay, a British music-hall performer, recorded 'Has anybody here seen Kelly?' (a famous Fred Karno sketch and song) and 'I like your old French bonnet' for Columbia 1165, placing this in Columbia's earliest vocal series from the 1900s-1910s.AI summary
Columbia 1165 Music Hall
Columbia 1254 Music Hall
Harry Fay on Columbia 1275 with 'In the Alpine Dress You're Wearing' and 'The Pretty Little Girl from Nowhere', popular comedy-novelty songs from the late 1920s or early 1930s. Fay is not a standard discographic name.AI summary
Columbia 1275 Comic
Harry Fay performing 'Won't There Be Any Wedding Bells for Me?' and 'When You're Married Girls' on Columbia 1359.AI summary
Columbia 1359 Voice
Harry Ford performing 'The Day I Became a Millionaire' and 'Don't You Think You've Overstepped the Margin?' on Columbia catalogue 1325 — an early Columbia number. Ford is not a name that appears prominently in standard references; an early Columbia catalogue number for an unidentified music-hall artist is worth checking before sale.AI summary
Columbia 1325 Music Hall
Harry Ford performing 'Naughty Boy' and 'What a Face' on Columbia catalogue 1164. Ford is not widely documented in standard music-hall references; a Columbia pressing with a catalogue number in the 1000-series is moderately early. An unrecognised artist on an early Columbia number warrants investigation.AI summary
Columbia 1164 Music Hall
Harry Glen performing 'Where Did That One Go' and a song titled 'Our Navy' on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia L1195 Voice
Harry Hemsley in 'A Christmas Rehearsal', recorded for Columbia FB2716. Hemsley was a prolific British comedian and actor celebrated for his monologues and character sketches; his Yuletide material was a popular seasonal release.AI summary
Columbia FB2716 Comic
Harry James, the American trumpeter and bandleader, on Columbia. James was enormously popular and his recordings were issued widely; most survive in quantity.AI summary
Columbia 36672 Jazz
Harry James, the American swing trumpeter and bandleader, recorded for Columbia in the 1940s-1950s. This pressing of two popular ballads reflects his later commercial period.AI summary
Columbia 36672 Jazz
Harry James was a celebrated American bandleader and trumpeter known for swing and big-band music; this Columbia disc couples two novelty numbers, "Sleepy Time Gal" and "Jump Town".AI summary
Columbia DB30242 Jazz
Harry James, the American swing trumpeter, recorded 'Sweet Georgia Brown' and 'Ciribiribin' for Columbia. These jazz standards and novelties show his commercial dance-band side.AI summary
Columbia DB5060 Jazz
Harry James, the American trumpeter and bandleader, performing "Ultra" and "Manhattan" on Columbia, from the 1930s-40s swing era.AI summary
Columbia DB3134 Jazz
Harry James, the star swing trumpeter and bandleader, plays 'Love Come Back to Me' and his huge 1947 hit 'Heartaches' on a UK Columbia pressing.AI summary
Columbia DB2332 Jazz
Harry James on Columbia DB2341, performing 'Cotton Tail' and 'The Beaumont Ride'. James was one of America's most celebrated big-band leaders and trumpeters, active from the 1930s onward. 'Cotton Tail' is a famous Duke Ellington composition.AI summary
Columbia DB2341 Jazz
Harry James, the American trumpeter and bandleader, recorded 'Two O'Clock Jump' and the closely related 'One O'Clock Jump' for Columbia in the swing era. Both are jump-blues numbers that showcase James's facility.AI summary
Columbia 37142 Jazz
Harry James was a celebrated American bandleader and trumpeter known for swing and big-band music; "Boo-Woo" and "Woo-Woo" are novelty pieces recorded for Columbia.AI summary
Columbia DB5058 Jazz
Harry James was a celebrated American trumpet virtuoso and bandleader, recorded here on Columbia for 'Home James' and 'Jesse'. This DB series pressing dates to the late 1930s or early 1940s.AI summary
Columbia DB5065 Jazz
Harry James was one of the most successful American swing bandleaders and trumpeters of the 1930s and 1940s, famous for his technically brilliant and driving orchestral sound; this Columbia side captures two of his swing recordings.AI summary
Columbia 36698 Jazz
Harry James's trumpet and Frank Sinatra's vocal on a Columbia dance-band recording of 'All or Nothing at All', a swing standard from the early 1940s. This is the first and best-known recording of the song.AI summary
Columbia DB2145 Dance
Harry Perritt performing blues and jazz material for Columbia FB1076, likely dating to the late 1920s or early 1930s. The titles suggest a musician working in the early hot-jazz idiom.AI summary
Columbia FB1076 Jazz
Harry Reser, a leading American banjo and novelty guitarist, on Columbia 3317, performing instrumental jazz-novelty sides from the mid-1920s; an important session in the history of banjo recording.AI summary
Columbia 3317 Jazz
Harry Reser, an American banjo virtuoso, on Columbia. Reser was a major figure in the 1920s dance-band era and remains collected; this early Columbia side dates from that period.AI summary
Columbia 3317 Jazz