3,431 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Harry Reser was an American banjo virtuoso and pioneer of jazz arranging in the 1920s. This Columbia recording of 'Heebie Jeebies' and 'Ukulele Lady' captures the joyful ukulele-and-jazz craze of the era. Both are standards of hot-dance recording.AI summary
Columbia 3797 Jazz
Harry Reser Trio, a novelty jazz ensemble, recorded 'Oh Gee, Oh Gosh' and 'Every Day' for Columbia. Both are light dance numbers typical of 1920s–30s novelty jazz.AI summary
Columbia 3309 Jazz
Harry Tally, an American tenor recording artist of the early 1900s, performing 'Sadie Moore' on Columbia. Tally was a prolific acoustic-era recording artist, and his sides are collected by enthusiasts of early American popular song.AI summary
Columbia 1088 Voice
Harry Tally recorded 'Sadie Moore' for Columbia catalogue 1088, early acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia 1088 Music Hall
Harry Tate, the Edwardian and inter-war music-hall comedian, performing his signature sketch 'Running an Office' on Columbia DX753. Tate was a major variety star and recording artist of the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Columbia DX753 Comic
Harry Tate, the famous British comedy actor and performer, with Violet Loraine in 'How's your Father' and Jeanne de Casalis in 'Modern Amazon', on Columbia 2583. Tate was one of the most popular British comedians of the early twentieth century.AI summary
Columbia 2583 Personalities (Prs)
Harry Tate, a famous music-hall comedian and sketch performer of the Edwardian and interwar eras, on Columbia 870 with his celebrated sketch 'Selling a Car' in two parts. Tate was one of the great variety performers of his time.AI summary
Columbia 870 Music Hall
Harry Tate, the celebrated British music-hall comedian and car enthusiast, performing his famous 'Motoring' sketch on Columbia (catalogue DX215), part of his extensive comic recording legacy.AI summary
Columbia DX215 Music Hall
Harry Tate, a celebrated British music hall comedian and actor, performed his signature comedy monologue "Running an Office" in two parts for Columbia; Tate's theatrical sketches were enormously popular in the early 20th century.AI summary
Columbia DX753 Music Hall
Harry Tate, the British music-hall comedian, recorded 'Motoring' (Parts 1 and 2) for Columbia 320; Tate was a celebrated variety entertainer of the Edwardian and inter-war periods known for his character sketches and comic monologues about contemporary life.AI summary
Columbia 320 Music Hall
Harry Tate, the legendary Scottish comedian and music-hall performer, on Columbia with 'Motoring' parts 1 and 2; Tate was famous for his sketch comedy and his 'Motoring' sketch was one of his most celebrated pieces.AI summary
Columbia 320 Music Hall
Harry Tate was a major British music-hall comedian famous for his comic sketches and monologues, often performed with props and comic timing. 'Selling a Car' was one of his most famous pieces, likely a rapid-fire comedy routine about the absurdities of selling an automobile. This Columbia recording is from the acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia 870 Personalities (Prs)
Harry Tate, a renowned British music-hall comic, recorded for Columbia; "Motoring" was one of his classic monologue sketches, a staple of British variety.AI summary
Columbia DX215 Comic
Harry Thornton recorded character and dramatic songs for Columbia in the 1920s–1930s; the artist is not well documented.AI summary
Columbia 141 Voice
Harry Welchman, a light operatic tenor of the 1920s and 1930s, recorded theatrical reminiscences for Columbia as part of a longer series; this is part 3 and 4.AI summary
Columbia FB1240 Voice
Harry Welchman, a tenor and musical-theatre performer, recorded 'Theatre Memories' for Columbia. Welchman was active in light opera and musical theatre in the 1920s and 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB754 Voice
Harry Welchman, a British tenor and light opera performer, recalls 'Theatre Memories' on Columbia. Welchman was a long-serving performer in musical theatre and a prolific recording artist.AI summary
Columbia FB1240 Personalities (Prs)
Harry Yerkes and His Novelty Jass Band (credited as 'Bells' here), an American jazz and novelty ensemble, recorded 'Simplicity Intermezzo' and a piece by E Rubsam for the early Columbia series, catalogue D82, likely 1920s.AI summary
Columbia D82 Jazz
Haver and Lee, credited performers on Columbia's DB series, performing comic or novelty material suggested by the title.AI summary
Columbia DB747 Comic
Hayes & Croft recorded two Western or Americana-themed songs—"On the Trail to Santa Fe" and "My Morning Star"—for Columbia, likely in the 1920s–30s era.AI summary
Columbia is998 Country
Hayes and Croft performing 'To Me It's Simply Heaven, 'Cos It's Home' and 'How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down on the Farm', the famous World War I song, on Columbia IS1132, a British pressing from the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia is1132 Music Hall
Hayes and Croft recorded for Columbia, with catalogue number IS1020, likely from the early 1930s. The material is sentimental vocal material typical of the era.AI summary
Columbia is1020 Voice
Hayes and Croft on Columbia, performing 'Take me back to dear old Blighty' and 'Laughing mask'; British variety singers of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Columbia is1022 Music Hall
Hayes and Croft performing 'For me and my gal' and 'My Devon Girl' on a Columbia Imperial Series pressing; likely a mid-1920s regional or dance-hall coupling.AI summary
Columbia is1100 Dance
Heddle Nash, a celebrated British tenor, recorded 'Two Eyes of Grey' and 'To a Wild Rose' on Columbia, catalogue DB1365.AI summary
Columbia DB1365 Voice
Heddle Nash, the celebrated English tenor, performing 'Frederica' and 'Wayside Rose' on Columbia DX115. Nash was one of the leading lyric tenors of the mid-20th century and a frequent recording artist.AI summary
Columbia dx115 Opera
An unidentified performer or band on Columbia; novelty dance titles suggest mid-1930s.AI summary
Columbia FB2012 Dance
Heinz Sandhauer's band recorded for Columbia's German language series in the 1950s; two German novelty songs.AI summary
Columbia MC3158 Dance
Helen Gilliland, a British singer, recorded novelty and character material for Columbia in the late 1920s; 'The One You Care For' and 'The Bulldog Breed' (a patriotic novelty) are typical of her comedy-song repertoire.AI summary
Columbia 4884 Comic
Helen Gilliland singing 'If you're a Friend of mine' and 'Calling me Home', recorded for Columbia in the early acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia 9420 Voice
Helen Hope, an obscure vocalist, singing two sentimental ballads on Columbia DB784, likely mid-1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB784 Voice
Henri Leoni recorded 'When the Angelus is Ringing' and 'The Red White and Blue' for Columbia, probably in the early 1920s. Leoni was a minor vocal artist of the acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia 2485 Voice
Henri Leoni on Columbia 3935, performing 'Valencia' and 'Have you forgotten Yvonne?', popular sentimental songs from the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3935 Voice
Henri Leoni recorded 'When the Angelus is Ringing' and 'The Red White and Blue' for Columbia. Leoni was a tenor vocalist active in the early 1900s–1920s.AI summary
Columbia 2485 Voice
Henri Scott recorded this operatic art-song for Columbia, a major British label. The artist is not identifiable from standard reference, though the catalogue number ColL1093 suggests a pressing from the early acoustic era or thereafter.AI summary
Columbia L1093 Classical
Henri Scott recorded 'Heart bowed down' and 'In happy Moments' for Columbia, catalogue L1093. Scott was a tenor vocalist of the 1920s–30s, and these are drawing-room ballads typical of the era.AI summary
Columbia L1093 Voice
Henry Burr, a prolific American ballad singer, performing 'Won't You Come Over to My House' on Columbia 3603 — an early catalogue number suggesting c. 1910s pressing.AI summary
Columbia 3603 Voice
Henry Burr, a prolific American recording artist and tenor, recorded 'Goodnight Little Girl Goodnight' and a spoken announcement advertising Columbia records on Columbia. The latter is a non-musical item of advertising interest; Burr was active from the 1900s through the 1920s and recorded prolifically.AI summary
Columbia Advert Voice
Henry Hall, a British bandleader and dance orchestra director, on Columbia; the titles suggest novelty or song numbers, likely mid-1930s.AI summary
Columbia FB2125 Dance
Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra with I'm Going Home for Christmas and The Santa Claus Express on Columbia FB1215.AI summary
Columbia FB1215 Dance
Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra, the house band of the BBC in the 1930s and 1940s, recorded 'Moon Over Miami' and 'Swing' for Columbia. Hall was one of the most prolific and broadcast British bandleaders of the era.AI summary
Columbia FB1317 Dance
Columbia FB1506
Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra performing 'South of the Border' and 'I Paid for the Lie That I Told You' on Columbia, from one of Britain's most popular radio dance bands.AI summary
Columbia FB2235 Dance
Henry Hall and his band, with vocal guest appearances by Flanagan and Allen (a famous British comedy-song duo), recorded 'A Bungalow a Piccolo and You' and 'Underneath the Arches' for Columbia. The latter is one of Flanagan and Allen's signature pieces.AI summary
Columbia CB481 Music Hall
Henry Hall was the BBC Dance Orchestra's director in the 1930s and 40s, and this Columbia pressing pairs two mid-tempo dance numbers typical of his light orchestral output.AI summary
Columbia FB1035 Dance
Henry Hall and his BBC Dance Orchestra, one of Britain's most famous bands, recorded these two sides for Columbia; Hall was the longstanding conductor of the BBC's dance orchestra and became a household name.AI summary
Columbia FB1902 Dance
Henry Hall's band on Columbia—a UK dance and light music ensemble that recorded extensively for Decca and Columbia in the 1930s and 1940s, this disc features two instrumental dance sides from the FB2000 series.AI summary
Columbia FB2234 Dance
Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra performing 'South of the Border' and 'I Paid for the Lie That I Told You' on Columbia, from one of Britain's most popular radio dance bands.AI summary
Columbia FB2235 Dance