3,431 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Hue Lee recorded 'Rosie, Rosie, I Love You' and 'An Autumn Melody' for Columbia in the early 1950s. Lee was a minor vocalist in the popular register of the early-to-mid 1950s.AI summary
Columbia DB2837 Voice
Hugo and Luigi performing 'Rockabilly Party' and 'Shenandoah Rose' on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia DB3978 Rock
Hulda Lashanska performing sentimental ballad standards 'Annie Laurie' and 'Home Sweet Home' on Columbia 7341, from the early acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia 7341 Voice
Huntley Wright, an actor and singer, duetting with Edith Laye and Gwen Randolph in two numbers from the musical 'Joseph' and 'Two Little Birds in a Tree' on Columbia 3371, from the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3371 Music Hall
Huntley Wright, a British tenor and musical-theatre performer, recorded songs from his stage repertoire for Columbia. Wright was associated with Edwardian and later musical comedy and operetta.AI summary
Columbia F1080 Voice
I Ferraris and C Formichi performing parts 7 and 8 of the Rigoletto quartet from Verdi's opera for Columbia D17735, a long-playing double-sided 12-inch.AI summary
Columbia D17735 Opera
I Ferraris and C. Formichi performing two takes of 'Rigoletto' on Columbia D17747. This represents operatic duet material, likely from the 1920s–30s era, by Italian singers on a British Columbia pressing.AI summary
Columbia D17747 Opera
Idelle Patterson on Columbia, a female vocalist recording sentimental and light novelty material from the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 1817 Voice
Ifor Evans, a distinguished Welsh poet and broadcaster, performing readings of twentieth-century poetry on Columbia's D40100 series, a prestige educational label. Part 1 and Part 2 appear on this disc.AI summary
Columbia D40100 Voice
Ifor Evans recorded 'Twentieth Century Poetry', part 4, for Columbia, catalogue D40101, a release likely aimed at educational or literary audiences.AI summary
Columbia D40101 Voice
Ignaz Friedman was a Polish pianist of the highest distinction, one of the great Chopin interpreters of the early twentieth century and a pupil of Leschetizky. Columbia D1640 — 'Music Box of the Little Nana' and 'Judgment of Paris' — is likely a light or encore piece rather than his major repertoire. Friedman's Columbia recordings are collected by enthusiasts of early piano recording.AI summary
Columbia D1640 Classical
Ignaz Friedman, a celebrated Polish-born concert pianist and recording artist of the early 20th century, performing Chopin's Mazurka No. 4 Op. 33 on both sides, issued as a two-part Columbia LX series recording (LX100). Friedman's piano recordings are sought by classical collectors.AI summary
Columbia LX100 Classical
Ignaz Friedman, the Polish pianist (1882–1948), was a celebrated virtuoso of the late 19th and 20th centuries; this Columbia D-series electrical recording pairs Chopin's 'Mazurka' and 'The Butterfly', two staples of the recital repertoire.AI summary
Columbia D1615 Classical
Igor Stravinsky and Samuel Dushkin performing Stravinsky's own 'Duo concertant' for violin and piano on Columbia's LB series. This is a recording of major classical significance — a leading modernist composer with an accomplished violinist performing one of his own chamber works.AI summary
Columbia LB12 Classical
Illinois Jacquet, the tenor saxophonist who pioneered the honking bebop saxophone style, on Columbia LB10023, performing "Honeysuckle rose" and "Learnin the blues".AI summary
Columbia LB10023 Jazz
Ilona Kabos, a Hungarian pianist, recorded 'Duets for children' (parts on DX972/973) for Columbia; Kabos was known as a chamber musician and pianist in the mid-20th century.AI summary
Columbia DX972/973 Classical
An educational or demonstrative recording on Columbia titled 'Instruments of the Orchestra', with separate sides featuring violin and piccolo — likely part of a music-education series from the 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 3198 Instrumental
Educational release on Columbia demonstrating orchestral instruments by sound—trumpet and bass trombone solos.AI summary
Columbia 3200 Instrumental
Ippolito Lazaro, an Italian tenor, recorded Puccini's "Turandot" for Columbia L2057. Lazaro had a recording career in the 1920s-1930s but is not widely familiar today.AI summary
Columbia L2057 Opera
Irene Dunne, the American film and stage star, recorded 'When I Grow Too Old to Dream' and 'Lovely to Look At' on Columbia, catalogue DB1805. Both are from the 1935 film 'Roberta' and showcase her light soprano voice.AI summary
Columbia DB1805 Personalities (Prs)
Irene Dunne, the major Hollywood actress and soprano, on Columbia DB3081. Dunne recorded frequently in the 1930s–1940s; this is one of her standard film songs from that era.AI summary
Columbia DB3081 Voice
Irving Berlin, the great American songwriter, is credited here on a Columbia acoustic recording of 'Oh How That German Could Love' and 'My Little Dutch Colleen', popular songs from the early 1910s. This represents very early recordings by one of America's most important composers.AI summary
Columbia A804 Personalities (Prs)
Iva Pacetti was an Italian mezzo-soprano. This Columbia recording includes two popular operatic arias: Catalani's 'La Wally' and a 'Serenata', likely from the 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia D12286 Opera
A Columbia early vocal recording by J Buchanan and E Randolph, 'Fancy Our Meeting' and 'One I'm Looking For', from a high catalogue number suggesting the acoustic or early electric era.AI summary
Columbia 9462 Voice
J. Buchanan and E. Randolph performed a Mr. Whittington selection for Columbia, a theatrical narrative or pantomime medley typical of Edwardian Christmas entertainment.AI summary
Columbia DX566 Music Hall
Jack Buchanan and Geraldo recorded a two-part musical comedy sketch or medley for Columbia; theatrical entertainment featuring two major British entertainers.AI summary
Columbia DX662 Personalities (Prs)
J Collins and C Fleming perform 'I Want the Sun and Moon' and C Fleming sings 'Call of the Sea' on Columbia F1054. The artists are not widely recognised recording names; this is a standard mid-1920s Columbia F-series popular vocal pressing of modest value.AI summary
Columbia F1054 Voice
Collins and Bates recorded these sentimental ballads on Columbia's popular-priced series. The song titles suggest light romantic material typical of the 1920s–1930s vocal repertoire.AI summary
Columbia L1156 Voice
Jack Norworth and Gitz Rice, American performers, recorded 'Safe in our Wardrobe for two' and 'Sally from Calais' on Columbia 525, an early issue pre-dating WWI.AI summary
Columbia 525 Voice
Violinist Joseph Szigeti and composer-pianist Béla Bartók recorded Bartók's Romanian Folk Dances together on Columbia LB6, a large-format (12-inch) coupling of historic importance. This is one of the most celebrated chamber collaborations of the 78rpm era — two giants of twentieth-century music performing Bartók's own arrangements. Columbia's LB series was a premium classical series, and this disc is sought by collectors of both historical violin recordings and Bartók.AI summary
Columbia LB6 Classical
J. Wiener and C. Doucet performing 'Harlem Blues' and 'Strike Up the Band' on Columbia, catalogue DC94. The DC series was Columbia's double-sided dance series of the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia DC94 Jazz
Columbia LE56
Jack Baker performing 'Mama' and '21 today' on Columbia 1795, from the early acoustic era of British recording.AI summary
Columbia 1795 Voice
Jack Buchanan, a major British and American entertainer, actor and dancer, on Columbia 3451. Buchanan was a star of stage and early film, and his recording catalogue is collected by theatre and music-hall historians.AI summary
Columbia 3451 Personalities (Prs)
Jack Buchanan (1891–1957), a British actor, dancer, and entertainer, performing 'Flying Trapeze' in two parts on Columbia electrical-process recording; Buchanan was a major West End and film star of the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DX696 Personalities (Prs)
Jack Buchanan, a major British musical entertainer and film star, recorded a duet with June (possibly June Tripp) for Columbia in the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3452 Personalities (Prs)
Jack Buchanan, the Scottish musical-theatre star and film actor, performing two novelty vocal numbers on Columbia 3453, with Randolph on one side. Buchanan was a major star of the 1920s–30s stage and early film.AI summary
Columbia 3453 Personalities (Prs)
Jack Buchanan, the Scottish entertainer and star of stage and film, recorded 'I've looked for Trouble' and 'When we get our Divorce' (a duet with B Hale) for Columbia, catalogue 4141; Buchanan was a major popular star of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Columbia 4141 Personalities (Prs)
Jack Buchanan, the Scottish entertainer and stage star, singing 'Stand Up and Sing' and 'Might Time' on Columbia DB484, from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB484 Personalities (Prs)
Jack Buchanan, the Scottish entertainer, actor and dancer, recorded 'One Good Tune Deserves Another' and 'I Think I Can' for Columbia's DB series, a premium label format of the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB1483 Personalities (Prs)
Jack Buchanan, the British stage and film entertainer, performing 'Everything happens to me' and 'I'm looking for a Melody' on Columbia, recorded in the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB2127 Personalities (Prs)
Jack Buchanan, a major British musical theatre performer and entertainer, on Columbia; recorded in the late 1920s. Buchanan was known for witty novelty numbers and musical theatre.AI summary
Columbia 4952 Personalities (Prs)
Jack Buchanan, a celebrated British-American actor, dancer and entertainer, performing duets with co-stars for Columbia in the 1920s; Buchanan was a major stage and film star of the era.AI summary
Columbia 9147 Personalities (Prs)
Jack Buchanan, the Scottish actor and entertainer, singing 'One Good Tune Deserves Another' and 'I Think I Can' on Columbia. Buchanan was a major stage and film star of the 1920s and 1930s, known for his sophisticated song-and-dance performances.AI summary
Columbia DB1483 Personalities (Prs)
Jack Charman performing 'Kate Won't You Roller Skate' and 'Put Me Upon an Island' on Columbia, likely from the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 1108 Voice
Jack Charman, a prolific comic performer on minor labels, performing novelty material—'Don't take me Home' and 'Mary took her Calves to the Dairy Show'—on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia 1178 Comic
Jack Charman on Columbia 1543 with 'Come with Me Down Regent Street' and 'Take Me with You Dearie', comic-novelty songs from the late 1920s or early 1930s. Charman does not appear in standard sources.AI summary
Columbia 1543 Comic
Jack Charman on Columbia D 254, an early 1920s acoustic pressing; a sentimental vocal with Irish repertoire.AI summary
Columbia D254 Voice