3,431 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Jill Corey performing 'Egghead' and 'I Love My Baby' on Columbia; Corey was an American pop and jazz singer of the 1950s.AI summary
Columbia 40794 Voice
Jill Westlake recorded 'Sharin'' and 'Over and Over Again' for Columbia DB4132. Without further context, the artist is not identified.AI summary
Columbia DB4132 Voice
Jimmie Rodgers, the 'Father of Country Music', performing two songs on Columbia in what appears to be a later reissue or coupling.AI summary
Columbia DB4235 Country
Columbia DB4052
Jimmie Rodgers, the "Father of Country Music," recorded prolifically for Columbia in the late 1920s and early 1930s. This DB-series pressing captures his distinctive yodel and guitar style on a romantic ballad.AI summary
Columbia DB4052 Country
Jimmie Rodgers, the pioneering country vocalist, recorded "Kisses Sweeter than Wine" and "Better Loved You'll Never Be" for Columbia; the first became a standard, famously covered by The Weavers and others.AI summary
Columbia DB4052 Country
Jimmy Boyd, an American child star and singer, recorded 'Little Train A-Chugging in My Heart' and the novelty hit 'I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus' for Columbia. Boyd was famous for this Christmas novelty in the early 1950s.AI summary
Columbia DB3365 Voice
Jimmy Dorsey was an American clarinetist and bandleader central to swing jazz; this Columbia 38000-series pressing from the mid-1930s carries two jazz standards, 'Jazz Me Blues' and 'Panama', likely early 1930s recordings.AI summary
Columbia 38654 Jazz
Jimmy Dorsey's hot-dance orchestra on "Rag Mop" and "That's a Plenty", recorded for Columbia in the late 1940s. Dorsey was a leading clarinet and alto saxophone player, and these sides represent the swing repertoire that made him a bandleader of note.AI summary
Columbia 38710 Dance
Jimmy Durante, the American vaudeville and film star, performing two of his signature comedy songs 'Hot Patatta' and 'Inka dinka doo' on Columbia, catalogue DB1806.AI summary
Columbia DB1806 Personalities (Prs)
Jimmy Hanley, a British actor and entertainer, performing 'I Lift up my Finger and I Say Tweet Tweet' on Columbia SWT1762. Hanley was best known for his film and stage work; this appears to be a novelty number.AI summary
Columbia SWT1762 Comic
Jimmy Jackson recorded 'Lonely Road' and 'River Line' on Columbia's DB series, the label's standard popular and ballad format of the 1940s-50s.AI summary
Columbia DB3947 Voice
Jimmy Jackson was a British popular singer of the 1940s–50s. 'White Silver Sands' became a standard, though Jackson's version predates the later hit recordings. Columbia DB series was one of the major British pop outlets of the era.AI summary
Columbia DB3988 Voice
Jimmy Jackson's Rock 'n' Skiffle group recorded 'River Line' and 'Lonely Road' for Columbia, representing the mid-1950s British skiffle boom that briefly preceded rock and roll.AI summary
Columbia DB3957 Rock
Jimmy Jackson's Rock n Skiffle performing 'River Line' and 'Lonely Road' on Columbia DB3957, a skiffle recording from the British skiffle boom of the mid-1950s.AI summary
Columbia DB3957 Skiffle
Jimmy Rogers performing 'Bring' and 'Their Hearts Were Full of Spring' on Columbia DB3986, a standard American blues and gospel singer's sides from the 1950s.AI summary
Columbia DB3986 Voice
Jo Stafford, one of America's finest popular singers, recorded these two songs for Columbia's DB series. Stafford was known for her purity of tone and interpretive gifts; her recordings remain widely available.AI summary
Columbia DB3169 Voice
Jo Stafford, a sophisticated pop vocalist of the 1940s–50s, recorded 'If' and 'If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time' for Columbia; the latter is a known country-pop crossover.AI summary
Columbia DB2792 Voice
Jo Stafford, the American singer, and Gene Autry recorded a duet of 'My Heart Cries for You' and 'Tennessee Waltz' for Columbia, catalogue DB2802, from the early 1950s.AI summary
Columbia DB2802 Voice
Jo Stafford was an American pop and standards singer of the 1940s and 50s. 'Pretty Boy' and 'You Belong to Me' are two of her hits, pressed on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia 39811 Voice
Jo Stafford, a major American pop singer of the 1940s-1950s, recorded these two songs for Columbia's DB series. 'September in the Rain' is a jazz standard; 'Chow, Willy' is a playful novelty. Stafford was one of the most popular recording artists of the post-war era.AI summary
Columbia DB3333 Voice
Columbia DX1003 Opera
Joe Daniels and his Hotshots, a British jazz-influenced dance band of the 1930s, performing 'Whispering' and 'Limehouse Blues' on Columbia JX1007.AI summary
Columbia JX1007 Jazz
Joe Green's Orchestra recorded dance and light orchestral music for Columbia in the 1920s–1930s. This CB-series pressing, with both sides identical, may be a dance variant or test pressing, making its status unclear.AI summary
Columbia CB605 Dance
Joe Green Orchestra recorded "Love Songs of the Nile" and "Stay Out of My Dreams" for Columbia DB1151 in the late 1940s or early 1950s.AI summary
Columbia DB1151 Dance
Joe Hayman on Columbia 2779, performing 'Cohen & the Houseboat' in two parts. Hayman was a British character comedian and vocalist popular on stage and records.AI summary
Columbia 2779 Comic
Joe Hayman, a popular Jewish comedian and monologuist of the early 1900s, recorded his signature sketches for Columbia. 'Cohen on the Phone' and 'Abe Levi's Wedding Day' are his best-known titles and remain touchstones of early Jewish-American comedy recording.AI summary
Columbia 4036 Yiddish
Joe Hayman was a Jewish-American comedy monologist whose 'Cohen' routine was a staple of vaudeville and early recording; these Columbia sides capture his persona in the 1910s-20s.AI summary
Columbia A2192 Comic
Joe Venuti was the first great jazz violinist, a technical pioneer and prolific recording artist of the 1920s and 1930s. This Columbia CB pressing documents one of his classic jazz sides.AI summary
Columbia CB686 Jazz
Joe Venuti and his orchestra on Columbia CB686, 'In de Ruff' and 'Jazz me blues'. Venuti was a pioneering jazz violinist and prolific recording artist of the 1920s and 1930s, leading some of the most innovative hot-dance and jazz sessions of the era.AI summary
Columbia CB686 Jazz
Joe Venuti, the American jazz violinist and bandleader, recorded these two hot jazz sides for Columbia's CB series, likely in the early 1930s; 'Sweet Lorraine' showcases his inventive solo style.AI summary
Columbia CB708 Jazz
Joe Venuti, one of the first important jazz violinists, recorded 'Doin the uptown lowdown' and 'Sweet Lorraine' for Columbia's CB series. Venuti was a pioneering figure in jazz improvisation on violin during the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Columbia CB708 Jazz
Joe Venuti, a pioneering jazz violinist, recorded 'In de Ruff' and 'Jazz Me Blues' for Columbia CB686. Venuti was a major jazz innovator of the 1920s-30s whose ensemble recordings are highly sought by collectors.AI summary
Columbia CB686 Jazz
Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang, two of jazz's greatest string virtuosos, recorded "Stringing the Blues" and another piece for Columbia — these sides are canonical early jazz chamber recordings.AI summary
Columbia DB5001 Jazz
Joe Venuti and Eddie Lang, pioneering jazz violinist and guitarist, recorded 'Stringing the Blues' and 'Black and Blue Bottom' for Columbia DB5001 in the late 1920s; these are landmark hot jazz recordings.AI summary
Columbia DB5001 Jazz
An orchestra directed by Strauss performing two Strauss waltzes, 'Freut Euch des Liebens' and 'Thousand and One Nights', for Columbia, from the early acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia 9226 Orchestra
Johannes Sembach was a distinguished Wagnerian baritone of the late 19th and early 20th centuries; 'Nothung' from *Die Walküre* is a dramatic tenor showpiece, here recorded in a Columbia pressing.AI summary
Columbia A5842 Opera
John Coates was a British tenor who had a long operatic and concert career; this Columbia disc, recorded on the LX series, features the song "Bronwen" on both sides.AI summary
Columbia LX77 Voice
John Coates, a major British tenor, on Columbia performing 'O Mistress Mine', 'It Was a Lover and His Lass' (both by Shakespeare and Schubert) and 'Diaphenia'; art-song repertoire from the early 20th century.AI summary
Columbia 4985 Voice
John Coates, a celebrated English tenor of the Edwardian era, performing two songs on Columbia (catalogue 5103), from the acoustic period.AI summary
Columbia 5103 Voice
John Coates was a respected British lyric tenor of the Edwardian era and beyond; Columbia D1402 carries 'Awake' and 'Ninetta', likely operatic or light-opera numbers from his large recorded output.AI summary
Columbia D1402 Voice
John Coates, the British tenor, recorded 'Phillida Flouts Me' and 'Knight of Bethlehem' for Columbia (5103). Coates was a major Edwardian and early twentieth-century singer in the classical and oratorio repertoire.AI summary
Columbia 5103 Voice
John Drinkwater (1882–1937), an English poet and playwright, recorded speaking his own verse on Columbia in two parts; a spoken-word recording by a significant literary figure.AI summary
Columbia D40018 Personalities (Prs)
John Drinkwater, a notable British writer and actor, recorded a poetry reading for Columbia, performing his own or classic verse. Drinkwater was a literary figure of the early 20th century; this spoken-word recording dates from the mid-1920s.AI summary
Columbia D40019 Personalities (Prs)
Columbia D40141 Personalities (Prs)
John Green, an American composer and pianist, on Columbia DB1262 performing a medley from 'Body and Soul' (a standard composed by Johnny Green himself, among others). Green was a celebrated jazz pianist and composer.AI summary
Columbia DB1262 Instrumental
Columbia A2036
John Mills, the distinguished British actor and singer, on Columbia; 'Goodbye Trouble' and 'Car of Dreams' from the mid-1950s as part of his occasional recording work.AI summary
Columbia FB1118 Voice