3,430 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Nat Ayer, a British composer and light-music personality, on Columbia 3067, performing 'Coal Black Mammy' and 'I Never Knew'. Ayer was active in British musical theatre and recording from the Edwardian period onward.AI summary
Columbia 3067 Voice
Nat Ayer, a British songwriter and performer, singing 'Ma' and 'Shufflin' Along' on Columbia 3124 — early catalogue number, likely c. 1910s.AI summary
Columbia 3124 Voice
Nat Ayer, an American composer and performer, on Columbia 2980, performing 'Ain't Cha Coming Back Mary Ann to Maryland' and 'Back Home in Tennessee', likely 1910s–20s.AI summary
Columbia 2980 Voice
Nat Ayer, a songwriter and performer active in Edwardian musical theatre, recorded 'Linger a little longer' and 'Peggy O'Neil' for Columbia, catalogue 3089, suggesting an early acoustic pressing.AI summary
Columbia 3089 Voice
Nat Gonella, the British trumpet player and singer, recorded 'Yes My Darling Daughter' and 'Johnson Rag' for Columbia FB2638. Gonella was a fixture of British hot-dance dance bands in the 1930s-1940s and remains popular with collectors of the period.AI summary
Columbia FB2638 Dance
Nat Gonella, a British jazz trumpeter and bandleader, performing 'Hep hep the Jumpin' Jive' and 'Plucking on a Golden Harp' on Columbia. Gonella was one of the most popular British jazz musicians of the 1930s-40s.AI summary
Columbia FB2492 Jazz
Nat Gonella, a British trumpet virtuoso and hot-dance bandleader of the 1930s, recorded these two American popular standards: 'If I Could Be with You One Hour Tonight' and 'Georgia on My Mind'.AI summary
Columbia FB2570 Jazz
Nat Gonella, the British jazz trumpeter and bandleader, performing 'Johnson Rag' and 'Yes My Darling Daughter' on Columbia FB2638.AI summary
Columbia FB2638 Jazz
Nat Gonella, a celebrated British trumpeter and bandleader of the 1930s–1940s, on Columbia FB2847—a swing-era recording from one of Britain's leading hot-jazz musicians.AI summary
Columbia FB2847 Jazz
Nat Gonella was a British trumpeter and jazz bandleader who led the Georgians in the 1930s; this Columbia FB-series side pairs a novelty number with 'Star Dust', a jazz standard.AI summary
Columbia FB2571 Jazz
Nat Gonella and his Georgians, a hot-dance and swing ensemble, on Columbia; Gonella was a respected British jazz trumpet player and bandleader of the 1930s–1940s.AI summary
Columbia FB2523 Jazz
Natzy and his Baltimore Orchestra, an unidentified American dance band, recorded 'Moonlight' and 'Pucker Up and Whistle' for Columbia's budget series in the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia is1416 Dance
Naunton Wayne, the British character actor and comedian, on Columbia performing comedy material. Wayne was known for his partnership with Basil Radford in films and radio.AI summary
Columbia DB864 Comic
Naunton Wayne was a British actor and comic performer; this Columbia DB885 pressing captures his comedy routine in four parts ('Nonchalant Nonsense').AI summary
Columbia DB885 Comic
Nellie Webb, a British female vocalist, on Columbia 1967, performing 'Would you mind if-?' and 'You mean somebody but you don't mean me'.AI summary
Columbia 1967 Voice
Nelson Eddy, an American baritone and musical-theatre star, recorded 'I'll See You Again' and 'Tokay' for Columbia Records.AI summary
Columbia 60098 Voice
Nelson Eddy, the American baritone and film star, recording 'Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise' and 'Lover Come Back To Me' (both from operetta repertoire) for Columbia UK. DB1976 places this in the mid-1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB1976 Voice
Nelson Eddy, the American operatic baritone and film star, recorded "Lover Come Back to Me" and "Softly as in a Morning Sunrise" for Columbia. Both are from operetta repertoire; Eddy was one of MGM's biggest stars and a prolific recording artist.AI summary
Columbia DB1979 Opera
New Orleans Bootblacks performing 'Flat Foot' and 'Mad Dog', recorded for Columbia DB3422. An American jazz group recorded for UK pressing.AI summary
Columbia DB3422 Jazz
The New Orleans Bootblacks, a jazz ensemble, on Columbia performing hot jazz titles; these sides represent early jazz recording on a major British label.AI summary
Columbia DB3422 Jazz
The New Orleans Owls, a New Orleans jazz band, on Columbia 1045D, performing 'Dynamite' and 'Pretty Baby' — hot jazz from the late 1920s. The Owls were an important regional ensemble.AI summary
Columbia 1045D Jazz
The New Orleans Wanderers were a small New Orleans jazz ensemble of the 1920s; 'Perdido Street Blues' and 'Gatemouth' are classic hot jazz sides recorded for the Columbia label and important to early jazz history.AI summary
Columbia DB2860 Jazz
The New Orleans Wanderers were a classic jazz ensemble led by clarinetist Sidney Bechet in 1924, recording 'Perdido Street Blues'—a landmark of early New Orleans jazz. Columbia DB pressings of this material are uncommon in the UK.AI summary
Columbia DB2860 Jazz
New Queens Orch with A. Maclean performing a 'Louise' selection (Parts 1 and 2) on Columbia 1479. The extremely early catalogue number suggests an acoustic-era recording, likely from the 1910s or early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 1479 Orchestra
Frank Bridge conducting the New Queen's Hall Orchestra in 'A Christmas Dance' and 'Poem No. 2' on Columbia L1678. A companion to ColL1500 in this collection, this further documents Bridge as a conductor of his own music. The New Queen's Hall Orchestra was a prominent London ensemble, and the Columbia L-series places this in the early-to-mid 1920s.AI summary
Columbia L1678 Orchestra
Nicholas Adams in 'Perlmutter as an MP', a comic monologue on Columbia 9145. A sketch or recitation from the early music-hall recording era.AI summary
Columbia 9145 Music Hall
Nicholas Adams performing 'Perlmutter as an MP' on Columbia 9145, a comic or spoken-word title suggesting a music-hall or Jewish comedy sketch.AI summary
Columbia 9145 Comic
Nina and Frederik, the Danish vocal duo, recorded 'Mary's Boy Child' for Columbia in the 1950s. The song became a seasonal standard, and this recording represents the duo's commercial peak in the UK.AI summary
Columbia DB4375 Voice
Nina Frascani on Columbia D5519, 'S'apre per te per il mio cor' / 'O Aprile foriero' — operatic or classical vocal pieces in Italian.AI summary
Columbia D5519 Opera
Noble performing two orchestral novelties — 'Comanche War Dance' and 'Iroquois' — on Columbia FB series. This is likely Ray Noble, the prolific British dance-band leader and composer, or his orchestra, recording for the FB (faster) series.AI summary
Columbia FB2622 Orchestra
Columbia FB2024 Dance
A pair of novelty or comedy songs, 'Friday Night at the Hartys' and 'Saturday Night at the Nobles', credited to Noble on Columbia's dance catalogue.AI summary
Columbia DO2356 Dance
Noble (likely Ray Noble, the British dance-band leader), conducts orchestral arrangements of two Native American-themed novelty numbers—"Comanche War Dance" and "Iroquois"—on Columbia FB2622, a British pressing of the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia FB2622 Orchestra
Ray Noble, the distinguished British dance-band leader and composer, recorded for Columbia; 'Sierra Madre' and 'I wish I knew the Name' are from his prolific 1930s output.AI summary
Columbia FB3482 Dance
Noble Sissle, the pioneering African-American jazz singer and bandleader, on Columbia's FB series. Sissle was a central figure in early jazz and a major recording artist; these are later-era sides, likely from the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia FB1493 Jazz
Noël Coward, the celebrated songwriter and entertainer, recorded two songs from his own pen on Columbia: 'There are Bad Times Just Around the Corner' (from his 1952 revue *Ace of Clubs*) and 'Time and Again', on the DB series in what appears to be a mid-1950s pressing.AI summary
Columbia DB3107 Personalities (Prs)
Noel Coward on Columbia DB 3078, recorded in the mid-to-late 1930s; Coward was a major British composer, performer and wit, and these are stage songs from his own pen or repertoire.AI summary
Columbia DB3078 Personalities (Prs)
Norah Bayes, an American vaudeville star and early recording artist, recorded 'Japanese Sandman' and 'Love Nest' (Leslie Stone) on Columbia 3008.AI summary
Columbia 3008 Personalities (Prs)
Norah Blaney was a British vocalist of the late 1920s and early 1930s; 'Love for Sale' was a Cole Porter song from 1930, and she recorded it for Columbia in a style typical of the period.AI summary
Columbia 4467 Voice
Norah Blaney recorded 'Diane' and 'Song Is Ended' for Columbia, catalogue 4733, likely in the 1920s-1930s; both are standard popular ballads of that era.AI summary
Columbia 4733 Voice
Norah Blaney recorded 'Oh Mr Porter' and 'Our Lodger's Such a Nice Young Man' for Columbia, catalogue DB568, likely 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB568 Music Hall
Norah Blaney on two sentimental ballads, 'If you hadn't gone away' and 'While my pretty one sleeps', recorded for Columbia in the 1920s. Blaney was not a major recording artist and these sides are typical of the period's popular vocal material.AI summary
Columbia 4273 Voice
Norah Blaney recorded 'The Man I Love' and 'A Room with a View' for Columbia 4857 in the 1920s, two standards of American popular song.AI summary
Columbia 4857 Voice
Norah Blaney performing 'Old Man Sunshine' and 'Roses of Yesterday' on Columbia, the major British label, catalogue 5181.AI summary
Columbia 5181 Voice
Norah Blaney, a British vocalist of the late 1920s and 1930s, recorded 'Say Oui Cherie' and 'Love Is Like a Song' for Columbia in the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB312 Voice
Norah Blaney recorded 'Room with a view' and 'Man I love' for Columbia Records. A jazz and popular singer of the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 4857 Voice
Norah Blaney sings 'Room with a View' and 'The Man I Love' on Columbia, two popular standards from a British vocalist of the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Columbia 4857 Voice
Norah Blaney and Gwen Farrar, two singers of the British light-entertainment tradition, performing on Columbia DB121. This early DB-series pressing dates from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB121 Voice