3,430 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Ben Selvin, one of the most prolific bandleaders of the acoustic and early electric eras, recorded thousands of sides for Columbia. This pressing of 'Beezin Along' and 'I'm Sitting on Top of the World' represents his typical light dance repertoire.AI summary
Columbia 3862 Dance
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Ben Selvin, an American bandleader and conductor, on Columbia; side titles are not recorded.AI summary
Columbia CB81 Dance
The Ben Selvin band, a prolific American ensemble, performing 'I've Got Five Dollars' and 'When Yuba Plays the Rumba' on Columbia CB-series — a novelty dance or vocal side from the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia CB465 Dance
Ben Selvin was an extremely prolific American bandleader and conductor who recorded thousands of sides for multiple labels in the 1920s. This Columbia CB pressing represents his typical light dance-band work from the early acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia CB21 Dance
Ben Selvin band recorded a medley from the 1929 film 'Hollywood Revue' on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia 5627 Dance
Ben Selvin's dance orchestra was one of the most prolific recording ensembles of the 1920s–30s, recording hundreds of sides for various labels; this Columbia side from the early electrical era captures the sweet-band sound that defined the period.AI summary
Columbia 4724 Dance
Ben Selvin and his orchestra, a prolific dance band, on Columbia 4724 with 'Wherever you are' and 'Playground in the sky'.AI summary
Columbia 4724 Dance
Ben Williams, a baritone vocalist, performs standard light operetta numbers 'Softly as in a Morning Sunrise' and medley selections from operettas on Columbia 9753. The catalogue number suggests a 1920s-1930s pressing.AI summary
Columbia 9753 Voice
Benny Carter performing 'Swing it' and 'Six Bells Stampede' for Columbia, CB628. Carter was one of the most accomplished jazz musicians of the swing era—a master saxophonist, trumpeter, arranger and composer. His recordings are highly sought by serious jazz collectors. The CB series indicates a specialist jazz or swing compilation series.AI summary
Columbia CB628 Jazz
Benny Carter recorded "Devil's Holiday" and "Symphony in Riffs" for Columbia CB-series catalogue 698. Carter was one of the most important American jazz musicians of the swing era, a master of multiple reed instruments and arranger of major influence.AI summary
Columbia CB698 Jazz
Benny Goodman, the American swing bandleader and clarinetist, recorded 'Memories of you' and 'King Porter Stomp' for Columbia. Both are seminal swing sides from Goodman's orchestra in the mid-1930s.AI summary
Columbia 3732 Jazz
Benny Goodman, the King of Swing, recorded "Seven Come Eleven" and "Shivers" for Columbia in the late 1930s. Goodman's orchestra defined the big-band swing era.AI summary
Columbia DB5081 Jazz
Benny Goodman, the King of Swing, recorded 'On the sunny side of the street' and 'All I need is you' for Columbia 36617; Goodman's swing orchestra was one of the most important and widely recorded groups of the 1930s and 1940s.AI summary
Columbia 36617 Jazz
Benny Goodman's orchestra on two popular numbers, Columbia US pressing 37091 from the late 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 37091 Jazz
Benny Goodman and his orchestra perform 'Dr Heckle and Mr Jibe' and 'Texas Tea Party' on the UK Columbia FB series, capturing the swing band at its commercial peak.AI summary
Columbia FB2823 Jazz
Benny Goodman, the 'King of Swing', recorded these standards for Columbia in the 1940s. His records remain among the most widely collected jazz of the swing era.AI summary
Columbia 37053 Jazz
Benny Goodman, the 'King of Swing', on Columbia L3016 with 'Let's dance (39)' and 'Goodbye'—a classic swing number and a standard from one of the most influential bandleaders in jazz history.AI summary
Columbia L3016 Jazz
Benny Goodman performing early swing-era rags on Columbia, a 1930s-40s pressing of the celebrated American bandleader and clarinetist.AI summary
Columbia DB5011 Jazz
Benny Goodman's orchestra recorded 'Seven come eleven' and 'Shivers' for Columbia's British DB series. Goodman was one of the most important bandleaders of the swing era.AI summary
Columbia DB5081 Jazz
Benny Goodman on Columbia DC603, performing 'Gone with What Wind' and 'Tim Tom Special'. Goodman was the pre-eminent American big-band leader and clarinetist of the swing era; Columbia DC-series 78s are collectible.AI summary
Columbia DC603 Jazz
Benny Goodman was one of the most celebrated American jazz clarinetists and bandleaders of the 1930s–1950s, known as the 'King of Swing'. This Columbia DB-series recording preserves two of his sophisticated instrumental arrangements from the mid-1940s.AI summary
Columbia DB5072 Jazz
Benny Hill, the British comedian and entertainer, recorded 'Who done it' for Columbia. This is one of his early comedy recordings, made before his later career as a television star.AI summary
Columbia DB3731 Comic
Benny Hill, the British comedian and entertainer, performing two comic novelty numbers on Columbia from the 1950s.AI summary
Columbia DB3731 Personalities (Prs)
Columbia is1813 Dance
Columbia CB139 Jazz
Bert Lown Band, a hotel and dance orchestra of the late 1920s–30s, recorded 'Bye Bye Blues' and the 'Mug Song' for Columbia CB139.AI summary
Columbia CB139 Dance
Bert Lown's orchestra performs 'Bye Bye Blues' and the Walker 'Mug Song' on Columbia, from the American bandleader's prolific 1920s recording career.AI summary
Columbia CB139 Orchestra
Bert Weedon and Max Jaffa on Columbia DB3484, performing 'Petite Bellerina' and 'Sally'. Weedon was a celebrated British guitarist and musician of the post-war era; Jaffa was a noted violinist and conductor.AI summary
Columbia DB3484 Instrumental
Bertha Willmott on Columbia DB1471, performing novelty-song material: 'What can you give a Nudist' and 'Up aroun' the ole North Pole' — Columbia's DB series, dating to the late 1930s–1940s.AI summary
Columbia DB1471 Comic
Bertie King performing 'All of me' and a duet with George Chisholm on 'Rosetta' on Columbia, likely from the 1940s. King was a British jazz trumpeter and Chisholm a celebrated British trombonist.AI summary
Columbia DC681 Jazz
Bertie King's Jazz Group with guest Gianluigi Chisholm on trumpet, playing American jazz standards of the late 1930s on a British Columbia pressing. 'Big House Blues' and 'Jeepers Creepers' show the British hot-jazz scene's engagement with contemporary Swing.AI summary
Columbia DC696 Jazz
Beryl Bryden was a British jazz and blues singer, pianist and bandleader known for her work in jazz and skiffle music from the 1950s onward. 'Mama don't allow it' and 'I've got what it takes' were recorded for Columbia and reflect her jazz and R&B repertoire.AI summary
Columbia DC711 Jazz
Bessie Smith was the greatest blues singer of the 1920s, known as the 'Empress of the Blues'. 'Aggravatin' Papa' and 'Beale Street Mamma' are classic blues recordings from her celebrated Columbia catalogue, representing the peak of acoustic blues recording.AI summary
Columbia A3877 Jazz
Bessie Smith, the legendary blues singer, recorded in New York for the American Columbia 14000-D series (a 'race' series). This is a UK pressing of the Columbia original. Smith was the most celebrated blues voice of the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Columbia 14000D Jazz
Bessie Smith, the legendary blues singer, on two classic blues recordings: Eavesdropper's blues and Haunted House blues, on Columbia 14010D. Among the most important and sought-after blues recordings of the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 14010D Jazz
Bessie Smith, the legendary American blues singer, performing *Beale Street Blues* and *Moonshine Blues* for Columbia. This is a British pressing of one of Smith's most celebrated recordings, from the mid-1920s when she was at the height of her fame. Columbia 14018D is a UK issue number.AI summary
Columbia 14018D Jazz
Columbia 14197D Jazz
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Betty Bolton is not identified by artist or title on this Columbia 5405 pressing. Without legible label details or catalogue information, this record cannot be reliably described or valued.AI summary
Columbia 5405
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Betty Bolton on Columbia DB126. No titles recorded.AI summary
Columbia DB126
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Betty Bolton on Columbia DB94; no sides, titles or detailed information are recorded for this disc.AI summary
Columbia DB94
Betty Chester singing 'Here comes Tootsie' and 'Some Girl has got to darn his Socks' for Columbia 2799.AI summary
Columbia 2799 Voice
Betty Chester singing two novelty numbers, Some Day I'll make you love me and (Chorus) Round the Map, on Columbia 2800, a 1920s vocal recording.AI summary
Columbia 2800 Voice
Bianca Scacciati recorded the aria 'In Questa Reggia' (from Turandot) with tenor Francesco Merli for Columbia, catalogue D1570. Scacciati was an Italian soprano active in the 1920s–30s, and this is a notable operatic recording.AI summary
Columbia D1570 Opera
Bidgood recorded two popular songs for Columbia (IS1960) in what appears to be the early 1930s. The artist is otherwise unidentified from the label.AI summary
Columbia is1960 Voice
Columbia is2026 Dance
Bidgood Band on Columbia IS1893, playing two dance numbers from the mid-1920s.AI summary
Columbia is1893 Dance
Bidu Sayao was a Brazilian soprano (1906–1994) celebrated in the Metropolitan Opera and concert halls for her interpretation of lyric roles; this Columbia 12-inch pressing of Heitor Villa-Lobos's 'Bachianas Brasileiras' showcases her voice.AI summary
Columbia LX1439 Classical
Credited to Biese on Columbia 3055, this is a mass-produced sentimental dance or novelty side from the early 1920s; little is known of the artist.AI summary
Columbia 3055