3,430 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Billy Williams, a British music hall and variety entertainer of the early 1900s, recorded these comic songs for Columbia. Williams was a performer of the Edwardian era, known for humorous character monologues and sentimental ballads.AI summary
Columbia is1304 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a popular British singer of the early twentieth century, recorded 'Here we are Again' and 'Come into the Garden John' for Columbia. The catalogue code 'is1328' suggests this is from Columbia's early British series of the 1900s–1910s.AI summary
Columbia is1328 Voice
Billy Williams vocal on Columbia is1331, a sentimental British song from the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia is1325 Voice
Billy Williams recorded 'Boys and Girls (07)' and 'Tickle me Timothy (07)' for Columbia, catalogue is1326. The suffix '(07)' and catalogue notation suggest acoustic or very early electric recording, possibly from the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia is1326 Voice
Billy Williams, a prolific British music-hall singer and entertainer of the 1900s–1920s, performing comic numbers on Columbia, recorded in the acoustic era (catalogue is1327, an early series).AI summary
Columbia is1327 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a prolific British character singer and comedian, recorded two comic songs on Columbia, a major label. This is one of Williams's many recordings across multiple British labels and catalogue series.AI summary
Columbia is1329 Music Hall
Billy Williams vocal on Columbia is1331, a sentimental British song from the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia is1331 Voice
Billy Williams vocal on Columbia is1339, a British sentimental song from the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia is1339 Voice
Billy Williams, a British music-hall entertainer and singer, performing sentimental popular songs on Columbia's early International series. These ballads represent inter-war popular entertainment.AI summary
Columbia is1340 Voice
Billy Williams performing 'Let's all Go Mad' and 'I don't Care' on Columbia's early international catalogue (is1341)—likely from the 1910s-20s.AI summary
Columbia is1341 Voice
Billy Williams, a prolific recording artist of the 1920s–1930s, recorded these comic novelty numbers for Columbia's popular-priced series. Both titles are music-hall humour in the British comedy tradition.AI summary
Columbia is1342 Comic
Billy Williams, the British singer and comedian, recorded 'Don't Go Out with Him Tonight' and 'Oh Molly McIntyre (take 12)' for Columbia is1344. The early Columbia issue series (is prefix) dates this to the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia is1344 Voice
Billy Williams performing novelty comedy numbers 'Tickle me, Timothy' and 'Little Willie's Woodbines' on Columbia. This appears to be a British pressing of a music-hall comedy act, not the later American R&B singer of the same name.AI summary
Columbia is469 Music Hall
Billy Williams recorded these two light comedic or novelty songs for Columbia's IS series, a budget British label series. 'When Mother Backed the...', '[part of title cut off]' and 'Our Little Kiddie Sings the Best Song of All' suggest sentimental or family-themed novelty material from the 1920s-1930s.AI summary
Columbia is682 Voice
Billy Williams, an early African-American song-and-dance artist and recording star, on Columbia with 'Father Papered the Parlour' and 'John Put Your Trousers On'; Williams was one of the earliest Black recording artists and his sides are historically important.AI summary
Columbia is1257 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing 'The Land Where the Women Wear the Trousers' and 'Bobbing About in the Briny' on Columbia IS 1272, a British pressing from the 1920s–1930s; Williams was a prolific British light entertainment singer and recording artist.AI summary
Columbia is1272 Music Hall
Columbia is1297 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a prolific British music-hall comedian, in two comic songs on Columbia, a major label where his work was frequently issued.AI summary
Columbia is1302 Music Hall
Billy Williams was a British performer active in the music-hall and comic-song tradition. 'Here We Are Again' and 'John Go and Put Your Trousers On' are recorded on Columbia IS 146, a catalogue number consistent with the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia is146 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a popular British singer of the early 20th century, performing two comic character songs: 'Father Papered the Parlour' and a gramophone-themed novelty number. Columbia issue IS259.AI summary
Columbia is259 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the prolific Edwardian tenor, recorded 'Father Papered the Parlour' and 'Here we are Again' for Columbia, catalogue is423. These are typical of his early-twentieth-century ballad and comic-song repertoire.AI summary
Columbia is423 Voice
Billy Williams, an early African-American vaudeville and recording artist, on Columbia with 'All the Ladies Fall in Love with Sandy' and 'Jean Loves All the Jockeys'; part of his substantial 1900s-1920s catalogue.AI summary
Columbia is571 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing 'I Don't Know How You Do It' and 'I Shall Have to Ask My Mother' on Columbia IS 661, a British pressing from the 1920s–1930s; Williams was a prolific British popular singer.AI summary
Columbia is661 Voice
Billy Williams, the British music hall and comic singer, on Columbia 1854 with 'I wish it was Sunday Night' and 'Take me where there are no Eyes about'—novelty domestic songs from the Edwardian music hall repertoire.AI summary
Columbia 1854 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Columbia (Col 1978), recorded 'Where does Daddy go when he goes out' and 'Wait till I'm as old as Father'. These are music-hall or novelty songs from the 1920s-1930s period.AI summary
Columbia 1978 Music Hall
Billy Williams recorded two sentimental or comic songs for Columbia in what appears to be the 1920s–1930s. The material suggests popular ballad or comic song output.AI summary
Columbia 1980 Voice
Billy Williams singing two comic-novelty songs on Columbia 1751, from the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 1751 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a music-hall singer and comedian, recorded these early novelty songs for Columbia's 1566 catalogue, an issue from the acoustic era or early electrical period.AI summary
Columbia 1566 Music Hall
Billy Williams was a British Music Hall singer and comedian; this Columbia side offers two novelty comedy songs typical of the genre.AI summary
Columbia 2102 Music Hall
Billy Williams in 'The Ragtime Wedding' and 'The Worst of It Is I Like It' on Columbia (catalogue 2103) — comic ragtime numbers typical of the British music-hall singer's repertoire.AI summary
Columbia 2103 Music Hall
Columbia A1184 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a popular British entertainer of the 1920s-30s, recorded these comic vocal numbers for Columbia's A-series.AI summary
Columbia A1761 Music Hall
Billy Williams, recorded 'Molly McIntyre' and 'Don't Go out with Him Tonight' for Columbia A1910 in the early 1920s acoustic period.AI summary
Columbia A1910 Voice
Billy Williams, the British music-hall comedian and singer, performs two novelty comic songs on Columbia IS466: "Come & Have a Look at What I've Got" and "Don't Go Out with Him Tonight," likely from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia is466 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing two Irish and Scottish-themed comedic songs on Columbia IS467. Williams was a prolific British music-hall and recording artist of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Columbia is467 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing 'I'm wearing my Heart away for you' and 'The Colliers' on Columbia label, catalogue is470.AI summary
Columbia is470 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a prolific British music hall comedian and singer active from the 1880s through the 1920s, recorded for many labels; this Columbia side captures his comic patter style in the early electrical era.AI summary
Columbia is471 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a British music-hall comedian and singer, on 'Oh for another day at Margate' and 'Molly McIntyre', Columbia IS543. Columbia British pressings of the 1920s-30s era survive in varying numbers depending on the pressing run.AI summary
Columbia is543 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the British music-hall entertainer, performing 'Ragtime Wedding' and 'Where does Daddy go?', novelty and comic songs from the early 1920s. This Columbia is544 pressing is from the company's mainstream acoustic catalogue.AI summary
Columbia is544 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Columbia Is558: 'Blame It On to Poor Old Father' and 'Giving a Donkey a Strawberry'. Williams was a prolific British music-hall performer and comedian of the early 1900s–1920s.AI summary
Columbia is558 Music Hall
Billy Williams recorded two vocal numbers for Columbia in the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia is1270 Voice
Billy Williams was a British singer and music-hall performer active in the early 1900s. This early Columbia recording of two novelty or comic songs is a product of the acoustic recording era.AI summary
Columbia 693 Music Hall
Billy Williams recorded 'Come & have a Look at what I've got' and 'Don't go out with him tonight' for Columbia, catalogue is466. Williams was an American jazz-influenced vocalist of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Columbia is466 Voice
Billy Williams singing two popular novelty numbers, Save a little one for me and Meet you one dark Night, on Columbia IS301.AI summary
Columbia is301 Voice
Bing Crosby recorded "You're Getting to be a Habit With Me" and "You've Got Me Crying Again" for Columbia DB1901. Crosby was one of the most successful recording artists of the 20th century; these are from his early electrical recording period.AI summary
Columbia DB1901 Voice
Bing Crosby recorded 'Give Me a Heart to Sing To' and 'Once in a Blue Moon' for Columbia's 'DB' series in the late 1930s. Crosby was the dominant popular singer of the era.AI summary
Columbia DB2000 Voice
Bing Crosby recorded "Lazy Day" and "Young and Healthy" (the latter a popular jazz standard) for Columbia during the early 1930s swing era. Crosby was already one of the biggest popular singers in America by this time.AI summary
Columbia DB2027 Voice
Bing Crosby on Columbia DB2085, with 'Black Moonlight' and 'Street of Dreams'. Crosby was the dominant popular singer of the 1930s–1950s, and among the most recorded artists in history.AI summary
Columbia DB2085 Voice