1,230 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Jimmy Dorsey's orchestra performing 'Blue Skies' and 'Someday Sweetheart' on Decca 10029. Dorsey was a virtuoso saxophonist and bandleader who led one of the most successful orchestras of the swing era.AI summary
Decca 10029 Jazz
Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra on Decca F9003, performing two jazz standards. Dorsey was a major bandleader and saxophonist of the swing era; his records were widely distributed and remain common.AI summary
Decca F9003 Jazz
Jimmy Dorsey, the American jazz saxophonist, with arranger Spike Hughes on Decca F1878, recorded in the UK, with 'Tiger rag' and 'St Louis blues' — two hot-jazz standards.AI summary
Decca F1878 Jazz
Jimmy O'Dea & Co on Decca F5120. O'Dea was an Irish comedian and actor; 'Charladies' Ball' is a novelty or comic piece, typical of his recorded work from the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Decca F5120 Comic
Decca F9986
Joe Venuti, an influential American jazz violinist and swing musician of the 1920s-40s, recorded for Decca. Venuti's recordings are prized by jazz enthusiasts and Decca F series sides from this era often hold value.AI summary
Decca F3860 Jazz
Joey Shields was a British vocalist who recorded with Spike Hughes, a British composer and bandleader known for his swinging orchestral jazz recordings of the 1930s. 'St James Infirmary' is a classic blues-jazz standard; this Decca F-series recording represents Hughes's influential hot-dance orchestration.AI summary
Decca F2584 Jazz
John Johnson International Orchestra performing two festive pieces on Decca F2620, a British pressing. The catalogue number suggests mid-1930s.AI summary
Decca F2620 Orchestra
John Watt's Songs from the Films, a collection from animated or film material on Decca. Watt was a British composer and songwriter of light music; this side represents the commercial film-music market of the 1940s–50s.AI summary
Decca F5462 Instrumental
John Watt's Songs from the Films perform 'Three little Pigs' on Decca F5312. Watt's groups recorded extensively for Decca in the 1930s and 1940s, often performing novelty and film-song material; 'Three Little Pigs' was a popular children's novelty of the mid-1930s.AI summary
Decca F5312 Voice
John Watt's Songs from the Films with Three Little Pigs in two sides on Decca F5312.AI summary
Decca F5312 Personalities (Prs)
John Watt's Songs from the Films, a British vocal group, performs 'Grasshopper & the Ants' and another track on Decca F5462. Watt's groups recorded extensively for Decca in the 1930s and 1940s, often featuring material from contemporary films.AI summary
Decca F5462 Voice
John Watts recorded songs from feature films for Decca. 'Pied Piper' is likely the Bing Crosby hit or a film-song cover; this Decca K755 pressing is from the label's film-song catalogue.AI summary
Decca K755 Voice
Johnnie Francis recorded 'Funny Thing' and 'Give Me the Right' for Decca, catalogue F10440, likely from the late 1950s.AI summary
Decca F10440 Voice
The Jolly Rollickers, a British novelty or concert party, recorded "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" and its continuation for Decca.AI summary
Decca F3682 Music Hall
Decca 18046
Josef Marais, the South African folk singer, with Siembamba and As the Sun Goes Down on Decca 18232.AI summary
Decca 18232 Voice
Josephine Bradley recorded 'Sweet Rosie O'Grady' and 'Don't Ask Me Why' for Decca—popular vocal numbers from the 1940s–1950s.AI summary
Decca MW229 Voice
Josephine Bradley performing 'Torpedo Junction' and the swing standard 'Take the A Train' on Decca.AI summary
Decca F8406 Jazz
Josephine Bradley, a ballroom dancer and musician, on Decca; the titles suggest popular or dance repertoire, likely 1950s.AI summary
Decca MW101 Dance
Joyce Grenfell, the British entertainer and actress, on Decca F8561, performing two satirical monologues. Grenfell was celebrated for her witty observations of British middle-class life and recorded from the 1940s onward.AI summary
Decca F8561 Comic
Joyce Grenfell performing two comedy sketches or monologues on Decca F8561. Grenfell (1910–1979) was a British comedian, actress and entertainer, famous for witty observational comedy and her 'Nursery School Teacher' character.AI summary
Decca F8561 Comic
Joyce Grenfell, the British comedienne and monologuist, recorded for Decca; her spoken-word comedy pieces are minor entertainment classics of the 1950s.AI summary
Decca F8561 Comic
Jules Ruben Trio on Decca F 6346, performing two jazz standards of the 1930s–1940s. The Ruben Trio was a minor but active small-group jazz outfit.AI summary
Decca F6346 Jazz
The Kalua Hawaiian Players perform 'Drifting and Dreaming' and 'On Our Parting Day' on Decca F5190, capturing the Hawaiian music craze of the 1930s-40s.AI summary
Decca F5190 Hawaiian
Hawaiian music recorded by the Kalua Hawaiian Players for Decca in the 1930s or 1940s, representing the mainland British craze for tropical-themed popular music during this period.AI summary
Decca F3092 Hawaiian
Katzman recorded 'Dust on the Moon' and 'Wine Song' for Decca F5347, a British pressing from the mid-to-late 1940s or 1950s.AI summary
Decca F5347 Voice
Kay Weber, Sophie Schuyler, and pianist Harold J Rome performed 'One big Union for two' and 'Nobody makes a Pass at me' (credited to Millie Weitz) for Decca. These appear to be novelty or comic songs from the 1930s or 1940s.AI summary
Decca 23060 Personalities (Prs)
Kemp performing 'I've got to sing a Torch Song' and 'Remember my forgotten Man' for Decca, F3765. Both pieces are popular songs from the 1930s; Kemp is unidentified.AI summary
Decca F3765 Voice
Ken Colyer, the British New Orleans-style jazz trumpeter and bandleader, performing 'Entertainer' and 'If I Ever Cease to Love' on Decca, likely from the 1950s.AI summary
Decca F10519 Jazz
Ken Colyer's Jazzmen recorded 'Isle of Capri' and 'Goin' Home' for Decca. Colyer was a pioneering British trad-jazz revivalist of the 1950s, known for his purist approach to New Orleans jazz.AI summary
Decca F10241 Jazz
Ken Johnson's swing band on "Exactly Like You" and "Snakehips Swing" for Decca F6854. Johnson was a British bandleader and composer of the 1930s–1940s known for hot-dance and swing recordings.AI summary
Decca F6854 Dance
Kenneth McKellar, the Scottish tenor, on Decca — a popular ballad and light-classical singer with a long recording career from the 1950s onwards.AI summary
Decca F11081 Voice
Kent Stevenson and Churchill presenting 'World War, No. 2 – Fall of Paris (episode 6)' on Decca SP45, a spoken-word or narrative recording on a speech-series issue.AI summary
Decca SP45
Kid Ory was a pioneering New Orleans jazz trombonist whose tailgate style shaped early jazz; this French Decca 'MU' series pressing couples his own 'Blanche Touquatoux' with the jazz standard 'High Society'.AI summary
Decca MU60089 Jazz
A Decca recording of the second part of the abdication narrative featuring King George VI, Churchill and others, pressed as SX3 in the immediate post-abdication period.AI summary
Decca SX3 Personalities (Prs)
Kitty Kallen on Decca, catalogue 333377, with 'Little Things Mean a Lot' and 'I Don't Think You Love Me Anymore'. Kallen was an American popular singer of the 1950s, and 'Little Things Mean a Lot' was a significant hit.AI summary
Decca 333377 Voice
L Levy Orchestra and chorus performing 'Piccadilly Incident' and 'Boogie Woogie Moonshine' on Decca K1559, likely a novelty dance side from the 1940s.AI summary
Decca K1559 Dance
Lally on Decca 2634 with a 'What's Next' medley from the earlier Decca numerical series.AI summary
Decca 2634 Dance
Lally performing 'Tiptoe through the Tulips' and 'In a Kitchenette' on Decca F1623, a standard popular vocal from the early 1930s.AI summary
Decca F1623 Voice
Lally performing 'Sunshine of Marseilles' and 'Hush a bye Baby' on Decca F1697, a light dance-band side from the early 1930s.AI summary
Decca F1697 Dance
Lally on Decca F1899 with 'Great Day' and 'Without a Song', sentimental vocal ballads from the early-to-mid 1930s. Lally is not a standard recording artist.AI summary
Decca F1899 Voice
Dance numbers recorded by Lally for Decca (catalogue F1966), a major British label active throughout the 1930s and beyond.AI summary
Decca F1966 Dance
Lally's Decca recording of popular ballads from the 1930s.AI summary
Decca F1999 Voice
Lally with Sitting on a Haystack and Tiddle-Iddle-Um-Pum on Decca F2057.AI summary
Decca F2057 Dance
Dance and popular songs by Lally for Decca (catalogue F1903), a major British label.AI summary
Decca F1903 Dance
Lally performing the third and fourth parts of 'Pantomime Favourites' on Decca, the major British label, catalogue F2073.AI summary
Decca F2073 Music Hall
Lally performing 'Sunny Days' and 'Put your Worries through the Mangle' on Decca, catalogue F2111.AI summary
Decca F2111 Music Hall