1,230 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Lew Stone's band on two hot-jazz standards, Decca F pressing from the 1930s. Stone led one of Britain's finest dance orchestras of the era.AI summary
Decca F3839 Jazz
Lew Stone Band on Decca, a prominent British swing orchestra of the 1930s-1940s, with 'Two Cigarettes in the Dark' and 'P.S. I Love You'—romantic ballads in the light swing style.AI summary
Decca F5241 Dance
Lew Stone was a prominent British dance bandleader; this Decca recording pairs 'Girl Who Loves a Soldier' and 'On the Outside Looking In'.AI summary
Decca F7169 Dance
Lew Stone and his orchestra, one of the finest British dance orchestras of the 1930s, recorded 'When the Blackbird Says Bye Bye' and 'I'll Always Love You' for Decca.AI summary
Decca F7689 Dance
The Lew Stone band, a notable British swing orchestra, on Decca F7728, performing "Bless em all" and "Good morning sergeant major".AI summary
Decca F7728 Dance
Lipton performing 'Supposin'' and 'One Rose' on Decca F6070.AI summary
Decca F6070 Voice
Lipton performing the jazz-influenced novelty songs 'Harlem' and 'Cowboy' on Decca F6283, a British pressing.AI summary
Decca F6283 Jazz
Lita Roza, a British popular singer, performing 'Five Oranges, Four Apples' and 'Tonight My Heart She Is Crying' on Decca F10884. Roza was a vocalist active in the postwar British popular music scene.AI summary
Decca F10884 Voice
Lita Roza on Decca performing 'Joey' and 'Idle Gossip', light popular songs of the 1950s by the British-born vocalist.AI summary
Decca F10335 Voice
Lita Roza, a well-known British dance-band vocalist of the 1950s, sings 'Foolishly' and 'Tomorrow' on Decca.AI summary
Decca F10479 Voice
Little Johnny recorded two novelty or children's songs for Decca Records, 'Baby Lover' and 'Rickety Rackety Rendezvous'; artist is otherwise unplaced.AI summary
Decca F10990 Rock
Little Mary Hagan on Decca, a child vocalist performing novelty songs of the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Decca F3018 Voice
Little Tony (Antonio Ridarelli, born 1941), an Italian pop vocalist who achieved UK chart success in the late 1950s, on Decca with 'I can't help it' and the novelty 'Arrivederci baby'.AI summary
Decca F11164 Voice
Lombardo's "Blue Tango" and "At Last" on Decca 28031, from the British Decca catalogue of the 1950s.AI summary
Decca 28031 Dance
Lombardo performing 'Honky Tonk Sweetheart' and 'Wish you were here' on Decca 28308, a catalogue number from the label's numbered series of the 1940s or later.AI summary
Decca 28308 Dance
Decca AK1504-6 Orchestra
London Zigeuner Orchestra under E. Leggett performing 'Song Ethereal' on Decca ca., a catalogue number that is difficult to parse and may indicate an institutional or special pressing.AI summary
Decca ca Orchestra
Lonnie Donegan recorded 'Rock Island Line' and 'Portuguese Washerwoman' for Decca POPE7048. Donegan was the British skiffle pioneer who brought folk-based, acoustic-guitar-driven rock to the UK charts in the mid-1950s; 'Rock Island Line' was one of his signature recordings and a major hit in 1956. This is a landmark record of British popular music.AI summary
Decca POPE7048 Skiffle
Lonnie Donegan's 'Rock Island Line', recorded with Chris Barber's band and issued in Decca's jazz series, was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic in 1956 and set off the British skiffle craze. It is coupled here with 'John Henry'.AI summary
Decca F-J.10647 Skiffle
Lord Rockingham's XI, a novelty instrumental group, recorded the comic novelty hit 'Hoots Mon' and 'Blue Train' for Decca in 1958; 'Hoots Mon' was a UK number-one novelty hit.AI summary
Decca F11059 Comic
Lord Rockingham's XI achieved a number-one hit with 'Hoots Mon', a novelty instrumental that became famous through BBC radio exposure in 1958; this Decca pressing pairs it with 'Blue Train', a jazzier B-side.AI summary
Decca F11059 Instrumental
Novelty instrumental sides by Lord Rockingham's XI on Decca (catalogue F11024). This recording dates to the mid-1950s. Lord Rockingham's XI was a British rock and roll novelty group that became notorious for one hit; these sides are less well-known.AI summary
Decca F11024 Rock
Lord Rockingham's XI, the novelty instrumental group, perform 'Wee Tom' and 'Lady Rockingham I presume' on Decca. This is likely from the 1950s when the group was active.AI summary
Decca F11104 Instrumental
Lord Rockingham's XI on Decca F11139, performing a novelty two-sided recording. This ensemble and record title are from the 1950s skiffle and novelty recording era.AI summary
Decca F11139 Rock
Lorrae Desmond recorded 'Don't' and 'Where will the Dimple be' for Decca. These are light sentimental songs from a recording artist whose wider career is not well documented.AI summary
Decca F10510 Voice
Los Clippers Orchestra performing two Latin-American novelty numbers on Decca. The outfit is unidentified, but the repertoire and catalogue number suggest a mid-1950s London or European pressing.AI summary
Decca C16017 Dance
Lou Abelardo singing two popular sentimental ballads on Decca F1855 from the late 1930s.AI summary
Decca F1855 Voice
Lou Abelardo on Decca F1751, performing ballads 'With You' and 'Just Can't Be Bother with Me'.AI summary
Decca F1751 Voice
Lou Abelardo on Decca performing popular ballads from the 1930s. 'Singing a Vagabond Song' is a romantic sentimental number of the period.AI summary
Decca F1778 Voice
Lou Abelardo recorded 'Should I' and 'Blue Melody' for Decca, catalogue F1827, in the 1930s. An obscure vocalist on a major label.AI summary
Decca F1827 Voice
Lou Abelardo recorded two popular ballads—'It Happened in Monterey' and 'When It's Springtime in the Rockies'—for Decca, catalogue F1855, likely in the 1930s.AI summary
Decca F1855 Voice
Lou Abelardo performing jazz-influenced popular songs on Decca, early in the label's history. 'Exactly Like You' was a standard of the period.AI summary
Decca F1896 Voice
Decca F1592 Personalities (Prs)
Lou Abelardo credited on Decca F1603, performing 'If I had a Talking Picture of you' and 'In the Moonlight', popular songs of the early 1930s.AI summary
Decca F1603 Voice
Lou Holden and the Disciples of Rhythm recorded 'Ferryboat Serenade' and 'Swiss Bellringer' for Decca F7716, a British Decca pressing.AI summary
Decca F7716 Instrumental
Louis Armstrong's 'Shadrack' and 'Jonah and the Whale' on Decca f6835, spiritual-themed vocal performances from the 1930s-40s. Armstrong's earliest Decca sides are sought after by collectors of early hot jazz and vocal blues.AI summary
Decca f6835 Jazz
Louis Armstrong's 'So Little Time' and 'Love Walked In', recorded for Decca, represent his later work from the 1940s. UK Decca pressings of Armstrong's records are relatively accessible.AI summary
Decca F6716 Jazz
Louis Armstrong, the legendary jazz trumpeter and singer, recorded two spirituals, 'Going to Shout All Over God's Heaven' and 'Nobody Knows de Trouble I've Seen', for Decca.AI summary
Decca F6912 Jazz
Louis Armstrong, the most influential jazz musician of the 20th century, recorded 'I get Ideas' and 'Kiss to build a Dream on' for Decca 60.683, a UK pressing from the early 1950s. Armstrong's later Decca recordings are less sought after than his 1920s–30s Hot Five and Seven sides, but any Armstrong remains a major collecting area.AI summary
Decca 60.683 Jazz
Louis Freeman band on Decca F pressing from the 1930s.AI summary
Decca F5022 Dance
Lucien Jeunesse, a French light-music specialist and arranger, on Decca. Jeunesse was known for sentimental orchestral arrangements; this SB-series pressing suggests a later (1950s) recording.AI summary
Decca SB20509 Orchestra
Lucienne Boyer, the French chanson and popular singer, on Decca 20266, performing French romantic vocal material from the 1930s.AI summary
Decca 20266 Voice
Lula Mysz-Gmeiner was a German mezzo-soprano of the early 20th century; these Decca recordings from the 1930s-40s capture her singing of concert repertoire and German Lieder.AI summary
Decca PO5105 Classical
Jimmy Lunceford's orchestra, one of the finest hot jazz ensembles of the 1930s, recorded 'Mood Indigo' (the Duke Ellington composition) and 'Rose Room' for Decca. This is an early Decca catalogue number (131), suggesting a 1930s UK pressing of a scarce and highly sought recording.AI summary
Decca 131 Jazz
Lupino Lane was a major British musical-theatre performer and comedian of the 1920s–30s. These recordings for Decca capture his comic songs 'Mister Brown of London Town' and 'Who Are You a Shovin' Of'.AI summary
Decca F7986 Music Hall
Lupino Lane, the British music-hall comedian and acrobat, performing two comic songs on Decca. Lane was one of the most celebrated entertainers of the 1930s, famous for his slapstick and comic timing.AI summary
Decca F3983 Music Hall
Lupino Lane was a major British music-hall and revue comedian, actor and dancer, famous for his physical comedy; this Decca recording of his novelty songs 'Shirts' and 'I Do Like a Little Bit of Nougat' captures his comic style.AI summary
Decca F5170 Music Hall
M. and Mme. Lausnay performing two romantic waltzes by Chabrier on Decca FF2092, a dance and light classical recording.AI summary
Decca FF2092 Dance