1,230 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Peter Taunton on Decca F6499, a late 1950s popular song release from a singer with no substantial recording career we know of.AI summary
Decca F6499 Voice
The Phil Green band recorded 'Muskrat Ramble' and 'Aunt Hagar's Blues' for Decca. Phil Green was a British conductor and composer who arranged many recordings in the 1940s–50s.AI summary
Decca F8503 Jazz
Phil Lenard recorded a 'Swanee River Medley' for Decca (F2384) in the early 1930s. The artist is otherwise unidentified. 'Swanee River' medleys were popular novelty items of the period.AI summary
Decca F2384 Voice
Pinky and Perky, the television puppet characters and novelty performers, recorded this novelty song for Decca in the 1950s. The duo became famous through British television variety shows and were a commercial recording act of their era.AI summary
Decca F11116 Personalities (Prs)
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Decca F11095
Popeye recorded 'Tiger Rag' and 'Nobody's Sweetheart' for Decca (F6148) in the 1930s. This is likely novelty material tied to the cartoon character, rather than a jazz classic.AI summary
Decca F6148 Instrumental
Primo Scala's accordion band, 'Estudiantina' and 'The Skaters' Waltz', on Decca MW29; Scala was a celebrated British-Italian accordion virtuoso who led one of the most popular light-music ensembles of the 1930s and 1940s, and these novelty and classical waltzes showcase the accordion's versatility.AI summary
Decca MW29 Instrumental
Decca F3951 Jazz
A Decca special pressing commemorating the accession of Queen Elizabeth II, featuring David Niven and others, part 6 of a series.AI summary
Decca SX1 Personalities (Prs)
Sir Henry Wood conducting the Queen's Hall Orchestra performing the fifth and sixth movements of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony for Decca K759. Wood was the legendary conductor of the Promenade Concerts; this is an important historical orchestral recording.AI summary
Decca K759 Classical
Decca K759 Classical
Decca K801/DecK800
The Quintet of the Hot Club recording 'Lambeth Walk' and 'Flat Foot Floogie' on Decca. This is likely Django Reinhardt's Hot Club de France ensemble, one of the most important European jazz groups of the 1930s-40s.AI summary
Decca F6776 Jazz
Raffaele Starita, an Italian bandleader recording for Decca F2214, with two jazz-dance standards from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Decca F2214 Dance
Rabin performing 'You Were Meant' and 'Rosalie' for Decca. The artist identity and recording context are unclear from the catalogue information.AI summary
Decca F77907
Rabin with Who? and The Blue Room on Decca F7800.AI summary
Decca F7800 Dance
Rabin with I Try to Say I Love You and Wherever You Are on Decca F78117.AI summary
Decca F78117 Dance
Rabin on Decca F 7856, performing two jazz standards of the 1930s–1940s era.AI summary
Decca F7856 Jazz
Rabin with Where the Bluebells and the Heather Grow Together and You're Mine on Decca F8143.AI summary
Decca F8143 Dance
Rabin on Decca MW322, a medley series. The artist is unidentified and the catalogue number suggests a wartime or post-war pressing.AI summary
Decca MW322 Dance
Decca 8508-2 Jazz
A Royal Air Force ensemble or band performing two patriotic or sentimental pieces on Decca: 'Down Forget Me Not Lane' and 'Beneath the Lights of Home'.AI summary
Decca F7926 Orchestra
Randolph Sutton, a British comedian and singer, recorded 'I Was in the Mood' and 'It's Only a Matter of Time' for Decca, catalogue F3733. Sutton was a stage and recording personality active from the 1920s onward, known for comedy and sentimental numbers.AI summary
Decca F3733 Personalities (Prs)
Randolph Sutton, a music-hall comedian and performer, recorded for Decca with comic character sketches in his established style.AI summary
Decca F3779 Music Hall
Randolph Sutton, a British comedian and character vocalist, recorded two comic numbers for Decca in the late 1930s.AI summary
Decca F3923 Music Hall
Randolph Sutton, a British light entertainer and singer, recorded 'Every Little Girl Likes That' and 'Oh Mother' for Decca F5230.AI summary
Decca F5230 Voice
Ray Kinney was an American Hawaiian guitarist and vocalist of the 1920s-1940s, a leading figure in Hawaiian music on record. This Decca pressing pairs two Hawaiian instrumental or vocal pieces from his repertoire.AI summary
Decca 3447 Hawaiian
Ray Kinney was an American Hawaiian guitarist and vocalist; this Decca record of 'Ke kali nei au' and 'Hualalai' brings his ukulele and slack-key guitar music to a British audience in the 1930s-1940s.AI summary
Decca 7376 Hawaiian
Ray Kinney, a Hawaiian guitarist and vocalist, on Decca F6233, performing 'To you, sweetheart' and 'Pretty red hibiscus'. Kinney recorded prolifically in the 1920s-40s and was popular with the British public, especially for Hawaiian-themed material.AI summary
Decca F6233 Hawaiian
Ray Kinney, a British ukulele player and Hawaiian music specialist, performing tropical-themed instrumental material on Decca in the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Decca F6560 Hawaiian
Ray Kinney, 'Nani Wale' and 'Mai Poina qe l'au', on Decca F7373; Kinney was a Hawaiian guitarist and singer popular in the 1940s and 1950s, and these Hawaiian-language titles reflect the enduring appeal of Hawaiian music on the commercial record market.AI summary
Decca F7373 Hawaiian
Ray Kinney on Decca, performing Hawaiian vocal music — Kinney was one of the leading Hawaiian vocalists in recordings from the 1920s–40s.AI summary
Decca F7374 Hawaiian
Ray Kinney was a Hawaiian guitarist and one of the early pioneers of the instrument in commercial recording. This Decca 811 pressing of "On a Cocoanut Island" and "Pretty Red Hibiscus" documents Hawaiian-guitar repertoire from the 1920s-1930s Hawaiian-music craze.AI summary
Decca 811 Hawaiian
Red Norvo, the American swing vibraphonist, in two novelty recordings on Decca: "Polly Wolly Doodle" and "By the Waters of Minnetonka", from the late 1930s.AI summary
Decca F7806 Jazz
Red Price on Decca, this pressing of 'Rocky Mountain Gal' and 'Rock of the North' is a country or novelty vocal from the 1950s British pressing.AI summary
Decca F10822 Country
Reginald Gardiner, a British comic and character performer, on Decca, performing novelty or comic monologues; Gardiner was known for his impressions and character voices.AI summary
Decca F5278 Music Hall
Reginald Gardiner, a British pantomime and variety performer known for character sketches and impressions, recorded 'Trains' — a novelty sound-effects or mimicry piece — for Decca, catalogue F5278.AI summary
Decca F5278 Personalities (Prs)
Renate Müller, a German singer and actress, recorded for Decca F3220, likely late 1930s or early 1940s. Müller was a significant German recording star and film performer.AI summary
Decca F3220 Voice
Reser's orchestra performing 'Ha Cha Cha' and 'Cross Eyed Kelly' on Decca, likely from the 1930s.AI summary
Decca F5400 Dance
Rev A Nix on Decca F3850, 'Black Diamond Express to Hell', a Black American gospel or sacred folk song recorded by a preacher or gospel artist, here on a British pressing.AI summary
Decca F3850 Voice
Decca F2919 Dance
Rex Naughton recorded 'A Wigan Wedding' for Decca, catalogue F2919; an unconfirmed artist on Decca.AI summary
Decca F2919 Music Hall
Decca F6628 Dance
Rich (artist unidentified) on Decca F6630, performing what appear to be Disney or light song material. Without artist attribution, this is a routine Decca vocal pressing of the late 1940s-1950s era.AI summary
Decca F6630 Voice
Richard Crean performing 'Demande et Response' and 'Tristesse' (likely art songs or light classical pieces) for Decca MW-series (MW201), 1930s–40s.AI summary
Decca MW201 Classical
Richard Crean, likely a Scottish bagpiper or musician, performing Scottish medleys on Decca; the catalogue number and format suggest 1950s.AI summary
Decca MW160 Voice
Richard Hayward was a popular Irish tenor and radio personality of the 1930s–40s, recorded here for Decca singing two traditional and sentimental ballads: "Granny's Old Arm-Chair" and "The Yellow Rose of Texas".AI summary
Decca F2872 Voice
Richard Strauss, the German composer and conductor, led a recording of his own symphonic poem "Don Quixote", op. 35, for Decca's prestigious LY series. This is a multi-disc classical recording from the late 1940s–early 1950s, a significant document of the composer conducting his own work.AI summary
Decca LY6087 Classical