1,230 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Dick Powell was a major Hollywood entertainer—singer, dancer, and actor. This Decca recording from the 1930s captures him in light popular song, though his fame rested primarily on film and stage work.AI summary
Decca F5693 Voice
Dick Powell, an actor and singer popular in 1930s Hollywood musicals, recorded this pair of numbers for Decca during or after his film career.AI summary
Decca F5822 Personalities (Prs)
Dick Powell, the American singer and actor, recorded 'Don't Give Up the Ship' and 'I'm Sitting High on a Hilltop' for Decca; Powell was a popular entertainer of the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Decca F5823 Voice
Dick Powell was an American film actor, singer and dancer who appeared in 1930s musicals; this Decca pressing of 'I'll String Along With You' and 'Why Do I Dream Those Dreams' represents his film-music vocal recordings from that era.AI summary
Decca F5106 Voice
Film star Dick Powell sings two songs from his 1935 picture 'Thanks a Million', the title song and 'I've Got a Pocketful of Sunshine', on a British Decca F-series issue of the time.AI summary
Decca F5822 Personalities (Prs)
Dick Robertson and his orchestra performing 'Sally' and 'Two Little Girls in Blue' for Decca, a singer-bandleader of the swing era.AI summary
Decca F6844 Dance
Dickie Bishop on Decca F10869 with 'No Other Baby' and 'Cumberland Gap'. The catalogue number places this in the mid-1950s, and the repertoire suggests pop or novelty material.AI summary
Decca F10869 Voice
Dolores Ventura, a singer of Latin novelty songs, recorded on Decca in the 1950s.AI summary
Decca F10390 Voice
Don Fox performing two uptempo novelty songs on Decca, the major British label, with F-series catalogue number suggesting 1950s release.AI summary
Decca F10927 Dance
Decca F10955
Don Fox, 'She Was Only Seventeen' and 'When You're a Long Long Way from Home', on Decca F11057; Fox was a minor British vocalist of the 1950s, recording for one of the major British labels in the early LP era.AI summary
Decca F11057 Voice
Decca F10927 Rock
Douglas Byng, a comedic actor and singer known for his music-hall and revue work, on "Flora McDonald" and "At the Ball" for Decca F3132. Byng was a fixture of British light entertainment and revue in the 1920s–1950s.AI summary
Decca F3132 Music Hall
Douglas Byng, the British comic entertainer, recorded a Christmas pantomime monologue for Decca. This is example of the comedy material for which Byng was known in British variety and revue.AI summary
Decca F3287 Comic
Douglas Byng on Decca F3482, 'Naughty Victorian Days' / 'And Modern American Ways'. Douglas Byng was a British actor and musical-comedy performer, known for satirical and camp comedy songs.AI summary
Decca F3482 Comic
Douglas Byng, a British comedic performer and character artist, recorded "Naughty Nellie Gwyn" and "I'm a Tree" for Decca. Byng was known for his theatrical comic monologues and character impersonations.AI summary
Decca F5320 Comic
Douglas Byng was a British comedian and entertainer; this Decca recording pairs two comic songs, 'Boadicea' and 'Mrs Lotq'.AI summary
Decca F5752 Music Hall
Douglas Byng in 'Flora Macdonald' and 'At the Ball', recorded for Decca M415. Byng was a celebrated British actor, comedian and revue performer known for his sharp wit and theatrical sophistication; this M-series pressing is from the mid-1930s Decca catalogue.AI summary
Decca M415 Music Hall
Douglas Byng recorded 'Blackout Bella' and 'Doris the Goddess of Wind' for Decca F7332. Byng was a British comic and revue performer; these are comic novelty titles from the Second World War era.AI summary
Decca F7332 Comic
Douglas Byng was a British character comedian and vocalist celebrated for his witty monologues and speciality numbers; Decca F-series records were popular comedy and novelty releases of the 1930s.AI summary
Decca F3167 Comic
Douglas Byng, a British entertainer and actor, in a Christmas-themed novelty recorded for Decca in the late 1930s.AI summary
Decca F3287 Personalities (Prs)
Douglas Byng, a British cabaret entertainer and comedy performer, recorded 'Naughty Victorian Days' and 'Modern American Ways' for Decca F3482. Byng was a popular revue and cabaret artist known for camp comedy and song parodies from the 1930s onward.AI summary
Decca F3482 Comic
Douglas Byng was a British comic performer and revue star of the 1930s–40s, best known for his witty monologues and impersonations. This Decca disc pairs his take on 'Lizzie the pre-War Flivver'—a novelty about a battered car—with Cole Porter's 'Miss Otis Regrets', showcasing his versatility between comedy and sophistication.AI summary
Decca F5249 Music Hall
Douglas Byng on Decca, catalogue F5320. Byng was a British comic singer and actor famous for his bawdy and sophisticated novelty songs in the 1930s–40s; his records are now scarce and collectable by comedy and theatre enthusiasts.AI summary
Decca F5320 Comic
Douglas Byng was a British actor, raconteur and comedian who recorded comic monologues and songs for Decca in the 1930s and 1940s; 'I'm a Mummy' and 'Thank You So Much' are typical of his witty, urbane material.AI summary
Decca F5447 Comic
Douglas Byng's comedy songs 'Flora McDonald' and 'At the Ball' on Decca M415. Byng was a British comedy singer and revue performer active from the 1920s through the 1950s, celebrated for witty, often satirical entertainment.AI summary
Decca M415 Comic
Decca F3167 Comic
Duane Eddy, the American guitarist whose twangy instrumental style made him a major figure in late-1950s rock and roll, on Decca FM6802 — 'Pepe' backed with 'Lost Friend.' The FM prefix indicates a non-standard Decca pressing, likely a South African or export-market issue, rather than a standard UK release — an uncommon variant outside its home market.AI summary
Decca FM6802 Rock
Beryl Carlisle and Sonnie Browne, who had solo and vocal careers during the 1930s–40s, perform two novelty duets—'What Wouldja Like for Breakfast' and 'Won't You Stay to Tea'—on Decca, catalogue F3510.AI summary
Decca F3510 Voice
Decca F3156 Dance
E Jackson credited on Decca F3307 from the mid-1930s. The titles are well-known jazz and blues standards from the 1920s, but the artist is unidentified.AI summary
Decca F3307 Jazz
Eda Kersey recorded 'Le Luthier de Crémone' (The Luthier of Cremona) and 'Gavotte Mozart' for Decca F2061, classical or art-song material. Little is known of this artist.AI summary
Decca F2061 Classical
Eddie Cantor was one of the biggest American entertainers and recording stars of the 1920s–30s, known for his distinctive high tenor and comedic style. This Decca side, from the later 1940s, captures his enduring popularity in the British market.AI summary
Decca F6748 Personalities (Prs)
Eddie Cantor, the American vaudeville and recording star, accompanied by Ambrose's dance orchestra on Decca, performing 'Lambeth Walk', the hit song from Noël Coward's 1938 revue *Me and My Girl*, alongside 'Says My Heart' and 'Little Lady Make Believe'.AI summary
Decca F6741 Personalities (Prs)
Edgar Jackson performing 'Sunday' and 'Poor Butterfly' on Decca F3085 from the 1930s-1940s era.AI summary
Decca F3085 Voice
Edgar Jackson sings two popular ballads, 'Oh How I Love My Darling' and 'Sweet Little You', on Decca, the major British label.AI summary
Decca F3156 Voice
Edith Piaf, the French chanson legend, early career recording for Decca, performing 'Monsieur X' and 'Les vieux Bateaux'—scarce pre-fame or early fame pressings.AI summary
Decca C16075 Voice
Edythe Baker singing 'When we're alone' and 'Hotch' for Decca M416, a vocal record from the mid-1930s. Baker was a recording vocalist of the early swing era.AI summary
Decca M416 Voice
Ella Fitzgerald, one of the greatest jazz singers of all time, recorded 'That old feeling' and 'A guy is a guy' for Decca in the early 1950s.AI summary
Decca BM04929 Voice
Ella Shields, the British music-hall star, on 'Army' and 'Burlington Bertie from Bow', Decca F5228. 'Burlington Bertie from Bow' is a celebrated music-hall standard; Shields is best remembered for 'Burlington Bertie from Bow' and was a major British variety performer.AI summary
Decca F5228 Music Hall
Duke Ellington and his orchestra recorded 'Ain't Misbehavin'' and 'Hyde Park' for Decca M439, likely mid-1930s. These recordings represent one of the greatest jazz bandleaders of the 20th century.AI summary
Decca M439 Jazz
Elsie and Doris Waters performing 'Washing on the Siegfried Line' and 'Gert Daisy & the Blackout' on Decca F7281. Two British sisters recorded during the early World War II era when novelty songs about the war effort were highly popular.AI summary
Decca F7281 Music Hall
Elsie and Doris Waters on Decca F7503 with 'Won't We 'Ave a Party When It's Over' and 'Brother Jack a Message from Mum'. The Waters sisters were popular British musical-comedy entertainers and singers, especially in the 1930s and 1940s; they recorded widely and became best known for their novelty and comedy songs.AI summary
Decca F7503 Music Hall
Elsie Carlisle was a British vocalist of the 1920s–30s who recorded extensively. This Decca F5877 is from the late 1930s, representing the later phase of her recording career.AI summary
Decca F5877 Voice
Elsie Carlisle, a major British female vocalist and recording artist of the 1920s–1940s, performs 'Up the Wooden Hill to Bedfordshire' and 'My Shadow's where my Sweetheart used to be' on Decca.AI summary
Decca F5877 Voice
Elsie Carlisle, a British jazz and popular vocalist, on Decca F3038, performing light vocal material in her characteristic style.AI summary
Decca F3038 Voice
Elsie Carlisle, the celebrated British jazz and dance singer, on Decca, mid-1930s.AI summary
Decca F3193 Voice
Elsie Carlisle, a well-known British vocalist and entertainer of the 1920s–40s, recorded 'Please Handle with Care' and 'Pu-leeze Mister Hemingway' on Decca F3312; these witty comic-vocal numbers are typical of her repertoire.AI summary
Decca F3312 Voice