27 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
27 records matching
A Carson recorded for Empire, a small British label, performing 'A Chew of Tobacco & a Little Drink' and a novelty/religious number, likely from the early 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
Empire 5 Music Hall
A. Green performing 'I'm alone because I love you' and a track from 'Under the Roofs of Paris' on Emp Records, a minor British label.AI summary
Empire 11 Voice
Al & Eddy performing two songs for Emp, a very short-lived British marque: 'Strange as it may seem' and 'Do they still remember me in my Hometown'.AI summary
Empire 4 Personalities (Prs)
The American Ragtime Octette perform 'Ragging the Baby to Sleep' and 'That Mellow Melody' on Empire, an early British label. These are period ragtime numbers from the early 1910s–1920s era.AI summary
Empire 1595 Instrumental
A band plays Bells of St. Patrick and Bells of St. Malo on Empire 173.AI summary
Empire 173 Orchestra
An unidentified band recorded the William Tell Overture on Emp (Empire) 1, a British label of uncertain date and pressing.AI summary
Empire 1 Orchestra
A band plays For England's Crown and the Semper Fidelis march on Empire 90.AI summary
Empire 90 Instrumental
D. Griffiths performing 'Oh the Business' on the Emp label — possibly Empire, an obscure British imprint — catalogue 1/34, paired with S. Studd's 'The Man from Lancashire'. The Emp label is not identified in standard references; an unusually formatted catalogue number warrants investigation.AI summary
Empire 1/34 Music Hall
A descriptive or novelty recording of 'Miner's Dream of Home' and 'Christmas Greetings' on Emp, a small British label.AI summary
Empire 1563 Dance
The Garde Républicaine band with 'En Vacances', and the band of HM Scots Guards with 'La Fleurette', on the Empire label.AI summary
Empire 21 Instrumental
The Garde Républicaine Band play Dauville and, by a band, the Viscount Nelson march on Empire 5885.AI summary
Empire 5885 Instrumental
Gus Harris with Marriage and, by Jack Charman, Hold Your Hand Out, Naughty Boy on Empire 1698.AI summary
Empire 1698 Music Hall
Credited to Jack Chaman on Empire, a minor British label; the titles suggest light novelty or comedy material ('All through the Wedding March', 'Paree').AI summary
Empire 1581
Jack Charman sings two seaside novelty comedy songs on Empire (Emp) 1530, a British label of the 1920s–1930s: "You Can Do a Lot of Things at the Seaside" and Kirkby's "Come with Me Down Regent Street." Empire was a minor British imprint.AI summary
Empire 1530 Music Hall
Jack Charman with Ragtime Eyes and Mickey Rooney's Ragtime Band on Empire 1695.AI summary
Empire 1695 Voice
Jack Charman recorded 'I'm on my Honeymoon' and 'You can Have such Fun with the Girls' for Empire, probably in the early 1920s. Charman was a minor vocal artist of the acoustic era.AI summary
Empire 302 Voice
Jack Pleasants, the Edwardian music-hall comedian, on the Emp label — possibly Empire, an obscure British imprint — catalogue 1521, with 'I'm 21 Today' and 'I'm Shy Mary Ellen' (dated 1911). The Emp label is not identified in standard references; a Pleasants pressing on this imprint warrants investigation.AI summary
Empire 1521 Music Hall
Sir John Barbirolli, the celebrated British conductor and cellist, performing 'Broken Melody' and 'Come Sing to Me' (Ellis) on Empire Records. Barbirolli was a major figure in British classical music; this record appears to showcase him as a solo cellist.AI summary
Empire 1309 Classical
Leggett and Nightingale with Two Little Finches Polka and, by a band, Jock's Patrol on Empire 5239.AI summary
Empire 5239 Instrumental
Mark Sheridan, a British music-hall comedian and singer of the Edwardian era, recorded two novelty songs, 'I Don't Want to Be Beside the Seaside' and 'What a Game It Is (Wow Wow)', for Empire records. Sheridan was known for comic songs and catchphrases in British variety.AI summary
Empire 1696 Music Hall
T. Campbell with The Girls I Left Behind Me and Follow the Tram Lines on Empire 193.AI summary
Empire 193 Voice
Tom Foy, a British dialect comedian and folk performer, recorded Yorkshire dialect songs for Empire Records. 'Th' Yorkshire Lad i'Lundun' is a regional character piece from the music hall tradition.AI summary
Empire 1801 Music Hall
Tom Foy, credited on Empire label 1801, singing 'Th' Yorkshire lad i' Lundun' (The Yorkshire Lad in London), a regional novelty or comic song; Empire was a small British marque.AI summary
Empire 1801 Music Hall
Tom Foy recorded 'Th' Yorkshire Lad i'Lundun' and its sequel for Empire, a small British label, in the early 1920s. A dialect comedy piece capturing the voice of a Yorkshire character adrift in London.AI summary
Empire 1801 Music Hall
Venie Temple on Empire 1552, performing novelty and comic material. Empire was an obscure British label; the artist is not documented in major references.AI summary
Empire 1552 Music Hall
Vernon Watson performs impersonations of George Robey, George Formby and Wilkie Bard on Empire 1653.AI summary
Empire 1653 Comic
W. Virgo and A. Chapman performing 'The Moon hath Raised her Lamp above' and 'Excelsior' on Empire (Emp) 88, a small British label.AI summary
Empire 88 Voice