3,288 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Noël Coward performing songs from his own musical compositions on His Master's Voice: 'The Party's Over Now' and 'Something to Do with Spring'. Coward was one of the twentieth century's most celebrated British playwrights, composers and performers.AI summary
His Master's Voice B4270 Personalities (Prs)
Noël Coward, the distinguished British songwriter, actor and entertainer, performing "Josephine" and "Three Juvenile Delinquents" (credited to Warwick, Kemball and Tuddenham) on His Master's Voice, capturing his theatrical wit and sophistication.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9946 Personalities (Prs)
Noel Coward, the celebrated British composer, performer and wit, sings 'Lover of my Dreams' and (with Noble's Band) 'Twentieth Century Blues', a famous song from his 1930 musical Cavalcade. An HMV recording by a major theatrical name.AI summary
His Master's Voice B4001 Personalities (Prs)
Noel Coward, the renowned British playwright, composer and entertainer, performs two of his own comic-topical songs: 'Could You Please Oblige Us with a Bren Gun' and 'There Have Been Songs in England' on His Master's Voice B9204.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9204 Personalities (Prs)
Noël Coward on His Master's Voice B4269 performing two of his own compositions, including the famous 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen'. Coward was a major British playwright, composer, performer and wit; this is an authentic recording by the composer of his own work.AI summary
His Master's Voice B4269 Music Hall
Noel Coward, the celebrated British songwriter, playwright and performer, recording two of his own compositions on His Master's Voice B9433. Coward's HMV recordings remain highly sought by collectors of British theatrical music and popular song of the mid-20th century.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9433 Voice
Noël Coward, the celebrated British playwright, composer and entertainer, recorded these two satirical songs from his theatrical works for HMV. They exemplify his urbane wit and commentary on English society.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8722 Personalities (Prs)
Noel Coward, the renowned British playwright, composer and entertainer, recorded his own song 'London Pride' and the popular standard 'The Last Time I Saw Paris' for His Master's Voice.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9198 Personalities (Prs)
Noël Coward on 'Imagine the Duchess' Feelings' and 'It's only you', from HMV B9210. Coward was Britain's most famous playwright, composer and entertainer of the mid-20th century; his recorded voice and theatrical material are sought by Coward enthusiasts and collectors of theatrical 78s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9210 Personalities (Prs)
Noel Coward, the celebrated British playwright, composer and entertainer, performs his own topical comic song 'Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans' on His Master's Voice B9336 — almost certainly a mid-1940s wartime recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9336 Personalities (Prs)
Noel Coward, the legendary British playwright, composer and performer, recorded 'Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans' and 'Welcoming Land' for His Master's Voice B9336, likely 1943.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9336 Personalities (Prs)
Noel Coward, the celebrated British playwright and entertainer, performing wartime comic material on His Master's Voice. 'Could You Please Oblige Us with a Bren Gun' is characteristic Coward satirical wit from the Second World War period.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9204 Personalities (Prs)
Noel Coward performing his own composition 'Don't Let's Be Beastly to the Germans', a celebrated patriotic song from 1943, with 'Welcoming the Land' as the reverse, on HMV B9336.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9336 Personalities (Prs)
Noël Coward was a major British playwright, composer and performer. These two songs are from his theatrical revue material of the late 1920s, recorded for His Master's Voice at the height of his career.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3794 Personalities (Prs)
Noël Coward on HMV performing 'The Party's Over Now' and 'Something to Do with Spring', songs written and performed by the British playwright, composer and entertainer.AI summary
His Master's Voice B4270 Personalities (Prs)
Noel Coward, the British playwright and performer, recorded his own 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen' and 'Let's Say Goodbye' for His Master's Voice; an important document of Coward's solo recording work.AI summary
His Master's Voice B4269 Personalities (Prs)
Noël Coward, the British playwright, composer and entertainer, on His Master's Voice C2450 from the early 1930s. Coward's theatrical and recording work spans both music-hall and sophisticated entertainment; his records are collected.AI summary
His Master's Voice C2450 Personalities (Prs)
Noel Coward on HMV C2431 with a two-part 'Cavalcade' medley. Coward wrote and starred in the 1931 musical play *Cavalcade*, and this is a recording of his music from that production.AI summary
His Master's Voice C2431 Personalities (Prs)
Noel Coward was a celebrated British playwright, composer, performer and raconteur; this His Master's Voice side captures his urbane performances of two of his own famous songs ('London Pride' and 'The Last Time I Saw Paris').AI summary
His Master's Voice B9198 Personalities (Prs)
Noël Coward performing a two-part medley of his own compositions for HMV, capturing the wit and style of the celebrated British playwright and entertainer.AI summary
His Master's Voice C2450 Personalities (Prs)
Noël Coward was a major British playwright, actor and songwriter of the 20th century. This HMV side pairs two American popular standards, 'I'm Old-Fashioned' and 'You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To', in Coward's sophisticated vocal style.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9337 Personalities (Prs)
Noël Coward, the celebrated British playwright, composer and entertainer, on His Master's Voice B4001, performing two songs: 'Lover of my Dreams' and 'Twentieth Century Blues' (the latter with the Noble Band). Coward was a major recording artist, and his early recordings are widely collected.AI summary
His Master's Voice B4001 Personalities (Prs)
A theatrical recording of three numbers from a revue or play, performed by Noel Coward and actors Heather Thatcher and Moya Nugent for His Master's Voice. 'Regency Rakes' and 'There's Always Something Fishy About the French' are typical of Coward's witty comedic songs and sophisticated theatrical material from the 1920s-1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8133 Personalities (Prs)
Noël Coward with 'Regency Rakes', and Heather Thatcher and Moya Nugent with 'There's Always Something Fishy About the French', both from Coward's 1934 musical 'Conversation Piece', on His Master's Voice.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8133 Personalities (Prs)
Nora d'Argel performing 'La Villanelle' for His Master's Voice, 03437. D'Argel was a soprano or mezzo-soprano active in British recording during the 1920s; 'La Villanelle' is a salon song frequently recorded by light opera singers.AI summary
His Master's Voice 03437 Opera
Norah Blaney, a British contralto, performing 'My Cello Man' and 'Nobody Lied' (the latter credited to the soprano Jessie Farrar) on His Master's Voice B-series — likely a 1920s vocal side.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1585 Voice
Norah Blaney and Gwen Farrar on HMV B1688 with comic novelty songs 'Who Tied the Can on the Old Dog's Tail' and 'Percy's Posh Plus Fours are Priceless'. This is a British music-hall duo recording of the early 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1688 Music Hall
Norman Evans, a major British comedian of the 1930s and 1940s, in his signature monologues featuring the character Joe Ramsbottom on His Master's Voice BD302; these are celebrated comic sketches from a comedian with a substantial local following.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD302 Comic
Norman Griffin recorded 'Carry on the Good Work' for His Master's Voice 4-2965. The title and HMV catalogue suggest a topical or comic song of the 1930s-40s era.AI summary
His Master's Voice 4-2965 Music Hall
Norman Griffin on His Master's Voice catalogue 02790, performing 'Ninny Nonny no'.AI summary
His Master's Voice 02790 Comic
Norman Long, a pianist and entertainer, recorded 'Homes' and 'Drage Way' for His Master's Voice, catalogue B2257; Long was a British recording artist active in the late 1920s and early 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B2257 Music Hall
Norman Long, a popular British comic entertainer and monologist, performed 'Good Little Boy and the Bad Little Boy' and 'Under the Bazunka Tree' on His Master's Voice B2454, a mid-1920s pressing. Long was a music-hall star known for comic character pieces.AI summary
His Master's Voice B2454 Music Hall
Norman Long was a British comedian and singer known for music-hall novelty numbers. This His Master's Voice pressing from the early 1930s captures two of his comic songs.AI summary
His Master's Voice B2580 Music Hall
A vocal trio (O. Burton, E. Courtland, L. Morgan) performing popular Hawaiian-influenced novelty material on His Master's Voice B818, a high-volume HMV pressing of the mid-1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B818 Hawaiian
Olga Elga Eli Hudson on His Master's Voice, this single-sided pressing of 'Angels Guard Thee' is a hymn or sacred vocal from an unidentified singer.AI summary
His Master's Voice 03294 Voice
Olga Elga Eli Hudson recorded 'Sunshine of your Smile' and 'Call of our Homeland' for His Master's Voice, catalogue C446—a classical or light-operatic release from the 1920s. The artist's full name or stage persona is unclear from the label.AI summary
His Master's Voice C446 Voice
Olga Haley performing two light songs on HMV, an early three-digit catalogue number (03619) suggesting an acoustic recording from the early 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice 03619 Voice
Olimpia Boronat, the celebrated Spanish soprano known for her extraordinary coloratura technique and her success at the Imperial Theatre in St Petersburg, sings an Ave Maria on HMV 053190, a large-format (12-inch) acoustic pressing. The 053000 HMV series is a prestigious early Gramophone Company series for international artists, and Boronat made very few recordings; her discs are collected by specialists in historic coloratura singing.AI summary
His Master's Voice 053190 Opera
Olive Burton and Eric Courtland performing the novelty songs 'There's a Little Bit of Bad in Every Good Little Girl' and 'Arizona' on His Master's Voice B802, a British pressing from the 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B802 Music Hall
Olly Oakley, a performer in the music-hall tradition, recorded these two comic pieces—Darkey's Awakening and a circus galop—for His Master's Voice in the early acoustic era.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1566 Music Hall
Olly Oakley recorded 'A Black Coquette' and 'Lancashire Clogs' for His Master's Voice, catalogue C286, likely 1910s–20s.AI summary
His Master's Voice C286 Music Hall
Olly Oakley on HMV B1566, performing 'Darkey's awakening' and M E Flynn's 'Circus Galop', both presumably piano or instrumental pieces. The artist is not documented in standard references.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1566 Instrumental
Olsen conducting for HMV, performing two standards: 'Where's That Rainbow' and 'A Little Birdie Told Me So'. Olsen is unrecognised.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5292 Dance
His Master's Voice B5518 Dance
Olsen, a dance bandleader, performing 'Doin' the Raccoon' and 'It goes like this' for His Master's Voice in the late 1920s; the B series indicates a dance recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5576 Dance
Credited to Olsen on His Master's Voice B5050, a light dance or novelty number from the early 1930s. The catalogue number suggests mid-1930s pressing.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5050 Dance
An Olsen recording on His Master's Voice, likely from the late 1920s or early 1930s, featuring 'Just a little Thing called Rhythm' and a novelty instrumental.AI summary
His Master's Voice B2268 Dance
Olsen performs 'New Kind of Man' and '(Hickman) Mandalay' on His Master's Voice B1890. This is a vocal recording from the mid-1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1890 Voice