3,282 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Betty Balfour, the popular British film and stage actress, performing two vocal numbers on His Master's Voice B3451, likely from the late 1920s or early 1930s. Balfour was best known for the 'Squibs' film series.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3451 Personalities (Prs)
Betty Chester performing two songs—'Sea Fever' (Masefield's poem set to music) and 'Shopping'—on His Master's Voice, catalogue B1445, from the early 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1445 Voice
Betty Chester on His Master's Voice B2191 with 'Land You've Never Heard Of' and 'Prairie Moon', popular-song material from the mid-1930s. Chester was a session vocalist; the records are common but undistinguished.AI summary
His Master's Voice B2191 Voice
Betty Chester on His Master's Voice B2191, a popular song recording from the early-mid 1930s. Betty Chester was a singer of the period, but little is known of her broader career.AI summary
His Master's Voice B2191 Voice
His Master's Voice B9684 Personalities (Prs)
Billy Boyd, a British tenor, recorded two popular ballads for His Master's Voice in the 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice MH125 Voice
Billy Max recorded 'O Katharina' and 'Huppa' for His Master's Voice (K2764), likely German or Austro-Hungarian novelty or folk material. The record probably dates to the 1920s–30s.AI summary
His Master's Voice K2764 Instrumental
Billy Mayerl, the renowned British composer and pianist, performing two novelty jazz pieces for His Master's Voice: 'Jazzaristrix' and 'Virginia Creeper'—examples of his distinctive syncopated style.AI summary
His Master's Voice B2203 Instrumental
His Master's Voice B2131 Jazz
Billy Mayerl, a British light-music composer and pianist, recorded 'All of a Twist' and 'Eskimo Shivers' on His Master's Voice B2130; Mayerl was known for novelty and salon-style piano music of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B2130 Instrumental
Billy Murray's Trio on His Master's Voice B2530, performing 'We're the Sunday drivers' and a duet version of 'No wonder she's a blushing bride'. Murray was a popular American singer of the early 1900s–1910s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B2530 Voice
Bing Crosby, recorded four popular songs on His Master's Voice B4424: 'Sweet L'il', 'Ain't She Sweet', 'Mississippi Mud', and 'I Left My Sugar Standing in the Rain'. Crosby's early 1930s HMV recordings are common and widely available.AI summary
His Master's Voice B4424 Voice
Bing Crosby's recording of 'Wrap your Troubles in Dreams' and 'Just a Gigolo' on His Master's Voice, from the early 1930s. Crosby was among the most commercially successful singers of the era, and this pressing is British.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD470 Voice
Bing Crosby's popular medley of jazz and novelty standards for HMV, pairing two of his most beloved early hits. This B4000-series pressing captures the emerging crooner at the beginning of his recording career.AI summary
His Master's Voice B4424 Voice
Bing Crosby recorded 'Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams' and 'Just a Gigolo' for His Master's Voice in the late 1920s or early 1930s; both were popular songs of the period and Crosby would go on to become one of the best-selling artists of all time.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD470 Voice
Bix Beiderbecke, the legendary American jazz cornet player and composer, recorded two sides for His Master's Voice: 'I'll be a Friend With Pleasure' and 'Ya got to love' (credited to Moten). This is a UK pressing.AI summary
His Master's Voice B4889 Jazz
Credited to 'Black', a solo singer or duo performing popular ballads on His Master's Voice, a major prestige label.AI summary
His Master's Voice B6207 Voice
Blanche Dare performs these two comic vocal numbers for His Master's Voice in the 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B987 Music Hall
Blanche Marchesi was a soprano of distinguished lineage — the daughter of the great vocal pedagogue Mathilde Marchesi — who had a significant operatic and concert career in Britain. This HMV disc with the unusual JH-series prefix (catalogue JH10) contains 'Queen Anne Boleyn in Prison' and 'L'Été'. The JH series is not a standard commercial HMV designation and warrants investigation.AI summary
His Master's Voice JH10 Opera
Blanche Marchesi, the soprano daughter of the great teacher Mathilde Marchesi, on HMV catalogue JG41 — the JG-series prefix is not a standard commercial HMV designation and warrants investigation. The disc contains an 'Air d'Héraclès' and two further vocal pieces. As with the companion JH-series disc in this collection, an unusual HMV series prefix suggests a limited or specialist pressing.AI summary
His Master's Voice JG41 Opera
Bob Causer, credited as leading the Collegians, recorded hot dance for His Master's Voice in the early 1930s. Causer was a minor British dance-band leader.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1664 Dance
Bobbie Leecan's Need-more Band and the Dixieland Jug Blowers performing 'Wash Board Vut Out' and 'Skip Skat Doodle Do' on HMV B5398, an American jazz and novelty side from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5398 Jazz
Bobby and Kathryn Driscoll, child stars from the 1947 Disney film *Song of the South*, recorded 'Peter Pan' on His Master's Voice; a novelty children's release tied to the Driscoll film career.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD1291 Personalities (Prs)
Bobby Breen, an American child star of the 1930s–40s, on His Master's Voice BD480 with 'My Campfire Dreams' and 'Make a Wish'.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD480 Voice
Bobby Day and the Satellites on His Master's Voice POP425, performing novelty rock and roll numbers. Bobby Day was an American rock and roll artist of the 1950s; UK pressings of his work are less common than American issues.AI summary
His Master's Voice POP425 Rock
Bobby Howes, British musical theatre star and comedian, recorded 'Hide and Seek Medley' for HMV in the early 1930s. Howes was known for both stage work and comic recordings.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8675 Music Hall
Bobby Howes, a popular British musical-theatre performer and comic, recorded 'Hide and Seek Medley' and 'She's My Lovely' for HMV—theatre songs and novelties from a stage star.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8675 Music Hall
Bobby Howes and E. Brody recorded these songs for His Master's Voice, a major British label. 'Where the Honeymoon Alone Can See' and 'A Twelve O'Clock Girl in a Nine O'Clock Town' are light entertainment numbers from the 1920s-30s.AI summary
His Master's Voice C1243 Voice
Boris Christoff, the renowned Bulgarian bass singer, recorded 'Siberian Prisoners' Song' and 'The Grave' for His Master's Voice, likely in the 1950s.AI summary
His Master's Voice 21383 Voice
Jack Bowlly on HMV BD5363, performing two popular ballads. Bowlly was one of Britain's finest crooners and recording artists of the 1930s-40s, with a very large catalogue of commercial recordings.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5363 Voice
Boyd Senter, an American saxophonist and novelty recording artist, recorded "Copenhagen Stomp" and W.C. Handy's "Beale Street Blues" for HMV. Senter's novelty sax recordings were popular in the 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice X4488 Jazz
His Master's Voice B27269
Bransby Williams was a celebrated British actor and monologist of the early 20th century, famous for his dramatic recitations and character portraits; this HMV disc from the acoustical era preserves his art.AI summary
His Master's Voice 01021 Music Hall
Bransby Williams, a celebrated British actor and reciter, performing dramatic monologues on His Master's Voice. Williams was known for his recitations of famous dramatic scenes, and his recordings are sought by theatrical and spoken-word collectors.AI summary
His Master's Voice C500 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams, a celebrated British character actor and monologist, performs dramatic recitations from Dickens on His Master's Voice. Williams was famous for his comic and dramatic character sketches, and this C series catalogue number dates from the early acoustic era.AI summary
His Master's Voice C501 Music Hall
Bransby Williams, the famous British character actor and monologist, performing his signature piece 'Mr Micawber' from Dickens's David Copperfield on His Master's Voice TP4356. Williams was one of the earliest and most prolific recitation artists.AI summary
His Master's Voice TP4356 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams, a celebrated British character actor and reciter, performs 'Sykes and Fagin (part 1)' on His Master's Voice, drawing on Dickens's characters in his distinctive dramatic monologue style.AI summary
His Master's Voice TP4396 Music Hall
Bransby Williams, a celebrated British character actor and reciter, performs 'Sykes and Fagin (part 2)' on His Master's Voice, drawing on Dickens's characters in his distinctive dramatic monologue style.AI summary
His Master's Voice TP4397 Music Hall
Bransby Williams, the celebrated Victorian reciter and character actor, recorded 'Svengali' (a dramatic monologue) for His Master's Voice TP4815. Williams was one of Britain's most famous variety performers, known for his intense dramatic recitations and character pieces.AI summary
His Master's Voice TP4815 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams, a famous British reciter and dramatic performer, recorded his interpretation of Henry V on HMV's prestigious TP (Theatre) series.AI summary
His Master's Voice TP4824 Voice
Bransby Williams, a celebrated Victorian and Edwardian reciter and character actor, recorded 'Touch of the Master's Hand' for His Master's Voice TP series. Williams was a major variety star of his era, known for dramatic monologue and character pieces.AI summary
His Master's Voice TP6009 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams, a celebrated dramatic reciter of the early 20th century, performing 'Devil may care' on His Master's Voice. The very early catalogue number (01021) indicates one of HMV's earliest 78rpm releases, around 1927.AI summary
His Master's Voice 01021 Music Hall
Brian Lawrence performing 'Let's Put out the Lights' on His Master's Voice CTP3588, a popular vocal recording on a major British label.AI summary
His Master's Voice CTP3588 Voice
Brooke Johns on His Master's Voice B1886; a male vocalist recording popular sentimental material, likely from the 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1886 Voice
His Master's Voice B1923 Personalities (Prs)
Brooke Johns recorded two early popular songs on His Master's Voice B1929, likely early 1920s. Johns is a minor recording artist of the period.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1929 Voice
Browning Mummery and Florence Austral, both prominent operatic singers of the early 20th century, recorded a duet scene from Verdi for His Master's Voice; this is an acoustic-era operatic recording of substantial artists.AI summary
His Master's Voice D1302 Opera
His Master's Voice EG6624