203 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Billy Williams, the popular Edwardian music-hall singer known for 'John, John, John' and 'When Father Papered the Parlour', records 'Territorials' and 'Tale of Paris' on the Homophone label, catalogue 657. Homophone was a small early British label of the 1900s–1910s; Williams's recordings on minor imprints are uncommon and are collected alongside his better-known pressings.AI summary
Hom 657 Music Hall
Billy Williams, an English singer and recording artist, recorded popular songs for Homophone, a small British label; light vocal material of the era.AI summary
Hom 6656 Voice
Billy Williams was a British performer active in the music-hall and comic-song tradition. 'Too Ral Addie' and 'March of the Boy Scouts' are recorded on Hom 727, a small British label.AI summary
Hom 727 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Home Records, a British budget label, performing novelty or music-hall song of the early 1900s–20s era.AI summary
Hom 901 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the popular Edwardian music-hall singer, records a topical song 'Let's Have a Song upon the Homophone' — a direct advertisement for the Homophone label — alongside 'Sing Me an Irish Song' on Homophone 4363. The self-referential Homophone title is an unusual period document of early recording industry promotion.AI summary
Hom 4363 Music Hall
Billy Williams performs 'John Put Your Trousers On' and 'Jean from Aberdeen' on Hom, a minor British label. Both titles are in the music hall comic tradition.AI summary
Hom 4084 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing two novelty or comic numbers ('Tickle me Timothy', 'Poodle dog') on Hom (Home Talkies), catalogue 6661, likely from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Hom 6661 Comic
Billy Williams, an American R&B and popular singer, on Homophone — a small British label. Williams had a recording career in the 1950s.AI summary
Hom 6863 Voice
Billy Williams, the popular Edwardian music hall performer, recorded these two comedy numbers on the Homephone (Hom) label.AI summary
Hom 6868 Music Hall
Billy Williams on the Homophone label with music-hall comedy novelties—'Bobbing About in the Briny' and 'When Father Papered the Parlour'. The Homophone imprint was a cheap British marque of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Hom 6998 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing 'Take me back to USA' and 'Let's all go mad' on Homophone 1021. An early entertainment recording on a British budget label.AI summary
Hom 1021 Voice
Billy Williams performing 'I Wish I Were a Ladies' Man' and 'I Don't Care' on Hom (Home), a British label.AI summary
Hom 1022 Voice
Billy Williams performing two novelty songs on Homophone (Hom) 1199, a British label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Hom 1199 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a prolific American singer of the early 1900s, recorded 'Oh that Ragtime Waltz' and 'Ragtime Wedding' for Hom, a budget British label of the period. Williams was known for comedic and novelty numbers in the ragtime era.AI summary
Hom 1229 Dance
Billy Williams was a British entertainer and comedian known for novelty and comic songs in the early 20th century. 'There must be something nice about the Isle of Man' and 'Jean loves all the Jockeys' are typical topical comedy numbers. This Hom label pressing is from an obscure British marque.AI summary
Hom 1243 Music Hall
Hom 638 Music Hall
Billy Williams was a British performer active in the music-hall and comic-song tradition. 'St Kilda' and 'Too-ral-addie' are recorded on Hom 772, a small British label.AI summary
Hom 772 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the British music-hall comedian, in two novelty songs on Hom — 'That's a Jolly Fine Song' and 'She's Coming Home Tonight' — likely from the 1920s.AI summary
Hom 795 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the British music-hall comedian, in two novelty songs on Hom — 'Let's Go Where All the Crowd Goes' and 'The Man Who Buried Flanagan' — likely from the 1920s.AI summary
Hom 881 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the prolific early British tenor, recorded 'Mrs B' and 'I'll lend you my best Girl' for Hom, an unidentified label, catalogue 928.AI summary
Hom 928 Voice
Billy Williams performing 'Don't Go Out with Him Tonight' and 'You're the One' on Hom 931, a small British label.AI summary
Hom 931 Voice
Billy Williams performing 'Sing me an Irish Song' and 'My Sweet Rosetta' on Hom label catalogue 942.AI summary
Hom 942 Music Hall
Billy Williams recorded 'Daylight Bill' and 'I'll meet you one dark Night' for Hom, catalogue 479. Hom is an unrecognised British label. Nothing is known of this artist or imprint.AI summary
Hom 479 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a British music-hall comedian and singer, on 'Jean from Aberdeen', Home (Hom) 516. Home was a small British label active in the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Hom 516 Music Hall
Bird recorded 'Stein Song' and an untitled piece for Hom, a small British label, in the early acoustic era.AI summary
Hom 4-3952 Dance
'Bow Bells Full Peal', a two-sided recording of the famous London church bells on HomS 020, a small British label.AI summary
Hom S020 Instrumental
A disc by Bron. Mittmann — possibly a continental artist — on the HomB label (likely Homochord, a subsidiary imprint associated with the Homophon company) with catalogue number 32, containing 'Serenade' and 'Romance'. The very low catalogue number and the label's obscurity suggest an early pressing. The artist is not identifiable from standard references.AI summary
Hom B32
The California Ramblers play Where the Four Leaf Clovers Grow, with Save Your Sorrow for Tomorrow on the reverse, on Homochord C870.AI summary
Hom C870 Dance
The California Ramblers play Hot Lips, with Vamp Me by the Bar Harbor band on the reverse, on Homochord H367.AI summary
Hom H367 Dance
Carl Nebe performing two German songs — 'Der Mutter Lied' and 'Mein Weib und Kind' — on the Hom label, likely Homophon, catalogue 1950. Nebe does not appear prominently in standard discographic references; Homophon pressings of lesser-known German vocalists are moderately uncommon.AI summary
Hom 1950 Voice
Ceredig Jones was a Welsh-language performer. The titles suggest Welsh-language or Welsh-interest recordings on the HomDO label, a small British imprint. Jones's wider recording career is not well documented.AI summary
Hom DO957
Charles Austin recorded two music-hall comic songs for Hom, an obscure British label of the early 1900s.AI summary
Hom 1002 Music Hall
Charles Austin with I've Only Been Married a Week and I'm Much Better Looking on Homochord H316.AI summary
Hom H316 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, the music hall comedian behind The Laughing Policeman, with Seeing Each Other Home and When You're Blotto on Homochord H645.AI summary
Hom H645 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, the comedian of 'The Laughing Policeman', with two laughing songs on Homochord.AI summary
Hom H495 Comic
Charles Penrose, the music hall comedian behind The Laughing Policeman, performs A Trip to Paris in two parts on Homochord H759.AI summary
Hom H759 Music Hall
A cinema organ with a vocal by J. Lester plays Winona and Tired Hands on Homochord D1202.AI summary
Hom D1202 Instrumental
A comedy or novelty duet credited to Cove and Charman on Hom, a small and short-lived British imprint. The artists and label are unidentifiable from standard reference.AI summary
Hom 4139 Comic
Cove and Lewis on Homophone 4037 performing 'Baby Rose' and 'Oh! That Music'.AI summary
Hom 4037 Dance
Dalton Marshall on HomH 366, performing 'Kitten on the Keys' and 'Regimental patrol'. HomH was an obscure British label.AI summary
Hom H366
A dance band plays Peter Pan and Where's My Sweetie Hiding on Homochord H740.AI summary
Hom H740 Dance
A descriptive band performance titled 'The Lancashire Man on the London Tube Railway' and 'A Coon Band Contest' on Homestead 954, a minor British label. The titles reflect novelty and character music of the early twentieth century.AI summary
Hom 954 Music Hall
A descriptive or narrative recording on Homochord (Homo), a German-owned budget label active in the 1920s-30s, apparently a novelty or seasonal item.AI summary
Hom 4142
E. Clare performing two novelty comic songs on Homophone, a small British label. The titles suggest gentle domestic and technological comedy of the inter-war period.AI summary
Hom H424 Comic
Edith Penville on the obscure Homophone label (Homh). 'Le Babillard' and the 'Hungarian Fantasy' are classical pieces. Neither the artist nor the label is established in standard discographies.AI summary
Hom H655 Classical
Emile van Bosch performs two operatic numbers in Dutch — 'Als ik Koning was' (Si j'étais roi) and 'De klokken van Corneville' — on the Hom label, likely Homophon, with catalogue numbers in the 51000 series. Van Bosch appears to have been a Dutch or Belgian singer active in the early recording era; the Homophon label had a wide European distribution network.AI summary
Hom 51695/7 Voice
Ernest van Dyck was a celebrated Belgian tenor who had a major career at Bayreuth and the Vienna Court Opera in the late nineteenth century, one of the foremost Wagner tenors of his generation. This Homophon disc, catalogue 8702/8390, contains two French songs. Van Dyck's recordings are of significant collector interest to students of early Wagnerian singing.AI summary
Hom 8702/8390 Opera
Credited to 'Erzengel Gabriel', this recording of 'Die Verkündigung der Geburt Christi' (The Annunciation of the Birth of Christ) and part 2 was issued on Hom Records (48896). Hom was a small German label; this appears to be a religious or choral work, likely from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Hom 48896