9 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
9 records matching
Gene Autry, the singing cowboy, with Texas Plains and Hold On Little Dogies Hold On on Melotone 13316.AI summary
Melotone 13316 Country
Gene Kardos led a dance orchestra in the 1920s and 1930s, popular in New York ballrooms. This Melotone pressing pairs two novelty dance numbers from the hot-dance repertoire of the era.AI summary
Melotone 7-07-02 Dance
The Hoosier Hot Shots on Melotone 5-12-55, performing 'Black Eyed Susan Brown' and 'Back in Indiana'. The Hot Shots were an American novelty string band of the 1930s-40s, known for humorous, energetic performances and trick playing.AI summary
Melotone 5-12-55 Comic
Melotone 35-10-01
Josh White, the blues and folk singer, with 'Fare Thee Well' and 'Outskirts of Town'.AI summary
Melotone 1145 Jazz
Peisachke Burstein sings Shyka Fifer and Bei Goyim Hut Man Mazel on Melotone 5001.AI summary
Melotone 5001 Yiddish
Rudy Vallee, the American crooner and bandleader, recorded 'Glory of Love' and 'She Shall Have Music' for Melo, a small British label; Vallee was hugely popular in the 1930s–40s but this label is poorly documented.AI summary
Melotone 6-06-09 Voice
Sidney Bechet with Humphrey Lyttelton's band, 'Who's Sorry Now' and 'Sleepy Time Down South', from their 1949 London session, a landmark for the British traditional jazz revival.AI summary
Melotone 1104 Jazz
A pairing of the American jazz pioneer Sidney Bechet with the British trad-jazz leader Humphrey Lyttelton, issued on Melotone, a cheap UK label of the period.AI summary
Melotone 1105 Jazz