45 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
45 records matching
Big Bill Broonzy, one of the most important blues musicians of the 20th century. Mercury 8261 ('Hollerin' the Blues' and 'Willie Mae Blues') captures him from the post-war era.AI summary
Mercury 8261 Jazz
Billy Daniels with Mom-e-lee and Smile on Mercury MB3142.AI summary
Mercury MB3142 Voice
Conway Twitty with I Need Your Lovin' and Born to Sing the Blues on Mercury 71086.AI summary
Mercury 71086 Rock
Count Basie's 'Royal Garden Blues' and 'Song of the Islands' on Mercury 89061. Basie is canonical; Mercury swing sides are common.AI summary
Mercury 89061 Jazz
Dick Two Ton Baker with Everybody Has a Laughing Place and I'm a Lonely Little Petunia on Mercury 25-98.AI summary
Mercury 25-98 Comic
Eddie Constantine, the American-born French singer and actor, with Ma petite folie and Lilette on Mercury 4183.AI summary
Mercury 4183 Voice
Flip Phillips, the tenor saxophonist of Woody Herman's Herd and Jazz at the Philharmonic, with 'Cookie' and 'This Can't Be Love' on American Mercury.AI summary
Mercury 8908 Jazz
Freddie Bell with Take the First Train Out of Town and Teach You to Rock on Mercury MT146.AI summary
Mercury MT146 Rock
Freddie Bell with I Said It and I'm Glad and Giddy-Up-a Ding Dong on Mercury MT122.AI summary
Mercury MT122 Rock
Freddie Bell with Take the First Train Out of Town and Teach You to Rock on Mercury MT146.AI summary
Mercury MT146 Rock
Freddie Bell with I Said It and I'm Glad and Giddy-Up-a Ding Dong on Mercury MT122.AI summary
Mercury MT122 Rock
Georgia Gibbs with If You Take My Heart Away and Seven Lonely Days on Mercury 70095.AI summary
Mercury 70095 Voice
Herbie Haymer on Merc (1098) with 'China boy' and 'Under a blanket of blue'; this is likely an earlier or alternate recording by the saxophonist on Mercury.AI summary
Mercury 1098 Jazz
Jan August and the Harmonicats with Bewitched and Blue Prelude on Mercury 5399.AI summary
Mercury 5399 Instrumental
Mercury 5531 Misc.
Joyce Bradley recorded 'Why Don't You Write Me' and 'Love is a Many-Splendored Thing' (the 1950s pop standard) for MercHK, likely a Mercury subsidiary or regional label based in Hong Kong or Asia.AI summary
Mercury HK151 Voice
Kitty Kallen with Choo'n Gum and Juke Box Annie on Mercury 5417.AI summary
Mercury 5417 Voice
Lopez with Laughing on the Outside and Ashby de la Zouch on Mercury 2074.AI summary
Mercury 2074 Dance
Malcolm Lockyer with My Heart Isn't in It and On the Waterfront on Mercury 3157.AI summary
Mercury 3157 Dance
Cornettist Muggsy Spanier with 'Alabama Jubilee' and 'Caution Blues' on American Mercury.AI summary
Mercury 5528 Jazz
Nick Noble with Please Don't Break My Heart and My Own True Love on Mercury 70496.AI summary
Mercury 70496 Voice
Patti Page with One Sweet Letter and And So to Sleep Again on Mercury 5706.AI summary
Mercury 5706 Voice
Patti Page with I Went to Your Wedding and You Belong to Me on Mercury J65.AI summary
Mercury J65 Voice
Mercury 120
Ralph Marterie with Skokiaan and Crazy 'Bout Lollipop on Mercury 4056.AI summary
Mercury 4056 Dance
Roy Eldridge, the swing trumpeter who bridged Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie, with 'Jumbo the Elephant' and 'Baby, What's the Matter with You' on American Mercury.AI summary
Mercury 8996 Jazz
Santo and his Dixie-land Jazz Band with Canal Street Romp and Rose of the Rio Grande on Mercury 8914.AI summary
Mercury 8914 Jazz
Sarah Vaughan with Come Along with Me and It's Easy to Remember on Mercury 3114.AI summary
Mercury 3114 Jazz
Sarah Vaughan with Make Yourself Comfortable and Old Devil Moon on Mercury 3180.AI summary
Mercury 3180 Jazz
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the gospel singer and guitarist often cited as a forerunner of rock and roll, is heard here on a Mercury pressing.AI summary
Mercury 185 Rock
The Crew Cuts, a Canadian vocal quartet of the 1950s, with Carmen's Boogie and Ciribiribin Mambo on Mercury 70634.AI summary
Mercury 70634 Rock
The Crew Cuts with Mostly Martha and Angels in the Sky on Mercury 70741.AI summary
Mercury 70741 Rock
The Crew Cuts with Rebel in Town and Tell Me Why on Mercury 70890.AI summary
Mercury 70890 Rock
The Diamonds with Daddy Cool and Silhouettes on Mercury 71197.AI summary
Mercury 71197 Rock
The Diamonds with Walking Along and Eternal Lovers on Mercury AMT1004.AI summary
Mercury AMT1004 Rock
The Diamonds, a Canadian vocal quartet, recorded their novelty hit 'Little Darlin'' for Mercury in the mid-1950s, alongside 'Faithful and True'.AI summary
Mercury 7160 Rock
The Diamonds with Walking Along and Eternal Lovers on Mercury AMT1004.AI summary
Mercury AMT1004 Rock
The Gaylords with Mecque and Little Shoemaker on Mercury 70403.AI summary
Mercury 70403 Voice
The Platters with Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered and Remember When on Mercury 71096.AI summary
Mercury 71096 Rock
The Platters, the legendary doo-wop group. Mercury 71184 ('Mystery of You' and 'Only Because') is from their classic period.AI summary
Mercury 71184 Rock
The Platters with The Sound and the Fury and Enchanted on Mercury AMT1039.AI summary
Mercury AMT1039 Rock
The Platters with Twilight Time and Out of My Mind on Mercury MT214.AI summary
Mercury MT214 Rock
The Platters with My Prayer and Heaven on Earth on Mercury MT120.AI summary
Mercury MT120 Rock
The Platters with It Isn't Right and You'll Never Know on Mercury MT130.AI summary
Mercury MT130 Rock
Mercury MT214 50s/60s Pop