815 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Barrington Hooper on Zonophone with 'Lolita' and 'Nirvana'—two vocal or instrumental pieces on a Gramophone Company subsidiary label from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Zonophone A382 Voice
Ben Albert on Zonophone, a budget British label of the early 1930s; the second side references a matrix number rather than a conventional title.AI summary
Zonophone T-2030
Ben Albert recorded "What is Work?" for Zonophone, likely a music-hall or comic number from the 1910s-20s. Almost nothing is documented about this artist or the piece.AI summary
Zonophone 41013 Music Hall
Ben Albert recorded two comic or novelty pieces, '3 Ages of Woman' and 'Why go abroad', for Zonophone Records, a British imprint; artist otherwise unidentified.AI summary
Zonophone 40 Music Hall
Ben Albert on Zonophone T-2030, a novelty number. Zonophone was an early British label that recorded prolific and often obscure artists; Albert is not documented in major references.AI summary
Zonophone T-2030
Ben Walker performing 'Les Etinnelles', a light instrumental piece, on Zonophone X49002.AI summary
Zonophone X49002 Instrumental
Benson Orchestra of Chicago performing two jazz and novelty pieces on Zonophone, a British pressing of American jazz and dance material. The Benson Orchestra was a popular American ensemble active in the 1920s; UK copies of their recordings are scarce.AI summary
Zonophone o3679 Jazz
Bert Firman's band on Zonophone 5456, performing 'Only for You' and 'Everything I Do I Do for You'. Firman was a British bandleader and composer active on records from the early 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 5456 Dance
Bert Marsden recorded for Zonophone, a British label active mainly in the 1900s–1920s; 'Laughing Song' and 'I know some funny Tales' are music-hall character pieces, typical of the era.AI summary
Zonophone 41 Music Hall
Billy Golden and Hughes recorded 'Shipmates' and 'Farmhouse liars' for Zonophone, a British label, likely in the early 1900s.AI summary
Zonophone 903 Music Hall
Billy Merson, a music-hall comedian and singer, recorded 'Don't blame me' and 'The Photo of the Girl I left behind me' for Zonophone, catalogue 621. Zonophone was a short-lived British label of the 1920s. Merson was an established performer, making this a recording of period interest.AI summary
Zonophone 621 Music Hall
Billy Merson, a popular British music-hall comedian and singer, records 'Take an Old Woman's Advice' and 'I'm Setting the Village on Fire' on Zonophone.AI summary
Zonophone 637 Music Hall
Billy Merson performing 'Sing a Song of the Weather' and 'I've got to dance' on Zonophone Records catalogue 667. Merson was a prolific British music hall performer and comic singer active in the early 20th century.AI summary
Zonophone 667 Music Hall
Billy Merson, a British music-hall comedian and singer, recorded 'The Spaniard that Blighted my Life' and 'They can't find Kelly' for Zonophone, probably in the 1910s. Merson was a major Edwardian-era variety star.AI summary
Zonophone 691 Music Hall
Billy Merson, the British music-hall comedian and singer, on two comic songs, Engine Driver and Since Father retired, recorded for Zonophone 749.AI summary
Zonophone 749 Music Hall
Billy Merson, a British music-hall comedian and singer, performing 'Girls' and 'Back to My Home in the Mountains' on Zonophone 808, sides from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 808 Music Hall
Billy Merson was a British music-hall comedian and singer popular in the early 1900s, celebrated for his comic monologues and his signature song "The Spaniard That Blighted My Life"; this Zonophone recording is from the acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone 621 Music Hall
Billy Merson recorded 'Don't Blame Me' and 'The Photo of the Girl I Left Behind Me' for Zonophone (621). Billy Merson was a British music hall performer and comedian; this is an early Zonophone pressing from the acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone 621 Music Hall
Billy Murray, a leading American vaudeville and recording artist of the 1900s–1920s, performs two popular songs on this Zonophone disc: 'He'd have to get under' (a hit about early motoring mishaps) and 'Swing swing swing'.AI summary
Zonophone 1272 Voice
Billy Whitlock, a banjo soloist or comedian, performs 'I Like Your Apron & Your Bonnet' and 'Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland' on Zonophone — early acoustic recording.AI summary
Zonophone 798 Music Hall
Billy Whitlock performing 'Merriest man alive' on Zonophone X42515, described as an electrically recorded vocal or comedy record from the late 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone X42515 Music Hall
Billy Whitlock on Zonophone 606, performing novelty or comic material. Billy Whitlock was an American recording artist active in the 1920s, and this British Zonophone pressing captures his work from that era, though these particular titles are obscure.AI summary
Zonophone 606 Comic
Billy Williams on Zonophone (Zon 589), recorded 'If the World belonged to me' and 'When Father tried to kill the Cock-a-doodle-doo'. This appears to be music-hall material from the early twentieth century, though the artist is not established in standard discographies.AI summary
Zonophone 589 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Zonophone 2178, a light vocal record 'She's coming home tonight' and the comic number 'Why do you think I look so gay?' from the early 1900s–10s.AI summary
Zonophone 2178 Voice
Billy Williams performs 'Girls of Today' and 'Oh Mr. MacPherson' on Zonophone 2209. These are music-hall songs.AI summary
Zonophone 2209 Music Hall
Billy Williams, an early African-American vaudeville and recording artist, on Zonophone with 'All Coons Look Alike to Me' from 1909 — a historically important and commercially successful piece. The title reflects the racial terminology of its era; the song was one of Williams's signature pieces and a hit of the period.AI summary
Zonophone 562 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the British music-hall star, on Zonophone 1350, performing 'Let's Have Another One Together' and 'Goodbye Ragtime' — novelty and music-hall material of the early 1910s.AI summary
Zonophone 1350 Music Hall
Billy Williams was a prolific British music-hall and comic singer of the Edwardian era; Zonophone 1380 carries two of his novelty numbers, 'I Shall Have to Ask my Mother if She'll Let Me' and 'When Mother Backed the Winner of the Derby'.AI summary
Zonophone 1380 Music Hall
Billy Williams recorded 'That's a Jolly Good Song' and a piece credited to H. Fay for Zonophone, a budget label. Williams was an English comedian and singer of the Edwardian era and 1920s, and his recordings represent early 20th-century British popular song.AI summary
Zonophone 283 Music Hall
Billy Williams was a prominent British singer and actor who had a successful recording and stage career from the 1890s through the 1920s. This Zonophone recording of novelty songs dates from the early 1900s era.AI summary
Zonophone 406 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing "Are We All Here?" and "Squeeze Her Ebenezer" on Zonophone, a budget British label active through the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Zonophone 1012 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing 'I shall have to ask my Mother if she'll let me' and 'When Mother backed the Winner of the Derby' on Zonophone 1380. A novelty singer on the Zonophone label, which was one of the earliest British recording marques.AI summary
Zonophone 1380 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a British comic singer and performer, recorded 'We All Live at No. 24' and 'Sheila O'Neil' on Zonophone 1041. Williams was a prolific recording artist of the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Zonophone 1041 Comic
Billy Williams recorded 'That's a Jolly Good Song' and a Harry Fay composition for Zonophone 283. Williams was a British entertainer active in the early 1900s, and Zonophone was an early major British imprint, making this an acoustic-era pressing.AI summary
Zonophone 283 Music Hall
Zonophone 583 Music Hall
Billy Williams, recorded 'Chanticleer' and 'You're the One' for Zonophone 584, likely in the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 584 Voice
Billy Williams recorded 'Why Can't We Have the Sea in London' and 'John James Brannigan' for Zonophone, a British subsidiary of Victor, in the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Zonophone 675
Billy Williams, a major British music-hall and variety comedian, on Zonophone 782, performing comedic songs 'I never heard Father laugh so much before' and 'Take me where there are no Eyes'. Williams was a prolific recording artist in the Edwardian era.AI summary
Zonophone 782 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a popular British music-hall and variety entertainer of the 1920s–1930s, performs two novelty comic songs on Zonophone 783: "Cohen" and "All the Silver from the Silvery Moon." Zonophone was a Gramophone Company label much used for British variety artists.AI summary
Zonophone 783 Music Hall
Billy Williams recorded 'It's a Far Better Thing I Do' and 'Oh Mr. McPherson' for Zonophone in the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Zonophone 785 Personalities (Prs)
Billy Williams, a prolific British music-hall and comic singer, recorded 'Why Don't Santa Claus Bring Something to Me' and 'Tell Them You're a Londoner' for Zonophone 786.AI summary
Zonophone 786 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a prolific British music-hall singer, recorded 'One Girl's as Good as Any Other Girl' and 'All the Houses Are Going Round' for Zonophone.AI summary
Zonophone 787 Music Hall
Scottish popular songs by Billy Williams on Zonophone (catalogue 831), a British and international label active from the 1890s onward. Williams was a prolific recording artist.AI summary
Zonophone 831 Voice
Billy Williams performing 'Molly McIntyre' and 'It's a Grand Old Song is Home Sweet Home' on Zonophone 910, early 1900s-1910s era.AI summary
Zonophone 910 Voice
Billy Williams recorded 'Kangaroo Hop' and 'It's Mine When You've Done with It' for Zonophone, novelty songs typical of the music hall crossover period. Williams was a minor artist on this now-scarce early label.AI summary
Zonophone 912 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Zonophone 135 with 'Postcards' and 'A Lover Up in Scotland', a British vocal recording from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 135 Voice
Billy Williams performing 'Little People' and 'Girls of Today' on Zonophone 143, likely an early recording.AI summary
Zonophone 143 Voice
Billy Williams, a British music-hall singer and comedian, recorded 'Since Father Joined the Territorials' and 'Little Willie's Woodbines' for Zonophone, catalogue 175.AI summary
Zonophone 175 Music Hall