815 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Billy Williams, the British music-hall performer, on Zonophone 240, performing 'Bobbing About in the Briny' and H. Fay's 'In the Days That Are Coming Bye-and-Bye'. Williams was a prolific entertainer of the early 20th century.AI summary
Zonophone 240 Music Hall
Billy Williams, credited here on Zonophone X42869, sang "The Collier", a British ballad repertoire piece. Zonophone was a budget subsidiary of The Gramophone Company active in the early 1900s through the 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone X42869 Voice
Billy Williams was a British popular vocalist and entertainer of the early 20th century, known for character songs and novelty material. This early Zonophone side, 'Old Armchair' and 'Only Bit of English We Have Got', shows his music-hall roots and comic sensibility.AI summary
Zonophone A18 Music Hall
Billy Williams singing 'We're all waiting for a Girl' on Zonophone 042010, a pre-1920s popular vocal recording.AI summary
Zonophone 042010 Voice
Billy Williams, a popular British music-hall singer of the early 20th century, performing the comic song *The Only Bit of English We Have Got* on Zonophone, a subsidiary label of the gramophone pioneers.AI summary
Zonophone 042012 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the prolific Edwardian music hall and recording artist, performed on the Zonophone label during the early 1900s acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone A16 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a popular early recording artist, performing 'Old Armchair' and 'Only Bit of English We Have Got' on Zonophone A18, an early acoustic side from approximately 1903–1905.AI summary
Zonophone A18 Voice
Billy Williams, the Scottish music hall singer, performs 'Are we all Here?' and 'Squeeze her Ebenezer' on Zonophone, a small British label active from the 1920s onward.AI summary
Zonophone 1012 Music Hall
Billy Williams singing two comedy novelty numbers, 'Call me early in the Morning' and 'On her pic-pic-piccolo', for Zonophone Records catalogue 1030.AI summary
Zonophone 1030 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Zonophone, this pressing of 'We All Live at No. 24' and 'Sheila O'Neil' is from the later phase of his recording career.AI summary
Zonophone 1041 Music Hall
Billy Williams recorded 'Oh That Ragtime Waltz' and 'Of for Another Day at Margate' for Zonophone 1058. Williams was a popular singer in the early 1900s; Zonophone was a significant label in the acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone 1058 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Zonophone performing 'She is My Best Girl Now' and 'I'm Out for the Day Today' — popular ballads from an unidentified vocalist, early 20th century.AI summary
Zonophone 1337 Voice
Billy Williams, the prolific British music-hall and comic singer, recorded 'Our Little Kiddie Sings the Best Songs of All' and 'There's Life in the Old Dog Yet' for Zonophone 1392.AI summary
Zonophone 1392 Music Hall
Billy Williams sang 'It Serves You Right' and 'The Hobnailed Boots that Father Wore' for Zonophone in the acoustic era. These are comic or sentimental novelty songs; Williams was an obscure artist on a major but now-scarce label.AI summary
Zonophone 557 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing 'The Daylight Bill' and 'I'll Meet You One Dark Night' on Zonophone 559, a very early catalogue number in Zonophone's series. Williams is likely a minor vocalist or character artist.AI summary
Zonophone 559 Voice
Billy Williams performing 'Matrimonial Chimes' and 'Too-ral-oor-al-laddie' on Zonophone 560, part of Zonophone's very early catalogue series. Williams is likely a minor or pseudonymous performer.AI summary
Zonophone 560 Voice
Billy Williams performing two novelty or comic songs for Zonophone 589: 'When Father Tried to Kill the Cock-a-doodle-doo' and 'If the World Belonged to Me'. Zonophone was a Decca budget label, and catalogue 589 suggests a later pressing from the 1920s-1930s era.AI summary
Zonophone 589 Music Hall
Billy Williams singing 'Take me back to USA' and the Scottish number 'My Lass frae Glasgae Toon' on Zonophone, a British label active through the 1920s and 1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 676 Voice
Billy Williams, the Edwardian music-hall star, performing two patriotic and comic songs on Zonophone, a major British label of the acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone 965 Music Hall
Zonophone 1435 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a British music-hall singer and comedian, on Zonophone, catalogue 830, with 'Come and Have a Look What I've Got' and 'I Didn't Know What to Do'.AI summary
Zonophone 830 Music Hall
Billy Williams recorded two comic or sentimental songs for Zonophone: 'Don't sing a Song about a Rose to me' and 'Don't let me get any better Nurse'.AI summary
Zonophone 832 Voice
Billy Williams on Zonophone 187, with music-hall novelty material from the acoustic era. Williams is not a major-label recording artist; Zonophone was a British budget label.AI summary
Zonophone 187 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing 'Why do you think I look so gay?' and 'Playing the Game in the West' on Zonophone, a British subsidiary of the Gramophone Company.AI summary
Zonophone 258 Voice
Billy Williams recorded 'Here We Are Again' and 'Let's Have a Song Upon the Gramophone' for Zonophone 405. Williams was a popular singer and stage performer in the early 1900s; Zonophone 405 is an early catalogue number, likely circa 1904–1910.AI summary
Zonophone 405 Music Hall
Billy Williams recorded 'I'll Lend You My Best Girl' and 'I Don't Want a Girl for Sunday' for Zonophone (406), a British label subsidiary of the Gramophone Company. Williams was an early popular singer, and this record likely dates to the 1910s–20s.AI summary
Zonophone 406 Voice
Billy Williams, the music-hall entertainer, recorded these two topical Irish novelty songs for Zonophone, a major British label owned by the Gramophone Company; Zonophone 408 is from the pre-1920 era.AI summary
Zonophone 408 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing 'Are We All Here?' and 'Squeeze Her Ebenezer' on Zonophone 1012. Zonophone was an early British label subsidiary to The Gramophone Company, and this record represents popular comedy or novelty song of the 1900s–1910s era.AI summary
Zonophone 1012 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the celebrated music hall star, sings 'Take Me Back to USA' and 'My Lass Frae Glasgae Toon' on an early Zonophone disc with a catalogue number pointing to the pre-First World War period.AI summary
Zonophone 676 Music Hall
Billy Williams, an American singer popular in the early 1950s, recorded 'Don't sing a Song about a Rose to me' and 'Don't let me get any better Nurse' for Zonophone, a British budget label. This is a UK pressing of his work.AI summary
Zonophone 832 Voice
Billy Williams, a singer of popular songs in the early acoustic era, recorded 'When Father papered the Parlour' and 'Clogs & Shawl' for Zonophone, a British subsidiary of the Gramophone Company.AI summary
Zonophone 407 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a major British music-hall and variety comedian, on Zonophone 407 (green label), performing comedic songs 'When Father papered the Parlour' and 'Clogs & Shawl'. This is an early pressing from Zonophone's acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone 407 Music Hall
The Black Diamond Band performing patriotic and ceremonial marches on Zonophone 598, a British label of the early 1900s.AI summary
Zonophone 598 Orchestra
The Black Diamond Band recorded patriotic and ceremonial music for Zonophone: 'God Save the King'/'Rule Britannia' and 'Coronation March'/'God Bless the Prince of Wales'. These are British national and royal occasion recordings, likely from the Edward VII or early George V era.AI summary
Zonophone 598 Orchestra
The Black Diamond Band's recording of *Teddy Bear's Picnic* on Zonophone, a British subsidiary of Gramophone Company, from the late 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 40234 Orchestra
Zonophone 1915 Music Hall
The Black Diamond Band recorded a 'Puzzle Record' in two parts for Zonophone, catalogue 5000—a catalogue number that places it in the label's very early numbering. The Puzzle Record was a gimmick novelty format that enjoyed some popularity in the early 20th century.AI summary
Zonophone 5000 Comic
The Black Diamonds on Zonophone 2263 recorded 'Dapper Dan' and 'Kentucky Babe'; Zonophone was a significant British label active from the 1900s to 1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 2263 Dance
The Black Diamonds Band performs 'Rages and Crazes' on both sides of this early Zonophone disc.AI summary
Zonophone 2180 Orchestra
Black Diamonds Band on Zonophone, performing a Christmas medley on a British label.AI summary
Zonophone 2636 Orchestra
The Black Diamonds Band recorded 'The sheik - Arabian Foxtrot' and 'Drifting' for Zonophone 2238, novelty and dance-band material from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Zonophone 2238 Dance
Black Diamonds Band performing 'Rages and Crazes Selection' on Zonophone, a British imprint of the early 20th century. Zonophone catalogue numbers in this range date to the 1900s–1910s.AI summary
Zonophone 2180 Dance
The Blue Lyres on Zonophone Records performing 'Oi Song' and 'Clouds Will Soon Roll By' — a small British group on an economy label, likely early 1930s, with material suggesting popular or semi-comic novelty repertoire.AI summary
Zonophone 6162 Dance
Blue Lyres on two novelty songs, Zonophone pressing from the early 1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 6153 Dance
Bransby Williams was a celebrated British dramatic monologist and actor-reciter of the Edwardian era, known for his vivid character pieces and theatrical readings; this Zonophone 78 contains two of his famous recitations, extracts from Dickens' 'David Copperfield' and his own dramatic monologue.AI summary
Zonophone A115 Voice
A British Military Band recorded 'The Stars and Stripes Forever' for Zonophone, a British label established in 1901. This patriotic march represents routine British military band recording from the early 20th century.AI summary
Zonophone 666 Orchestra
Brothers Howard performing two novelty numbers, 'Auction Sale of a Stranded Circus' and 'My Musical Evening', on Zonophone, the British budget label owned by the Gramophone Company.AI summary
Zonophone 32 Music Hall
Bud Billings recorded gospel and religious material for Zonophone in the early 1920s; 'The Wanderer's Warning' and 'Will the Angels Play Their Harps for Me?' are hymnal and devotional pieces.AI summary
Zonophone 5422 Voice