815 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Clarkson Rose, a British music-hall entertainer and playwright, on Zonophone. Rose was known for topical comedy and song.AI summary
Zonophone 2419 Music Hall
Clarkson Rose, a British variety entertainer, on Zonophone 2466, performing 'Shine' and the novelty 'Riley's Cow Shed'.AI summary
Zonophone 2466 Music Hall
Clarkson Rose on Zonophone 2796, a British music hall performer of the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Zonophone 2796 Music Hall
Clarkson Rose, a British musical comedy and revue performer, performing two songs on Zonophone—'Oh What a Happy Land' and 'The More We Are Together'. Rose was a music-hall entertainer active in the early twentieth century.AI summary
Zonophone 2833 Music Hall
Zonophone 2834 Personalities (Prs)
Clarkson Rose, the British music-hall entertainer, recorded 'A Leakage in the Tank' in two parts for Zonophone, a small British label active in the early 1900s.AI summary
Zonophone 5981 Music Hall
Zonophone T1043 Voice
Clarkson Rose, a British music-hall entertainer, recorded two comic songs, 'I never see Maggie alone' and 'Lunatic's Lullaby', for Zonophone, the budget British label.AI summary
Zonophone 2785 Music Hall
Clarkson Rose, a British entertainer and Twinkletoes pantomime star, recorded 'Felix Kept on Walking' and 'I Love Me' for Zonophone, a small British label active in the early 1900s.AI summary
Zonophone 2406 Music Hall
Clarkson Rose on Zonophone 2420, performing novelty music hall material. Clarkson Rose was a significant British entertainer and music hall personality known for his touring revue 'Tweedle's' and later radio work.AI summary
Zonophone 2420 Music Hall
Clarkson Rose, a British music-hall comedian and pantomime performer, singing two comic songs on Zonophone. Rose was a celebrated entertainer of the 1930s-40s.AI summary
Zonophone 5554 Music Hall
Clarkson Rose, a British musical-comedy entertainer and actor, performs two novelty and patriotic songs on Zonophone 6103 — likely a late pressing, as Zonophone ceased new recordings in 1924 but this catalogue number suggests post-1924 reissue or misdating.AI summary
Zonophone 6103 Personalities (Prs)
Clarkson Rose, a British entertainer and founder of the Twinkle concert party, recorded 'How does a little Liver Pill' and 'Ma look at Charlie' for Zonophone, capturing the novelty and music-hall tradition.AI summary
Zonophone 2978 Music Hall
Clarkson Rose, a British comedian and entertainer, performing two music-hall novelty songs for Zonophone, likely from the 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 2884 Music Hall
Collins and Harlan were early recording artists; this Zonophone side (catalogue 44128) dates to the acoustic era, likely 1900s–1910s. Zonophone was an early British and international label.AI summary
Zonophone 44128 Voice
D Denton recorded 'Coal black Mammy' and 'I shall remember your Kisses' on Zonophone, catalogue 2195. The first title contains a period racial epithet reflecting 1920s recording practice.AI summary
Zonophone 2195 Voice
Zonophone X63552
Danby & Mortimer, a music-hall comedy duo of the early 20th century, on Zonophone 177 with sketch material: 'The First Quarrel' and 'The Vagabonds'. Zonophone was a major label of the 1900s and 1910s; this is an early acoustic recording of comic patter.AI summary
Zonophone 177 Music Hall
An anonymous dance band performing the jazz-novelty numbers 'Everybody's Jazzing now' and 'That big Jazz Band' on Zonophone, a British label owned by the Gramophone Company. The catalogue number 1912 places this in Zonophone's early series, likely from the mid-1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 1912 Jazz
Darewski and Haxton, British entertainers, perform two songs on Zonophone 2317 — likely an early pressing (Zonophone active 1901–1924) from the acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone 2317 Music Hall
Darewski and Haxton recorded 'Shadow Man' and 'Three o'Clock in the Morning' for Zonophone, a budget label. The artists appear to be songwriters or performers from the early 1920s; the later of these two titles was written by Julian Robledo and Paul Whiteman and achieved popularity as a dance hit.AI summary
Zonophone 2317 Dance
A descriptive recording of Christmas music on Zonophone: 'Christmas Waits' and 'Christmas Raffle', likely a novelty or comedic piece rather than a straight performance.AI summary
Zonophone 1404 Comic
A descriptive musical scene, 'The Prodigal's Return' and 'A Naval Disaster', from Zonophone 42. This is a very early release (catalogue 42 suggests 1900s-1910s) in the descriptive or narrative music genre popular in the acoustic era. Zonophone was a British label active since the 1890s.AI summary
Zonophone 42 Music Hall
Zonophone 1173 Personalities (Prs)
'Dollie and Billie' recorded two novelty or comic song sides for Zonophone, a British label with a long history from the 1900s. The catalogue number 2479 suggests mid-1920s or later.AI summary
Zonophone 2479 Music Hall
Doris Hare, a British actress and entertainer, in two novelty numbers on Zonophone: "Old Man of the Mountain" and "Three white Feathers", from the late 1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 6265 Personalities (Prs)
Douglas Byng, a British comic entertainer and actor, performs novelty songs 'Sunday School Has Done a Lot for Me' and 'Oriental Emma' on Zonophone. Byng was a popular revue performer and recording artist in the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Zonophone 5267 Music Hall
Douglas Byng, a sophisticated British revue performer and character vocalist, recorded these two comic character pieces on Zonophone 5407, likely late 1920s or early 1930s. Byng was known for witty, theatrical performances and recorded for several labels.AI summary
Zonophone 5407 Music Hall
Douglas Byng, a British comedienne and entertainer, recorded 'I'm One of the Queens of England' and 'Spring' for Zonophone, typical of her music hall and comic singing style.AI summary
Zonophone 5553 Music Hall
Dutch Daly performing 'Auld Robin Gray' on Zonophone catalogue 12814. The artist is not widely documented in standard music-hall references; the 12000-series Zonophone is an early acoustic-era catalogue. An unrecognised artist on an early Zonophone number warrants investigation.AI summary
Zonophone 12814 Music Hall
Ed Franklin performing 'The Shade of the Palms' on Zonophone 544, one of the earliest British recording labels.AI summary
Zonophone 544 Music Hall
Edward Davies sings two Welsh traditional songs—'Hen ffon fy nain' (Grandmother's Walking Stick) and 'Dafydd y Garreg Wen' (David of the White Stone)—on Zonophone, a British label that recorded widely in regional folk traditions.AI summary
Zonophone 1130 Voice
Eileen Wilson and Dick Thomas recorded "Broken Down Merry-Go-Round" and related novelty material for Zonophone. Both were American vocalists active in the 1950s with modest commercial appeal.AI summary
Zonophone 2317 Voice
Elizabeth Newbold recorded the 'Bell Song' (from Lakmé) and 'Bolero Verdi' for Zonophone GO31. Zonophone was a major British label; this is a classical vocal recording from the acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone GO31 Opera
Eric Foster performing comic patter songs on Zonophone: 'Geordie & His Missus at the Skating Rink' and 'Geordie at the Dentist'. Foster was a British music-hall performer of the early 1900s, specialising in character sketches and comedy monologues.AI summary
Zonophone 677 Music Hall
Ernest Pike singing 'Killarney' on Zonophone 42356. Zonophone was a budget label with large pressings; Pike was a minor vocalist of the interwar years.AI summary
Zonophone 42356 Voice
Ernest Pike performing 'Alice, Where Art Thou?' on Zonophone, a British subsidiary of the Zon-o-phone company. The catalogue number and label suggest an Edwardian or early 1900s acoustic recording.AI summary
Zonophone 42357 Voice
Ernest Pike singing 'Eileen Alannah' and 'Kathleen Mavourneen' on Zonophone 494, a British label of the 1900s–1910s. Both are traditional Irish ballads.AI summary
Zonophone 494 Voice
Ernest Pike performing two songs on Zonophone A12, a very early issue catalogue. Zonophone was a British label of the 1900s–1920s.AI summary
Zonophone A12 Voice
Zonophone Z24007
Ernest Pike, a baritone, recorded opera duets with identified soprano partners (Violetta and Yarrow) for Zonophone, a British label of the early 1900s.AI summary
Zonophone GO1 Opera
Ernest Pike and A Yarrow perform operatic excerpts—'In the Combat' from Verdi's La Traviata and the Miserere—on Zonophone's early GO series, a rare British label run.AI summary
Zonophone GO1 Opera
Ernest Pike and A. Yarrow performing the operatic duet 'O Night of Hymen' (likely from Rossini's *L'italiana in Algeri*) for Zonophone X-series, an early acoustic catalogue from the 1900s–1910s.AI summary
Zonophone X44160 Opera
Zonophone X44123
A duet recorded on Zonophone, a British budget label, pairing Ernest Pike with vocalist 'Mme Violetta' on the operetta standard 'Home to our Mountains'.AI summary
Zonophone X44123 Opera
Ernest Shand, the Edwardian music-hall comedian, on Zonophone catalogue 42263, with 'Nobody Knows, Nobody Cares'. Zonophone 42000-series pressings of Shand's work are moderately uncommon.AI summary
Zonophone 42263 Music Hall
Ernest Shand, the Edwardian music-hall comedian and monologist, on Zonophone catalogue 42433, with 'Look at the Weather'. Zonophone pressings of Shand's work in the 42000-series are moderately uncommon.AI summary
Zonophone 42433 Music Hall
Ernest Shand's Zonophone 1029 is a double-sided pressing, placing it a little later than his earliest single-sided issues — probably around 1906–1908. 'In America' suggests a topical song about emigration or the American craze, a common music-hall subject of the period. Shand was a capable Edwardian comedian whose Zonophone output is consistently sought by music-hall collectors.AI summary
Zonophone 1029 Music Hall