21,650 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Albert Whelan, a British comedian and singer known for character impersonations and dialect comedy, performing two novelty songs on Zonophone. Whelan was a prolific recording artist in the music-hall tradition of the 1910s-1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 2307 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a British whistler and entertainer, performing 'Three Trees' and 'Preacher and the Bear' on Decca. Whelan was famous for his virtuosic whistling and recorded prolifically in the acoustic and early electric era.AI summary
Decca F2697 Instrumental
Albert Whelan, a British entertainer and whistler of the early twentieth century, performing 'Phil the Fluter's Ball' and 'Story of a Trombone' on Pathé, likely from the 1910s–20s.AI summary
Pathé 93183 Music Hall
Albert Whelan on His Master's Voice B1474 with two pieces of descriptive music, 'Departure of a Troopship' and 'Wreck of a Troopship'; Whelan was a celebrated character vocalist and recording artist of the early acoustic era.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1474 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a British whistler and musical comedian of the early 1900s, recorded 'How Do You Do Miss Ragtime' and 'Snooky Ookums' for the Jumbo label, catalogue 1081. Whelan was famous for his whistled numbers and comic material; Jumbo was a small British imprint.AI summary
Jumbo 1081 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a British performer and whistler, recorded 'My Honolulu Honey Lou' and 'Who are you with Tonight' for Jumbo label.AI summary
Jumbo 277 Music Hall
Albert Whelan was a major music-hall performer and comedian of the Edwardian era, famous for his comic character monologues and whistling. This Jumbo label recording captures his distinctive style. Jumbo was a minor British imprint, and Whelan recordings on small labels are less common than his HMV sides.AI summary
Jumbo 504 Music Hall
Albert Whelan recorded 'Little Red Riding Hood' and 'The Babes in the Wood' for Jumbo, catalogue 904. Albert Whelan was a British whistler and comedian, and these are children's stories or nursery pieces. Jumbo was a cheap British label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Jumbo 904 Music Hall
Albert Whelan on Jumbo 991, a British entertainer and monologist on a small British label of the 1920s–30s, performing character dialogue pieces.AI summary
Jumbo 991 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a British music-hall performer and whistler, recorded 'It's nice to get up in the Morning' and 'King Chanticler' for Jumbo label.AI summary
Jumbo A467 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a British entertainer, recorded 'Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly' and 'Truly Rural' on National label 429.AI summary
National 429 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a British music-hall entertainer and whistler, recorded for His Master's Voice; this is a nursery-themed story disc from the 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1430 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a celebrated British music hall entertainer and whistler, recorded 'Departure of a Troopship' and 'Wreck of a Troopship' for His Master's Voice, likely documenting topical events with his distinctive whistled narration.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1474 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a British music-hall entertainer and composer, on His Master's Voice B1428 with the comic songs 'Teddy in a Doll's Head' and 'Wrecked'. Whelan was a fixture of Edwardian and inter-war British variety.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1428 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a renowned whistler and entertainer of the Edwardian era, performs 'Carolina in the Morning' and 'Give it a Smile' on His Master's Voice B1586.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1586 Personalities (Prs)
Albert Whelan, a British music-hall monologue and character artiste, recorded for Broadcast with a humorous piece in two parts.AI summary
Broadcast 191 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a British music-hall character artiste, recorded for Broadcast with an amusing interlude in two parts.AI summary
Broadcast 300 Music Hall
Albert Whelan on Diamond Records 379, performing two light novelty songs. Whelan was a British variety and vaudeville performer of the Edwardian and 1920s era.AI summary
Diamond 379 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a British entertainer and whistler popular in the 1910s-20s, performing novelty or descriptive pieces on Columbia's early numbered series.AI summary
Columbia 1518 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a British actor and entertainer, performing 'Tiger Tim's Party' and 'The Butterfly' on Columbia—likely children's or novelty material.AI summary
Columbia FB2664 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a British singer and entertainer who specialised in character song and narrative ballads, recorded 'Wedding Breakfast' and 'Darby & Joan's Christmas' (with A. Augarde) on Zonophone 267; the very low catalogue number places this in Zonophone's earliest era, circa 1901–1905.AI summary
Zonophone 267 Voice
Albert Whelan, a celebrated British-American reciter and entertainer of the late 1800s and early 1900s, performs monologues 'Little Emily' and 'Death of Little Nell' on Zonophone 268 — among the earliest recordings of spoken-word dramatic recitation.AI summary
Zonophone 268 Personalities (Prs)
Albert Whelan, a British whistling and storyteller entertainer, on early Zonophone, performing fairy-tale sketches.AI summary
Zonophone 263 Music Hall
Albert Whelan was a British whistler and comedian of the music-hall stage; this Zonophone recording, catalogue 264, pairs two comic songs, 'Little Red Riding Hood' and 'Teeny Tiny Woman'.AI summary
Zonophone 264 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, the Australian-born music-hall entertainer, performs 'Scrooge's Christmas Morning' on an early G&T.AI summary
G&T 1309 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, the Australian-born music-hall entertainer often credited with introducing the signature tune, performs 'Jack and the Beanstalk' on an early G&T.AI summary
G&T 1379 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, the Australian-born music-hall entertainer, performs 'Old Mother Goose' on an early G&T.AI summary
G&T 1380 Music Hall
Albert Whelan was an Australian-born variety entertainer famous for his whistling act and signature theme tune; this G&T disc captures him whistling 'The Bowery Boy'.AI summary
G&T 9372 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, the Australian-born music hall star, with Dicky Bird Hop and Some Other Bird Whistled a Tune on Duophone M159.AI summary
Duophone M159 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, the Australian-born music hall star, with When the Red, Red Robin and I've Never Seen a Straight Banana on Duophone UB2054.AI summary
Duophone UB2054 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, the Australian-born music hall star, with I'm on My Way Home and Mock the Mocking Bird on Duophone UB2064.AI summary
Duophone UB2064 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, the Australian-born music hall star, with So Will I and Some Girl on Vocalion X9970.AI summary
Vocalion X9970 Music Hall
Albert Whelan recorded 'Arkansas Whistler' for Zonophone; a showcase for Whelan's famous whistling act and comedy talent.AI summary
Zonophone 42184 Music Hall
Albert Whelan on Zonophone 42560, performing 'Old Trombone'. Whelan was a British variety performer of the Edwardian and early acoustic era; Zonophone catalogue numbers in the 40000s are among the earliest acoustic recordings.AI summary
Zonophone 42560 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, the Australian-born music hall star, with They All Started Whistling Mary and a second number on Mayfair 2209.AI summary
Mayfair 2209 Music Hall
Albert Whelan was a distinguished British entertainer and whistler, famous for his *Invicta* entry march. This Decca disc offers two spoken or musical pieces: 'Jolly Good Company' and 'A Children's Christmas Party', from a period when Whelan was a major recording and broadcast star.AI summary
Decca F2688 Personalities (Prs)
Albert Whelan, a whistler and entertainer of the early acoustic era, performs 'Three Trees' and 'Preacher and the Bear' on Decca. Whelan was known for his whistling solos and signature tunes.AI summary
Decca F2697 Instrumental
Albert Whelan, the British singer and character vocalist, recorded 'Darby & Joan's Christmas' and 'Christmas Bells Are Ringing' (credited to R. Gwynn) on Imperial label 2596.AI summary
Imperial 2596 Voice
Albert Whelan, a celebrated British male vocalist and comic entertainer of the Edwardian and 1920s era, recorded the dramatic monologues 'Little Emily' and 'Death of Little Nell' for Zonophone catalogue 268. Whelan was a major theatrical and recording artist, and his early Zonophone recordings are sought by collectors of music-hall and theatrical material. Zonophone catalogue 268 indicates a very early pressing from the first decade of the 20th century.AI summary
Zonophone 268 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, the Australian-born music-hall entertainer, with 'Puleeze Mister Hemingway' and 'Farmyard Cabaret' on Panachord.AI summary
Panachord 25368 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a British whistler and musical comedian of the early 1900s, recorded 'Yiddle on Your Fiddle' and 'Mary Ann She's After Me' for the Ar label. Whelan was famous for his whistled numbers and comic recordings; Ar was a small British imprint.AI summary
Ariel 1877 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, the Australian-born music hall star, with They All Walk the Wibbly Wobbly Walk and Wriggly Rag on Valkyrie 340.AI summary
Valkyrie 340 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, the Australian-born music hall star, with Yiddle on Your Fiddle and Mary Ann She's After Me on Valkyrie 343.AI summary
Valkyrie 343 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a British entertainer and singer of the Edwardian and interwar era, on "She Can't Make Up Her Mind" and "Over the Garden Wall" for Imperial 2272. Whelan was known as a whistler and reciter as well as a singer.AI summary
Imperial 2272 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, the celebrated British whistler and music-hall star, on Imperial 2319, performing light sentimental vocal material.AI summary
Imperial 2319 Personalities (Prs)
Albert Whelan, the British variety entertainer and sketch artist, recorded these novelty titles for Imperial.AI summary
Imperial 2404 Personalities (Prs)
Albert Whelan, a British music hall entertainer, performing 'My Brother Makes the Noises for the Talkies' and 'I'm Happy When I'm Hiking' on Imperial 2490. Whelan was famous for his whistling act and character pieces in the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Imperial 2490 Music Hall
Albert Whelan, a celebrated whistler and entertainer of the Edwardian and early 1920s era, on Winner—performing novelty material with his signature whistling style.AI summary
Winner 3043 Personalities (Prs)