21,668 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Cicely Courtneidge, a major British musical-theatre star and comedienne, performing on Winner. Courtneidge was one of the most popular entertainers of the 1930s-40s.AI summary
Winner 5275 Personalities (Prs)
Cicely Courtneidge on Columbia, performing 'Vitality' and 'If Only He'd Looked My Way' — the British musical comedy star and actress of stage and film.AI summary
Columbia DB2806 Music Hall
Cicely Courtneidge and her company recorded 'Girl in the Post Office' and 'Two Minds Without a Single Thought' for His Master's Voice C2623. Courtneidge was a major British stage and revue performer of the 1920s-30s.AI summary
His Master's Voice C2623 Music Hall
Cicely Courtneidge and cast perform 'Laughing Gas' (in two parts) on His Master's Voice, from the actress and music-hall performer's entertainment recordings of the 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3993 Music Hall
Cicely Debenham performing two jazz-inflected vocal numbers on Columbia F1001. Little is known of Debenham, but the F-series catalogue number suggests a 1930s pressing.AI summary
Columbia F1001 Voice
Cicely Debenham, a vocalist, recorded for Columbia with pianist B. Wallis, performing 'Louana Lou' and 'Hello my Dearie'. The Columbia L1138 series dates this to the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia L1138 Voice
A cinema organ with a vocal by J. Lester plays Winona and Tired Hands on Homochord D1202.AI summary
Hom D1202 Instrumental
Ciro's Club orchestra, a fashionable London dance band, performing 'How long has this been goin on' and 'Sunny Skies' on Broadcast 272, a small British label.AI summary
Broadcast 272 Dance
A recording credited to Ciro's Club on the Broadcast label, with titles suggesting dance or novelty songs from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Broadcast 273 Dance
Ciro's Club orchestra with 'Varsity Drag' and 'Rosalie' on Broadcast 296, a dance recording from the late 1920s.AI summary
Broadcast 296 Dance
A dance band credited as Ciro's Club Coon Orch on this early Columbia pressing of two light theatrical numbers. The name reflects period nomenclature; Ciro's was a London nightclub.AI summary
Columbia 2713 Dance
The City of London Military Band performing 'Fox Trot Ball' and 'K'nuts' on the Bull label—military or concert-band material.AI summary
Bulldog 500 Orchestra
Claire Dux performing 'Walzer der Musette' on Schall 53643. Claire Dux was a renowned German soprano of the early 20th century, and this represents a small-label European classical recording.AI summary
Schall 53643 Opera
Claire Dux, a Polish-American soprano of the early twentieth century, recorded operatic arias ('Deh vieni non tardar' from The Marriage of Figaro, 'Voi che sapete' from The Marriage of Figaro) for Brunswick. Dux was a celebrated lyric soprano of the 1910s–1920s.AI summary
Brunswick 50057 Opera
Claire Dux, an American opera soprano and concert singer, recorded 'Serenade' and 'Maria's Lullaby' for Brunswick, a major American label, as a British pressing. Dux was known for concert repertoire and minor operatic work in the 1910s-1920s.AI summary
Brunswick 10156 Classical
Claire Dux, the American soprano, singing 'Hedge Roses' and 'Broken Ring' for Brunswick 15061.AI summary
Brunswick 15061 Voice
Claire Petelier sings Coming Home and, credited Flack, Lullaby on Vocalion 14401.AI summary
Vocalion 14401 Voice
Clapham & Dwyer were a British comic duo famous for their music-hall sketches and spoken recordings in the 1920s. This Columbia recording in two parts, 'At the Races', is a typical example of their comic patter.AI summary
Columbia 5201 Music Hall
Clapham & Dwyer, a British comedy duo, performing on Columbia DB243. They were known for spoken-word comedy routines in the music-hall tradition.AI summary
Columbia DB243 Comic
Clapham & Dwyer, the British comic duo, on Broadcast Records with their sketch 'A Spot of Bother'.AI summary
Broadcast 139 Comic
Broadcast 645 Personalities (Prs)
Clapham & Dwyer were a famous British comedy duo of the early 20th century, best known for their 'Arguments' sketches, which became a staple of music halls and recordings. This Parlophone pressing of their most celebrated routine is likely from the 1930s or early 1940s.AI summary
Parlophone E5948 Comic
Clapham & Dwyer on Columbia DB1063, performing 'Another Day's Broadcasting' in two parts. The duo were British variety entertainers and comedians popular on radio and records in the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB1063 Music Hall
Clapham & Dwyer in another spoken-word comedy routine on Columbia DB338. Their recordings for major labels document the British music-hall comic tradition of the early twentieth century.AI summary
Columbia DB338 Comic
Clapham & Dwyer, British music-hall comedians, on Columbia FB1117 with 'Horses for Courses' in two parts — a topical comedy sketch.AI summary
Columbia FB1117 Music Hall
Clapham & Dwyer, a duo of British music-hall comedians, performing a novelty sketch on Columbia FB-series, a mass-produced comedy line; likely 1930s.AI summary
Columbia FB1155 Music Hall
Clapham & Dwyer were a British comic duo; this Columbia side credits them across two parts of a 'Fairy Tales' sketch.AI summary
Columbia FB1176 Comic
Clapham & Dwyer, performing a comic sketch titled 'Buying a House' on Columbia, a major British label. This is a continuation sketch split across two sides of the record.AI summary
Columbia DB338 Comic
Clapham and Dwyer, the celebrated British comedy partnership, on Columbia, performing the sketch 'Fairy Tales'.AI summary
Columbia DB681 Comic
Clapham and Dwyer were a leading British music-hall double act of the 1920s and 1930s; this Columbia recording captures a day in the life of broadcasting in their characteristic comic style.AI summary
Columbia 4745 Music Hall
Clapham and Dwyer, the British music-hall comedy duo, on Columbia DB570 with 'The Royal and Ancient Game', a golfing comedy sketch.AI summary
Columbia DB570 Music Hall
Clapham and Dwyer, a British comedy duo, on Columbia's DB series, performing comedy material; the duo were associated with British variety and music-hall entertainment.AI summary
Columbia DB1323 Music Hall
Clapham and Dwyer were a popular British comedy duo of the early 1930s; this Columbia recording captures their music-hall humour on 'It isn't Cricket'.AI summary
Columbia DB845 Music Hall
Clapham and Dwyer were a popular British comedy duo of the music-hall era. 'A Surrealist Alphabet' is a novelty comic piece, typical of their recorded work on Columbia in the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia FB1465 Comic
Clara Butt, the renowned British mezzo-soprano, recorded 'Down here' and 'A fairy went a-marketing' for Columbia PB-series. Butt was one of the most celebrated British singers of the Edwardian era.AI summary
Columbia PB5 Opera
Clara Butt, 'The Fairy Pipers' and 'My Treasure', on Columbia X300; Butt was a celebrated British contralto of the Edwardian and early 20th century, a major recording artist whose voice was among the first widely captured on commercial records.AI summary
Columbia X300 Voice
Clara Butt, the celebrated British contralto and one of the most recorded singers of the early 20th century, recorded 'Rock of Ages' and 'Eternal Father' for Columbia. Both are hymns or sacred vocal pieces.AI summary
Columbia DB1967 Voice
Clara Butt, the celebrated British contralto, recorded by Columbia in the acoustic era; a significant voice of Edwardian Britain.AI summary
Columbia X232 Classical
Clara Butt, the celebrated British contralto, recorded this novelty piece with her sisters on Columbia. An unusual ensemble recording from one of the most famous voices of the early gramophone era.AI summary
Columbia 7120 Voice
Clara Butt, the renowned British mezzo-soprano, recorded 'Friendship' for Columbia Records. Butt was one of the most celebrated British singers of the Edwardian era and remained active into the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 7269 Opera
Clara Butt, the British contralto and Edwardian concert-hall star, on Columbia with 'The Enchantress' and 'Three Fishers Went Sailing'—two of her signature art-song and ballad recordings.AI summary
Columbia 7306 Voice
Clara Butt, the English mezzo-soprano and principal contralto of the Edwardian era, recorded this art-song for His Master's Voice. Butt was one of the most celebrated British classical singers of her time, known for her powerful voice and emotional depth.AI summary
His Master's Voice 03157 Classical
Clara Butt, one of Britain's greatest contraltos of the early 20th century, performing 'O rest in the Lord' from Mendelssohn's *Elijah*. This HMV acoustic recording captures the rich, distinctive voice that made her a concert hall favourite.AI summary
His Master's Voice 03177 Opera
His Master's Voice 03178 Voice
Clara Butt, the celebrated British mezzo-soprano of the Edwardian era, recorded the aria 'Mon Coeur s'Ouvre à Ta Voix' ('My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice') from Saint-Saëns' Samson et Dalila for Columbia. This is a canonical operatic recording by one of the finest singers of her generation.AI summary
Columbia 74004 Opera
Dame Clara Butt sings 'Softly and Gently Dearly Ransomed Soul' — the Angel's Farewell from Elgar's Dream of Gerontius — on Columbia 75008. This is a standard electric-era Columbia pressing from the same 75000 series as the other Clara Butt discs in this collection; it is a fitting coupling of Britain's most celebrated contralto with Elgar's greatest choral work.AI summary
Columbia 75008 Classical
Clara Butt singing 'Friendship' on Columbia, the celebrated British contralto of the Edwardian and early 20th century.AI summary
Columbia 7269 Opera
Clara Butt (1872–1936) was one of the most celebrated British contralto singers of her generation, famous for her patriotic and sentimental ballads; this His Master's Voice pressing of 'Kathleen Mavourneen' is from her extensive catalogue, recorded during the acoustic era.AI summary
His Master's Voice 03178 Voice