21,668 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Cornet soloist on Columbia D-series performing two sentimental pieces, 'Pretty Peggy' and 'O Promise Me Robin Hood', likely from the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia D80 Instrumental
Cornet performing 'Rosary' and 'La Paloma' (with guitar) on Oc 121, an obscure British label.AI summary
Octacros 121 Instrumental
A cornet solo performing 'Lovely May' and 'Cradle Song' on Rubini, an early acoustic recording by an unidentified soloist.AI summary
Rub 333 Instrumental
Coro Mixto (mixed chorus) on His Master's Voice, performing Brazilian songs 'Mulher Rendeira' and 'Lua Bonita'. The JO series catalogue number is scarce and difficult to identify.AI summary
His Master's Voice JO377
The Corona Tango Orchestra recorded authentic tango for CoronaK, a small or regional British label of the 1920s–30s. 'San Fernando' and 'Punto Arenas' are Latin American tango compositions. Very little is known of this orchestra or label.AI summary
Corona K1056 Dance
Costa Milona on Parlophone E10888, operatic tenor singing well-known Italian arias.AI summary
Parlophone E10888 Opera
Cotton performing 'Lazybones' and 'Hold me' on Regal, the budget Columbia subsidiary, catalogue MR1021 — likely a mid-to-late 1930s release.AI summary
Regal MR1021 Voice
Cotton recorded 'Ding dong ding' and 'Whistling under the moon' for Regal, a British label. Nothing is known of this artist.AI summary
Regal MR1036 Dance
Cotton's Regal recording of Duke Ellington compositions 'Trouble in Paradise' and 'Black and Tan Fantasy' from the 1920s-30s hot-jazz era.AI summary
Regal MR1037 Jazz
A Regal recording by Cotton with two cheerful vocal numbers from the early sound era, 'You Ought to See Sally on Sunday' and 'We All Go Riding on a Rainbow'.AI summary
Regal MR1140 Voice
Cotton recorded two popular songs—'The Show Is Over' and 'Little Man You've Had a Busy Day'—for Regal, catalogue MR1313; Regal was a budget British label owned by Decca.AI summary
Regal MR1313 Voice
Cotton on Regal MR1585 from the early 1930s, a dance recording. Cotton is unidentified, and Regal was a budget British label.AI summary
Regal MR1585 Dance
Cotton performing two popular songs on Regal, a British budget label.AI summary
Regal MR1588 Voice
Cotton performing 'Say the Word and It's Yours' and 'Army Fell for Little Isabel' on Regal MR1896.AI summary
Regal MR1896 Music Hall
Cotton performing 'Supposing' and 'I'll bet you tell that to all the Girls' on Regal MR2170, a British budget label.AI summary
Regal MR2170 Voice
Cotton performing two songs on Regal, 'Free' and 'Fleet's in Port Again'. The artist is not identified, and the MR catalogue series dates this to the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Regal MR2190 Voice
Cotton performing 'I'm just wild about Harry' and 'At Dawning' on Regal MR768, both popular sentimental numbers from the 1920s repertoire.AI summary
Regal MR768 Voice
Cotton on 'Thompson's old grey Mule' and 'Leave the pretty Girls alone', from Regal MR789. Regal was a British subsidiary label; Cotton's identity is unclear. These appear to be popular songs or novelties of the 1930s.AI summary
Regal MR789 Voice
A Regal recording (catalogue MR918) of jazz standards from the early 1930s, likely by a dance band or vocal group. The titles are from the musical '42nd Street' (1933).AI summary
Regal MR918 Dance
A Regal Merrie Olde series pressing, catalogue MR996, credited to Cotton and featuring Duke Ellington's 'Mood Indigo'. Regal Merrie Olde was a British budget label of the 1930s-40s.AI summary
Regal MR996 Jazz
Cotton on Piccadilly 109, a dance number from the late 1920s. Piccadilly was a cheap British budget label of the period.AI summary
Piccadilly 109 Dance
Cotton with Tables Are Turning on You and, by a band, Laugh Clown Laugh on Piccadilly 147.AI summary
Piccadilly 147 Dance
Cotton recorded 'Me & My Girl' and 'Lambeth Walk' for Rex, a budget label. 'Lambeth Walk' was a popular British novelty song and stage number from the late 1930s, and this recording represents a minor version by an obscure artist.AI summary
Rex 9232 Music Hall
'Sunny Skies' by Cotton on Piccadilly Records, a budget British label of the early 1930s. The artist is unidentified.AI summary
Piccadilly 108 Dance
'Me & my Girl' and 'Lambeth Walk' are iconic British musical-theatre songs; this Rex recording (a budget British label) likely features popular theatrical material from the late 1930s.AI summary
Rex 9232 Music Hall
An artist credited only as Cotton on Rex 8993, performing light novelty material — likely a 1930s issue on the minor British label Rex.AI summary
Rex 8993 Dance
Cotton recorded two popular songs for Curry's, a very minor British label. Neither the artist nor Curry's are documented in standard discographies.AI summary
Curry's 186 Voice
Cotton performing 'When the Robin Sings His Song Again' and 'Cookhouse Serenade' on Rex 10158.AI summary
Rex 10158 Voice
Cotton recorded 'I'm beginning to see the Light' (a Duke Ellington composition) and 'The Toorie on his Bonnet' (a Scottish novelty) for Rex Records, catalogue 10225. Rex was a cheap British marque.AI summary
Rex 10225 Voice
Rex 9077 Dance
Cotton recorded 'Hometown' and 'Waltz of the Gipsies' for Rex, catalogue 9108; Rex was a Decca budget label, and details about the artist are limited.AI summary
Rex 9108 Dance
Cotton (artist unidentified) on Rex 8253. Rex was a cheap British label of the 1930s; the titles suggest popular song or ballad material, and the artist does not appear in standard references.AI summary
Rex 9216 Voice
Cotton recorded 'Red Maple Leaves' and 'Music Maestro please' for Rex, catalogue 9371, a budget British label.AI summary
Rex 9371 Voice
Cotton recorded 'There's never been so many bonny Babies' and 'Choc'late Soldier from the USA' for Rex, a British label. 'Choc'late Soldier from the USA' is from a popular operetta. Nothing is known of this artist.AI summary
Rex 10216 Dance
Cotton on Rex 10217, a mid-1930s recording. Cotton is unidentified, and Rex was a minor British label. 'Cockney Rhyming Song' suggests music hall or comic material.AI summary
Rex 10217 Music Hall
Cotton performing 'In the Quartermaster's Stores', a well-known music-hall song, on Rex, a British budget label.AI summary
Rex 9737 Music Hall
This disc is credited simply to 'Cotton', likely Billy Cotton's band; this Decca pressing from the early 1950s carries two popular ballads.AI summary
Decca F10602 Dance
Billy Cotton, the British bandleader and comedian, recorded his novelty hit 'I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts' and 'Hang On the Bell Nellie' for Decca in the late 1940s–early 1950s.AI summary
Decca F9149 Comic
Cotton recorded 'That's My Weakness Now' and '(Fisher) Lila' for Piccadilly, catalogue 128.AI summary
Piccadilly 128 Voice
Cotton performing two songs on Piccadilly 144, a budget British label of the early 1930s.AI summary
Piccadilly 144 Voice
Cotton credited on Piccadilly; the titles suggest dance or novelty instrumental repertoire.AI summary
Piccadilly 145 Dance
An artist credited as 'Cotton' on Piccadilly 159, performing 'Tile Trot' and 'Just like Darby & Joan'. Piccadilly was a budget British label of the 1920s-1930s.AI summary
Piccadilly 159 Dance
Cotton performing 'Dusky Stevedore' and a version of 'Sonny Boy' for Piccadilly, a budget British marque of the early 1930s.AI summary
Piccadilly 195 Dance
Credited to Cotton on Piccadilly, a cheap British label. The catalogue number 236 places this in the label's early output of the early 1930s. Artist identity and the titles are not identified.AI summary
Piccadilly 236 Dance
A dance band billed simply as Cotton performs 'Yours' and 'Ma Ma Maria' on Rex, a cheap British label of the 1930s associated with Decca's budget output.AI summary
Rex 10056 Dance
Cotton on Rex 9796, performing 'Some of These Days' and 'St Louis Blues'. Rex was a cheap British budget label. The artist's identity is unclear and may be a pseudonym or group name.AI summary
Rex 9796 Jazz
Rex 9472
Cotton recorded 'She Was Only Somebody's Daughter' for Regal (658), likely a sentimental or novelty song from the 1920s-30s. The artist is unidentified.AI summary
Regal 658 Dance