21,668 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Florence Desmond, a British impressionist and variety entertainer, recorded 'Haven't I Seen You Before' and 'A Lady in Waiting' for His Master's Voice B9043 in the early 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9043 Personalities (Prs)
His Master's Voice B9133 Personalities (Prs)
Florence Desmond, a British impressionist and comedienne, on His Master's Voice, catalogue BD257, with 'British Mother's Big Flight' and 'Mae Time'.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD257 Music Hall
Florence Desmond, a British revue performer and impressionist, recorded 'Alice in Wonderland' and part 2 for His Master's Voice C3243, likely a 1930s–40s pressing.AI summary
His Master's Voice C3243 Comic
Florence Desmond, a British actress, comedienne and impressionist, on His Master's Voice B9002, performing 'Rehearsal for the Troops' in two parts. Desmond was a prolific recording artist known for comic impressions and sketches.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9002 Comic
Florence George, an American mezzo-soprano, performing two songs for Brunswick in the early 1920s. George was a minor recording artist from the acoustic era.AI summary
Brunswick 02851 Voice
Florence Oldham on 'Everything's made for love' and 'Nesting Time', from Zonophone 2915. Zonophone was a British label active from the acoustic era through the early electrical period; Oldham is not a known major recording artist.AI summary
Zonophone 2915 Voice
Florence Oldham recorded 'Take your Finger out of your Mouth' and 'Whispering Pines of Nevada' for Zonophone. 'Take your Finger out of your Mouth' is a novelty song; Zonophone was a British label active in the 1920s and early 1930s. Nothing is known of Oldham.AI summary
Zonophone 2958 Comic
Columbia 4777 Personalities (Prs)
Florence Oldham performing 'Do Something' and 'I'll always be in love with you' on Columbia. Oldham was a minor popular vocalist of the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 5492 Voice
Florence Oldham in popular songs on Columbia DB110, from the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB110 Voice
Florence Oldham, a vocalist, singing the popular songs 'Exactly Like You' and 'On the Sunny Side of the Street' on Columbia DB163.AI summary
Columbia DB163 Voice
Florence Oldham on Columbia DB272, with 'I've Got a Feeling to Be Together' and 'Little White Lies' — sentimental vocal ballads on a major British label's mid-range series, early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB272 Voice
Florence Oldham was a singer recording for Columbia in the 1920s–early 1930s. This Columbia 5321 side couples 'Praying for rain' and 'Forever', popular ballad material from the later acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia 5321 Voice
Florence Oldham singing 'Sitting at a Table laid for two' and 'Parkin' in the Moonlight' on Columbia DB623, a light vocal record of the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB623 Voice
Florence Oldham on Columbia, a standard popular vocalist of the 1930s. These are sentimental popular ballads of the day, typical of her recordings for Columbia's DB series.AI summary
Columbia DB623 Voice
Florence Oldham was a singer recorded for Columbia. The titles and catalogue number suggest a recording from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB724 Voice
Florence Smithson was a British soprano of the 1910s–20s. The 'Waltz Song' from *Tom Jones* (Bantock/Jones) is a drawing-room song of Edwardian vintage. This HMV pressing represents light classical and theatrical repertoire of the period.AI summary
His Master's Voice 3917 Opera
Florence Smithson performing arias from *Tom Jones* on His Master's Voice, from the early operatic recording era.AI summary
His Master's Voice B444 Opera
Florence Smithson was a popular Edwardian concert and stage singer known for light ballads. Columbia 791 — 'Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses' and 'Because of You' — is a standard Columbia popular-series pressing. Smithson is a minor but documented name in Edwardian vocal collecting; catalogue number 791 is a fairly low Columbia number.AI summary
Columbia 791 Voice
Florence Smithson, the popular Edwardian actress and singer best known for 'The Pipes of Pan' from The Arcadians, records that song here alongside 'Arcady Is Ever Young' on Columbia 542 — an early Columbia number indicating an acoustic-era pressing. Smithson was closely associated with The Arcadians and this is a historically appropriate coupling from the show's original star.AI summary
Columbia 542 Voice
Florence Smithson recorded Japanese-themed vocal material for His Master's Voice, early in the electrical recording era. The catalogue number C531 dates to around 1926-1928, a period when British singers recording exotic subjects was fashionable.AI summary
His Master's Voice C531 Voice
Florence Smithson, the Edwardian actress and singer most closely associated with 'The Pipes of Pan' from The Arcadians, records 'You're My Baby' and 'Somebody Else Is Crazy 'Bout Me' on Winner 2577. Winner was the Woolworths budget label; even a recognised musical theatre name carries only modest value on this marque.AI summary
Winner 2577 Voice
Florrie Forde was a British music-hall singer (1875–1940) famous for comic and novelty songs of the Edwardian era; this Imperial pressing of two Victorian and sentimental songs reflects her variety repertoire.AI summary
Imperial 2660 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, one of the most celebrated British music-hall stars of the Edwardian and interwar periods, on Zonophone with 'We're Irish and Proud of It Too' and 'My Bugler Boy'; UK copies of Zonophone catalogue 1416 from this era are scarce.AI summary
Zonophone 1416 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, a major British music-hall star of the Edwardian era, performing 'There's a Good Time Coming' and 'All the Time you're Longing for Killarney' on Zonophone 1467.AI summary
Zonophone 1467 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, one of Britain's best-loved music hall stars, recorded 'Follow the Footprints in the Snow' and 'Fiddle-dee-dee' for Zonophone, catalogue 898. Forde was a major Edwardian and Georgian-era performer known for comic and sentimental songs.AI summary
Zonophone 898 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, the Australian-born music hall star who became one of the most popular entertainers in Britain, performing 'The Empire Will Be Your Daddy' and 'Remember Where You Come Fra' on Zonophone, catalogue 1550. Forde was a major recording artist for British labels in the early 1900s–1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 1550 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, the Australian-born Music Hall star who dominated British variety from the 1890s through the 1920s, on Zonophone performing 'We're All Coming Ashore Tonight' and 'We've Got to Put Up with It Now'.AI summary
Zonophone 1749 Music Hall
Florrie Forde was a major British music hall star of the early 20th century, celebrated for her comic timing and broad appeal. This Zonophone recording captures two of her theatrical songs from the Edwardian era.AI summary
Zonophone 1766 Music Hall
Florrie Forde was a major British music-hall star with a recording career spanning the 1900s to 1920s; this Zonophone pressing of 'If He's a Pal to You' captures her in comic-sentimental song, characteristic of her stage style.AI summary
Zonophone 1814 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, the legendary British music hall star, recorded 'On the Ankle Watch Parade' and 'Sullivan will be there' for Zonophone—early acoustic recordings capturing one of the era's most famous entertainers.AI summary
Zonophone 1829 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, a British music-hall singer and star of the early 1900s–20s, on Imperial 2660 performing "Are we to part like this?" and "Only a bird in a gilded Cage." Forde was a major Edwardian recording artist; this appears to be an early pressing.AI summary
Imperial 2660 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, the Australian-British music hall star, performing the sentimental songs 'The Mansion of Aching Hearts' and 'Just Like the Ivy I'll Cling to You' on Imperial 2789.AI summary
Imperial 2789 Music Hall
Florrie Forde was one of the greatest stars of British music hall and pantomime, a favourite in the 1900s and 1910s; this Zonophone pressing captures her performing two music-hall standards.AI summary
Zonophone 2118 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, a major Australian-born British music-hall star of the early 20th century, recorded a sing-song medley for Regal. Forde was one of the most famous variety entertainers of her era.AI summary
Regal MR2198 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, a legendary British music-hall star active from the 1900s through the 1930s, performing two sentimental songs on Imperial Records, a small British label of the early 1930s.AI summary
Imperial 2660 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, the Australian-born British music hall star, performing a medley on Columbia 9780. Forde was one of the most prolific recording artists of the early twentieth century, and her discs remain common.AI summary
Columbia 9780 Music Hall
Florrie Forde was a British music-hall star of the Edwardian era, famous for her booming contralto voice and her rousing performances of patriotic and sentimental songs; this Rex label recording preserves her singing in the acoustic period.AI summary
Rex 8222 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, the British music-hall star, on Zonophone 200: comic songs from her long career in variety and pantomime, recorded around the turn of the 1900s or early 1910s.AI summary
Zonophone 200 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, the British music-hall legend, on Zonophone with 'Poor John'; the high catalogue number (43143) suggests this is from a later phase of Zonophone's catalogue, possibly a later or reissued pressing.AI summary
Zonophone 43143 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, a major British music-hall star, recorded 'Up to one of your Tricks again' for Zonophone 43149. Forde was a prolific recording artist, and her earlier Zonophone sides are collectable.AI summary
Zonophone 43149 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, the Australian music hall star, recorded this patriotic First World War song for Zonophone. This high catalogue number places the disc in Forde's later recording period, likely the 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 43203 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, the celebrated British music-hall star, on 'Flanagan', Zonophone 43209. Forde was one of the most popular singers of the early 20th-century British stage, famed for her powerful voice and comic delivery.AI summary
Zonophone 43209 Music Hall
Zonophone 43212 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, a leading British music-hall singer and comedian, recorded for Zonophone 55, an extremely early catalogue number. 'Always be as careful as you can' and 'Is everybody happy' are typical of her comedy and popular song repertoire. Forde was one of the great female music-hall entertainers of the Edwardian era.AI summary
Zonophone 55 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, a major British music-hall star of the Edwardian era, recorded 'Round About' and 'Oh Johnny There's a Locket in Your Pocket' on Zonophone, catalogue 89. Early Zonophone issues are scarce.AI summary
Zonophone 89 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, a celebrated Australian-British music hall and pantomime star, performing two theatrical songs on Zonophone; Forde was a major recording artist of the Edwardian era and remained active into the 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 940 Music Hall