21,668 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Florrie Forde, a major British and Australian music hall star of the 1900s–1920s, on Regal; catalogue 9461 suggests a 1920s–30s reissue or later pressing.AI summary
Regal 9461 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, the celebrated British music-hall star, performing "Oh George, Tell Them to Stop the Flip Flap" on Zonophone, a budget British label of the early 1910s-1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 43168 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, a major British music-hall and recording artist of the 1920s-30s, performing a 'Sing Song Medley' on Regal MR2198.AI summary
Regal MR2198 Music Hall
Regal MR2234 Music Hall
Florrie Forde on Imperial 2455, performing two British music-hall songs. Forde was a major Australian-born music-hall star of the early 20th century, celebrated for her robust contralto and comic timing.AI summary
Imperial 2455 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, a British music-hall favourite, on Imperial 2513, a budget British label, from around the 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Imperial 2513 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, a celebrated British music hall star, recorded 'Please Teacher' and 'Oh What a Night' on Imperial 1650. Forde was a leading star of the Edwardian era and early 20th century; her records are sought by music hall collectors.AI summary
Imperial 2615 Music Hall
Florrie Forde was a celebrated British music-hall star of the Edwardian era and early 20th century, famous for her robust contralto voice and comedic stage presence. This Imperial pressing of 'Hospitality House' and 'Follow your Uncle Bob' captures her in the repertoire she made her name with, though Imperial pressings of her work are less common than those on more established labels.AI summary
Imperial 2634 Music Hall
Florrie Forde was one of the most popular music-hall singers in Britain and Australia in the early 20th century. This Imperial recording of two standards preserves her distinctive singing style and comic persona.AI summary
Imperial 2660 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, a British music-hall star of the Edwardian era, recorded 'When the fields are white with Daisies' for Imperial. Forde was one of the most famous variety singers of her generation and retired from the stage before most of this collection began.AI summary
Imperial 2724 Music Hall
Imperial 2491 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, the celebrated British music-hall soprano, recorded 'Shake and Let Us Be Friends' and 'The Smile Song' for Imperial. Like her other Imperial pressings, this captures her in the sentimental and comic song repertoire that made her famous.AI summary
Imperial 2500 Music Hall
Florrie Forde performing two sentimental ballads on Imperial 2789. Forde (1875–1940) was a British music-hall star of the Edwardian era and beyond, famous for her strong voice and patriotic and sentimental songs.AI summary
Imperial 2789 Music Hall
Florrie Forde was one of the greatest British music-hall stars of the early 20th century, celebrated for her comedic delivery and broad popular appeal. This Imperial label recording captures her in four classic music-hall numbers.AI summary
Imperial 2827 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, one of Britain's greatest music-hall stars of the Edwardian era, performs classic medley recordings for Imperial — Forde's records are rarities, as most of her best-known work was recorded much earlier on other labels.AI summary
Imperial 2853 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, the Irish-Australian music hall star, recorded 'Having a good Time wish you were here' for Imperial. Forde was one of the most popular variety entertainers of the early 20th century.AI summary
Imperial 2883 Music Hall
Florrie Forde recorded for Zonophone; 'Mary's Ticket' and 'Come Into the Parlour Charlie' are early comic and novelty songs, likely from the acoustic era or shortly after.AI summary
Zonophone 142 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, the Australian-born music hall star of the Edwardian and Georgian eras, recorded these comic songs for Zonophone. Forde was a major recording artist in Britain from the 1900s through the 1920s, celebrated for her comic timing and strong soprano voice.AI summary
Zonophone 160 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, a celebrated British music-hall star, on 'Yip I Adee I Ay' and 'Girls of the Clogs and Shawl', issued on Zonophone (catalogue 174). Forde was one of Britain's most popular entertainers in the early 20th century.AI summary
Zonophone 174 Music Hall
Florrie Forde on Zonophone 34, a very early Zonophone pressing: British music-hall comedy and character song from the Edwardian era (c. 1900–1910).AI summary
Zonophone 34 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, the celebrated Australian music-hall singer who built her career in Britain, performing two songs on Zonophone (catalogue 77), from the early acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone 77 Music Hall
Florrie Forde on Imperial 2455, performing 'Maggie Jane' and 'Let's Pretend We're Having a Jolly Good Time'. Forde was a British music-hall entertainer and singer, extremely popular in the Edwardian and First World War era.AI summary
Imperial 2455 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, the Australian-born British music-hall star and recording artist, sang these two sentimental ballads for Imperial in the early 1910s.AI summary
Imperial 2660 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, the English music-hall singer and star of the Edwardian era, recorded "Maggie Jane" and "Let's pretend we're having a jolly good time" for Imperial, a minor British label.AI summary
Imperial 2455 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, a British music-hall star of the Edwardian era, performs 'Shake and Let Us Be Friends' and 'The Smile Song' on Imperial 2500.AI summary
Imperial 2500 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, the Australian-born music-hall star, sings ''Tis a Faded Picture' and 'John James O'Hara' on Ariel.AI summary
Ariel 9225 Music Hall
Florrie Forde, a major British music-hall and variety star of the Edwardian and 1920s eras, performing two sentimental ballads on the Imperial label. Forde was one of the most recorded entertainers of her time.AI summary
Imperial 2660 Music Hall
Florrie Forde (1876–1940) was a legendary British music-hall star, famous for her stirring rendition of "Down at the Old Bull and Bush." This Regal pressing is a medley from her archive of recordings.AI summary
Regal G9461 Music Hall
Zonophone X44062
Flotsam and Jetsam performing 'The Pussycat News' and 'Little Chap' on Columbia DB843. Flotsam and Jetsam were a popular British music-hall and comedy duo active from the 1920s to the 1940s, known for their witty patter and songs.AI summary
Columbia DB843 Music Hall
Flotsam and Jetsam, the British comedy duo, recorded "PC Lamb" and "Modern Diver" for Columbia, reflecting their music-hall roots and comic timing.AI summary
Columbia 5587 Music Hall
Flotsam and Jetsam were a British musical comedy duo famous for their witty, topical satirical songs and sketches on radio in the 1930s–40s. This Columbia DB-series pressing is from their peak years.AI summary
Columbia DB883 Comic
Flotsam and Jetsam recorded 'Schubert's Toyshop' and 'Polonaise in the Mall' for Columbia 9913; Flotsam and Jetsam were a British entertainment duo known for their novelty songs and comic sketches in the 1920s-1930s.AI summary
Columbia 9913 Comic
Flotsam and Jetsam were a popular British comedy duo of the 1920s–30s who recorded extensively for Columbia. 'Maud Marie' and 'Little Joan' are typical of their humorous patter songs and novelty material that made them stars of stage and wireless.AI summary
Columbia 4680 Music Hall
Flotsam and Jetsam, the BBC radio duo of B. C. Hilliam and Malcolm McEachern, with Must It Always Be So and Little Betty Bouncer on Columbia 4697.AI summary
Columbia 4697 Music Hall
Flotsam and Jetsam, a British comedy duo, recorded 'Love and Kisses' and 'Girl across the Way' for Columbia, catalogue 5012, likely from the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 5012 Music Hall
Flotsam and Jetsam, a British comedy duo, on Columbia catalogue 5587 with 'PC Lamb' and 'Modern Diver'.AI summary
Columbia 5587 Comic
Flotsam and Jetsam, a British comedy duo, performing 'Sing a Song of England' and 'A Musical Confession' on Columbia DB559, a popular variety recording from the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB559 Comic
Flotsam and Jetsam were a British comic duo popular in the 1920s and 1930s; this Columbia pressing captures two of their novelty sketches, 'Spooning of the Knife and Fork' and 'Down with Dora'.AI summary
Columbia DB973 Comic
Flotsam and Jetsam, the British comedy duo, on Columbia FB2308, performing the Australian-themed novelty song 'Is e an Aussie Lizzie is e'.AI summary
Columbia FB2308 Comic
Flotsam and Jetsam, the British musical-comedy duo, on Columbia FB2522, performing 'The Londoner and the Hun' and 'Old Bill and Young Bill', likely 1930s–40s.AI summary
Columbia FB2522 Music Hall
Columbia 4697 Comic
Floyd Buckley recorded 'Popeye No. 2' for Regal, a British budget label. The title suggests a novelty or comic song tied to the popular cartoon character.AI summary
Regal MR2500 Comic
Floyd Tillman on Columbia MC3409. Tillman was a Texas singer-songwriter and musician known for his contributions to Western swing and country music; this appears to be a later recording, possibly from the 1940s–1950s.AI summary
Columbia MC3409 Country
Foden's Band on Winner 2572, a prize-winning British brass band, performing hymns 'Fierce Raged the Tempest' and 'Nearer my God to Thee'.AI summary
Winner 2572 Orchestra
Foden's Brass Quartet play a selection from Wallace's opera Maritana and La donna è mobile on Velvet Face 1383. Foden's was among the most famous British brass band names.AI summary
Velvet Face 1383 Instrumental
A folk band under the direction of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams recorded two traditional British ballads—"Good Man of Ballangigh" and "Hunsdon House"—for Columbia (DB181). This is a documentary recording of English folk music from the late 1920s–early 1930s, part of the 20th-century folk-music revival.AI summary
Columbia DB181 Classical
Ralph Vaughan Williams conducted this Folk Band recording for Columbia. 'Geud Man of Ballangigh' and 'Huinsdon House' are English and Scottish folk dances from his collected settings. Early catalogue number suggests an early acoustic or electrical acoustic recording.AI summary
Columbia DB181 Classical