21,671 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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George Formby senior, the Wigan music-hall comedian and father of the ukulele star, with 'Playing the Game in the West' and 'Standing at the Corner of the Street' on Ariel.AI summary
Ariel 1844 Music Hall
Regal MR2460
George Formby, the Lancashire comedian and ukulele player, recorded 'Noughts and crosses' and 'Mother what'll I do now' for Regal in the mid-1930s.AI summary
Regal MR2752 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby, the Lancashire comedian and banjolele player, on Regal MR2891 with 'It's in the Air' and 'They Can't Fool Me', two of his comic musical numbers from the 1930s.AI summary
Regal MR2891 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby performs 'Then We All Went Marching In' and 'I Parted My Hair in the Middle' on this Zonophone record, catalogue 1336, from the early 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 1336 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby, the Lancashire comedian and ukulele performer, recorded 'I'm a Sport' and 'They're all good Lads' for Zonophone Records. Formby was one of Britain's most popular entertainers in the 1930s–1940s.AI summary
Zonophone 1349 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby, the Lancashire ukulele entertainer and film star, on Zonophone 1391, performing two comedy songs. Formby was a hugely popular personality of the 1920s-30s, and his records are keenly collected.AI summary
Zonophone 1391 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby, the Lancashire comedian and entertainer, recorded 'All of a Sudden it Struck Me' and 'I Had My Hand in My Pocket' for Zonophone, catalogue 1495. Formby was a major British music-hall comic and singer, best known for cheeky double-entendre novelty songs, and his 78s are widely collected.AI summary
Zonophone 1495 Music Hall
George Formby, the Lancashire comedian and ukulele player, recorded for Zonophone: 'Gathering Nuts and May' and 'I sobbed and I cried like a Child', characteristic of his comic and sentimental repertoire.AI summary
Zonophone 1520 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby, the Lancashire ukulele comedian and star of stage and film, on two popular songs recorded for Zonophone.AI summary
Zonophone 1536 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby recorded 'Twice Nightly' and 'Did You See the Crowd in Piccadilly' for Zonophone, catalogue 1665. Formby was a major British entertainer of the 1930s, famous for his ukulele and comic Lancashire persona.AI summary
Zonophone 1665 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby was one of the most famous British entertainers of the 20th century, known for his comedic ukulele-playing and risqué comic songs, and for his starring roles in 1930s-1940s films. This Zonophone pressing is from his early recording period and captures his signature comedic style.AI summary
Zonophone 1696 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby on Zonophone 1707 with 'Jolly' and 'Oh My What a Shame', the Lancashire entertainer and ukulele virtuoso on an early Zonophone pressing.AI summary
Zonophone 1707 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby, the Lancashire comedian and banjolele virtuoso, recorded 'Since I Had a Row with the Wife' and 'Bells Are Ringing' on Zonophone, catalogue 1844. Formby was one of Britain's biggest entertainers of the 1930s–40s and his recordings are highly collected.AI summary
Zonophone 1844 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby, the Lancashire comedian and singer, recorded 'Gee Up' and 'Me Me Me' for Zonophone (1892). Formby was one of the most popular entertainers in Britain, famous for his ukulele-banjo and comic songs.AI summary
Zonophone 1892 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby was Britain's most popular music-hall and film entertainer of the 1930s and 1940s, best known for his ukulele-banjo playing and cheeky comic persona; this Zonophone side from his early career captures the records that made him a star.AI summary
Zonophone 2014 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby, the Lancashire comedian and ukulele entertainer, recorded for Zonophone; an early recording of one of Britain's most celebrated variety stars.AI summary
Zonophone 2131 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby, the Lancashire comedian and entertainer, recorded 'Tea Cup Tellings' and 'A Bit of a Do' on Zonophone 2142. Formby was a major music-hall and early recording star, famous for his comic songs and ukulele playing.AI summary
Zonophone 2142 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby, the Lancashire comedian and ukulele virtuoso, performing 'I've lost my wife' and 'We all went Home in a Cab' for Zonophone 2306.AI summary
Zonophone 2306 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby, the Lancashire comedian and ukulele player, recorded 'I'm daft' for Zonophone Records. Formby was one of the most popular entertainers in Britain in the 1930s and 1940s, known for his cheeky comic songs and comic films.AI summary
Zonophone 2368 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby, the Lancashire ukulele comedian and star of 1930s–40s British film, recorded for numerous labels including this Twin pressing. Formby was one of the most recorded and popular entertainers of his era.AI summary
Twin 8765 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby, the Lancashire ukulele comedian and star of British music hall and film, recorded 'Sit down we've all seen you' and 'Frightened to go to sleep again' for Zonophone, catalogue 1605. Formby was one of the most popular entertainers of the 1930s–40s, and his records are widely collected. Zonophone was a short-lived label of the 1920s, making UK pressings of this period scarce.AI summary
Zonophone 1605 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby, the Lancashire comedian and ukulele player, on Zonophone. This is an early acoustic pressing, likely from around 1910-1920, and represents the beginning of Formby's long recording career.AI summary
Zonophone 2259 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby, Lancashire's banjo-ukulele entertainer and film star, performs 'Gallant Dick Turpin' on this Regal pressing from the 1930s, part of his large recorded output.AI summary
Regal MR2060 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby was Britain's most popular comedian and ukulele entertainer of the 1930s–1950s; this early Zonophone side captures his humorous character songs and distinctive comic voice.AI summary
Zonophone 1336 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby recorded 'The bells are ringing' and 'Since I had a row with the wife' for His Master's Voice catalogue B1616. Both are comic songs typical of Formby's music-hall repertoire, and His Master's Voice was the major outlet for his recordings.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1616 Music Hall
George Formby, the Lancashire comedian and ukulele player who was one of Britain's biggest entertainment stars, on this Regal side from the 1930s.AI summary
Regal MR2925 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby, the Lancashire music-hall star and ukulele comedian, on this earlier Regal side, likely from the 1930s.AI summary
Regal MR1760 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby Jr., the Lancashire comedian and ukulele virtuoso, on two of his signature novelty songs for Regal.AI summary
Regal MR3324 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby, the ukulele-playing Lancashire comedian and entertainer, performing two novelty comic songs on Zonophone, catalogue 1909. Formby was one of the most popular British entertainers of the 1930s–1950s, with a distinctive comedy style and enormous recording output.AI summary
Zonophone 1909 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby, the British music-hall star and ukulele comedian, on Zonophone 1935 performing 'Looking for the Mugs in the Strand'.AI summary
Zonophone 1935 Personalities (Prs)
George Formby, the Lancashire comedian and ukulele player, recorded for Zonophone before his major recording career took off. These are among his earliest commercial recordings.AI summary
Zonophone 1975 Personalities (Prs)
Regal Zonophone MR2162 Variety
George Formby Sr recorded 'I'm a Sport' and 'They're All Good Lads' for Zonophone (1349). George Formby Sr was an English music hall comedian and entertainer, and the father of the more famous George Formby Jr; this is an early acoustic Zonophone recording.AI summary
Zonophone 1349 Music Hall
George Formby Sr, the Lancashire comedian and ukulele player of the Edwardian era, on Zonophone 1379 with 'Married' and 'I Can Sing I Can Dance', from the acoustic period around 1910.AI summary
Zonophone 1379 Personalities (Prs)
George Gershwin's 'Looking for a Boy' and 'Sweet and Low Down', recorded for Columbia 4065. These are early Gershwin compositions from the mid-1920s, closely related to the companion disc Col 4066.AI summary
Columbia 4065 Dance
George Gershwin's 'That Certain Feeling' and 'When Do We Dance', recorded for Columbia 4066. These are early Gershwin compositions from the mid-1920s.AI summary
Columbia 4066 Dance
George Gershwin, the renowned American composer, performing or supervising 'That Certain Feeling' and 'When Do We Dance' on Columbia 4066.AI summary
Columbia 4066 Classical
George Gilbey performing comedy numbers on Columbia, a major British label. The titles suggest music-hall comedy material from the 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 1729 Music Hall
George Gilbey on Regal with comic titles 'My Wife' and 'Constable Duffey'. Music-hall comedian or novelty performer on a budget British label.AI summary
Regal 6444 Music Hall
George Graves, a British music-hall performer, recorded 'A few Words on the chicken' and 'The Settler' for Odeon 66611, typical comic monologues of the variety tradition.AI summary
Odeon 66611 Music Hall
George Graves performing comedy material from the British music hall tradition on Odeon, with a 'Scene from Aladdin'.AI summary
Odeon Dubbing Music Hall
George Graves was a British music-hall comedian and actor of the Edwardian era. His HMV recording preserves a comic sketch typical of his stage work. HMV 02307 dates to around 1910-1912.AI summary
His Master's Voice 02307 Music Hall
George Graves, the rumbustious character comedian best known as Baron Popoff in The Merry Widow, performs 'All Clear Out of the Park' and 'Does This Shop Stock Shot Socks with Spots' on HMV C542, a 12-inch coupling. Graves was a major Edwardian musical comedy star and his 12-inch HMV recordings are less common than standard 10-inch popular pressings.AI summary
His Master's Voice C542 Music Hall
George Graves and Will Evans — two of the great Edwardian stage comedians — perform 'Another Good Thing You've Missed' and 'Developing a Photograph' as a double act on HMV C560, a 12-inch coupling. Both men were major stars: Graves as Baron Popoff in The Merry Widow, Evans as the creator of famous knockabout sketches; a 12-inch HMV coupling of this particular pair is a significant music-hall item.AI summary
His Master's Voice C560 Music Hall
George Green performing 'A Bunch of Roses' and 'Intermezzo: Jewels of the Madonna' on Cliftophone Records. Green is otherwise unrecorded; this appears to be an early British vocal recording on an obscure regional label.AI summary
Cliftophone 2278 Voice
George Grossmith (the elder, or less commonly the younger) performing 'Yip-I-addy-ay' (a novelty comic song) and a medley selection from *Our Miss Gibbs*, a musical theatre piece. This Jumbo pressing is from an obscure British label.AI summary
Jumbo 415 Music Hall
George Grossmith (1847–1912), an English actor, singer, and entertainer famous for Gilbert and Sullivan roles, on Jumbo performing comic musical numbers; Grossmith was a Victorian music-hall and theatrical figure.AI summary
Jumbo 520 Music Hall