21,671 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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George Robey, one of Britain's greatest music hall comedians, performing two comic songs on Columbia's L-series.AI summary
Columbia L1223 Music Hall
George Robey (1869–1954), a British music-hall comedian and pantomime star, on Columbia performing his characteristic comic material; Robey was a major variety entertainer for fifty years.AI summary
Columbia L1237 Music Hall
George Robey, the celebrated British music hall comedian and actor, performing 'It's Strange What One Can Do Without' and 'Safety First' on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia F1057 Personalities (Prs)
George Robey, the legendary British comedian and Music Hall star, recorded 'I Stopped I Looked I Listened' for Columbia. Robey was one of the most celebrated entertainers of the early twentieth century, and his recordings remain sought after by collectors of vintage British variety.AI summary
Columbia L1034 Music Hall
Music hall comedian George Robey performing 'I stopped I looked I listened' and, with Violet Loraine, 'Another little Drink', on Columbia L1034. Robey was a major British stage and film comedian of the Edwardian and inter-war periods.AI summary
Columbia L1034 Music Hall
George Robey, the celebrated British music-hall comedian and actor known as 'the Prime Minister of Mirth', recorded 'Shakespeare' for His Master's Voice. Robey was a dominant figure in British variety and theatre from the 1890s through the 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice 02149 Music Hall
Columbia 581 Music Hall
George Robey, the British music-hall star known as 'The Prime Minister of Mirth', performing 'Family Ghost' and 'Best Man at the Wedding' on Columbia 583. Robey was one of the most celebrated British entertainers of the early twentieth century.AI summary
Columbia 583 Music Hall
George Robey, the major British music hall star, recorded for Columbia catalogue 586. This is an earlier Columbia recording than his HMV catalogue; Robey's recordings span multiple labels.AI summary
Columbia 586 Music Hall
George Robey, the great British music hall comedian, performing comedy sketches 'Servants' Registry Office' and 'Editress' for His Master's Voice, catalogue C426 from the 1920s-1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice C426 Music Hall
George Robey, the British music-hall star and theatrical entertainer, on HMV C570 with two numbers: 'Worse Much Worse' and 'Robin Hood'. Robey was one of the great variety performers of the Edwardian and interwar eras.AI summary
His Master's Voice C570 Music Hall
George Robey, the British music-hall star, recorded '& that's that' and '(T Clare) Cohen rings up his Tailor' for His Master's Voice, catalogue C617.AI summary
His Master's Voice C617 Music Hall
George Robey, the celebrated British music-hall comedian, performing comic pieces on His Master's Voice. A second record by Robey in this collection (see also id 15049).AI summary
His Master's Voice C553 Music Hall
George Robey performing 'The Face' and 'Just the Reverse' on Columbia 3773. Robey was the most famous British music-hall comedian of the Edwardian and inter-war era, celebrated for his monologues and patter.AI summary
Columbia 3773 Music Hall
George Robey, the legendary British music-hall comedian and actor, recorded these two numbers for Columbia. The titles 'Such a Look' and 'The Bride' suggest comic or satirical songs typical of his theatrical material from the 1920s-1930s. Robey was one of Britain's biggest entertainment stars.AI summary
Columbia 4124 Personalities (Prs)
George Robey, the legendary British music-hall comedian and actor, recorded these two numbers for Columbia: 'Such a Look' and 'The Bride'. This appears to be a duplicate of record 20375.AI summary
Columbia 4124 Personalities (Prs)
George Scott-Wood on Regal, recording film songs from the 1930s musical 'Flying Down to Rio'. Scott-Wood was a minor British light-music performer; Regal was a mass-market budget label.AI summary
Regal MR1312 Voice
George Shearing Quartet, a hugely successful modern jazz pianist and his group, on MGM 795 with 'Basso Profundo' and 'Cool Mambo' from the 1950s.AI summary
MGM 795 Jazz
MGM 587
George Todd with Ten Little Bridesmaids and, by F. Holbrook, When You Come Home on Fortune 1823.AI summary
Fortune 1823 Music Hall
George van Dusen recorded a yodelling novelty side for Rex Records, a minor British imprint; yodelling was a popular novelty of the late 1920s and early 1930s.AI summary
Rex 9027
George Van Dusen with Yodelling Organ Grinder and Sweet Wilhelmina on Rex 8418.AI summary
Rex 8418 Voice
George van Dusen performing two Irish comic songs on Rex Records, a budget British label active in the 1930s-40s.AI summary
Rex 8641 Comic
George Webb, a British pianist and bandleader, recorded 'Muskrat Ramble' and 'Jenny's Ball' for Decca in the early 1950s. Webb was part of the British traditional jazz revival of the period, leading a jazz band that became influential in postwar British jazz.AI summary
Decca F9385 Jazz
Decca F9386
George Webb's Dixielanders on Decca performing 'South' and 'London Blues', the British traditional jazz revival band recording in the post-war years.AI summary
Decca F8735 Jazz
George Wettling, the jazz drummer, recorded 'I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate' and 'Bugle Call Rag' for Brunswick, early jazz and ragtime standards from the late 1920s.AI summary
Brunswick 03059 Jazz
George Wright on organ, Parlophone DP372, performing sentimental popular numbers. George Wright was a well-known British organist of the mid-20th century, particularly famous for his cinema and theatre organ recordings.AI summary
Parlophone DP372 Instrumental
Georges Boskoff plays part two of a Mozart piano concerto on Parlophone, part of a multi-disc set aimed at the serious classical market.AI summary
Parlophone E11123 Classical
Georges Guetary, a French-American singer and actor, performing "I Dreamt I Was Back in Paris" and "Magdalena" on Columbia, likely from the 1940s-50s recording period.AI summary
Columbia DB2327 Voice
Georges Guetary performing two more popular songs, "Tonight" and "She's Got That Look in Her Eye", on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia DB2427 Voice
Georges Guétary, 'O-La O-Lé' and 'Where Flamingoes Fly', on Columbia DG2362; Guétary was a French popular singer and film actor of the 1950s, whose theatrical recordings were aimed at the family and light-entertainment market.AI summary
Columbia DG2362 Voice
A selection from Puccini's 'La bohème' played by Georges Haeck's orchestra on Dominion, a short-lived British label of the late 1920s.AI summary
Dominion A161 Orchestra
Georges Milton was a French comic singer and actor popular in the 1930s–1940s. This Columbia DF-series recording is of French music-hall material.AI summary
Columbia DF992 Music Hall
Georges Thill on Columbia D1609 with 'On with the Motley' and 'When Stars were shining brightly'. Thill was a renowned French tenor of the 1920s–1940s, celebrated for operetta and vocal performance; 'On with the Motley' is a famous piece from *Pagliacci*.AI summary
Columbia D1609 Opera
Georges Ulmer, a French guitarist and singer, recorded for Columbia in the post-war period. Ulmer was known for Django Reinhardt-influenced jazz guitar and chanson.AI summary
Columbia BF558 Jazz
King George V and Queen Mary recorded an 'Empire Day Message' for His Master's Voice, accompanied by a recording of the Coldstream Guards performing 'God Save the King' and 'Home Sweet Home'. These royal recordings are historical curiosities reflecting the formal ceremonial culture of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
His Master's Voice RE284 Personalities (Prs)
An Empire Day message from King George V and Queen Mary on HMV RE284, with the Coldstream Guards band playing God Save the King and Home, Sweet Home.AI summary
His Master's Voice RE284 Personalities (Prs)
King George VI's broadcast address 'King to His Peoples', issued on His Master's Voice in 1937 following the Abdication Crisis.AI summary
His Master's Voice RB10209 Personalities (Prs)
A recording of King George VI's address 'King to His Peoples' on His Master's Voice, catalogue RB10209. This is a historical speech recording from the coronation period (1937) or wartime broadcasts.AI summary
His Master's Voice RB10209 Personalities (Prs)
Georgia Gibbs, the American popular singer and radio star, recorded these songs for Oriole, a British-pressed label. Gibbs was a significant recording and radio voice of the late 1940s and 1950s.AI summary
Oriole 1173 Voice
Georgia Gibbs, the American pop and novelty singer known for cover hits, performing "Thunder and Lightning" and "For Me" on Trutone, a small American budget label.AI summary
Trutone 764 Voice
Georgia Gibbs recorded 'Seven lonely Days' and 'If you take my Heart away' for Oriole, catalogue 1173. Gibbs was an American pop vocalist active in the 1950s, known for cover versions of R&B hits.AI summary
Oriole 1173 Voice
Georgia Gibbs with If You Take My Heart Away and Seven Lonely Days on Mercury 70095.AI summary
Mercury 70095 Voice
The Georgians, a dance band, recorded 'Lovey Came Back' and 'Faded Love Letters' for Regal, catalogue 8158. This is a duplicate entry of record 19330 in this collection.AI summary
Regal 8158 Dance
Georgians, a dance band, performing 'Snakes Hips' and 'Beside a Babbling Brook' on Regal.AI summary
Regal 7991 Dance
The Georgians, an American dance band, recorded two popular songs for Columbia Records (catalogue 3379) in the mid-1920s: 'I'm sitting pretty in a pretty little City' and 'I've got a Song for Sale'.AI summary
Columbia 3379 Dance
The Georgians, an early dance and jazz ensemble, performing 'I've got a cross-eyed Papa' and 'You'd better keep babying baby' on Columbia, from the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3412 Jazz