21,671 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Harry Fay recorded music-hall comedy songs for the small British label Rena in the late 1920s; this coupling — 'Put on Your Old Green Bonnet' and the classic novelty 'I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside' — typifies the variety-hall repertoire.AI summary
Rena 1121 Music Hall
Harry Fay performing two songs, 'Little Miss Lancashire' and a piece credited to D Garrick and H Payne, 'Canoeing', on Zonophone. Fay was a British vocalist of the 1920s–30s; Zonophone was a subsidiary label of the Gramophone Company.AI summary
Zonophone 1563 Voice
Harry Fay performs 'Songs & Opera in Ragtime' and 'Play something Irish in Ragtime' on Zonophone 1122, a survivor from the early 1920s acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone 1122 Voice
Harry Fay performing comic novelty songs on Zonophone 1351, a low catalogue number from the early 1920s; 'Gilbert the Filbert' is a British novelty classic.AI summary
Zonophone 1351 Comic
Harry Fay performing the patriotic novelty song 'Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts for Soldiers' (a famous World War I number) on Zonophone 1419. Fay was a British comedian and recording artist; this pressing dates to the early 1900s.AI summary
Zonophone 1419 Music Hall
Harry Fay recorded 'How's your mother how's your Dad' and 'Colonel Knut' for Zonophone, catalogue 1496. The comic titles suggest music-hall repertoire.AI summary
Zonophone 1496 Music Hall
Harry Fay recorded 'Oh how he can sing an Irish Song' and 'The Rest of the Day is your own' for Zonophone, catalogue 1537, likely from the early 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 1537 Voice
Harry Fay recorded 'Get that Girl' and 'When Sandy McKie comes back to Inverary' for Zonophone, catalogue 1552, likely from the early 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 1552 Voice
Harry Fay performing comic songs on Zonophone in the mid-1920s, a period when the label was under Gramophone Company control but still issued budget releases.AI summary
Zonophone 1861 Music Hall
Harry Fay performing two novelty comic songs—'May Look at Charlie' and 'I've Never Had a Bite Since Xmas'—for Imperial, catalogue 1791, from the 1920s.AI summary
Imperial 1791 Music Hall
Harry Fay was a British music-hall comedian famous for novelty and comic songs of the early 20th century; this Twin label pressing of 'Boiled Beef and Carrots' and 'For Months and Months and Months' is from his variety repertoire.AI summary
Twin 213 Music Hall
Harry Fay, a performer of novelty and comic songs, on Odeon. The title 'The Whistling Bowery Boy' suggests a music-hall or vaudeville number from the early acoustic era.AI summary
Odeon 44580 Music Hall
Harry Fay singing two novelty numbers, If we hadn't any Women in the World and When there isn't a Girl about, on Odeon 44671.AI summary
Odeon 44671 Music Hall
Harry Fay recorded 'I Want to Go to Idaho' and 'Ladies Beware' for Columbia D197, a very low catalogue number in the early Columbia numerical series.AI summary
Columbia D197 Voice
Harry Fay recorded 'The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo' and 'Two Lovely Black Eyes' for HMV (B3973). Harry Fay was a light comedian and vocalist of the 1920s–30s; both titles are well-known songs from the earlier variety tradition.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3973 Music Hall
Harry Fay recorded 'It's a Long Way to Tipperary' and another title (catalogued as PC49) for Zonophone (1070), representing popular sentimental song from the First World War era.AI summary
Zonophone 1070 Voice
Harry Fay recorded 'My Motter' (a comic or novelty song) for GC Records—little is known of this artist or label.AI summary
Gramophone Company 4-2057 Music Hall
Harry Fay singing "PC 49", a novelty title-song tied to a British radio and film comedy character, and the ubiquitous "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" on Zonophone, a British label active in the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 1070 Music Hall
Harry Fay was a British comedian and singer of the 1920s–30s, recorded here on Ar (Arlequin), a small British label. 'The Galloping Major' and 'Wire in My Lads' are comic or novelty songs.AI summary
Ariel 1908 Music Hall
Harry Fay on Ar 9253, performing sentimental popular numbers from the 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Ariel 9253 Voice
Harry Fay singing on the Ar label, a short-lived British imprint of the 1920s, with repertoire including a piece titled in period-offensive language typical of that era.AI summary
Ariel 4475 Voice
Harry Fay performing two novelty numbers—'Oh Charley take it away' and 'Little Puppy Dogs'—on HomD 999, an obscure small British label.AI summary
Hom D999
Harry Fay was an obscure singer on the British Columbia label in the early 1920s; little is known of his career beyond these recordings.AI summary
Columbia 1146 Voice
Harry Fay recorded 'Pom Diddley Orum' for Columbia, a music-hall novelty number. Fay is unidentified in standard references.AI summary
Columbia 26486 Music Hall
Curry's 101 Music Hall
Harry Fay performs two novelty character songs on Pathé 60983: "New Taximeter Car" and "Galloping Major," likely from the 1920s or early 1930s. Pathé was a major European label with British pressings; this artist is otherwise untraced.AI summary
Pathé 60983 Music Hall
Harry Fay, a music-hall entertainer, recorded on the Broadcast label, a minor British marque of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Broadcast 227 Music Hall
Harry Fay singing two popular songs on Broadcast, a cheap British marque of the early 1930s.AI summary
Broadcast 464 Voice
Harry Fay performing popular sentimental songs on Broadcast 465. Fay is unrecognised; Broadcast was a budget British label.AI summary
Broadcast 465 Voice
Harry Fay, a British music-hall vocalist, recorded for Broadcast, a minor British label, with music-hall and novelty songs.AI summary
Broadcast 614 Music Hall
Harry Fay recorded 'Constantinople' and 'I'll think of you' for Uni Records, catalogue 227—a small British label.AI summary
Unison 227 Voice
Harry Fay performs 'I don't care if there's a Girl there' on Zonophone 42876, a survivor from the early acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone 42876 Voice
Harry Fay, a British music-hall performer, recorded 'Has anybody here seen Kelly?' (a famous Fred Karno sketch and song) and 'I like your old French bonnet' for Columbia 1165, placing this in Columbia's earliest vocal series from the 1900s-1910s.AI summary
Columbia 1165 Music Hall
Columbia 1254 Music Hall
Harry Fay on Columbia 1275 with 'In the Alpine Dress You're Wearing' and 'The Pretty Little Girl from Nowhere', popular comedy-novelty songs from the late 1920s or early 1930s. Fay is not a standard discographic name.AI summary
Columbia 1275 Comic
Harry Fay performing 'Won't There Be Any Wedding Bells for Me?' and 'When You're Married Girls' on Columbia 1359.AI summary
Columbia 1359 Voice
Harry Fay performing the music-hall novelty 'My Word if I catch you bending', credited to the Crown label, a small British imprint of uncertain date.AI summary
Crown Music Hall
Harry Fay recorded two sentimental ballads for J Bull, a small British label: 'I'm Going Back to Gay Bohemia' and 'Somewhere', probably in the 1920s.AI summary
John Bull 40708 Voice
Harry Fay was a British entertainer who recorded comic and novelty material. This His Master's Voice pressing from the acoustic era represents his work for the major label.AI summary
His Master's Voice B4011 Music Hall
Harry Fay performing a character song on Decca, a major British label, in the mid-1930s.AI summary
Decca F3044 Music Hall
Harry Fay performs two music hall comedy songs, 'With her Head tucked underneath her Arm' and 'Lion & Albert', on Decca F5295 from the mid-1930s.AI summary
Decca F5295 Music Hall
Harry Fay was a British dance-band vocalist or comedian of the 1920s–1930s. 'Girl Shy' and 'Eat More Fruit' are novelty and comic songs typical of the era. This Parlophone E5335 pressing is from the early 1930s.AI summary
Parlophone E5335 Comic
Harry Fay on Parlophone E5336, performing 'Oh How I Love My Darling' and 'Cross Words', likely from the 1930s.AI summary
Parlophone E5336 Voice
Harry Fay, a British vocalist, recorded nostalgic songs 'Old Top Hat that Father Wore' and 'Mary O'Brien' on Parlophone E5385. The E series on Parlophone typically dates to the early 1930s.AI summary
Parlophone E5385 Voice
Harry Fay credited on GC, a small and obscure British label, performing music-hall material.AI summary
Gramophone Company 4-2069 Music Hall
Harry Fay performing 'Chantecler' on Gramophone Company (GC) 4-2081, a classical or semi-classical piece from the early acoustic era.AI summary
Gramophone Company 4-2081 Classical
Harry Fay recorded 'I've Got Rings on My Fingers' for the GC label, catalogue 4-2082. This is a popular song of the early 20th century, but the artist and label cannot be confidently identified.AI summary
Gramophone Company 4-2082 Voice
Harry Fay performs 'We Really Had a Most Delightful Evening' on His Master's Voice 4-2118. The catalogue number suggests a recording from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice 4-2118 Music Hall