21,671 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Harry Fay, a British music-hall entertainer, recorded 'Play me a trickley tickley Tune' and 'How ya' gonna keep 'em down on the Farm' for Zonophone. A companion to id 22605.AI summary
Zonophone 1950 Music Hall
Zonophone 1961
Harry Fay on Zonophone 1962, performing 'Abe My Boy' and 'Muldoon's Big Bassoon', comic or novelty songs; Zonophone was the budget label of the Columbia Graphophone Company.AI summary
Zonophone 1962 Music Hall
Harry Fay on Zonophone, performing 'Signora' and 'The Umpteen Bandit', likely dance or novelty material from the 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 2003 Music Hall
Harry Fay, credited as a vocalist on Zonophone, a budget British label of the 1920s-30s, performing light comic or novelty material.AI summary
Zonophone 2163 Voice
Harry Fay on Zonophone, performing 'Put and Take' and 'Better 'n That', popular jazz-influenced novelty pieces of the 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 2207 Jazz
Harry Fay & Co performing 'Veterans of Variety', a two-part sketch or variety turn, on Parlophone, a major British label.AI summary
Parlophone E5225 Music Hall
Harry Fay & Co recorded parts 3 and 4 of 'Veterans of Variety' for Parlophone, British variety performers capturing an act.AI summary
Parlophone E5226 Music Hall
Harry Ford performing 'The Day I Became a Millionaire' and 'Don't You Think You've Overstepped the Margin?' on Columbia catalogue 1325 — an early Columbia number. Ford is not a name that appears prominently in standard references; an early Columbia catalogue number for an unidentified music-hall artist is worth checking before sale.AI summary
Columbia 1325 Music Hall
Harry Ford recorded 'Poor, Proud, and Particular' for Berliner, a German-based label with London connections in the acoustic era around 1900–1910.AI summary
Berliner 2-2107 Voice
'Poor, Proud and Particular', sung by Harry Ford on a single-sided Gramophone & Typewriter (G&T) disc. G&T was the name the Gramophone Company traded under in the first years of the century.AI summary
G&T 2-2107 Music Hall
Harry Ford performing 'Naughty Boy' and 'What a Face' on Columbia catalogue 1164. Ford is not widely documented in standard music-hall references; a Columbia pressing with a catalogue number in the 1000-series is moderately early. An unrecognised artist on an early Columbia number warrants investigation.AI summary
Columbia 1164 Music Hall
Harry Ford is not a name that appears prominently in standard discographic references for the period. This disc on the Bek label — catalogue numbers suggesting an early Berlin-Beka pressing — contains two music-hall titles whose full sides are only partially legible in the catalogue entry. Bek/Beka was a significant early international pressing firm; an obscure artist on an early catalogue number warrants closer examination.AI summary
Beka 41274/5 Music Hall
Harry Ford performing 'Railway Porter' and 'Do You See' on the Bek label, catalogue 41276/9 — a companion to the companion disc id 18362 elsewhere in this collection, and the same disc catalogued as id 18362 in the first batch. This appears to be a third copy of that pressing; all copies should be compared for condition.AI summary
Beka 41276/9 Music Hall
Harry Fragson, a popular British entertainer and songwriter of the early 20th century, performing the comic sketch 'Other Department please' on His Master's Voice.AI summary
His Master's Voice 02380 Music Hall
Harry Fragson, the Franco-British music-hall and cabaret star who was shot dead by his father in 1913 at the height of his fame, performs 'Other Department Please' on HMV 02380, a single-sided 12-inch pressing. Fragson is a significant and collected music-hall name, and his death gave his recordings an additional historical poignancy; 12-inch single-sided HMV pressings of his work are uncommon.AI summary
His Master's Voice 02380 Music Hall
Harry Fragson was a celebrated Anglo-French music-hall singer and pianist, enormously popular on both sides of the Channel before his violent death in 1913. This Pathé 3007 — 'En avant les p'tits gars' and 'Si tu veux Marguerite' — is a French pressing on Pathé, whose vertical-cut discs require a special stylus. Fragson's records are collected by enthusiasts of Edwardian music hall and French chanson alike.AI summary
Pathé 3007 Music Hall
Harry Fragson was a celebrated Franco-British music-hall comedian and singer, hugely popular in both London and Paris in the Edwardian era, who was murdered by his own father in 1913. This Pathé disc, catalogue 78099, contains 'Billy Brown' paired with a W. Evans number. Fragson's recordings are actively collected on account of his fame and tragic end.AI summary
Pathé 78099 Music Hall
Harry Fragson, the Franco-British music-hall and cabaret star shot dead by his father in 1913, performs 'Other Department Please' on HMV 02380 — a duplicate of id 7993 in this collection. One copy is the one to sell; the disc is the same pressing.AI summary
His Master's Voice 02380 Music Hall
Harry Fray, a British music-hall entertainer, in two novelty songs on Family Records (Fam), a small British label of the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Famous 182 Music Hall
Harry Fryer led a British dance band in the 1930s and 1940s. This Decca side pairs 'White Horse Inn' and 'Dancing Years', both standard ballroom and novelty repertoire of the era.AI summary
Decca MW63 Dance
The Harry Fryer band recorded 'Can't Help Singing' and 'Here Come the Waves' for Decca; Fryer was a British bandleader active in the 1940s–1950s.AI summary
Decca MW308 Dance
Harry Glen performing 'Where Did That One Go' and a song titled 'Our Navy' on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia L1195 Voice
Harry Gordon, the Aberdeen comedian famous as the 'Laird of Inversnecky', with 'Turn It Round the Other Way, Timothy' on Beltona.AI summary
Beltona 1507 Music Hall
Harry Gordon, the Aberdeen comedian famous as the 'Laird of Inversnecky', performs 'The Railway Fireman' on Beltona.AI summary
Beltona 1601 Music Hall
Harry Gordon, the Aberdeen comedian of the Inversnecky revues, with Bells of Inversnecky and Inversnecky Fireman on Beltona 1440.AI summary
Beltona 1440 Music Hall
Harry Gordon, the Aberdeen comedian famous as the 'Laird of Inversnecky', with two of his Inversnecky character sketches, 'The Billposter' and 'The Doctor', on Beltona.AI summary
Beltona 1439 Music Hall
Harry Gordon performing 'Railway Fireman' on Bel label, 1601. Gordon is unidentified; the song title suggests music-hall novelty material. Bel was a minor British imprint.AI summary
Beltona 1601 Music Hall
Harry Gordon performing a Scottish comic monologue in two parts about the Aberdeen v Queen's Park football match, on the short-lived Bel label.AI summary
Beltona 1754 Music Hall
Harry Gordon, the Aberdeen comedian famous as the 'Laird of Inversnecky', sings 'Scotland Is Calling to Me' and 'It's Fine tae Hae a Plaicie o' Yer Ain' on Beltona.AI summary
Beltona 1823 Music Hall
Harry Gordon, a Scottish comedian and music hall entertainer, performing 'Washing Day' on the Bel label, a minor British imprint.AI summary
Beltona 1841 Music Hall
Harry Gordon, the Aberdeen comedian of the Inversnecky revues, with Inversnecky Waiter and Inversnecky Lifeboat on Beltona 1842.AI summary
Beltona 1842 Music Hall
Harry Gordon, a popular Scottish comedian and pantomime star, on Oriole P112, described as 'Excerpts Rhapsodie Moderne'. Gordon was a prominent music-hall entertainer of the 1920s-40s.AI summary
Oriole P112 Music Hall
Harry Gordon, the Aberdeen comedian of the Inversnecky revues, with She Dee't and Fine, Mam, John on Beltona 1194.AI summary
Beltona 1194 Music Hall
Harry Grove Trio recorded light entertainment material on Decca, including 'Meet Mister Callaghan' and 'Intermezzo Escape to Happiness'. The F9000 series places this in the late 1940s.AI summary
Decca F9969 Instrumental
Harry Hemsley, a British character comedian known for vocal impressions and nursery-rhyme adaptations, recorded two well-known tunes for Winner in a comic vein.AI summary
Winner 4722 Comic
Harry Hemsley was a British comic entertainer and vocalist; this Winner pressing pairs two nursery-rhyme novelties in his comic style, from the 1920s.AI summary
Winner 4727 Comic
Harry Hemsley, the British entertainer famous for his impressions of children, with Minding the Children and Drawing Winnie on Ariel 4822.AI summary
Ariel 4822 Comic
Harry Hemsley, a British character comedian of the 1920s-30s, performing two monologues about minding children. Hemsley was famous for his 'Gamages Corner' routines and character voices.AI summary
Parlophone R1050 Comic
Harry Hemsley, a British comedian and entertainer, recorded 'Drawing Winnie' and 'A Bear Story' for Parlophone catalogue R1316, from the early 1930s.AI summary
Parlophone R1316 Comic
Harry Hemsley, a British comedy performer, with a recitation of 'Jack and the Beanstalk' on Bell Records.AI summary
Bell 397 Comic
Harry Hemsley, a British comedian and character actor, recorded 'Dick Whittington' for Bell, an obscure label, likely a novelty or sketched performance.AI summary
Bell 400 Comic
Harry Hemsley was a British character comedian and mimic of the 1920s and 1930s, best known for his 'Hemsley Family' novelty pieces; this Broadcast side preserves his comedy style.AI summary
Broadcast 384 Comic
Harry Hemsley in 'A Christmas Rehearsal', recorded for Columbia FB2716. Hemsley was a prolific British comedian and actor celebrated for his monologues and character sketches; his Yuletide material was a popular seasonal release.AI summary
Columbia FB2716 Comic
Harry Hemsley, a British pantomime performer and comedian, on Winner 4307 performing pantomime sketches.AI summary
Winner 4307 Comic
Harry Hemsley, a comedy and character performer known for ventriloquism and child-voice mimicry, recorded 'Kiddies go carolling' and 'Christmas Presents' for Regal, catalogue 2601, a budget British label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Regal 2601 Comic
Harry Hemsley, the British entertainer famous for his impressions of children, with Winnie and the Picture Book and Winnie Is Told a Story on Dominion A201.AI summary
Dominion A201 Comic