21,670 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Henry Baynton, the Shakespearean actor, speaks Shakespeare's War Cry and the Seven Ages of Man and Hamlet's soliloquy on Vocalion K05216.AI summary
Vocalion K05216 Personalities (Prs)
Sparky's Magic Piano, a children's story with music from Capitol, in a six-side set credited to Henry Blair.AI summary
Capitol 13062/3/4 Comic
Sparky's Magic Piano, a children's story with music from Capitol, in a four-side set, credited to Henry Blair.AI summary
Capitol 1/2 Comic
Henry Brown recorded two jazz and blues pieces for Jazz Collector (JazzCo), a very minor label. The titles suggest hot jazz of the 1920s, but Brown is not a documented major artist in jazz history.AI summary
Jazz Collection 15 Jazz
Henry Burr was one of the most prolific American recording tenors of the acoustic era, recording thousands of sides for virtually every label. This Odeon disc, catalogue 31173, contains 'The Holy City' and 'I'll Sing Thee Songs of Araby'. Burr's recordings are extremely common; this is a standard Odeon pressing of popular American vocal material.AI summary
Odeon 31173 Voice
Henry Burr, a prolific American ballad singer, performing 'Won't You Come Over to My House' on Columbia 3603 — an early catalogue number suggesting c. 1910s pressing.AI summary
Columbia 3603 Voice
Henry Burr was a prolific American tenor and one of the most-recorded voices of the 1900s–1920s, appearing on thousands of sides for most major labels under his own name and countless pseudonyms; 'Will the Angels Let Me Play' is a sentimental hymn-like piece typical of his repertoire.AI summary
Imperial 45179 Voice
Henry Burr, a prolific American recording artist and tenor, recorded 'Goodnight Little Girl Goodnight' and a spoken announcement advertising Columbia records on Columbia. The latter is a non-musical item of advertising interest; Burr was active from the 1900s through the 1920s and recorded prolifically.AI summary
Columbia Advert Voice
Henry Burr was a prolific American ballad tenor of the 1910s–1920s who recorded extensively. This Operaphone pressing captures two sentimental numbers with Irish themes, typical of his repertoire and the era's popular taste.AI summary
Operaphone 21179 Voice
Henry Forsyth recorded this instrumental march medley for Odeon. Marches were popular instrumental recording fare throughout the 78 era, especially as side-fillers. Forsyth is not a well-known bandleader and this appears to be a minor recording.AI summary
Odeon 44845 Instrumental
Salabert 3398 Personalities (Prs)
Henry Hall, a British bandleader and dance orchestra director, on Columbia; the titles suggest novelty or song numbers, likely mid-1930s.AI summary
Columbia FB2125 Dance
Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra with I'm Going Home for Christmas and The Santa Claus Express on Columbia FB1215.AI summary
Columbia FB1215 Dance
Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra, the house band of the BBC in the 1930s and 1940s, recorded 'Moon Over Miami' and 'Swing' for Columbia. Hall was one of the most prolific and broadcast British bandleaders of the era.AI summary
Columbia FB1317 Dance
Columbia FB1506
Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra performing 'South of the Border' and 'I Paid for the Lie That I Told You' on Columbia, from one of Britain's most popular radio dance bands.AI summary
Columbia FB2235 Dance
Henry Hall and his band, with vocal guest appearances by Flanagan and Allen (a famous British comedy-song duo), recorded 'A Bungalow a Piccolo and You' and 'Underneath the Arches' for Columbia. The latter is one of Flanagan and Allen's signature pieces.AI summary
Columbia CB481 Music Hall
Henry Hall was the BBC Dance Orchestra's director in the 1930s and 40s, and this Columbia pressing pairs two mid-tempo dance numbers typical of his light orchestral output.AI summary
Columbia FB1035 Dance
Henry Hall and his BBC Dance Orchestra, one of Britain's most famous bands, recorded these two sides for Columbia; Hall was the longstanding conductor of the BBC's dance orchestra and became a household name.AI summary
Columbia FB1902 Dance
Henry Hall's band on Columbia—a UK dance and light music ensemble that recorded extensively for Decca and Columbia in the 1930s and 1940s, this disc features two instrumental dance sides from the FB2000 series.AI summary
Columbia FB2234 Dance
Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra performing 'South of the Border' and 'I Paid for the Lie That I Told You' on Columbia, from one of Britain's most popular radio dance bands.AI summary
Columbia FB2235 Dance
Henry Hall and his orchestra, the BBC's resident dance band and one of Britain's most popular orchestras in the 1930s–1940s. Hall's Columbia sides remain common but are actively collected.AI summary
Columbia FB1789 Dance
Columbia CB551
Henry Hall, a prominent British dance bandleader and the first director of the BBC Dance Orchestra, recorded "Butterflies in the Rain" and "Love Will Find a Way" for Columbia; both are typical light dance numbers of the early-to-mid 1930s.AI summary
Columbia CB558 Dance
Henry Hall was a prominent British bandleader and conductor of the BBC Dance Orchestra, recorded here for 'Pop Goes Your Heart' and 'Blue Moon'. The FB series places this in the mid-1930s.AI summary
Columbia FB1017 Dance
Henry Hearty on the Rad label, a minor British marque, with titles suggesting 1920s–30s popular songs.AI summary
Radio (Edison Bell) 1370 Voice
Henry Hearty recorded 'P'liceman' and 'Slippery Sam the Stoker' for the St label, catalogue 584, from an obscure or unidentified label.AI summary
Sterno 584 Comic
Sir Henry J. Wood, the eminent British conductor, recorded Beethoven's 'Eroica Symphony' for Columbia L-series (L1447/1448/1449), a multi-disc classical album from the 1920s–30s, a major orchestral recording of the period.AI summary
Columbia L1447/1448/1449 Classical
Henry Jacques led a light-music ensemble for the Dance label, a minor British imprint. This DL-series side with vocalist Denny Dennis is typical of regional British dance and variety material. Dance was a very small label and copies are rarely encountered.AI summary
Danceland DL645 Dance
Henry King and his orchestra were a popular British dance band; these Columbia recordings from the late 1920s were mass-produced for the UK market and remain common today.AI summary
Winner W83 Orchestra
Columbia FB1034 Dance
Henry King conducted the Hotel Pierre Orchestra, a society dance band popular in 1920s–30s America; this Orthophonic disc preserves two period ballads from the dance-band era.AI summary
Orthophonic 24457 Dance
Henry King was a popular British bandleader and accordionist who recorded extensively in the 1930s-40s; this Decca pressing of 'I Have Eyes' and 'Funny Old Hills' represents his mainstream dance and light entertainment output.AI summary
Decca F6986 Dance
The Henry King orchestra performs 'When I Grow Too Old to Dream' and 'Night Is Young' on Columbia, the American bandleader's recordings from the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 2998D Orchestra
Henry King and his Orchestra on Decca, catalogue F3910. King was an American bandleader of moderate fame in the 1930s–40s; his recordings were commercial but he is now largely forgotten.AI summary
Decca F3910 Orchestra
Henry Klauser recorded a "Laughing Song" on the G&T label, a catalogue number from the early acoustic recording era.AI summary
G&T 81110
Henry Levine and his orchestra recorded these jazz standards on Victor, the American parent label of His Master's Voice. Levine was a prolific bandleader and arranger active in popular and jazz music throughout the 1930s–1940s.AI summary
Victor 27831 Jazz
Henry Lytton, the distinguished British Gilbert & Sullivan baritone, performing the 'Laughing Song' on His Master's Voice, a prestige recording by one of the definitive interpreters of the Savoy operas.AI summary
His Master's Voice 4-2153 Opera
Henry Lytton was the principal comic baritone with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company for decades. G&T 3-2300 ('Laughing Song') is an acoustic recording of a major musical-theatre personality.AI summary
G&T 3-2300 Opera
Henry Lytton, the definitive Gilbert & Sullivan baritone, performing the 'Laughing Song' and 'I like you in velvet' on His Master's Voice, from his extensive Savoy opera recordings.AI summary
His Master's Voice B453 Opera
Henry Lytton, principal comic baritone of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, and F Lancaster. Musogram 98/99 records 'Laughing Song' and 'Wise Old Owl'; from an obscure label.AI summary
Musogram 98/99 Opera
Henry Lytton, the most celebrated performer of Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera in Britain, recorded these two songs for HMV. Lytton was the definitive Jack Point in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's 'The Yeomen of the Guard' and an important figure in British musical theatre.AI summary
His Master's Voice B453 Opera
Henry Lytton was a leading D'Oyly Carte actor celebrated for his Gilbert and Sullivan roles; this pre-1900 Berliner disc, an early single-sided shellac format, preserves one of his comic duets.AI summary
Berliner 4062 Comic
Henry Newbolt, the English poet and patriotic writer, recited selections from his own work for Columbia: 'Vitai Lampada' and 'Drake's Drum', paired with 'Best School of all' and 'He fell among Thieves'—some of his most famous verses.AI summary
Columbia D40181 Voice
Henry Steele's 'Keyboard Kapers' and 'Shower of Notes' on Piccadilly 446. Piccadilly was a cheap British dance and novelty label of the 1930s; nothing further is known of this pianist.AI summary
Piccadilly 446 Instrumental
Henry Turnpenny on JBull, singing classical vocal repertoire: 'The Holy City' and a serenade. A minor artist on a small British marque.AI summary
John Bull 7943 Classical
Henry Turnpenny performing 'Death of Nelson' and other sentimental songs on Zonophone, early catalogue number suggesting an acoustic recording from around 1910–1915. Turnpenny was an English ballad singer of the Edwardian era.AI summary
Zonophone 67 Voice
Henry Wendon, tenor, with pianist Gerald Moore on "Eleanore" and "Love Went a-Riding" for Columbia DB2083. Moore was one of the finest accompanists in the 20th century, known chiefly for art-song and orchestral repertoire.AI summary
Columbia DB2083 Voice