21,670 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Jack Payne was a well-known British dance-band leader and broadcaster of the late 1920s and 1930s; this Columbia side captures the light entertainment repertoire of the era.AI summary
Columbia CB106 Dance
Jack Payne and his band, the British dance-orchestra leader, with 'Californian serenade' and 'Say a little prayer for me' on Columbia CB130 from the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia CB130 Dance
Jack Payne and his band, one of the pioneering BBC dance orchestras of the late 1920s–early 1930s, on His Master's Voice BD5892 with 'Robin Hood' and 'Saturday Night'.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5892 Dance
Jack Payne was a prominent British dance band leader of the 1920s-30s, known for hot dance and swing arrangements. This Imperial 2778 pressing captures his orchestra in performance.AI summary
Imperial 2778 Dance
Jack Payne conducting the BBC Dance Orchestra on Columbia; Payne was one of the first conductors of the BBC Dance Orchestra in the late 1920s and a pioneering British bandleader of the radio age.AI summary
Columbia 5206 Dance
Jack Pettis, American saxophonist and bandleader, on two dance and jazz sides, Freshman Hop and A Bag of Blues, recorded for Victor 21793.AI summary
Victor 21793 Jazz
Jack Pettis, the American jazz saxophonist and bandleader, performing 'It all depends on you' and 'Birth of the Blues' (by Abrams). Both are jazz-tinged standards of the 1920s. This Imperial label pressing represents his hot dance and jazz catalogue.AI summary
Imperial 1773 Jazz
Jack Pettis was an American saxophonist and bandleader of the 1920s, noted for dance-band and jazz sides. 'Muddy Water' is a blues standard; 'Little White house' is another jazz number. This Imperial label pressing represents 1920s hot dance and jazz material.AI summary
Imperial 1774 Jazz
Jack Pleasants on Zonophone, catalogue 1606, performing comic songs 'It's been a nice Day today' and 'I must have my little Joke'. Pleasants appears to be a comedy vocalist on Zonophone in the late 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 1606 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants on Zonophone 1846 performing two comic or music-hall numbers from the early 20th century. Pleasants was an English music-hall entertainer; the catalogue number suggests a recording from around 1910–1915.AI summary
Zonophone 1846 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants on Zonophone 1446, singing 'All That We Said Was Good Evening' and 'Mother's So Particular with Me'. Zonophone acoustic-era recordings are scarce in UK copies; Pleasants is now obscure.AI summary
Zonophone 1446 Voice
Jack Pleasants on Bell 352 — 'To Cheer Him Up' and 'I'm 21 Today.' Bell is a British label less commonly encountered than the major marques; Pleasants is a documented Edwardian music-hall comedian known for his gentle, bashful stage persona.AI summary
Bell 352 Music Hall
His Master's Voice advance18504
Jack Pleasants recorded 'She's awfully Jealous of Me' and 'I Shall Get in such a row when Martha knows' for the Ar label, early 1900s.AI summary
Ariel 9302 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants recorded two comic songs for Ar, an obscure British label.AI summary
Ariel 9303 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants, the Lancashire comedian, with I Shall Get in Such a Row When Martha Knows and, by V. Henson, Paddlin' Madelin Home on Ariel 957.AI summary
Ariel 957 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants, the popular Edwardian music-hall singer known for 'I'm Twenty-One Today', records that song and 'I'm Shy Mary Ellen' on the Apollo label, catalogue 124. Apollo was a small British label; Pleasants is a recognised music-hall name and his minor-label pressings are less common than his major-label equivalents.AI summary
Apollo 124 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants, the Edwardian music-hall comedian, on the DipC label — possibly Diploma — catalogue 54, with 'I'm Shy Mary Ellen' (dated 1911) and 'To Cheer Him Up'. As with the companion DipC disc (id 3501) in this collection, the DipC label is not identified in standard references and warrants investigation.AI summary
Diploma C54 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants, the Edwardian music-hall comedian, on the Emp label — possibly Empire, an obscure British imprint — catalogue 1521, with 'I'm 21 Today' and 'I'm Shy Mary Ellen' (dated 1911). The Emp label is not identified in standard references; a Pleasants pressing on this imprint warrants investigation.AI summary
Empire 1521 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants, an Edwardian music-hall comedian and recording artist, on the Exo label — an obscure British imprint not identified in standard references — catalogue 142, with 'I'm Shy Mary Ellen' (dated 1911) and 'Save a Little One for Me' by Fay. The Exo label warrants identification before sale.AI summary
Exo 142 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants was a popular Edwardian music-hall comedian and singer known for his shy, bashful stage persona. This Homophone pressing (773) couples 'I Shall Sulk' with 'I'm Shy Mary Ellen' — titles perfectly in keeping with his stage character. Homophone was a minor British label; Pleasants is a documented music-hall name.AI summary
Hom 773 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants performing two early jazz or novelty numbers—"I'm the Black Sheep of the Flock" and "Liza Had Hold of My Hand"—on Winner 2366, a British budget label.AI summary
Winner 2366 Jazz
Jack Pleasants was a British vocalist recorded on the Zonophone label in the 1920s-30s. Neither 'She would' nor 'They can't find me' are widely known titles today, and Zonophone pressings of this era are rarely encountered in collections.AI summary
Zonophone 1799 Voice
Jack Pleasants, the Bradford comedian of 'I'm Shy, Mary Ellen, I'm Shy', with 'Liza Had Hold of My Hand' and 'I'm the Black Sheep of the Flock' on Velvet Face.AI summary
Velvet Face 1239 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants singing 'I've Got to Go Home Looking Well' and 'I Love Lizzie' on Zonophone 1768. Pleasants is not a known artist; the songs suggest music-hall repertoire.AI summary
Zonophone 1768 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants recorded 'She makes me walk in Ragtime' and 'I want to be pally with everyone' for Zonophone, a subsidiary of the Gramophone Company active in the early 1900s.AI summary
Zonophone 1103 Music Hall
Zonophone 1119 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants, a British entertainer, recorded for Zonophone; novelty or comic songs 'One Little Two Little' and 'I Didn't Want to Do It'.AI summary
Zonophone 1299 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants, a British vocal entertainer, recorded for Zonophone; 'I'm Going Away to be a Soldier' and 'Cuckoo' represent popular song and novelty material from the acoustic or early electric era.AI summary
Zonophone 1418 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants recorded 'At ten o'clock at night' and 'Why do they call me Archibald' for Zonophone, catalogue 1469. Pleasants was a music hall entertainer active in the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Zonophone 1469 Music Hall
Zonophone 1507 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants performing two songs on Zonophone (catalogue 1664), from the acoustic or early electrical era.AI summary
Zonophone 1664 Voice
Jack Pleasants, credited on Zonophone 1799, performing 'She Would' and 'They Can't Find Me'. Limited information available about this artist or these recordings.AI summary
Zonophone 1799 Voice
Jack Pleasants, a British music hall comedian and character singer, recorded two comic songs on Zonophone in what is likely a later issue. Pleasants was a prolific recording artist of the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 1846 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants recorded 'Where do Flies go in the Wintertime?' and 'John you're in the Way' for Zonophone, catalogue 1970. A comic vocalist, Pleasants made novelty recordings for Zonophone in the early twentieth century.AI summary
Zonophone 1970 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants on Zonophone 2119, performing two comic or novelty titles: 'Have you ever seen a Winkle wink' and 'Old Top Hat I was married in'. Zonophone was a Decca budget label often used for short-run or regional titles.AI summary
Zonophone 2119 Comic
Jack Pleasants performing two comic songs on Zonophone, catalogue 2197. Both titles suggest music-hall or vaudeville material from the early twentieth century.AI summary
Zonophone 2197 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants on Zonophone 2339 with 'It's My Bath Night Tonight' and 'I'm Playing Gooseberry', a British comedy or novelty recording from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 2339 Comic
Jack Pleasants performs 'Long Years Ago' and 'My New Hat' on Zonophone. Pleasants was a minor British variety singer of the early 20th century, now largely forgotten.AI summary
Zonophone 1565 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants recorded 'Meet me' and 'Drown your Sorrows when the Band plays' for Zonophone, catalogue 2245. Pleasants was a music hall entertainer active in the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Zonophone 2245 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants recorded novelty and music-hall material for Zonophone in the early 1920s; these comic vocal numbers were typical of postwar British popular entertainment.AI summary
Zonophone 1970 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants with 'I Shall Get in Such a Row When Martha Knows' and V. Henson's 'Paddlin' Madeline Home' on Ar 957, an obscure British label.AI summary
Ariel 957 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants recorded comic and novelty songs for Zonophone in the early 1920s; 'She Would' and 'They Can't Find Me' are likely music-hall or novelty material.AI summary
Zonophone 1788 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants performing novelty comedy numbers 'I'm a Dadda' and 'Norman the Mormon' on Zonophone. Pleasants is otherwise obscure; this appears to be a music-hall novelty recording from the early twentieth century.AI summary
Zonophone 1922 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants on Zonophone 1970 with novelty spoken-word comedy pieces. The Zonophone label was a prolific British imprint of the 1920s–30s, and Pleasants appears to have been a music-hall entertainer.AI summary
Zonophone 1970 Comic
Jack Pleasants, a British singer and entertainer of the early 1900s, performing two songs on the Winner label.AI summary
Winner 2089 Voice
Jack Pleasants recorded 'To Cheer Him Up' and 'I've Been Out in the Lifeboat' for Winner, a small British label. Nothing further is known of this artist or these recordings.AI summary
Winner 2169 Music Hall
Jack Pleasants, the Edwardian music-hall comedian, performing 'Baby Face' and 'Mother's Baby Boy' on Winner catalogue 2271. Winner was a budget British label; Pleasants sides on Winner are among the commoner of his label appearances.AI summary
Winner 2271 Music Hall