21,670 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Jan Savitt's Quaker City Jazz group recording 'Quaker City Jazz' and 'Sugar Foot Stomp' on Bluebird 10005.AI summary
Bluebird 10005 Jazz
Jan Savitt with That's a Plenty and Futuristic Shuffle on Bluebird 7733.AI summary
Bluebird 7733 Dance
Jan Savitt, an American dance and swing bandleader, on Brunswick; the titles suggest novelty numbers, likely mid-1930s.AI summary
Brunswick 02775 Dance
Regal MR2758
The Jan Savitt Band performing on Decca Y5471. Savitt was an American bandleader; the Y-series suggests a Decca series, possibly for a specialty repertoire.AI summary
Decca Y5471 Dance
Jan Savitt and his Top Hatters with Swingin' Back to Bach and It's a Wonderful World on ARA 158.AI summary
ARA 158 Dance
Jan Savitt and his Top Hatters with All the Time and I've Never Forgotten on ARA 147.AI summary
ARA 147 Dance
Jan Zalski recorded these two sentimental songs—My World is Gold and Vienna, City of My Dreams—for Regal, a British budget label of the 1930s and 1940s.AI summary
Regal MR1877 Voice
Jan Zalski performing two popular songs on Curry's, an obscure or very small British record label.AI summary
Curry's 380 Voice
Jane Bartlett recorded 'Go to Sleep My Little Piccaninny' and 'Dream Man' for LittleTots, a minor British label. The label and repertoire suggest early 1930s children's or nursery material.AI summary
LittleTots 116 Voice
Jane Collins performing 'Annie Laurie' and 'Ben Bolt' on National Music Lovers 1005, a small British label. Both titles are traditional parlour songs.AI summary
NatMusicLovers 1005 Voice
Jane Froman with With a Song in My Heart and I'll Walk Alone on Capitol 13755.AI summary
Capitol 13755 Voice
Jane Froman with I'll Never Be the Same and I Wonder on Capitol CL14254.AI summary
Capitol CL14254 Voice
Capitol CL14254 Misc.
Jane Grey and Rube Bloom recorded 'Five Foot Two' and 'What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry' for Harmony Records. Both were minor performers associated with jazz and popular music of the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Harmony 114 Jazz
49th State 1013
Jane Powell, an American film and musical-theatre star of the 1940s–50s, on MGM 349 with two popular operetta-style songs.AI summary
MGM 349 Voice
Jane Wyman, later a major film star, recorded 'It Was Great While It Lasted' and 'I'm Taking a Slow Burn' for Brunswick (05160) in the mid-1940s. She was at the height of her screen popularity, and this record captures her early singing work.AI summary
Brunswick 05160 Voice
Janie Marden performing 'Magic Melody' and 'Allegheny Moon' on Decca. Allegheny Moon was later made famous by Patti Page's 1950s recording.AI summary
Decca F10765 Voice
Janie Marden recorded 'Thank You for the Waltz' and 'I'll Come When You Call' for Decca; limited biographical information is available about this artist.AI summary
Decca F10605 Voice
Jarmila Novotna, a Czech soprano and film star of the 1930s, performing Czech folk songs on His Master's Voice electrical recording. Novotna was an internationally known opera and concert artist, and her recordings are collected by classical enthusiasts.AI summary
His Master's Voice SSX1 Opera
Jas Brown on Zonophone Records with two Scottish reels: 'Stirling Castle and Speed the Plough' and 'Flowers O Edinburgh', likely a bagpipe or fiddle recording.AI summary
Zonophone 845 Instrumental
Jascha Heifetz, one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century, performing 'La Ronde des Lutins' (The Dance of the Goblins) by Bazzini on HMV's premium series. This recording documents one of the most celebrated interpreters in violin history.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-07962 Classical
Jascha Heifetz, one of history's greatest violinists, recorded Bizet's 'Habanera' and Dvořák's 'Humoreske' for Brunswick. This is a rare early electrical recording by Heifetz, dating to the late 1920s.AI summary
Brunswick 03617 Classical
Jascha Heifetz, the virtuoso violinist, recorded 'Jamaican Rumba' and 'Viennese' (likely Strauss) for Brunswick, classical and light classical violin showpieces.AI summary
Brunswick 03740 Classical
Jack Parnell was a British jazz and swing drummer and bandleader who recorded for Parlophone in the 1950s; 'The Hawk Talks' and 'Night Train' are swing sides in his characteristic style.AI summary
Parlophone R3682 Jazz
Jay Jay Johnson, a pioneering bebop and cool-jazz trombonist, recorded 'Hilo' and 'Opus V' for New Jazz 806. New Jazz was a small American jazz reissue label active in the 1950s.AI summary
NewJazz 806 Jazz
Jay Laurier recorded "There's a Cow in a Field Over There" and "Wait Till I've Finished My Orange" for Winner (3636), a British label known for comic and novelty material in the 1920s–1930s. Laurier was a minor music-hall comedian.AI summary
Winner 3636 Music Hall
Jay Laurier performing 'I'm Always Doing Something Silly' and 'A Southern Wedding' on the ArK label, catalogue 925. Laurier was a minor variety performer; ArK is an obscure British imprint.AI summary
Ariel K925 Music Hall
Jay Laurier, a popular British music-hall and revue comedian of the Edwardian and inter-war years, performs 'Sneezing' and 'Silly Billy Brown' on the Apollo label, catalogue 230. Apollo was a small British label; Laurier is a recognised variety name and minor-label pressings of comedy performers are often short-run.AI summary
Apollo 230 Music Hall
Jay Laurier recorded 'I'm always doing something silly' and 'The Brown Cow' for Bek Records, catalogue 41105/8. Bek was a small British label of the late 1920s–early 1930s; Laurier is an unidentified artist.AI summary
Beka 41105/8 Music Hall
Jay Laurier performing 'They All Think the World of Me' and 'Get Away You're Kidding' on Bek, an obscure British label of the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Beka 41109/366 Voice
Jay Laurier recorded for His Master's Voice; 'Hush a Bye' and 'A Stage Door Scene' are comic or music-hall songs typical of British entertainment of the 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1004 Music Hall
Jay Laurier, a British comedian and revue performer, singing the novelty songs 'I Do Like Nice Bright Lights at Night' and 'Treacly Puddin'' on His Master's Voice B1041.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1041 Music Hall
Jay Laurier, the popular British music-hall and revue comedian, performs 'I'm Always Doing Something Silly' and 'I Shall Sit in the Corner and Sulk' on the Scala label, catalogue 175. Scala was a small British label; Laurier on Scala is a minor-label pressing of a recognised variety name.AI summary
Scala 175 Music Hall
Jay Laurier was a British music hall singer and comedian, and 'The Spaniard that Blighted my life' is a classic comic song from the Edwardian era. This Scala pressing represents the later revival of this vintage repertoire on a small British label.AI summary
Scala 196 Music Hall
Jay Laurier, the British comedian, with I'm Old... Mr Brown and I'm Always Doing Something Silly on Albion 1223.AI summary
Albion 1223 Music Hall
Jay Laurier performing two music-hall novelty songs on the Hom label: 'Sticks and Stones' and 'I do like a s'nice s'mince s'pie'. Hom was a cheap British imprint of the 1930s.AI summary
Hom 4618 Music Hall
Jay Laurier performing 'Pudden' and 'Nobody loves me' on HMV B819, a British dance-band recording from the late 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B819 Dance
Jay Laurier on His Master's Voice B844, singing 'I'm a Flirt' and 'I'm Wasting Away'. A light vocal number from the swing era. Laurier is unidentified; likely a session vocalist.AI summary
His Master's Voice B844 Voice
Jay Laurier performing 'Long Boy' and 'I'd like to marry' on HMV B912, a British dance-band recording from the late 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B912 Dance
Jay Laurier, a British comedy vocalist and character singer, on His Master's Voice B983, with novelty songs 'Bread Bread Bread' and 'Why is Cecil selling Sea Shells'.AI summary
His Master's Voice B983 Music Hall
Jay Laurier on Winner, a cheap British marque of the early 1930s. Both titles suggest comic monologues or novelty songs.AI summary
Winner 2642 Comic
Jay Laurier on Winner 3397, a British novelty or dance side from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Winner 3397 Dance
Jay Laurier performs 'Our Heroic Family' and 'In the Valley of Daisies and Buttercups' on Winner, a minor British label of the 1920s–30s. Both titles suggest sentimental or comic verse.AI summary
Winner 3492 Music Hall
Jay Laurier recorded 'I like kissing' and 'Let's have a jolly good Cry' for Winner, catalogue 3597. Winner was a cheap British label of the 1920s–30s. Nothing is known of this artist.AI summary
Winner 3597 Voice
Jay Laurier on Winner with 'I like kissing' and 'Let's have a jolly good cry', typical light entertainment numbers of the interwar period.AI summary
Winner 3597 Voice
Jay Laurier, the music-hall comedian, with 'They All Think the World of Me', backed by 'The Spaniard That Blighted My Life', on The Stars label.AI summary
The Stars 120 Music Hall