21,673 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Jim Dwyer recorded two Irish nationalist songs—'Father Murphy of Boolavogue' and 'The Foggy Dew'—for Decca in the 1940s–1950s.AI summary
Decca 12182 Music Hall
Jim Lowe with I Feel the Beat and By You, By You, By You on London HLD8368.AI summary
London HLD8368 Rock
Jim Smith recorded 'Five foot two' and 'Riders in the sky' for Continental, catalogue 1144, a label of uncertain origin or period.AI summary
Continental 1144 Voice
Jim Wakeley and Margaret Whiting with I Learned to Love You Too Late, My Darling and Forgive Me on Capitol 3235.AI summary
Capitol 3235 Country
Jimmie Livingstone's orchestra on Regal, performing 'Heigh Ho' and 'One Song' from the 1930s-1940s. Livingstone was a Scottish dance-band leader.AI summary
Regal MR2721 Dance
Jimmie Lunceford, the influential African-American jazz bandleader, performing the jazz standards 'Liza' and 'Uptown Blues' on Parlophone R2828, a swing-era recording.AI summary
Parlophone R2828 Jazz
Jimmie Lunceford's 'Chocolate Boogie Woogie' and 'Battle Axe', recorded for Brunswick in the late 1930s swing era; Lunceford led one of the most disciplined and innovative big bands of the swing period, and his recordings remain prized by jazz and swing collectors.AI summary
Brunswick 03224 Jazz
Jimmie Lunceford's orchestra, a celebrated swing ensemble, recorded 'You're Just a Dream' and 'Time's a Wastin'' on Parlophone, representing one of the most sophisticated and rhythmically innovative big bands of the swing era.AI summary
Parlophone R2865 Jazz
Jimmie O'Dea, Richard Hayward and Harry O'Donovan, Irish entertainers, performing Irish song material on Decca. O'Dea was a celebrated Irish comedian and actor; this recording captures an early Irish variety entertainment.AI summary
Decca F5127 Music Hall
Jimmie Rodgers, the pioneering American country singer, recorded 'Their Hearts Were Full of Spring' and 'Honeycomb' (the latter a major hit) for Apex, a Canadian budget label.AI summary
Apex 76171 Country
Jimmie Rodgers, the 'Father of Country Music', performing 'My Little Old Home Town in New Orleans' and 'Dear Old Sunny South By the Sea'. Rodgers was an influential guitarist and singer of the late 1920s-30s, pioneer of the country genre; these are sentimental songs from his repertoire. The label and catalogue information are not available, making identification of the specific pressing uncertain.AI summary
Country
Jimmie Rodgers, the 'Father of Country Music', performing two songs on Columbia in what appears to be a later reissue or coupling.AI summary
Columbia DB4235 Country
Jimmie Rodgers (1897–1933), the 'Father of Country Music', recorded on Zonophone—a British budget label—in the late 1920s. 'Blue Yodel No. 6' is one of his famous yodelling numbers; 'Yodelling Cowboy' is a variant title. UK copies of Zonophone pressings of American artists are uncommon.AI summary
Zonophone 5623 Country
Columbia DB4052
Jimmie Rodgers, the 'Father of Country Music', recorded 'A Drunkard's Child' and 'The Mystery of Number Five' for Zonophone, a British-marketed imprint, in the late 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 4343 Country
Jimmie Rodgers, the legendary American country-blues pioneer known as 'The Father of Country Music', on Zonophone 6159 performing two blues numbers.AI summary
Zonophone 6159 Country
Jimmie Rodgers, 'the Father of Country Music', recorded 'In the Jailhouse Now No. 2' and 'Peach Pickin' Time Down in Georgia' for His Master's Voice, British pressing of sides that became country classics.AI summary
His Master's Voice MH193 Country
Jimmie Rodgers, the "Father of Country Music," recorded prolifically for Columbia in the late 1920s and early 1930s. This DB-series pressing captures his distinctive yodel and guitar style on a romantic ballad.AI summary
Columbia DB4052 Country
Jimmie Rodgers, the 'Father of Country Music', recorded these two sides for Zonophone, a British label. This is a UK pressing of sides from Rodgers' prolific recording career in the late 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 5356 Country
Jimmie Rodgers, the 'Father of Country Music', on Zonophone 5341 with two sentimental popular songs. Rodgers was a foundational figure in American country and folk music.AI summary
Zonophone 5341 Country
Jimmie Rodgers, the pioneering country vocalist, recorded "Kisses Sweeter than Wine" and "Better Loved You'll Never Be" for Columbia; the first became a standard, famously covered by The Weavers and others.AI summary
Columbia DB4052 Country
Jimmy Durante, the American vaudeville and film star famous for his comic songs and gravelly voice, recorded 'Inka Dinka Doo' and 'Hot Patatta' for Brunswick.AI summary
Brunswick UNSWICK01754 Personalities (Prs)
Jimmy Allen was a British vocalist recorded by Piccadilly, a budget British label of the 1920s-30s. 'Darling Old Mother o' Mine' and 'I Wish I Had Died in My Cradle' are sentimental ballads typical of the period. Piccadilly pressings are common, as the label distributed affordable pressings widely.AI summary
Piccadilly 531 Voice
Jimmy Bertrand's Washboard Wizards with 'I'm Goin' Huntin'' and 'If You Want to Be My Sugar Papa', a 1927 Chicago session with Louis Armstrong and Johnny Dodds in the band, on British Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion V1032 Jazz
Jimmy Bertrand's Washboard Wizards with 'I'm Goin' Huntin'' and 'If You Want to Be My Sugar Papa', a 1927 Chicago session with Louis Armstrong and Johnny Dodds in the band, on British Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion V1032 Jazz
Jimmy Blythe was a prolific Chicago blues and jazz pianist of the 1920s who recorded widely for small independent labels; Century was one of the more obscure of these, and surviving copies are hard to come by.AI summary
Century 3029 Jazz
Jimmy Blythe, the Chicago pianist of the 1920s, plays 'Your Folks' and 'Ape Man' on Tempo's R series.AI summary
Tempo R52 Jazz
Jimmy Boyd, an American child star and singer, recorded 'Little Train A-Chugging in My Heart' and the novelty hit 'I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus' for Columbia. Boyd was famous for this Christmas novelty in the early 1950s.AI summary
Columbia DB3365 Voice
Jimmy Clanton, the American rock and roll and country singer, performing 'Part of Me' and 'Letter to an Angel' on Reo, a minor American label — likely an early 1960s rock-and-roll side.AI summary
Reo 8295 Rock
Reo 8264 Rock
Jimmy Dixielanders with Gates Blues and, with Wynn, She's Crying for Me on Vocalion V1029.AI summary
Vocalion V1029 Jazz
Jimmy Dorsey was an American clarinetist and bandleader central to swing jazz; this Columbia 38000-series pressing from the mid-1930s carries two jazz standards, 'Jazz Me Blues' and 'Panama', likely early 1930s recordings.AI summary
Columbia 38654 Jazz
Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra on Brunswick, catalogue 03328, with 'Tangerine' and 'I Remember You'. Dorsey was a major American bandleader and saxophonist, and these swing-era standards are from his established catalogue.AI summary
Brunswick 03328 Dance
Jimmy Dorsey on Brunswick, performing 'In a Sentimental Mood' and 'Stompin' at the Savoy' — the American jazz clarinetist and bandleader of the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Brunswick 02354 Jazz
Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra performing two standards on Brunswick. Dorsey was an important American dance and swing bandleader of the 1930s–40s, and his Brunswick recordings are widely collected. This is a high-quality commercial release from a major orchestra.AI summary
Brunswick 03328 Dance
Jimmy Dorsey, the American bandleader and saxophonist, on Decca F1878, performing two classic jazz standards: 'Tiger Rag' and 'St Louis Blues'. Dorsey was a major swing-era figure and his Decca sides are widely available.AI summary
Decca F1878 Jazz
Jimmy Dorsey's hot-dance orchestra on "Rag Mop" and "That's a Plenty", recorded for Columbia in the late 1940s. Dorsey was a leading clarinet and alto saxophone player, and these sides represent the swing repertoire that made him a bandleader of note.AI summary
Columbia 38710 Dance
Jimmy Dorsey performing 'Julia/Contrast' and 'JohnSilver' on V-Disc 117. V-Discs were non-commercial recordings issued by the U.S. military during World War II for distribution to servicemen; they were not sold and are now scarce.AI summary
VDisc 117 Dance
Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra performing 'Me and My Melinda' and 'Jersey Bounce' on Brunswick 03348. Dorsey was a leading American dance bandleader and saxophonist, and this represents the polished big-band jazz of the 1940s.AI summary
Brunswick 03348 Jazz
Jimmy Dorsey, the alto saxophonist and bandleader, recorded 'If You Build a Better Mousetrap' and 'I Threw a Kiss in the Ocean' for Brunswick in the late 1930s swing era; Dorsey was one of the most commercially successful bandleaders of his time and his recordings remain widely collected.AI summary
Brunswick 03349 Jazz
Jimmy Dorsey was an American alto saxophonist and bandleader, one half of the famous Dorsey Brothers. This Brunswick pressing documents his swing-era orchestra playing light novelty material.AI summary
Brunswick 1361 Jazz
Brunswick 02706
Jimmy Dorsey leading a dance band through 'Tropical Magic' and 'Time Was' on Brunswick. Dorsey was a major American bandleader; these are from his later 1940s recordings, when the Dorsey band was still commercially active.AI summary
Brunswick 03274 Dance
Jimmy Dorsey, the renowned alto saxophonist and bandleader, recorded these two jazz standards for Decca. 'Tiger Rag' and 'St Louis Blues' are both foundational jazz pieces; Dorsey was a leading section player and soloist throughout the 1920s-1940s.AI summary
Decca F6142 Jazz
Jimmy Dorsey performing 'I'm just wild about Harry' and 'After you've gone' on Decca. Dorsey was one of the most important jazz and dance musicians of the 1930s-50s, a bandleader and reed player.AI summary
Decca F9003 Jazz
Jimmy Dorsey on Brunswick 02354, with 'In a Sentimental Mood' and 'Stompin' at the Savoy'. Dorsey was a leading bandleader and alto saxophonist of the swing era, one of the most recorded jazz artists of the 1930s–1940s.AI summary
Brunswick 02354 Jazz
Jimmy Dorsey's orchestra performing 'Blue Skies' and 'Someday Sweetheart' on Decca 10029. Dorsey was a virtuoso saxophonist and bandleader who led one of the most successful orchestras of the swing era.AI summary
Decca 10029 Jazz
Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra on Decca F9003, performing two jazz standards. Dorsey was a major bandleader and saxophonist of the swing era; his records were widely distributed and remain common.AI summary
Decca F9003 Jazz