21,674 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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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
Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra with 'So Rare' and 'Sophisticated Swing' on His Master's Voice POP324 — a popular dance orchestra recording from the swing era.AI summary
His Master's Voice POP324 Dance
Jimmy Dorsey, the jazz saxophonist and bandleader, recorded "Oodles of Noodles" and "Down Among the Sheltering Palms" for Brunswick in the early 1930s.AI summary
Brunswick 1361 Jazz
Jimmy Dorsey, the American jazz saxophonist, with arranger Spike Hughes on Decca F1878, recorded in the UK, with 'Tiger rag' and 'St Louis blues' — two hot-jazz standards.AI summary
Decca F1878 Jazz
Jimmy Durante's novelty hit 'Inka Dinka Doo' and the comedy number 'Hot Patatta', pressed by Brunswick. Durante was a major American entertainer of the 1930s; this is among his most recognizable recordings.AI summary
Brunswick 01754 Personalities (Prs)
Jimmy Durante, the celebrated American comedian and entertainer whose distinctively hoarse voice and large nose made him one of the most recognisable performers in American show business, performing 'Why Cry Blues' and 'Old Man Jazz' on the Gen label — possibly Gennett — catalogue 9045. Gennett was a significant American label associated with early jazz; a Durante recording on Gennett would be an early and valuable disc.AI summary
Gen 9045 Jazz
London 1153 Jazz
Jimmy Durante, the American vaudeville and film star, performing two of his signature comedy songs 'Hot Patatta' and 'Inka dinka doo' on Columbia, catalogue DB1806.AI summary
Columbia DB1806 Personalities (Prs)
Jimmy Durante was an American vaudeville, film and radio star famous for his gravelly voice and comedic timing. 'Inka Dinka Doo' was his signature song. This Brunswick pressing is from his early recording career in the late 1920s.AI summary
Brunswick 01754 Personalities (Prs)
Jimmy Durante, the American vaudeville star and pianist known for his distinctive gravelly voice and comedy, recorded 'Inka Dinka Doo' and 'Umbriago' for Brunswick. 'Inka Dinka Doo' became his signature song and a major hit in the early 1930s.AI summary
Brunswick 03557 Personalities (Prs)
Jimmy Durante, the American comedian and entertainer, recorded two sides for Brunswick 04004: 'Durante—Patron of the Arts' and 'Start Off Each Day with a Song'.AI summary
Brunswick 04004 Personalities (Prs)
Jimmy Durante, the American comedian and pianist, performs 'Joe Goes Up I Come Down' and 'Jimmy the Well Dressed Man' on Brunswick — recordings of the famous entertainer, likely from the 1930s.AI summary
Brunswick 04080 Personalities (Prs)
Jimmy Durante, the American comedian and pianist, recorded two sides—'Who Will Be with You' and 'So I Ups to Him'—for Brunswick, catalogue 04365, during the 1930s.AI summary
Brunswick 04365 Personalities (Prs)
Jimmy Durante on Brunswick 05395, the 05000 series indicating a 1930s pressing. Durante was a hugely successful comedian and entertainer whose records remain collectible.AI summary
Brunswick 05395 Personalities (Prs)
Jimmy Hanley, a British actor and entertainer, performing 'I Lift up my Finger and I Say Tweet Tweet' on Columbia SWT1762. Hanley was best known for his film and stage work; this appears to be a novelty number.AI summary
Columbia SWT1762 Comic
Jimmy Jackson recorded 'Lonely Road' and 'River Line' on Columbia's DB series, the label's standard popular and ballad format of the 1940s-50s.AI summary
Columbia DB3947 Voice
Jimmy Jackson was a British popular singer of the 1940s–50s. 'White Silver Sands' became a standard, though Jackson's version predates the later hit recordings. Columbia DB series was one of the major British pop outlets of the era.AI summary
Columbia DB3988 Voice
Jimmy Jackson's Rock 'n' Skiffle group recorded 'River Line' and 'Lonely Road' for Columbia, representing the mid-1950s British skiffle boom that briefly preceded rock and roll.AI summary
Columbia DB3957 Rock
Jimmy Jackson's Rock n Skiffle performing 'River Line' and 'Lonely Road' on Columbia DB3957, a skiffle recording from the British skiffle boom of the mid-1950s.AI summary
Columbia DB3957 Skiffle
Winner 5139 Music Hall
Jimmy Logan with Sailing Up the Clyde and You Can Come and See the Baby on Philips YB9505.AI summary
Philips YB9505 Music Hall
Jimmy McCracklin recorded 'The Walk' and 'I'm to Blame' for Quality, a rhythm and blues or jump blues label, likely a 1950s recording.AI summary
Quality 1704 Rock
Jimmy McPartland, a Chicago cornet player and founding member of the Austin High Gang, recorded for Prestige Records. This is a later pressing from his revival and recording career in the 1950s.AI summary
Prestige 304 Jazz
Jimmy McPartland was a Chicago-school cornet and trumpet player. HarmonyA 1002 ('Daughter of Sister Kate' and 'In a Mist') is from an obscure label variant and is scarce.AI summary
HamonyA A1002 Jazz
Jimmy Noone was an influential jazz clarinettist of the New Orleans and Chicago scenes; this UK Vocalion disc reissues two of his small-group recordings as part of a dedicated jazz reissue series.AI summary
Vocalion V1026 Jazz
Jimmy Noone, a pioneering New Orleans clarinetist and jazz bandleader, performs 'Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me' and 'My Monday Date' on Brunswick. Noone's New Orleans jazz recordings are collected seriously by jazz historians.AI summary
Brunswick 80026 Jazz
Jimmie Noone, the New Orleans clarinettist, with 'Bump It' and 'Four or Five Times' in British Vocalion's Swing Series.AI summary
Vocalion S209 Jazz
Jimmie Noone, the New Orleans clarinettist whose Apex Club Orchestra was a fixture of late-1920s Chicago, with 'It's Tight Like That' and 'My Daddy Rocks Me' on British Vocalion.AI summary
Vocalion V1007 Jazz
Jimmy Noone was a New Orleans clarinetist and bandleader. Vocalion V1026 ('Four or Five Times' and 'My Monday Date') is a classic hot-jazz recording of the acoustic era.AI summary
Vocalion V1026 Jazz
Jimmy Noone, a pioneering New Orleans jazz clarinetist, recorded 'Mutt's blues' and 'High society' for Carousel 2501, hot jazz ensemble material from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Carousal 2501 Jazz
Jimmy O'Dea, the Dublin comedian who was Ireland's best-loved stage comic, with 'Two T.D.'s' (with Harry O'Donovan) and 'A Romance of Ireland's Eye' on Dominion, a short-lived British label of the late 1920s.AI summary
Dominion A115 Comic
Jimmy O'Dea & Co on Decca F5120. O'Dea was an Irish comedian and actor; 'Charladies' Ball' is a novelty or comic piece, typical of his recorded work from the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Decca F5120 Comic
Jimmy Palmer Orchestra on Phinx 101, performing 'Dancin' Shoes' and 'Toot Tootsie'. Phinx was an obscure British label.AI summary
Phoenix 101 Dance
Jimmy Reed, the influential American blues and R&B guitarist and harmonica player, recorded 'Rockin with Reed' and 'Can't stand to see you go' for Vee-Jay in the mid-1950s. This was one of Reed's classic period sides, and Vee-Jay 186 is from an early catalogue run.AI summary
VeeJay 186 Rock
Jimmy Rodgers (likely the American country pioneer, though catalogue and label suggest an earlier or different artist) performs 'Why should I be lonely' and 'Sweet Violets' on His Master's Voice, an N-series 78rpm.AI summary
His Master's Voice N4221 Voice
Jimmy Rodgers on Zonophone 6102, performing 'Why should I be lonely' and 'Sweet Violets' (credited to Bob Dickson). Zonophone was a British label of the early electrical era.AI summary
Zonophone 6102 Voice
Jimmy Rodgers recorded 'Medley Part 1' and 'Medley Part 2' for Regal (MR1918). There were several performers named Rodgers in the era; without further detail, attribution cannot be confirmed. Regal was a budget British label of the 1930s.AI summary
Regal MR1918 Personalities (Prs)
Jimmy Rogers performing 'Bring' and 'Their Hearts Were Full of Spring' on Columbia DB3986, a standard American blues and gospel singer's sides from the 1950s.AI summary
Columbia DB3986 Voice
Jimmy Saunders on Brunswick, catalogue 03891, with 'If You Care for Me' and '(Morales) Jungle Fantasy'. Saunders is not a major name, and this appears to be a routine dance or novelty recording.AI summary
Brunswick 03891 Dance
Parlophone F3426 Dance
Jimmy Walsh with Mama's Gone Goodbye and, credited King, Siboney on Brownie 415.AI summary
Brownie 415 Voice
Jimmy Witherspoon, the blues shouter, with 'Fickle Woman' and 'I Done Found Out' on Modern, the Los Angeles rhythm-and-blues label. American R&B 78s like this are uncommon in Britain.AI summary
Modern 836 Jazz
Jimmy Witherspoon, an American blues and jump blues singer, recorded 'I'm Just Wandering' Part 1 and Part 2 for Modern (Hollywood). Witherspoon was a significant blues artist of the 1940s–50s; UK copies of American blues labels are less common.AI summary
ModernHollywood 845 Jazz
Jimmy Yancey, the pioneering Chicago boogie-woogie pianist, performing 'Five O'Clock Blues' and 'Yancey Stomp' on His Master's Voice B9366, from 1939.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9366 Jazz
Jimmy Yancey, a pioneering blues pianist of the pre-war Chicago school, performs 'I Received a Letter' and 'East St Louis Blues' on Parlophone. Yancey's recorded work is uncommon and his records command interest from serious blues collectors.AI summary
Parlophone R2959 Jazz
Jimmy Young was a British popular singer active in the 1950s; this Polyphon coupling presents two ballads from his recording career.AI summary
Polyphon P1018 Voice
Jimmy Young with Now Can I Leave You and Too Young on Polygon 1013.AI summary
Polygon 1013 Voice
Jimmy Young performs 'Life's Desire' and 'Don't Worry Bout Me' on Melodie, a small British label. The artist is not well documented.AI summary
Melodisc 5010 Voice