21,676 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Larry Adler, the virtuoso harmonica player, on Regal MR1939. Adler was famous for bringing the mouth organ into concert repertoire and appeared frequently on disc; UK copies of his recordings are less common than American pressings.AI summary
Regal MR1939 Instrumental
Larry Adler, the American harmonica virtuoso, recorded 'A Foggy Day' and 'Remember Me' for Columbia. These instrumentals showcase his refined playing on popular song melodies.AI summary
Columbia FB1886 Instrumental
Larry Adler was the most celebrated harmonica virtuoso of the 20th century, known for his interpretations of jazz standards and popular songs. This Regal MR1883 pressing of "Solitude" and "St. Louis Blues" captures Adler's sophisticated approach to the instrument, showcasing why he became a concert artist and film star.AI summary
Regal MR1883 Instrumental
Larry Brennan recorded 'Home again' and 'Prairie Schooner' for Regal Records, a British budget label. The titles suggest cowboy or country-flavoured novelty material from the early 1930s.AI summary
Regal MR1679 Country
Larry Brennan, credited on Regal MR1166, recorded two sentimental ballads, "Was Love a Dream?" and "Just a Year Ago Tonight". Regal was a budget subsidiary of The Gramophone Company active from the 1930s into the 1950s.AI summary
Regal MR1166 Voice
Larry Brennan recorded "Home Again" and "Prairie Schooner" for Regal MR1679, a British budget label's dance series of the 1930s.AI summary
Regal MR1679 Country
Brunswick 04017 Dance
Larry Clinton and his orchestra recorded 'An apple for the teacher' and 'Still the bluebird sings' for HMV BD5535, likely late 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5535 Orchestra
Larry Williams' R&B classic 'Dizzy Miss Lizzy' and 'Slow Down' on Special 626. Williams is a rhythm-and-blues pioneer; Special was a small label.AI summary
Special 626 Rock
The Larrysone Harmonica Ensemble recorded mouth-organ novelties for DeWolfe, a British library-music label known for stock recordings.AI summary
DeWolfe 2709 Instrumental
Lars Lennartsson recorded Swedish novelty song 'Med ett hej och ett ha och ett tralala' and 'Mañana' for the Swedish Symponi label, a regional pressing of limited circulation.AI summary
Symponi 5209
Lata Mangeshkar and chorus sing songs from the 1952 Hindi film Aan on HMV JOD202.AI summary
His Master's Voice JOD202 Voice
Laura Mellerio, an Italian soprano, performing operatic material including an excerpt from the Barber of Seville with Badini on Fav Records.AI summary
Favorite 36082/9080
Laurence Olivier, one of the theatre's greatest Shakespearean actors, declaims two soliloquies from Hamlet—'To Be or Not to Be' and 'O That This Too Too Solid Flesh'—for His Master's Voice. Olivier's interpretations of Shakespeare defined the role for a generation.AI summary
His Master's Voice C3755 Personalities (Prs)
Laurence Olivier recorded these extracts from Shakespeare—a scene and a famous passage of theatrical instruction—for His Master's Voice, catalogue C3756. Olivier's Shakespearean recordings are uncommon on 78rpm.AI summary
His Master's Voice C3756 Personalities (Prs)
Lauri de Frece and (on side B) M Lester recorded two songs for Columbia's L-series (mid-1920s): "I Understood" and "Dirty Work". Lauri de Frece was a versatile musical-comedy and concert singer of the Edwardian–1920s era.AI summary
Columbia L1158 Voice
Regal Zonophone G25326 Country
Laurie London, the child vocalist, on Parlophone; 'He's Got the Whole World in His Hands' was his signature hit in the mid-1950s.AI summary
Parlophone R4359 Voice
Laurie London, a British child gospel singer, with his two hit recordings on Parlophone: a cover of the spiritual "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands", released in 1957-58.AI summary
Parlophone R4359 Voice
Laurie London, a British child vocalist, recorded 'Handed Down' and 'Sea Shells' on Parlophone R4388 in the mid-1950s. London became famous in 1957 with the hit 'He's Got the Whole World in His Hands'.AI summary
Parlophone R4388 Voice
Laurie London, a British child vocalist, recording his novelty gospel hit "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" for Parlophone in 1957-1958, which became an international chart success. This is a significant 1950s pop recording by a young British artist whose later recording career was limited.AI summary
Parlophone R4359 Voice
Laurie London, a British child singer who became famous for 'He's Got the Whole World in His Hands', recorded 'Cradle Rock' and that hit for Parlophone in 1958.AI summary
Parlophone R4359 Voice
Lauritz Melchior, the great Wagnerian tenor, on HMV with two romantic ballads, 'I Love You' and 'Please Don't Say No'.AI summary
His Master's Voice B9446 Opera
Lauritz Melchior, the legendary Wagnerian tenor, performing two passages from Wagner's *Die Walküre*: 'Wintersturme wichen' and 'Morgenlich leuchtend' on Brunswick 50085. Melchior was one of the most recorded and collected operatic voices of the twentieth century.AI summary
Brunswick 50085 Opera
Lauritz Melchior was the pre-eminent Heldentenor of the twentieth century, and his early recordings for the Danish Schallplatte (Schall) label — before his HMV and Victor period — are among the rarest documents of his voice. Schall 72857 carries the Schmiedelied and Schwertlied from Wagner's Siegfried, core Melchior repertoire pressed in Denmark in very limited quantities.AI summary
Schall 72857 Opera
A companion disc to 14582 from the same Danish Schallplatte series — Lauritz Melchior singing Siegmund's 'Friedmund darf ich nicht heissen' and 'Siegmund heiss ich' from Die Walküre on Schall 72867. These early Scandinavian pressings of Melchior in his prime Wagnerian roles represent some of the scarcest mainstream Heldentenor recordings in existence.AI summary
Schall 72867 Opera
MGM 112
Lawrence (unidentified artist) recording 'Singin' in the Rain' and 'Tiger Rag' for Pan, a very small and poorly documented British label. These are popular standards suggesting a dance or popular-music context.AI summary
Panachord 25661 Dance
Lawrence performing two popular songs—'You're looking for Romance I'm looking for Love' and 'Sunset in Vienna'—on Rex 9120, a budget British label.AI summary
Rex 9120 Voice
Lawrence performing popular songs on Decca F5125, mid-1930s.AI summary
Decca F5125 Voice
Lawrence on Decca F5762, a popular vocal from the late 1930s–40s on the major British label Decca.AI summary
Decca F5762 Voice
Lawrence Cook on the Lon (London) label 1150, 'Mason Dixie Boogie' and 'Cook'n the Boogie', are described as piano-roll compositions, suggesting transcriptions from piano-roll recordings or novelty boogie-woogie interpretations from the 1930s or early 1940s.AI summary
London 1150 Instrumental
Lawrence Coates recorded 'Black and White Ragtime' and 'Red Pepper Rag' for Regal, catalogue 6236, in the early 1920s.AI summary
Regal 6236 Instrumental
Lawrence Wright, the Denmark Street music publisher and songwriter, with I'm Coming Back to Bonnie Scotland and, by Harry Cove, Someone Is Coming to My House on Invicta 343.AI summary
Invicta 343 Voice
Lawrence Wright Troupe on Imperial 992, a budget British label of the 1920s–1930s; the titles suggest popular sentimental material.AI summary
Imperial 992 Voice
Layton and Johnstone, the American vocal duet, on Columbia 3511 with hot-jazz novelty songs from the late 1920s. The pair was known for rhythmic comedy numbers and close harmonies during the dance-band era.AI summary
Columbia 3511 Jazz
Layton and Johnstone, a popular American vocal duet, with 'For You' and 'I Love You in the Same Sweet Way' on His Master's Voice DB677 — vocal duet material from the 1920s–1930s era.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB677 Voice
Layton and Johnstone, a celebrated African-American vocal duo and jazz artists, recorded 'Hard Hearted Hannah' and 'It Had to Be You' for Columbia, catalogue 3511. The duo were influential jazz vocalists of the early and mid-1920s, and their recordings remain sought after by jazz collectors.AI summary
Columbia 3511 Jazz
Layton and Johnstone were an influential American vocal duo who recorded numerous sides in the 1920s–30s, known for their close harmonies and charm. This Columbia recording of two popular standards typifies their easy-listening style and was likely mass-pressed by the major label.AI summary
Columbia DB245 Voice
Layton and Johnstone perform 'Goodnight Sweetheart' and 'Shout for Happiness' on Columbia DB513 from the late 1920s or early 1930s. Layton and Johnstone were a popular duo, mainly known as a vaudeville act.AI summary
Columbia DB513 Voice
Layton and Johnstone, the celebrated American vocal duo, performing 'I've Gotta Right to Sing the Blues' and 'Stormy Weather' on Columbia's DB-series in the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB1066 Voice
Layton and Johnstone performing their signature material on Columbia DX306. Layton and Johnstone were a famous African American song-and-dance duo who recorded extensively in the 1920s–30s and were among the most recorded entertainers of their era.AI summary
Columbia DX306 Personalities (Prs)
Layton and Johnstone, a British vocal duo, performing 'Love Is the Sweetest Thing' and 'Nightfall' on Columbia DB1029, a standard dance-era coupling.AI summary
Columbia DB1029 Voice
Layton and Johnstone were a popular American vocal duo of the 1920s and 1930s, best known for their light, sophisticated close-harmony style; this Columbia DB740 sides 'I Found a Million Dollar Baby' and 'Love Letters in the Sand' are representative of their repertoire.AI summary
Columbia DB740 Voice
Layton and Johnstone were a British vocal duo popular in the 1920s–1930s; this Columbia pressing features sentimental ballads of the period.AI summary
Columbia DB889 Voice
Layton and Johnstone, an American vocal duo, recorded 'Alabamy Bound' and 'I'll take her back (if...)' for Columbia in the 1920s. Layton and Johnstone were a popular novelty and comedy singing duo known for their work in musical theatre and recordings.AI summary
Columbia 3672 Voice
Lazos Shuk recorded 'The Swan' and 'Swing Song' (the latter credited to Lorenzo) on Imperial label.AI summary
Imperial 1224 Voice
Le Chanteur Sans Nom ('The Singer Without a Name') on Rythme Records, catalogue 2083, with 'Maria' and 'Un Petit Bonjour'. A mysterious or pseudonymous French-language vocalist on an obscure label.AI summary
Rythme 2083 Voice