21,676 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Leon performing 'Honeymoon Lane' and 'Rocky Mountain Lullaby' on Piccadilly, a budget British label of the 1930s.AI summary
Piccadilly 827 Voice
Leon with Singin' in the Rain and Pagan Love Song on Metropole 1178.AI summary
Metropole 1178 Dance
Leon performing two sentimental ballads on Piccadilly, a cheap British marque of the 1930s: 'Wedding of the Painted Doll' and 'A Thousand Maidens Fair'.AI summary
Piccadilly 319 Voice
Leon recorded for Piccadilly, a cheap British imprint of the early 1930s, with ballad material typical of the period.AI summary
Piccadilly 327 Voice
Leon credited on Piccadilly 373, a cheap British reissue label from the late 1920s–1930s. 'Singin' in the Rain' is a famous song; this is likely a reissue of an earlier American recording.AI summary
Piccadilly 373 Voice
Leon recorded 'I want to be bad' and 'Button up your Overcoat' for Piccadilly Records, a cheap British marque. Leon was likely a vocalist or dance band of the late 1920s.AI summary
Piccadilly 374 Dance
Leon performing 'Lucky me lovable you' and 'Sunshine of Marseilles' on Piccadilly, a budget British marque of the early 1930s.AI summary
Piccadilly 543 Voice
Leon recorded 'Gee but I'd like to make you happy' and 'Killarney is my Paradise' for Piccadilly, a cheap British budget label of the 1930s. Nothing is known of this artist.AI summary
Piccadilly 615 Voice
Credited to Leon on Piccadilly, a cheap British label of the early 1930s, this disc of 'I've Got a Feeling to Be Together' and 'Chum Song' is light popular material from an unidentified source.AI summary
Piccadilly 640 Voice
Leon performs 'Say a little Prayer for me' and 'There's a good time coming' on Piccadilly 641. Piccadilly was a cheap British budget label of the 1930s–1950s; the artist is unidentified.AI summary
Piccadilly 641 Voice
Leon performing 'Hit Parade' on Piccadilly, a cheap British label of the early 1930s.AI summary
Piccadilly 643 Dance
Leon recorded 'Original Midway Rhythm' and 'Grandfather's Clock' for Piccadilly Records. Leon was likely a vocalist or dance band of the late 1920s, recorded on this cheap British marque.AI summary
Piccadilly 663 Dance
Leon recorded light popular vocals for Piccadilly, a cheap British marque of the 1930s. 'One Night Alone with You' and 'Tiddle Iddle Um Pum' are typical sentimental and novelty songs.AI summary
Piccadilly 666 Voice
Leon recorded a 'Wonder Bar selection' for Piccadilly, a cheap British label of the 1930s.AI summary
Piccadilly 683 Orchestra
Piccadilly 785 Dance
Leon with Moonlight Saving Time and Got the Bench, Got the Park on Piccadilly 800.AI summary
Piccadilly 800 Dance
Leon recorded 'Dream a little Dream of me' and 'Little old church in the Valley' for Piccadilly Records, a cheap British marque of the 1930s–40s; the artist is unrecorded in standard references.AI summary
Piccadilly 824 Voice
Leon on Piccadilly 826, performing 'Ain't that it the Way it goes' and 'When it's Nighttime in Nevada', popular songs on a budget British label.AI summary
Piccadilly 826 Voice
Credited to Leon on Piccadilly, a cheap British label of the early 1930s, this disc of 'Honeymoon Lane' and 'Rocky Mountain Lullaby' represents unidentified light popular material.AI summary
Piccadilly 827 Voice
Leon recorded light popular vocals for Piccadilly, a cheap British marque of the 1930s. 'Jolly Good Company' and 'It Always Starts to Rain' are sentimental popular songs.AI summary
Piccadilly 842 Voice
Piccadilly 844 Dance
Leon Goossens, the supreme English oboist of the twentieth century who inspired works from Elgar, Britten, and many others, performs Arnold Bax's Quintet for Oboe and Strings with a string quartet on NGS 76. The National Gramophonic Society pressed this work specifically because commercial labels would not; this is the first recording of a Bax chamber work and a document of significant importance in English music history.AI summary
NGS 76 Classical
Leon Goossens and a string quartet perform the second side of Arnold Bax's Quintet for Oboe and Strings on NGS 77, the companion disc to NGS 76 in this collection. Together the two National Gramophonic Society discs constitute the first complete recording of this Bax chamber work, performed by Britain's foremost oboist.AI summary
NGS 77 Classical
Leon Lafitte recorded the concert aria 'Grand Air' for Zonophone, the British budget label.AI summary
Zonophone 2174 Opera
A Zonophone disc (2186) pairing two voices — Leon Lafitte and Baer — in a duet from Gounod's 'Faust'. The catalogue number 2186 is a low single-face Zonophone number suggesting an early pressing, likely 1902–1905. Leon Lafitte was a French tenor who recorded for several early labels; 'Baer' may refer to a baritone. Early Zonophone duets from this period are uncommon and worth closer investigation.AI summary
Zonophone 2186 Voice
Leona Williams, a blues and jazz singer, recorded 'I wish I could shimmy' and 'If you don't believe I love you' for Columbia, capturing the jazz-influenced female vocal style of the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia A3713 Jazz
Leona Williams recorded 'Meanest Man in the World' and 'Sugar Blues' on Columbia A3696. Williams is not a major recording artist of documented prominence.AI summary
Columbia A3696 Voice
Leona Williams on Columbia A3736, credited with 'Uncle Bud' and 'Mexican Blues'. A-series dating and artist context are obscure.AI summary
Columbia A3736 Voice
Leona Williams performing blues and jazz material on Columbia A3835, from the 1920s-30s era. The titles suggest a blues or jazz context.AI summary
Columbia A3835 Jazz
Leona Williams was a blues and vaudeville singer who recorded for Columbia in the early 1920s, and the A3599 catalogue number places this around 1922–1923. UK pressings of Columbia's American blues material in the A-series are considerably scarcer than American copies, and are sought by collectors of classic blues. This is precisely the kind of side that repays closer attention before any sale.AI summary
Columbia A3599 Jazz
Leona Williams singing two jazz-influenced novelty songs, I wish I could Shimmy like my Sister Kate and If you don't believe I love you, on Columbia A3713.AI summary
Columbia A3713 Voice
Leonard performs 'Red Jacket Blues' and 'You Know Why' for General (Gen), catalogue 5026, from the 1920s.AI summary
Gen 5026 Jazz
'Kentucky's Way of Sayin' Good Mornin'' and 'Dinah' recorded by Leonard for Brunswick 3000. Leonard is unidentified; catalogue 3000 suggests early 1930s or late 1920s. 'Dinah' was a jazz standard; 'Kentucky's' suggests rural or country material.AI summary
Brunswick 3000 Voice
Leonard Henry, a British music-hall comedian, recorded these two comic pieces for St. Catalogue—a tiny British label; Henry was known for character comedy and dialect work in the Edwardian and interwar music halls.AI summary
Sterno 896 Comic
Leonard Henry, a British music hall comedian and recording artist of the early acoustic era, performing a comic novelty and a classic instrumental on Zonophone. Henry was known for his comic vocals and sound effects, and his recordings from the 1920s–early 1930s are scarce.AI summary
Zonophone 6227 Music Hall
Leonard Henry recorded 'Eleven Good Lads' and 'There Are Many Good Reasons for Drinking' on Hom HR26, likely comic or novelty numbers on a small British label.AI summary
Homochord HR26 Comic
Leonard Henry credited on Broadcast 3012, a music-hall comedy side from an obscure British label of uncertain date; Broadcast was a small imprint and copies are scarce.AI summary
Broadcast 3012 Music Hall
Leonard Henry, a minor British music-hall comedian, performs 'Tale of the Talkies' and 'General Post' on His Master's Voice B2916 from the late 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B2916 Comic
Leonard Henry, the radio comedian, with 'I Can't Wed a Woman Like That' and 'Oh Alice, Where Art Thou' on Sterno.AI summary
Sterno 682 Comic
Leonard Henry with My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes and That Must Have Been Our Walter on Sterno 745.AI summary
Sterno 745 Comic
Leonard Henry, a British comedian and variety artist, recorded 'Barney's Boarding House' and 'Ah!' for 'St' Records 896.AI summary
Sterno 896 Comic
Leonard Henry performing two novelty or character comedy pieces, 'Sir Roger de Coverly' and 'Majah General Thingamebob', on the St label, catalogue 963.AI summary
Sterno 963 Comic
Leonard Henry was a British comic vocalist and entertainer popular in the early twentieth century. This Sterno recording of 'In these hard Times' and 'A Fly's Day out' dates from the label's brief existence in the 1920s.AI summary
Sterno 993 Comic
Leonard Henry with Ah and Barney's Boarding House on Sterno 896.AI summary
Sterno 896 Comic
Leonard Henry performing 'Dance of the Cuckoos' (the theme from the Laurel and Hardy comedies) and 'He's dead but he won't lie down' on Zonophone. Henry was a British comedian and recording artist of the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Zonophone 6227 Music Hall
Leonard Henry was a British character comedian and entertainer of the music-hall era, famous for his comic monologues and comic songs. This HMV pressing captures him in character pieces with food and domestic themes.AI summary
His Master's Voice B2883 Comic
Leonard McKay, a Scottish baritone singer, recorded 'His Country first of all' and a duet 'Cousinly Love' for His Master's Voice, the premium British label. The catalogue number C830 dates this to the 1910s. McKay was a minor concert and music-hall vocalist.AI summary
His Master's Voice C830 Voice
Columbia is1554