21,557 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Louis Armstrong, the legendary jazz trumpeter and vocalist, performing "That's My Desire" and "Takes Two to Tango" on Brunswick Records, from his prolific recording period in the 1940s-50s.AI summary
Brunswick 04996 Jazz
Louis Armstrong recorded these two classic jazz standards for Parlophone's R series. 'Shine' was a favourite Armstrong showstopper; Parlophone R1100 is an early catalogue number suggesting an acoustic or very early electrical pressing, making UK copies of this particular issue scarce.AI summary
Parlophone R1100 Jazz
Louis Armstrong's Hot Five or similar ensemble recorded these two sides for Brunswick in the late 1920s; Bye and Bye and Pretty Little Missy are signature Armstrong pieces from the height of his early popularity.AI summary
Brunswick 05460 Jazz
Louis Armstrong with The Memphis Blues and The Faithful Hussar on Philips PB604.AI summary
Philips PB604 Jazz
Columbia 37535 Jazz
Louis Armstrong and his All Stars perform 'Pennies from Heaven' and 'Save It, Pretty Mama' on His Master's Voice C4266; Armstrong is one of the most important figures in jazz history and all his recordings are collected.AI summary
His Master's Voice C4266 Jazz
Louis Armstrong with Sy Oliver recorded 'Skokiaan' for Brunswick, catalogue 05332, likely from the early 1950s.AI summary
Brunswick 05332 Jazz
Louis Bellson, an American jazz drummer and bandleader, recorded for Jazz at the Philharmonic, the famous live-concert recording series. Bellson was a significant bebop and swing musician.AI summary
JazzAtThePhilharmonic 1064 Jazz
Louis Bradfield was a popular Edwardian actor and singer known for his work in musical comedy. This Odeon disc, catalogue 32046, contains 'I Don't Care' and 'There's Nothing Much More to Say'. Odeon pressings of British musical-comedy artists at this catalogue level are moderately common.AI summary
Odeon 32046 Music Hall
Louis Bradfield, an unrecognised performer. G&T 3-2626 ('This Little Girl and That') is an acoustic recording.AI summary
G&T 3-2626 Music Hall
Louis Bradfield, an actor of Edwardian musical comedy, sings 'My First Cigar' on a single-sided G&T.AI summary
G&T 3-2245 Voice
Louis Freeman band on Decca F pressing from the 1930s.AI summary
Decca F5022 Dance
Louis Godowsky was a celebrated American concert pianist; this DomB (Domophone?) pressing of Sarasate's 'Zigeunerweisen' and a 'Souvenir' captures his virtuosic performance of salon repertoire.AI summary
Dominion B22 Classical
Louis Godowsky, violin, plays the finale of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto and Dvořák's 'Songs My Mother Taught Me' on Dominion, a short-lived British label of the late 1920s.AI summary
Dominion B27 Classical
Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, pioneers of jump blues and rhythm-and-blues, recorded for Brunswick with two novelty sides from the 1940s; Jordan was a hugely influential early R&B figure.AI summary
Brunswick 03778 Jazz
Louis Levy, the British composer and conductor of light music, recording 'The Eyes of the World Are on You' and 'Jingle of the Jungle' for Columbia FB-series (FB1636), likely 1940s–50s.AI summary
Columbia FB1636 Orchestra
Louis Levy and his band recorded "I Haven't Time to Be a Millionaire" and "Meet the Sun Half Way" for Columbia in the late 1930s. Levy was a British bandleader and composer.AI summary
Columbia FB2477 Dance
Louis Lynel's 'Quand Passe Une Étoile' and 'Yearning' on Chantel 505. Chantel was a small British label; nothing is known of Lynel's recording career or wider discography.AI summary
Chantel 505
Louis Morrison sings 'Het Lied der Frauen' and a Traviata aria on Musola 450. Musola is a label untraced in standard references — possibly a small continental or British imprint — and Morrison cannot be placed in standard vocal discographies. A low-numbered pressing on an unknown label.AI summary
Musola 450 Opera
Louis Mouron, a French accordionist or pianist, recorded 'À Capri' and 'Petit Homm' C'est l'Heure de Fair' Dodo' for Pagode G5.202, likely 1920s–30s.AI summary
Pagode G5.202 Dance
Louis Preila Band on Tono, a Norwegian label, recording Scandinavian dance music with titles in Danish ('Tju Mathilde vil danse', 'Under Praestens paeretrae').AI summary
Tono 20108 Dance
Louis Prima on Majestic performing 'Maria Mia' and 'Do a Little Business on the Side', novelty and popular songs by the Italian-American trumpeter, bandleader and entertainer.AI summary
Majestic 1157 Dance
Louis Prima, the New Orleans trumpeter and singer, recorded 'I Can't Give You Anything but Love' and 'You Call It Madness' for Majestic Records 7200. Prima was a jump-blues and novelty entertainer popular in the late 1940s–50s.AI summary
Majestic 7200 Jazz
Louis Revel on Piccadilly Records, catalogue C359, with 'Vive la Libertà' and 'Poet and Peasant'. Piccadilly was a cheap British marque of the 1930s, and this catalogue number suggests an early pressing.AI summary
Piccadilly 359 Instrumental
Louis Revel, recorded on Piccadilly 298, a cheap British marque of the early 1930s, performing light orchestral medleys. Piccadilly pressings are numerous but recordings by named artists are less commonly sought.AI summary
Piccadilly 298 Orchestra
Louis V. Sande sings the Toreador's Song, with Alexander Kirchner singing Lohengrin's Narration on the reverse, on Sterno 8015.AI summary
Sterno 8015 Opera
Louis V. Sande performs the Prologue from Leoncavallo's I Pagliacci on Sterno 8007.AI summary
Sterno 8007 Opera
Louis van de Sande is not identified in standard discographies. 'Caro mio ben' and 'Ombra ma fui' are classical vocal pieces, recorded on Phony 95, a small British label.AI summary
Phonycord 95 Classical
Louis van Tulder was a Dutch tenor; these Columbia sides present operatic arias from Haydn's Creation and Seasons in a voice-focused recital setting.AI summary
Columbia DHX1 Opera
Louis Voss Grand Orchestra recorded 'Cambria' for Bosworth, a small British imprint.AI summary
Bosworth EG1065 Orchestra
Louis Voss Grand Orchestra on Bosworth, with 'Ride of the Riff Pirates' and 'Gay Life'—light orchestral novelty music from the 1930s on a small British label.AI summary
Bosworth EG1084 Orchestra
Louis Voss Grand Orchestra performing 'Voyage to Lilliput' on Bosworth BC1059, a small British label. The title is a novelty piece, likely from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Bosworth BC1059 Orchestra
Louise and Ferra's Hawaiian Orchestra play 'Missouri Waltz' and 'Moonlight Waltz' on Pathé, whose acoustic-era vertical-cut discs from the height of the 1920s Hawaiian-music craze are now an unusual survival.AI summary
Pathé 1126 Hawaiian
Louise Edvina, a soprano, recorded 'Depuis le Jour ou je me suis donnee' (the aria from Charpentier's *Louise*) for His Master's Voice, catalogue 2-033071, dating to the 1920s-1930s. Edvina was a European opera or concert soprano, identity not fully documented in English sources.AI summary
His Master's Voice 2-033071 Opera
Louise Edvina, a soprano singer, performs a French-language song 'Qui te fait si severe' on His Master's Voice 7-33037.AI summary
His Master's Voice 7-33037 Voice
Louise Helletsgruber, an operatic soprano, on Parlophone E10932 performing Gounod's "Jewel Song" (from *Faust*) and Goethe's "Ballad of the King in Thule." A European singer recorded for Parlophone in the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Parlophone E10932 Opera
Louise Helletsgruber was an Austrian mezzo-soprano active in European opera houses and on record in the 1930s–50s. This Parlophone E-series pressing of the Jewel Song from Faust and a Schubert art song documents her operatic repertoire.AI summary
Parlophone E10932 Opera
Louise Leigh recorded two vocal pieces for His Master's Voice, including a song arranged by O. Burton. The catalogue number B808 indicates an early 1920s acoustic recording, though the artist is now obscure.AI summary
His Master's Voice B808 Voice
The Louisiana 5 recorded 'Slow and Easy' and 'Dance o' Mania' (with the Happy 6) on Columbia, representing early 1920s dance and jazz repertoire.AI summary
Columbia A2949 Jazz
The Louisiana Five were an early white jazz band active around 1919–1920; this Emerson disc carries their signature tune 'Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me', an early and influential jazz side.AI summary
Emerson 1083 Jazz
The Louisiana Five were an early jazz ensemble of the 1910s–20s, known for hot dance and novelty jazz. 'Yelping Hound blues' and 'Just another good Man gone wrong' are typical of their jazz and blues-tinged dance repertoire. This Columbia A2742 pressing is from the acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia A2742 Jazz
The Louisiana Five, an early hot-jazz group, recorded 'I ain't got no Time to have the Blues' and '(Sweatman) Slide Kelly slide' for Columbia, catalogue A2775.AI summary
Columbia A2775 Jazz
The Louisiana Five were an early New York jazz band of the late 1910s and early 1920s; this Emerson label disc pairs two of their recordings, 'Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me' and 'Ringtail Blues'.AI summary
Emerson 1083 Jazz
Louisiana Rhythm Kings recorded hot dance and jazz for Brunswick in the early 1930s. This small ensemble was part of the New Orleans jazz revival during the Depression era, when traditional jazz recordings reappeared alongside swing.AI summary
Brunswick 03282 Jazz
Louisiana Rhythm Kings performing two early jazz standards on Brunswick 03282: 'Sweet Sue' and 'Squeeze Me'. These pieces were recorded many times by early jazz ensembles of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Brunswick 03282 Jazz
The Louisiana Rhythm Kings recorded 'That's a Plenty' (marked as 1929) and 'That Da Da Strain' for Brunswick. The band was part of the jazz revival and hot-jazz recording movement of the late 1920s.AI summary
Brunswick 02731 Jazz
Brunswick 02056 Jazz
The Louisiana Five, an early American jazz ensemble, perform 'Alcoholic Blues' and 'Kansas City Blues' on Columbia A-series — extremely rare early jazz recording, a landmark of 1920s jazz on a major label.AI summary
Columbia A2768 Jazz