21,561 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Nellie Melba, the celebrated Australian soprano, recorded 'Chanson Triste' and 'By the Waters of Minnetonka' for His Master's Voice; Melba was one of the greatest opera singers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and a pioneer of the gramophone, and her voice is one of the earliest to survive in electronic recording.AI summary
His Master's Voice DA334 Opera
Dame Nellie Melba, the Australian soprano who was the leading prima donna of her day, sings the Mad Scene from Ambroise Thomas's opera 'Hamlet' on a single-sided disc. The Gramophone Company issued her records on their own mauve Melba label at a premium price in the early 1900s.AI summary
Melba 033027 Opera
HMV 2-053028
Nellie Melba, the Australian prima donna, sings two operatic arias with J. Brownlee on this His Master's Voice double-sided release. Melba was one of the most recorded singers of the acoustic era and remained influential through the electrical period; this catalogue number places it in the late 1920s electrical series.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB987 Opera
Nellie Taylor singing Hawaiian and sentimental ballad material on His Master's Voice C737, recorded in the 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice C737 Hawaiian
Nellie Wallace was a British music-hall performer and comic singer of the Edwardian era, known for her cheeky character songs and novelty material. This HMV side pairs 'Mother's Pie Crust' and 'Cuckoo', characteristic examples of her comedic style.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3683 Music Hall
Nellie Wallace, the British music hall star, singing 'Blasted Oak' and 'Three Times a Day' on Decca F5227 in the 1930s. Wallace was a celebrated comedienne and character singer of the Edwardian and interwar variety stage.AI summary
Decca F5227 Music Hall
Nellie Wallace, a celebrated British music hall comedienne and singer, on His Master's Voice. These novelty titles are typical of her comedy material from the 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8502 Music Hall
Nellie Wallace (1894–1948), a British music-hall comedienne and singer, on Decca performing characteristic comedy songs; Wallace was a popular variety and pantomime performer of the inter-war period.AI summary
Decca F5227 Music Hall
Nellie Wallace, a legendary British music-hall performer and comic singer, on His Master's Voice, early 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B2906 Music Hall
Nellie Wallace, the celebrated British music hall performer, recording 'Tally Ho' and 'Under the Bed' on His Master's Voice. Wallace was a major British stage and recording star from the 1910s through the 1940s, known for character comic songs.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3034 Music Hall
Nellie Wallace was a celebrated British music-hall and vaudeville performer of the late 19th and early–mid 20th centuries, known for her eccentric humour and comic songs. This His Master's Voice B-series recording preserves her stage comedy from the early acoustic era.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3034 Music Hall
Nellie Wallace, the grotesque and beloved comedy actress known as 'The Essence of Eccentricity', records 'Meet Me' and 'Three Cheers for the Red White and Blue' on Winner 3493. Winner was the Woolworths budget label; Wallace is a significant music-hall name but the mass-market label keeps this at modest value.AI summary
Winner 3493 Music Hall
Nellie Webb, a British female vocalist, on Columbia 1967, performing 'Would you mind if-?' and 'You mean somebody but you don't mean me'.AI summary
Columbia 1967 Voice
Nelson with You're Such a Comfort to Me and You're Gonna Lose Your Gal on Vocalion 2600.AI summary
Vocalion 2600 Dance
Nelson was a singer recorded for Decca. The titles and catalogue number suggest a recording from the late 1930s or early 1940s.AI summary
Decca F3798 Voice
Nelson singing 'In the Dim Dim Dawning', recorded for Brunswick 01429. The Brunswick early American-catalogue numbering suggests a 1920s pressing, though Nelson's identity is unclear without further research.AI summary
Brunswick 01429 Voice
Nelson recorded 'What a perfect Combination' and 'Look what you've done' for Brunswick, catalogue 01448. Nelson is a common surname and this artist is not identified in standard reference.AI summary
Brunswick 01448 Voice
Nelson Eddy, an American baritone and musical-theatre star, recorded 'I'll See You Again' and 'Tokay' for Columbia Records.AI summary
Columbia 60098 Voice
Nelson Eddy, the American baritone and film star, recording 'Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise' and 'Lover Come Back To Me' (both from operetta repertoire) for Columbia UK. DB1976 places this in the mid-1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB1976 Voice
Nelson Eddy, the American operatic baritone, performing light operatic material on Victor 4280. Eddy was a major star of 1930s-40s Hollywood and a prolific recording artist.AI summary
Victor 4280 Opera
Nelson Eddy, the American operatic baritone and film star, recorded "Lover Come Back to Me" and "Softly as in a Morning Sunrise" for Columbia. Both are from operetta repertoire; Eddy was one of MGM's biggest stars and a prolific recording artist.AI summary
Columbia DB1979 Opera
Nelson Jackson recorded 'In 1950' for His Master's Voice on a 4-inch 78rpm format, likely a novelty recording marking the turn of the decade.AI summary
His Master's Voice 4-2199 Voice
Nelson Jackson performing 'Poor Old Cassidy' on HMV 02389, a music-hall or character song from an unknown artist and period.AI summary
His Master's Voice 02389 Music Hall
Nelson Jackson performs 'The Cup' and 'The Net' on Winner 5236. Winner was the Woolworths budget label and Jackson is not a widely recognised recording name; this is a standard budget pressing of modest value.AI summary
Winner 5236 Voice
Nelson Keys performing *The One I Love* and *Characteristic Impressions* on Vocalion X, a British subsidiary of the American Vocalion label. Keys was a British entertainer and this recording dates from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Vocalion X9715 Music Hall
Nelson Keys recorded two novelty or musical pieces for Vocalion: 'Bachelor Reflections' and 'The London Guide'.AI summary
Vocalion X9670 Voice
Nelson Keys was a popular British comedian and revue performer of the early twentieth century. This disc on the Deroy label with no catalogue number contains 'Since Chumley Came Back from London Town'. Deroy is an extremely obscure label not identified in standard references; the absence of a catalogue number makes assessment impossible without physical examination.AI summary
Deroy Music Hall
Nelson Keys and Isobel St Helier, performers of light entertainment, recorded 'Our Friends the Stars' on His Master's Voice catalogue B8441, likely from the 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B8441 Music Hall
Capitol C78 54 50s/60s Pop
The Neva Balalaika Players, a folk ensemble performing Russian or Eastern European repertoire on Octacros, an obscure British label.AI summary
Octacros 462 Instrumental
Neville Chamberlain, the former British Prime Minister, recorded a radio message to the Empire for His Master's Voice in the early 1940s; a historically significant political recording rather than entertainment.AI summary
His Master's Voice C3031 Personalities (Prs)
MoodFDH FDH1251
New Century Orchestra directed by Erich Borschel on Mood FDH134, with 'Meet the Commonwealth' and 'La Carmagnole'. Mood was a British label of the 1930s–1940s.AI summary
Mood FDH134 Orchestra
New Margate Concert Orchestra performing the 'Slavonic Rhapsody' on Winner (5591), a two-sided classical instrumental; Winner was a cheap British marque of the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Winner 5591 Orchestra
The New Mayfair Orchestra, a stylish British dance ensemble of the 1930s, performing two popular songs on His Master's Voice in the sophisticated dance idiom of the era.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5588 Dance
His Master's Voice B8865
The New Mayfair Orchestra, fronted by baritone Sam Browne, performing two popular songs on His Master's Voice—typical of the sophisticated light-orchestra dance music that dominated British ballroom and radio in the 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5643 Dance
The New Mayfair Dance band, a British dance orchestra, recorded "When you're only seventeen" and "Sorrento by the sea" for His Master's Voice.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD218 Dance
The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra, a London-based dance band, recorded popular songs for His Master's Voice in the early 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD112 Dance
The New Mayfair Dance Orchestra, a London dance band of the late 1920s and 1930s, recorded two ballroom selections on His Master's Voice.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD151 Dance
New Mayfair Dance Orchestra performing two sentimental novelties on HMV. The New Mayfair was a house orchestra associated with the Mayfair Hotel in London during the 1920s–early 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5716 Dance
New Mayfair Novelty Orchestra performing 'Teddy Bears Picnic' and 'Moonbeam Waltz' on His Master's Voice BD871, a light novelty side with vocal contributions from Betty Kent and Scott-Wood.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD871 Dance
The New Mayfair Orchestra recorded these two sentimental ballad sides—'The Hour of Parting' and 'I'll Always Be True'—for His Master's Voice in the 1920s-30s. The Mayfair was a fashionable London venue and its house orchestra recorded frequently for HMV.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3884 Orchestra
New Mayfair Orchestra, a British dance band of the 1920s, recorded Horatio Nicholls' composition—Nicholls was a prolific composer and conductor of the era. An early HMV B-series dance 78.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3706 Dance
His Master's Voice C.2298
New Melody Boys on St Records, a British label, performing a medley of turn-of-the-century popular songs.AI summary
Sterno 920 Instrumental
New Orleans Bootblacks performing 'Flat Foot' and 'Mad Dog', recorded for Columbia DB3422. An American jazz group recorded for UK pressing.AI summary
Columbia DB3422 Jazz