21,561 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Ronnie Starita, a British bandleader and violinist, performing novelty dance numbers on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia 01338 Dance
R Starita led a popular dance orchestra in the 1920s and early 1930s; this Columbia side pairs 'Come on Baby' with 'Through'.AI summary
Columbia 5590 Dance
R Starita on Columbia, catalogue 5679 — likely an early dance or jazz recording from the acoustic era, though artist and material are otherwise unrecorded.AI summary
Columbia 5679 Dance
R. Starita on Columbia CB25. Starita was a British-Italian bandleader and recording artist active in the 1920s-1930s, and his work appears on several British labels. CB-series Columbia 78s were standard pressings of that period, but the specific artists and recordings require confirmation.AI summary
Columbia CB25 Dance
R Starita on 'Talkie Tunes' (two sides the same), from Columbia CB32. Ruggero Starita was an Italian-British bandleader and accordionist; 'Talkie Tunes' is a medley or potpourri. The identical catalogue on both sides suggests a single-sided pressing or pressing error.AI summary
Columbia CB32 Dance
R. Starita recorded 'Pickin' Petals off o' Daisies' and 'Night of Happiness' for Columbia CB4. This very early Columbia catalogue number suggests a recording from the 1920s, but the artist is not established.AI summary
Columbia CB4 Voice
R Starita performing 'My Love Affair' and 'When I passed the old Church Door' on Columbia CB96, a vocal and dance number from the mid-1920s.AI summary
Columbia CB96 Dance
R Starita conducting a 'Stand up & Sing' selection on Columbia DX218, a British pressing. The DX series was used for longer or special material on Columbia's British label.AI summary
Columbia DX218 Orchestra
R Starita (Ralph Starita), a prolific British dance-band bandleader and accordionist, recording 'Umtcha da da da' and 'Blue Days are over' on Columbia 5502 in the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 5502 Dance
Columbia 5523 Jazz
R Starita on Columbia 9295, a two-part orchestral or dance selection. Starita was a British or European musician of the 1920s-30s era.AI summary
Columbia 9295 Dance
R. Starita on a 4-inch 78 rpm pressing (4in 111), with no label attribution. The format and mystery of its origin make this record difficult to identify. Starita was a bandleader active in the 1920s-1930s, but this unusual pressing requires investigation.AI summary
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R. Starita, an Italian jazz accordionist and bandleader, recorded medleys including 'Flies crawled up the Window,' 'Marta' and 'Pagan Moon' on a 4-inch 12-groove disc (catalogue designation '4in12'), a format and label that cannot be identified. This may be a test pressing, a private issue, or a recording on an unidentified small label.AI summary
4-in-1 2
R. Starita recorded a medley pairing 'Sing a New Song' and 'I Got Rhythm' on one side with 'Wondering' and 'Just Another Dream of You' on the other, featuring Mantovani and L. Allen. The label is not recorded, but the catalogue '4in13' suggests a small or independent operation or possibly a foreign pressing. Starita was an Italian band leader and violinist who recorded extensively in Britain during the 1930s–40s.AI summary
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R Starita recorded dance and novelty numbers in the 1920s; this untitled Starlite disc couples two light instrumental pieces with two popular song sides including Noel Gay's 'The Sun Has Got His Hat On'.AI summary
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R Starita recorded four sides (medley format) on a 4-inch 16 record: 'Stop the Sun' / 'Say that you were teasing me' (A-side) and 'They all start whistling Mary' / 'Happy-go-lucky you' (B-side). No label is recorded.AI summary
4-in-1 6
R Starita's four-sided medley on an unlabelled 4-inch disc, a rare format from the early acoustic era. The artist and pressing details are obscure.AI summary
4-in-1 8
R Starita recorded jazz and popular material in the 1920s and early 1930s. This unidentified label pressing carries four song titles across two sides in a format typical of the period.AI summary
4-in-1 9
Raffaele Starita, an Italian bandleader recording for Decca F2214, with two jazz-dance standards from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Decca F2214 Dance
Sterno 1019 Dance
R Starita recorded jazz and popular material in the 1920s and early 1930s. This unidentified label pressing carries four song titles across two sides in a format typical of the period.AI summary
4-in-1 7
R Starita recorded two pieces mixing popular and classical material for an unidentified label (4in 17 catalogue suggests a 4-inch or special format). The artist Starita and label are not clearly identified.AI summary
4-in-1 7
R Starita, the Italian-born London dance bandleader, recorded a medley of 'On a Dreamy Afternoon/Song of the Harp' and 'Masquerade/Gosh Darn' in a 4-inch format without a visible label, likely an early or experimental pressing.AI summary
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R Starita Band performing 'Hollow of a hill' and 'Don't make my Heart your Plaything' on Columbia 5480, standard dance-band fare from the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 5480 Dance
R Svinerfeldt on Zonophone 457, piano recordings of popular classical melodies, an extremely early Zonophone catalogue number suggesting a pre-1910 recording.AI summary
Zonophone 457 Instrumental
Parlophone RO20519 Voice
Richard Tauber and Emmy Bettendorf performing the 'Miserere' from Verdi's Il Trovatore on Odeon JXX81066. Tauber was one of the most celebrated lyric tenors of the interwar era, and Bettendorf was a distinguished German soprano; a Tauber-Bettendorf Verdi duet on Odeon is a significant operatic 78. The JXX-prefix Odeon series suggests a large-format or special-series pressing.AI summary
Odeon JXX81066 Voice
R. Williams performing 'Santiago' on Nicole 3340, a rare British label. The artist is a mandoline player; Nicole was a short-lived British imprint from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Nicole 3340 Instrumental
R. Yorke performing 'All My Dreams Are of You' and 'When You & I Were Seventeen' on Imperial, a British budget label — a sentimental vocal side, likely from the 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
Imperial 1483 Voice
R Yorke recorded 'Show me the Way to your Heart' and 'For Killarney & you' for Bull, catalogue 518. Bull is an unrecognised British label.AI summary
Bulldog 518 Voice
Rabin performs two Scottish comic pieces, 'That's Another Scottish Story' and 'Five and Twenty Soldiers and a Nurse', on the unfamiliar 'HomHR' label.AI summary
Hom HR46 Comic
Rabin on Homocord HR67, performing two violin pieces with orchestral accompaniment. Homocord was a German-affiliated label; the artist is not documented in standard references.AI summary
Hom HR67 Instrumental
Rabin performing 'You Were Meant' and 'Rosalie' for Decca. The artist identity and recording context are unclear from the catalogue information.AI summary
Decca F77907
Rabin with Who? and The Blue Room on Decca F7800.AI summary
Decca F7800 Dance
Rabin with I Try to Say I Love You and Wherever You Are on Decca F78117.AI summary
Decca F78117 Dance
Rabin on Decca F 7856, performing two jazz standards of the 1930s–1940s era.AI summary
Decca F7856 Jazz
Rabin with Where the Bluebells and the Heather Grow Together and You're Mine on Decca F8143.AI summary
Decca F8143 Dance
Rabin on Parlophone F2240, with 'Leave Us Leap' and the spiritual 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot'.AI summary
Parlophone F2240
Rabin with A Garden in the Rain and My First Love, My Last Love, for Always on Parlophone F2246.AI summary
Parlophone F2246 Dance
Rabin with Enlloro and The Flower Seller on Parlophone F2280.AI summary
Parlophone F2280 Dance
Rabin with Wishing Waltz and Whispering on Parlophone F2284.AI summary
Parlophone F2284 Dance
Rabin was a British pianist and composer whose light orchestral and novelty pieces were recorded for Parlophone. This record showcases his interpretation of popular salon and comedy pieces.AI summary
Parlophone F2297 Instrumental
Rabin recorded 'Funny Old Hills' and 'Angels Never Leave Heaven' on Brunswick label, catalogue C110. This is likely from the early 1920s acoustic era.AI summary
Brunswick C110 Voice
Rabin in a four-part medley, performing 'It's gonna be you' and 'A Boy & a Girl were dancing' on one side and 'Her Name is Mary' with Mantovani and 'Whistling under the Moon' on the other. Label details are absent; the catalogue format suggests a 4-inch pressing or unusual configuration.AI summary
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Rabin on catalogue 4in134, performing 'Do you recall/Can't we meet again' and 'Night you sang on the Radio/I'm sure of everything but you'. The catalogue format and absence of a label name are unusual.AI summary
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Rabin on an unidentified label, catalogue 4in1 35, performing medley selections in a multi-track format from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
4-in-1 35
Rabin recorded a medley of 'Hyde Park Corner' and 'Willow weep for me', and a further medley of 'Look what you've done' and 'Won't you stay to Tea' on an unidentified British label, catalogue 4in140, suggesting a 1920s–30s pressing.AI summary
4-in-1 40
Rabin and a credited ensemble recorded 'When the King goes by/Goodnight but not goodbye' and 'All over Italy/Stormy Weather' (credited to Star) on an unidentified label, catalogue 4in1 48; no label or catalogue number is recorded, making identification and valuation uncertain.AI summary
4-in-1 48