21,561 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Rudy Starita and his Havana Band were a well-known British dance and novelty group of the early 1930s. 'Dance of the Cuckoos' (familiar as a theme from Laurel and Hardy films) was one of their signature pieces on Decca F3186.AI summary
Decca F3186 Dance
Rudy Starita, an Italian-American jazz bandleader, recorded sentimental selections on Winner records in the early 1930s. Starita led a dance band during the early swing era but is now largely forgotten outside specialist circles.AI summary
Winner W36 Dance
Rudy Starita, the British bandleader and drummer, recorded two numbers—'Baby's Birthday Party' and 'Drink, Brothers Drink'—for Columbia in the early 1930s. Starita was a prolific recording bandleader of the period.AI summary
Columbia DB471 Dance
Rudy Starita and ensemble performing novelty dance numbers on Columbia in the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 5646 Dance
Rudy Starita was a virtuoso xylophonist, and this Columbia recording features his playing on 'Dance of the Raindrops' and 'Punch and Judy Show', typical novelty numbers for the instrument. The DB series places it in the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB90 Instrumental
Rudy Starita, the Trinidadian xylophonist and bandleader, performing instrumental novelty numbers on Winner, a British budget label of the late 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
Winner 5355 Instrumental
Rudy Vallée, the first great radio crooner, sings 'Home' on Hit of the Week, the flexible discs sold at American newsstands in the early 1930s.AI summary
Hit of Week A3-4 Personalities (Prs)
Rudy Vallee performs 'Outside' and 'Weary River' (J. Miller) on VT 1857. Vallee was a hugely popular American singer and entertainer of the 1920s–1930s, known for his crooning style and his band The Connecticut Yankees. VT is an unidentified or obscure label.AI summary
VT 1857 Voice
Rudy Vallee on Decca, catalogue F7210. Vallee was a hugely popular American tenor and entertainer of the 1930s–40s, the 'Vagabond Lover'; he was a major recording star and his records are common.AI summary
Decca F7210 Personalities (Prs)
Rudy Vallee, the American crooner and performer known as the 'Vagabond Lover' and a star of radio, stage and screen from the late 1920s onward, performing 'I poured my heart into a song' and 'When winter comes' on Decca F7211. Vallee was a major entertainer and vocalist.AI summary
Decca F7211 Voice
Rudy Vallee with Outside and Marie on Regal G9375.AI summary
Regal G9375 Voice
Rudy Vallée and his Connecticut Yankees performing 'Stolen Moments' and 'You're Driving Me Crazy' on His Master's Voice B5951, an American dance-band recording of the late 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5951 Dance
His Master's Voice B5978 Dance
His Master's Voice B5876 Dance
Rudy Vallée, the American singer and bandleader, recorded 'Life Is a Song' and 'Lullaby of Broadway' (by Himber) for His Master's Voice, catalogue BD159, from the early 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD159 Voice
Rudy Vallee's orchestra, the American crooner and bandleader, on His Master's Voice with 'Fare Thee Well Annabelle' and 'Sweet Music', representing the early swing-era ballroom style.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD185 Dance
Rudy Vallée and his Connecticut Yankees, recorded for His Master's Voice; Vallée was the first major crooner and bandleader of American radio, and these sides are characteristic early-1930s dance-band vocals.AI summary
His Master's Voice B6552 Dance
Rudy Vallée's band performs 'This Is the Missus' and 'Love Is Just a Bowl of Cherries' on His Master's Voice, the American crooner's prolific recording career spanning the late 1920s through the 1940s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B6093 Voice
Rudy Vallee, the American crooner and bandleader, recorded 'Glory of Love' and 'She Shall Have Music' for Melo, a small British label; Vallee was hugely popular in the 1930s–40s but this label is poorly documented.AI summary
Melotone 6-06-09 Voice
Rudy Wiedoeft, a jazz saxophonist of the 1920s, recorded 'Saxarella' and 'Danse hongroise' for Brunswick 2825, jazzy novelty and dance material from the early acoustic era.AI summary
Brunswick 2825 Jazz
Rudy Wiedoeft, an American saxophonist, recorded 'Velma' and 'Saxophone Fantasie' for Brunswick—instrumental novelty and jazz sides from the 1920s acoustic era, when Wiedoeft was a popular recording artist.AI summary
Brunswick 2071 Jazz
Rudy Wiedoeft was an American saxophone virtuoso prominent in the 1920s–30s, famous for his showy soprano saxophone playing. This Brunswick recording is typical of his technical showcase material, and Brunswick 2019 is an early 1920s pressing.AI summary
Brunswick 2019 Instrumental
Russ Hamilton recorded these two songs for the Rave label in the mid-1950s; Hamilton had a brief recording career as a light vocalist.AI summary
Rave 1552 Voice
Russ Hamilton with Little One and I Had a Dream on Oriole CB1404.AI summary
Oriole CB1404 Rock
Russ Morgan, an American bandleader, recorded 'Joseph' and 'Drop a nickel in the slot' for Brunswick 8097 in the 1940s—novelty and light swing material from the swing era.AI summary
Brunswick 8097 Dance
Russ Morgan, an American bandleader and pianist popular in the 1940s-50s, recorded for Liberty Records; these are sentimental ballroom numbers of a type he frequently recorded.AI summary
Liberty 3064 Orchestra
Russ Morgan, a popular American bandleader and accordionist, on Brunswick. Morgan led a successful dance orchestra and had numerous recordings across the 1940s–50s.AI summary
Brunswick 04086 Dance
Brunswick 03921 Dance
Brunswick 04011 Dance
Brunswick 04064 Dance
Brunswick 03892 Dance
Russ Morgan's orchestra, the 'Everyman's Bandleader', recorded 'Cruising Down the River' and 'Sunflower' for Decca, representing the smooth ballroom dance style popular in the 1940s–50s.AI summary
Decca 24568 Dance
Russell Hunting, 'Casey at a Wake', on Zonophone 41006; Hunting was one of the earliest recording artists, famous for comic Irish-inflected monologues recorded in the acoustic cylinder era, and this side represents the transition to disc recording in the 1900s.AI summary
Zonophone 41006 Comic
Russell Hunting, an early comedic and novelty recording artist, on Pathé Records with two comic monologue pieces ('Casey & his Fiddle', 'Casey's Concert Party'); Hunting was a pioneer of the comedy record in the 1890s-1910s and is of historical interest to early recording enthusiasts.AI summary
Pathé 77714 Comic
Russell Hunting, a celebrated early cylinder and disc comedian, recorded comic sketches for Odeon, including 'The Troublesome Band' and 'Casey's Wedding'.AI summary
Odeon 44274 Comic
Zonophone 232 Music Hall
Russell Hunting, an early phonograph artist whose novelty monologues and ethnic skits were recorded from the 1890s onward, on Zonophone 41004—a record from the acoustic era and among the earliest items in any such collection.AI summary
Zonophone 41004 Comic
Russell Hunting and Michael Casey recorded the 'Casey' comic monologue series for Pathé in the acoustic era. 'Casey at the Wake' and 'Casey Taking the Census' are two-part novelty pieces typical of early 1900s vaudeville; Pathé acoustics of early American monologue comedy are historically significant.AI summary
Pathé 93885/93886 Comic
Russell Johns recorded 'It's the Girl' and 'Who Am I' (with J. Gordon) for Imperial Records, catalogue 2624. Imperial was a cheap British label.AI summary
Imperial 2624 Voice
Russell Wooding led a New York band, the Grand Central Red Caps, that recorded for Victor in the early 1930s; this is Victor 22718 with That's My Desire and I Can't Get Enough of You.AI summary
Victor 22718 Jazz
Edison 0151
Russian Ballet Orchestra performing 'The Three Cornered Hat' by Manuel de Falla on both sides of Edis 0150, an obscure British label.AI summary
Edison 0150 Orchestra
Two parts of the music for The Three-Cornered Hat, Falla's ballet score, played by the Russian Ballet Orchestra on Edison 0151.AI summary
Edison 0151 Orchestra
Russian Gypsy Vagabonds performing 'Silence' and 'Coachman, Don't Hurry Your Horses' on Pan 25457, a minor British label of the 1930s.AI summary
Panachord 25457
A language instruction recording for Russian on Assimil, the French educational publishing firm's phonograph label—four lessons of spoken Russian instruction, likely 1920s-30s.AI summary
AssimilASL ASL47
Ruth Brown was an important American R&B and rock and roll singer of the 1950s; this Atlantic coupling presents two of her recordings in the electric blues and early rhythm-and-blues style that defined her career.AI summary
Atlantic 1113 Rock
Ruth Etting, a popular American singer of the 1920s–30s, recorded two ballads for Columbia; "Swanee Shore" and "Just Once Again" are dance-band-era standards.AI summary
Columbia 1075D Voice
Ruth Etting on Imperial 2840, with 'Try a Little Tenderness' and 'Hey! Young Fellah'. Etting was an American popular singer and actress of the 1920s–1930s, known for her sophisticated interpretations of popular song.AI summary
Imperial 2840 Voice