21,561 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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London 663 Personalities (Prs)
Decca F8675
Decca f8676
Salvatore Scala recorded two banjo solos, including variations on 'My Old Kentucky Home', for Winner Records. Scala was a solo instrumentalist and this illustrates the variety of solo performers recorded on Winner's budget label.AI summary
Winner 4533 Instrumental
Salvatore Scala, a banjo player, recorded 'Lolly Pops' and 'Pickins' for Winner 4452. A minor dance recording on a budget British label.AI summary
Winner 4452 Instrumental
Sam 'The Man' Taylor, an American saxophonist and r&b session musician, recorded 'S'posin' and 'Tara's theme' for MGM in the early 1950s.AI summary
MGM 793 Jazz
Sam Browne recorded 'I Never Loved Anyone' and 'A Tree in the Meadow' for Decca (F8830). Sam Browne was a popular British light vocalist and crooner of the 1930s–40s; Decca was the major British label and F series pressings are common.AI summary
Decca F8830 Voice
Sam Browne, a popular British crooner of the 1940s and 1950s, recorded these two sentimental ballads for Decca in the post-war era.AI summary
Decca F8872 Voice
Sam Browne performing popular ballads on Winner in the early 1930s. Browne was a prolific light-music vocalist of the period.AI summary
Winner 5113 Voice
Sam Browne was a British crooner and popular radio vocalist in the 1930s–1940s. This Winner pressing (5560) captures him in popular ballad repertoire. Winner was a cheap British label and Sam Browne's records are fairly common.AI summary
Winner 5560 Voice
Sam Carson performing on Regal, a budget British label; these traditional Irish folk songs from the 1930s–40s reflect the period's recording of cultural material.AI summary
Regal MR2914 Country
Sam Cooke's early recording on Special 619 ('I'll Come Running Back to You' and 'Forever'), before his legendary career at RCA and Keen. This is a scarce early release.AI summary
Special 619 Voice
Sam Cooke with Summertime and You Send Me on London HLU8506.AI summary
London HLU8506 Rock
Sam Coslow, American songwriter and performer, singing 'You Are My Lucky Star' and 'I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin'' on Decca F5805.AI summary
Decca F5805 Voice
S Dale, a vocalist on the Belt label 609, performing novelty and comic songs of the early acoustic era.AI summary
Beltona 609 Music Hall
Sam Dale recorded 'The Argentines, The Portuguese and The Greeks' and 'I Ain't Nobody's Darling' for Bel, a British label.AI summary
Beltona 201 Personalities (Prs)
Sam Donahue was an American tenor saxophonist and bandleader known for his work in swing and big-band music from the 1930s onward. This BB 11479 pressing of "I'll Never Tire of You" and "Flo" represents his popular output.AI summary
Bluebird 11479 Jazz
Sam Hartley recorded two comic novelty songs—"I Want Some Money" and "There You Are Then"—for Curry's, a tiny British regional label of which almost nothing is known.AI summary
Curry's 114 Comic
Sam Hempsall performing popular sentimental ballads on Winner, a budget British label of the late 1920s.AI summary
Winner 2018 Voice
Sam Hempsall on Beka M54, performing two sides of an unidentified piece. Beka was an early British label of the acoustic era.AI summary
Beka M54 Voice
Sam Koki recorded 'Ebb Tide' and 'Paradise Isle' for Decca—Hawaiian and tropical-themed vocal numbers from the 1940s–1950s.AI summary
Decca 1438 Hawaiian
Sam Lanin's dance orchestra performing 'Louise' and 'Big City Blues' for Imperial Records. Lanin was a prolific dance bandleader of the 1920s–1930s; Imperial was a secondary label.AI summary
Imperial 2109 Dance
Sam Lanin was an American bandleader and violinist who recorded popular dance material in the early 1920s. This DuoD label pressing represents his light-dance style from the acoustic era. DuoD was a minor British label, and Lanin recordings are uncommon in the UK market.AI summary
Duophone D4021
Sam Lanin and his orchestra recorded these two popular songs for the Odeon label, a German-owned but internationally distributed brand; the Dorsey Brothers' arrangement of 'Coquette' is notable.AI summary
Odeon O4072 Dance
Sam Lanin with My Ohio Home and, by the Alabama Red Peppers, San on Cameo 8109.AI summary
Cameo 8109 Dance
Parlophone R200 Dance
The Sam Lanin band with Louise and That's My Idea of Heaven on Romeo 959.AI summary
Romeo 959 Dance
Columbia 3962 Dance
Sam Lanin and his band, one of the most prolific American dance orchestras of the 1920s, performing "I'm Just a Vagabond Lover" and "Let Me Dream and Dream of You Forever" on Crown 81094, a small American label.AI summary
Crown 81094 Dance
Sam Lanin and his orchestra recorded these two popular songs for Imperial; Lanin was a prolific American bandleader of the 1920s and 1930s, known for slick dance-band arrangements.AI summary
Imperial 1292 Dance
The Sam Lanin Band on Rom Records performing two popular dance numbers. Sam Lanin was a prolific American bandleader and recording artist of the 1920s–30s; Rom was an obscure or short-lived label.AI summary
Romeo 475 Dance
Sam Lanin's Band on Rom 525, a cheap British label reissue of likely American dance material from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Romeo 525 Dance
Sam Lanin's band recorded 'Stealing' and 'Wimmin' (credited to Bailey's Lucky 7) for Winner 3697. Lanin was a prolific American bandleader and violinist of the 1920s.AI summary
Winner 3697 Dance
Sam Lanin's orchestra recorded "She Loves Me" and "Put Away a Little Ray of Sunshine" for the Imperial label in the 1920s. Lanin was a prolific American dance-band leader of the early recording era.AI summary
Imperial 1365 Dance
Sam Levenson was an American humorist and raconteur best known for his dry, observational comedy. These two sides, recorded for the small Apollo label, are typical of his spoken-word routines from the 1940s–50s.AI summary
Apollo 172 Comic
Sam Mayo performing two comic and sentimental songs on Zonophone 2233, a small-label British pressing from the early shellac era.AI summary
Zonophone 2233 Music Hall
Sam Mayo was a popular music-hall comedian known for his character songs; Mark Sheridan, credited on the B-side, was another well-loved hall performer famous for 'I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside'. This Pathé pressing couples Mayo's 'Chinaman' with Sheridan's 'Goodnight'. Pathé issued many British music-hall sides and pressings are not unusual.AI summary
Pathé 77740 Music Hall
Sam Mayo, the music-hall comedian, on the DipC label — possibly Diploma or a similar small imprint — catalogue 46, with 'The Toreador' and Charmans's 'Belle of the Barber's Ball'. The DipC label is not identified in standard references; a Mayo pressing on an obscure label warrants investigation.AI summary
Diploma C46 Music Hall
Sam Mayo, the deadpan music-hall comedian, with 'Mirth Mixture' and 'The Policeman' on Ariel.AI summary
Ariel 1835 Music Hall
Sam Mayo, the deadpan music-hall comedian, sings 'I'll Prove I'm Right' and 'The Toreador' on Ariel.AI summary
Ariel 1837 Music Hall
Sam Mayo, the music-hall comedian, on the Jumbo label, catalogue 199 — a low catalogue number suggesting an early Jumbo pressing — with 'A Terrible Tale' and 'Little by Little and Bit by Bit'. Jumbo was a cheap British budget marque; a very low catalogue number suggests an earlier pressing than most surviving Mayo-on-Jumbo copies.AI summary
Jumbo 199 Music Hall
Sam Mayo, the music hall comedian, with I Played My Concertina and I Feel Very Bad I Do on Popular 470.AI summary
Popular 470 Music Hall
Sam Mayo, a Cockney music-hall comedian popular in the Edwardian era, recorded 'Baby' and 'Johnnie' on Piccadilly 540. Piccadilly was a cheap British budget label of the late 1920s–1930s, widely pressed for retail; Mayo's recordings on such imprints are plentiful and of modest collector value.AI summary
Piccadilly 540 Music Hall
Sam Mayo recorded the novelty comic songs 'Things Are Worse in Russia' and 'Ha Ha' for Zonophone, a British label owned by the Gramophone Company.AI summary
Zonophone 2308 Comic
Sam Mayo, the music-hall comedian, on the Bell label — an obscure British imprint — catalogue 84, with 'The Toreador' and Williams's 'Put a Bit of Powder on It Father'. The Bell label is not identified in standard references; a Mayo pressing on this imprint warrants investigation.AI summary
Bell 84 Music Hall
Bell 94 Music Hall
Sam Mayo recorded two songs for Bell, a small British label: 'The Toreador' and '(Williams) Put a Bit of Powder on It'.AI summary
Bell 84 Voice
Sam Mayo performing 'Rabbit & Pickled Pork' and 'Gravy' (the latter composed by G Crowther) on Piccadilly, catalogue 438. An unidentified or minor performer on Piccadilly, a cheap British label of the 1930s.AI summary
Piccadilly 438 Music Hall