21,561 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Sissle and Blake, the pioneering African American songwriting and recording duo, performing 'Ukelele Baby' and 'Ukelele Lullaby' on Winner—jazz-age material from the 1920s.AI summary
Winner 4356 Jazz
Sisson credited on Brunswick, performing popular instrumental material.AI summary
Brunswick 3781 Instrumental
Sisson on DuoD, a minor British label. 'I Can't Give You Anything But Love' is a standard of the late 1920s; the second title is listed as a night-club number. The artist is not identified in standard discographies.AI summary
Duophone D4018
Credited to Sisson on Brunswick, a major British and American label; 'Wings' and 'When' are untitled popular songs from the 1930s, but without identification of the artist the context is unclear.AI summary
Brunswick 3781 Voice
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the gospel singer and guitarist often cited as a forerunner of rock and roll, is heard here on a Mercury pressing.AI summary
Mercury 185 Rock
The Sisters Lorisson performing novelty songs on Odeon, a minor international label with limited UK distribution in the interwar years.AI summary
Odeon 30387 Voice
The Sistine Chapel Choir, recorded on the G&T (Gramophone and Typewriter Company) label. This is a liturgical choral recording, likely from the earliest electrical period of the label. G&T was an important early label and this catalogue number suggests a 1920s electrical pressing.AI summary
G&T 54769 Classical
The Sistine Chapel Choir (Vatican) recorded 'Ave Maria' and 'Innocentes' for Parlophone. This is a significant choral recording of sacred music from one of the world's most famous choirs, recorded in the early electrical era (R20000 series, circa 1930s). Such prestigious recordings typically had wide distribution but also substantial collecting interest.AI summary
Parlophone R20000 Classical
The Sistine Chapel Choir (Sistine-Vatican Choir), recorded by Parlophone R20001, performs two liturgical works: 'Laudate Dominum' and 'Exsultate Deo', likely from the 1930s or 1940s.AI summary
Parlophone R20001 Classical
Six Black Diamonds perform 'Barney Google' and 'All Over Nothing at All' (G Collins) on Imperial, a cheap British budget label. The group is not documented in standard discographies.AI summary
Imperial 1156 Instrumental
Six Black Diamonds on Imperial 1159, a jazz ensemble, performing 'Farewell blues' and 'Peggy dear'.AI summary
Imperial 1159 Jazz
A calypso or Caribbean-inflected side by the Six Blue Chips for Decca in the early 1950s (catalogue F7809).AI summary
Decca F7809 Calypso
The Six Brown Brothers, a famous novelty saxophone sextet from the 1910s, recorded 'That moaning Saxophone Rag' and an Original Fox Trot on His Master's Voice B526; an iconic early jazz-age ensemble.AI summary
His Master's Voice B526 Jazz
The Six Brown Brothers on Victor 18189, 'Chicken Walk' / Pietro's 'San Francisco Souvenir March'. The Six Brown Brothers were a renowned 1910s saxophone sextet, among the earliest commercial jazz and novelty recordings.AI summary
Victor 18189 Jazz
'Six Hottentots' on Perfection Records, performing 'I'm in love again' and 'Sometimes I'm happy'.AI summary
Perfect 306 Jazz
The Six Jumping Jacks performing 'Chilly Pom Pee' and 'Laugh Clown Laugh' on DuoD, a small British label.AI summary
Duophone D4010
The Six Jumping Jacks with Constantinople and, by a band, Why on Duophone D4013.AI summary
Duophone D4013 Dance
The Six Jumping Jacks performing 'Mary Ann' and 'Just a Night for Meditation' on Duo-Disc 4014, a dance or novelty recording on an obscure British label.AI summary
Duophone D4014
The Six Jumping Jacks recorded novelty and comic material ('Chilly Pom' and 'Laugh Clown Laugh') for DuoD (Duophone), a small British label of the 1920s-30s. DuoD's limited output makes UK copies relatively scarce.AI summary
Duophone D4010
Six Jumping Jacks on Brunswick, catalogue 3603, performing novelty or comedy dance numbers. A novelty dance act recording from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Brunswick 3603 Dance
The Six Jumping Jacks performing 'I'm Gonna Dance Wit de Guy' and 'She's just what the Doctor ordered' on Brunswick 3623, a mass-market dance label.AI summary
Brunswick 3623 Dance
The Six Jumping Jacks on Brunswick 3684, performing 'Here Comes the Show Boat' and 'Go Home and Tell Your Mother' — a jazz or novelty dance number from the Brunswick catalogue.AI summary
Brunswick 3684 Jazz
The Six Jumping Jacks, a dance band of the 1920s, recorded two novelty numbers for Brunswick.AI summary
Brunswick 3702 Dance
Six Swingers recorded 'Hot Pie No. 1' for Regal, a British budget label. The MR-series catalogue number suggests the 1930s, and the title indicates hot jazz or swing-styled dance music.AI summary
Regal MR1567 Jazz
The Six Swingers were a British swing group of the 1930s–40s. This Regal MR-series side, 'Weather man' and 'Swingin the lead', represents the period's lighter jazz-swing style on a budget label.AI summary
Regal Zonophone MR1841 Dance
Six Swingers performing 'An Apple for the Teacher' and 'Berlin or Bust' on Columbia FB2315, a 1930s British popular song recording.AI summary
Columbia FB2315 Dance
Six Swingers recorded 'In the Mood' and 'Yodel in Swing' for Columbia; an unidentified minor swing ensemble, likely from the late 1930s–40s.AI summary
Columbia FB2406 Dance
The Six Swingers on Regal MR1841, performing "Swingin the lead" and "Weather man".AI summary
Regal Zonophone MR1841 Jazz
The Skyrockets Orchestra recorded these two novelty numbers for His Master's Voice in the late 1940s. 'Boogie in C' is a stride-piano-driven instrumental; the flip side captures a comedic moment from the era.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD5963 Instrumental
Slade & Romer performing 'We've Got a Move On' and 'Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit Bag' on Nep, a minor British label of the 1910s-20s. 'Pack Up Your Troubles' was a famous WWI song that remained popular for decades.AI summary
Neptune 193 Music Hall
Slade & Romer on Nep Records, a small British label, with cowboy and comedy material: 'Down Texas Way' and 'Sergeant Brown'.AI summary
Neptune 222 Music Hall
The Sleep Hall Collegians, a generic British dance band of the late 1920s, on Winner, a budget label, performing light popular material.AI summary
Winner W125 Dance
Vocalion S158
Slim Dusty, the celebrated Australian country singer, recorded 'A Pub with no Beer' and 'Once when I was mustering' for Columbia in the early 1950s. 'A Pub with no Beer' became one of his signature pieces and a country standard.AI summary
Columbia DB4212 Country
Slim Dusty, an Australian country and folk singer of the 1950s–60s, on Columbia, performing Australian novelty and traditional song.AI summary
Columbia DB4212 Country
Slim Whitman with North Wind and Darlin' Don't Cry on London L1126.AI summary
London L1126 Country
Slim Whitman with The Whiffenpoof Song on London HLU8327.AI summary
London HLU8327 Country
Slim Whitman with Rose Marie and We Stood at the Altar on London HL.8061.AI summary
London HL.8061 Country
Slim Whitman with Many Times and Warm, Warm Lips on London HL.8434.AI summary
London HL.8434 Country
Smalle and Robertson recorded 'Collegiana' and 'Hum and Strum' for Brunswick, catalogue 3795. These are likely American dance or novelty records pressed for UK distribution in the late 1920s.AI summary
Brunswick 3795 Dance
Smile Smith recorded 'Adventures of Billy Smiff' parts 1 and 2 for Regal, catalogue 8814, a budget British label recording likely from the early 1930s.AI summary
Regal 8814 Comic
Smiley Lewis, an influential R&B and rock-and-roll pioneer, recorded for Imperial Records; 'I Hear You Knocking' later became a standard, and his early electric blues recordings are prized.AI summary
Imperial 5356 Rock
Smiley Lewis was an African-American rhythm-and-blues and rock-and-roll singer, active from the late 1940s onwards. 'Please Listen to Me' and 'She's Got Me Hook Line and Sinker' are recorded on Imperial 5389, a catalogue number consistent with the early 1950s.AI summary
Imperial 5389 Rock
His Master's Voice 18511 Dance
Smith, performing 'Hitchy Koo Medley' and selections from the Ziegfeld Follies on Victor 18334, likely early 1920s.AI summary
Victor 18334 Dance
Smith performing 'Lo la lo' and '3 O'clock in the Morning' on Victor, 18866. Both pieces are popular songs from the 1920s. The artist is unidentified; without further information this is likely a minor American or British recording.AI summary
Victor 18866 Dance
Smith Ballew's orchestra on Banner, performing 'Isle of Capri' and 'Tia Juana'. Ballew was an American bandleader and singer; Banner was a mass-market American label with UK distribution.AI summary
Banner 33273 Dance
Smoky Dawson performing cowboy novelty numbers on Regal in what appears to be the 1950s, when the label was issuing country and novelty material.AI summary
Regal G24413 Country