21,561 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Smoky Dawson on Regal G24413, an Australian country performer, with 'Old log cabin on the mountain trail' and 'Sound effects cowboy'.AI summary
Regal G24413 Country
Smoky Dawson, one of Australia's pioneering singing cowboys, with 'On the Murray Valley' on Regal Zonophone's G series. Regal Zonophone was the EMI label that carried most of the country music issued in Britain and Australia.AI summary
Regal Zonophone G25310 Country
Snap and Crack perform novelty jazz numbers on Hi-Tone 292 from the early 1920s. Hi-Tone was a minor American label.AI summary
Hi-tone 292 Jazz
G&T 38089 Classical
Sol Hoopi, a Hawaiian guitarist, recorded two instrumental pieces for Decca Records. Hoopi was an accomplished Hawaiian music performer active in the 1930s–40s, and these sides represent the Hawaiian guitar tradition on major-label pressings.AI summary
Decca F7008 Hawaiian
Sol Hoopi performing two Hawaiian songs on Columbia, likely from the 1920s: 'Kilohana' and 'Na Molokama'. The 1786-D catalogue number places this as part of Columbia's Hawaiian series. Hoopi was one of the earliest Hawaiian recording artists and his sides are sought by collectors of early Hawaiian music and world recordings.AI summary
Columbia 1786-D Hawaiian
Sol Hoopi on Brunswick 01658, a Hawaiian slide guitarist, with 'Ten tiny toes' and 'Drifting and dreaming'.AI summary
Brunswick 01658 Hawaiian
Sol Hoopi, a Hawaiian musician, performs 'Stack O Lee Blues' and 'Farewell Blues' on Decca X1717 from the 1930s. Hoopi was known for Hawaiian guitar music.AI summary
Decca X1717 Hawaiian
Sol Hoopi on the Eldee label, performing two religious Hawaiian pieces: 'Hawaii Calls for the Message of Our Saviour' and 'Broadcasting for Jesus'. Hoopi is unrecognised.AI summary
Eldee 122 Hawaiian
Sol Hoopi performing two sacred songs, 'Loveliness of Jesus' and 'Cleanse Me', for Eldee, a small British label.AI summary
Eldee 125 Voice
Sol Hoopii (or Hoopi), a Hawaiian steel guitar virtuoso of the 1920s–30s, recorded 'Kolo Pa' and 'Wave a Lei' for Regal MR3475.AI summary
Regal MR3475 Hawaiian
Sol Hoopi was a Hawaiian-born ukulele virtuoso and vocalist who recorded extensively for Brunswick in the late 1920s–early 1930s. His Brunswick sides represent some of the finest Hawaiian guitar and vocal music of the era, and UK copies can be scarce.AI summary
Brunswick 55083 Hawaiian
Sol Hoopi on the obscure British label Eldee, with 'End of the Trail' and 'The train song'; Hoopi was a Hawaiian guitarist active in the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Eldee 134 Hawaiian
Sol Hoopii, the Hawaiian steel guitarist and singer, performing 'Don't Stop Loving Me' and 'Iniki Malie' on Regal MR3509, a Hawaiian vocal and instrumental recording.AI summary
Regal MR3509 Hawaiian
Sol K Bright and his Hollywaiians recorded 'Heat Wave' and 'Not for all the tea' for His Master's Voice. A Hawaiian-style group performing popular music of the 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B6524 Hawaiian
Two songs credited to Solemn and Gay on Zonophone, including 'When You're Smiling', the 1928 song that became a standard.AI summary
Zonophone 5707 Personalities (Prs)
Soler Gomez performing 'La Serenata' and Drdla's 'Souvenir' on a label abbreviated 'Op', catalogue 304069. The Op label is not readily identified in standard references; the artist is also not widely documented. An unrecognised artist on an obscure label warrants investigation.AI summary
Opera 304069 Instrumental
Favorite 64018/9 Voice
Favorite 64024/5
A solo singer recorded 'Let the Lower Lights be burning' and 'Throw out the Life Line', both hymns or sacred songs, for Bouw, a small label.AI summary
Bouw 1354 Voice
Some of the Boys, credited to Parlophone, likely a vocal group recording novelty or variety material from the early 1930s; the Parlophone R-series was a reissue catalogue and details are sparse.AI summary
Parlophone R1065 Music Hall
Somers recorded two popular vocal pieces for Columbia Records on a mid-range catalogue number, suggesting 1920s production. The artist is unidentified.AI summary
Columbia 4657 Voice
The singer Somers recorded for Columbia in the late 1920s. These popular ballads reflect the sentimental vocal repertoire of the era, but Somers himself remains largely untraced in discographies.AI summary
Columbia 5144 Voice
Somers on Columbia CB309, popular songs of the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia CB309 Voice
A dance band credited to Somers recorded "Blaze Away" and "When We Went Strolling Round the Town" for Columbia's CB series in the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia CB314 Dance
Somers performing 'Got a Date with an Angel' and 'Who Do You Love?' on Columbia CB363, a British pressing from the late 1920s. The artist is not readily identified.AI summary
Columbia CB363 Voice
Somers with J'en ai marre and Je ne peux pas vivre sans amour on Vocalion M1030.AI summary
Vocalion M1030 Dance
Somers with Shuffling Along and Sally on Vocalion M1058.AI summary
Vocalion M1058 Dance
Somers, a singer of the early 1930s, recorded this novelty comedy number for Broadcast, a small British budget label. The artist is not well documented in standard references.AI summary
Broadcast 283 Voice
Somers on Columbia YBX48, credited with 'Stealing Thro' the Classics' and 'Ballad Concert Memories' (attributed to Q. MacLean). YBX series context and dating are unclear.AI summary
Columbia YBX48 Instrumental
Somers performing two popular ballads, 'Night Time Brings Dreams of You' and 'So Blue', on Columbia 4403.AI summary
Columbia 4403 Voice
Somers recorded two popular songs for Columbia 4446 in the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Columbia 4446 Voice
Columbia 4600 Dance
Somers on Columbia 4730; popular sentimental ballad material from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Columbia 4730 Voice
The singer Somers on Columbia, early material from the late 1920s catalogue. Like the other Somers entry, this is sentimental popular song by an unidentified vocalist.AI summary
Columbia 4731 Voice
Somers performing 'We won't go Home till Morning' and 'Eastern Dreams' on Columbia 4784.AI summary
Columbia 4784 Dance
Somers performing 'In America' and 'Without You Sweetheart' on Columbia 4895.AI summary
Columbia 4895 Voice
Somers singing 'Toymaker's Dream' and 'Lonesome Little Doll' for Columbia, catalogue 5589; an unconfirmed artist on a major label.AI summary
Columbia 5589 Voice
Somers, with Norman Long on side A, performing 'Mother Goose Parade' and 'Tondeleyo' on Columbia, catalogue 5626.AI summary
Columbia 5626 Music Hall
Somers recorded 'I May Be Wrong' and 'In the Moonlight' for Columbia 5700 in the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 5700 Voice
Somers performing two popular songs of the early 1930s on Columbia, 'When I take my Sugar to Tea' and 'Goodbye'.AI summary
Columbia CB296 Voice
Somers performing two light popular songs on Columbia—'You Ought to See Sally on Sunday' and 'We'll All Go Riding on a Rainbow'. The artist is unidentified in standard discographies.AI summary
Columbia CB677 Voice
A dance-band side credited to Somers on Columbia, catalogue CB685, from the mid-1920s novelty-song period.AI summary
Columbia CB685 Dance
Somers performing Cole Porter's "You and the Night and the Music" on Columbia FB1027.AI summary
Columbia FB1027 Voice
A dance recording credited to Somers on Columbia's FB series, a mid-1930s sequence popular for light dance material and vocal novelties.AI summary
Columbia FB1029 Dance
Somers on Columbia 4868, a vocal side from the early 1930s; the artist is unrecognised.AI summary
Columbia 4868 Voice
Somers performing two light instrumental pieces, 'Dance of the Blue Danube' and 'Somewhere down in Brittany', on Columbia 4870, a catalogue number suggesting the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 4870 Instrumental
Somers with On the Streets of Cairo and Dear Love My Love on Vocalion M1029.AI summary
Vocalion M1029 Dance