21,561 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Sydney Burchall is an unidentified British or Commonwealth singer. 'There'll Always Be an England' is a patriotic wartime song from 1939, and 'Homeland' is likely also patriotic material. This Decca F7135 pressing is from the 1940s.AI summary
Decca F7135 Voice
Sydney Coltham performing romantic ballads 'For Ever and Forever' and 'Only You' on Zonophone. Coltham was a British tenor of the early twentieth century; Zonophone was a budget British label.AI summary
Zonophone 2159 Voice
Sydney Coltham on Zonophone 1477, performing two sentimental ballads from the early recorded era.AI summary
Zonophone 1477 Voice
Sydney Coltham performing classical Italian songs 'Serenata' and 'Mattinata' for Piccadilly 5118, likely from the 1930s. This is a light classical or popular tenor repertoire.AI summary
Piccadilly 5118 Voice
Sydney Coltham, a performer on Piccadilly, a cheap British budget label of the 1930s, performing sentimental or light classical material.AI summary
Piccadilly 360 Voice
Sydney Coltham on Piccadilly 431, performing two Irish vocal pieces, 'She is far from the Land' and 'Eileen Alannah'.AI summary
Piccadilly 431 Voice
Sydney Coltham on Piccadilly Records, a budget British marque of the 1920s and 1930s, with two sentimental ballads.AI summary
Piccadilly 5057 Voice
Sydney Coltham with Softly as in a Morning Sunrise and Only a Rose on Piccadilly 352.AI summary
Piccadilly 352 Voice
His Master's Voice B1486 Voice
Piccadilly 5068 Voice
Sydney Kyte's band recorded for Regal, the budget British label, in the early 1930s. This pressing of 'Me' and 'Guilty' represents light dance-band material of the period.AI summary
Regal MR451 Dance
Sydney Kyte led a dance orchestra, recorded here on Regal for 'One Hour with You' and 'We Will Always Be Sweethearts'. The low MR catalogue number suggests the early 1930s.AI summary
Regal MR592 Dance
Sydney Kyte's band perform 'Procession of the Sirdar' and 'Samum' on Rex, a cheap British budget label. The artist and recordings are not documented in standard sources.AI summary
Rex 9374 Instrumental
Sydney Kyte led a dance band that recorded light-music and sentimental sides for Regal in the 1930s; 'Lovable' and 'Paradise' are ballroom pieces.AI summary
Regal MR596 Dance
Panachord 25657
Sydney Lipton and his Orpheans, a British dance band, performing two swing-era standards for Columbia. Lipton was a successful British bandleader of the 1930s-1940s whose orchestra recorded prolifically for the major labels.AI summary
Columbia DD2208 Dance
Sydney Nesbitt on Zonophone 5005, a British early acoustic label from the 1900s-1920s era. Nothing is known of this artist or these titles.AI summary
Zonophone 5005 Personalities (Prs)
Sydney Rayner was a pianist and conductor who recorded light classical fare for British labels in the 1930s. This Decca M-series coupling of Massenet's 'Elegie' and Debussy's 'Clair de lune' represents the kind of salon-music repertoire that filled the middle of the dance-hall and domestic markets.AI summary
Decca M433 Classical
Sydney Turner on Pathé, performing 'Marge nègre' and 'Coon Land' — repertoire titles typical of the 1920s dance and novelty era. Pathé was a French company with a British pressing operation active through the interwar period.AI summary
Pathé 77220 Dance
Sylvester Ahola was an American jazz trumpeter prominent in 1920s hot dance and early jazz recording; this Zonophone disc pairs two popular ballads of the period.AI summary
Zonophone 5474 Jazz
Sylvia Syms recorded 'I Could Have Danced All Night' (from My Fair Lady) and 'Be Good to Me' for Brunswick in the mid-1950s. Syms was a sophisticated British vocalist and cabaret performer.AI summary
Brunswick 05744 Voice
The Sylvians on His Master's Voice, a popular vocal group of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5203 Voice
A symphony orchestra performance of two German-language pieces, 'Kussen ist keine Sund' and 'Rosen, Tulpen, Nelken', on the Hom label, catalogue 679.AI summary
Hom 679 Orchestra
Syncopated Twins on Invicta 302, performing 'Wedding Glide' and 'When the Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabam', likely mid-1920s.AI summary
Invicta 302 Dance
T Albani performs 'Celeste Aida' from Aida and an aria from Pagliacci on Pathé 4140. Albani is not a widely recognised recording name in major operatic references; the Pathé 4000 series suggests an early acoustic pressing.AI summary
Pathé 4140 Opera
T. Bailey on the Broadcast label, a minor British imprint, with two comic or novelty songs suggestive of music-hall repertoire: 'Henry's Made a Lady Out of Lizzie' and 'I Want to Be Alone with Mary Brown'.AI summary
Broadcast 266 Music Hall
T-Bone Walker's mid-1940s recordings for the small American Black & White label defined modern electric blues guitar; UK copies of B&W pressings are scarce since the label had little direct distribution in Britain.AI summary
B&W 110 Jazz
T Brown on Broadcast 130, a small British label of the early 1930s, performing popular songs.AI summary
Broadcast 130 Voice
T. Burstin recorded Yiddish songs on the Imperial label, a minor British marque. Both titles are in Yiddish, reflecting the substantial Jewish immigrant population in early 20th-century Britain and their recording market.AI summary
Imperial 123 Yiddish
T. Campbell with The Girls I Left Behind Me and Follow the Tram Lines on Empire 193.AI summary
Empire 193 Voice
T Cavendish singing ballads 'Waiting for the Rainbow' and 'Shepherd of the Hills' on Columbia IS2000, a British Columbia pressing.AI summary
Coliseum 2000 Voice
T. Dewar performing two classical salon pieces on Winner 2265; likely early 1900s, routine light-orchestral repertoire.AI summary
Winner 2265 Instrumental
Tommy Dorsey's orchestra recorded 'It's All Yours' and 'This Is It' for Victor, an American label whose UK pressings were distributed by HMV. Dorsey was one of the biggest bandleaders of the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Victor 26149 Dance
Tommy Dorsey, a leading American jazz trombonist and bandleader of the swing era, recording on Brunswick—two popular ballads arranged in the relaxed style Dorsey favoured.AI summary
Brunswick 05757 Jazz
Tommy Dorsey, the American trombonist and bandleader, performing 'Not So Quiet Please' and 'I'll Take Tallulah' on Victor 27869, a 1930s dance-band side.AI summary
Victor 27869 Dance
Tommy Dorsey recorded 'I Want to Be Happy Cha Cha' and 'Spooky Takes a Holiday' on Brunswick 05769. Dorsey was a celebrated bandleader and trombonist; this is a later swing-era recording.AI summary
Brunswick 05769 Dance
T F Kinniburgh recorded religious and sentimental vocal numbers for Bell, a minor label; the artist is not documented in standard sources.AI summary
Bell 34 Voice
T. Howell recorded 'Trooper Johnny Ludlow' and 'Glorious Devon' for Op Records, catalogue 49. Op was an obscure small British label; Howell is an unidentified artist, likely from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Opera 49 Misc.
T Howell performing 'It Is Enough' and 'Lord God of Abraham' on Op 50, likely operatic or light classical material from a small British label.AI summary
Opera 50 Opera
T Jackson singing spirituals and a sentimental ballad on Curry's, a small British label—extremely rare, as Curry's operated only briefly in the 1920s and made very limited pressings.AI summary
Curry's 39 Voice
T. Kinniburgh and H. Turnpenny on Victor D4, performing religious or patriotic material ('Watchman what of the Night', 'Battle Eve'). Victor D-series indicates an early pressing, probably from the 1900s–1910s.AI summary
Victor D4 Voice
T Lattermann, credited as Kammersänger (chamber singer), recorded German vocal repertoire on Polyphon 65725: 'Dunkte zu wenig dich sein Dank' and 'Tatest du's wirklich', German classical or art-song material.AI summary
Polyphon 65725 Classical
Tiana Lemnitz and Torsten Ralf performing the 'Lohengrin' love duet on His Master's Voice DB4667. Lemnitz was a renowned German mezzo-soprano and Ralf a distinguished Heldentenor; this is operatic repertoire at a high level.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB4667 Opera
Lotte Lemnitz and Helge Ralf were renowned German operatic singers; this His Master's Voice pressing captures the love duet from Verdi's *Othello* in German, from the electrical era.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB4668 Opera
'Where do Flies go' and 'Ca-bages Ca-beans' credited to T Lovell on Bull, catalogue 676.AI summary
Bulldog 676 Voice
T May recorded 'Shirts' and 'I Was Standing at the Corner of the Street' on J. Bull label, catalogue 41071. J. Bull was a small British imprint, and this side dates to the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
John Bull 41071 Voice
T Nevill on Columbia IS1786, performing 'It's Not the First Time You Left Me' and 'It's a Man Every Time It's a Man'. Columbia IS was a numbered series of British recordings.AI summary
Coliseum 1786 Voice
T Nevill, credited on Columbia IS1786, recorded 'It's Not the First Time You Left Me' and 'It's a Man Every Time It's a Man'.AI summary
Coliseum 1786 Voice