21,561 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Eclipse 13
Eclipse 599
The Houston Sisters perform 'Honey Bunch' and 'Father Sings the Same Old Song' on this Aco label record, a minor British imprint of the 1920s.AI summary
Aco 16025 Voice
The Ink Spots, the pioneering African-American vocal group, on Brunswick with 'Whispering Grass' and 'Maybe'. The Ink Spots' smooth vocal blend and showmanship made them hugely successful in the 1930s–1940s.AI summary
Brunswick 03075 Voice
The Ink Spots, the American vocal quartet and pioneering rhythm-and-blues group, on Brunswick 03075 with two of their hits from the late 1930s or early 1940s.AI summary
Brunswick 03075 Jazz
The Ink Spots were a highly successful American vocal group, and 'Java Jive' and 'Do I Worry?' are characteristic recordings of their smooth, harmonised style. Their recordings remain widely collected and are important documents of American popular song in the swing era.AI summary
Brunswick 03197 Jazz
The Ink Spots were an American vocal quartet and one of the most commercially successful recording acts of the 1930s–40s; 'Java Jive' was one of their signature novelty hits, recorded here for Brunswick.AI summary
Brunswick 03197 Voice
The Ink Spots, the influential American vocal group, recorded 'Whispering Grass' and 'Maybe' for Brunswick; this is a UK pressing of their polished, jazz-inflected close harmony style that defined the group vocal sound of the 1940s.AI summary
Brunswick 03075 Voice
Brunswick 03197
The Ink Spots, the hugely influential American vocal quartet, recorded these two popular songs for Brunswick. 'Whispering Grass' was a major hit; the group pioneered the sophisticated vocal harmony style that influenced decades of popular music.AI summary
Brunswick 03075 Voice
The Jubalaires with Mene Mene Tekel and That Old Piano Roll Blues on Capitol CL13278.AI summary
Capitol CL13278 Voice
The Keynotes performing Scottish traditional songs, 'Scotland the Brave' and 'Lewis Bridal Song', for Decca in the 1950s.AI summary
Decca F10693 Voice
Philips P17012
Philips P17207
Philips P44182
Philips P44331 Dance
Philips P44332
Philips P44631
The Kilima Hawaiians recorded Hawaiian music for Philips; the titles are in German, suggesting a Continental European pressing or re-release.AI summary
Philips 4083 Hawaiian
The Kilima Hawaiians were a dance band recording for Decca in the 1930s–40s; this side offers Hawaiian-influenced popular song, reflecting the period's fascination with tropical dance-band idioms.AI summary
Decca C16024 Hawaiian
The Kingsmen record 'Better Believe It' and 'Week End' on East West 115, a small British label. This is not the US group known for 'Louie Louie'; without further identification this appears to be a British or Continental act on an obscure imprint.AI summary
EastWest 115 Rock
The Kingston Trio with Tom Dooley and Ruby Red on Capitol CL14951.AI summary
Capitol CL14951 Country
The leGarde Twins on Regal performing 'Riding the Fences at Night' and 'You've Got a Heart Like...', country or Western novelty numbers.AI summary
Regal C25479 Country
Decca F2141 Personalities (Prs)
Credited to 'The Master Brain', a novelty record or novelty-music item on Columbia, catalogue ROX53. The catalogue code suggests an experimental or unusual release, possibly a test recording or novelty item; no substantive information is available.AI summary
Columbia ROX53 Misc.
The McCravy Brothers on Panatone 25273, performing gospel novelty material. Panatone was an early and short-lived British label; the artist is not documented in standard references.AI summary
Panachord 25273
The McCravy Brothers on Regal performing 'Leave It There' and 'Stand By Me', spiritual or gospel songs.AI summary
Regal MR1223 Voice
The Melody Boys performing 'When You Played the Organ and I Sang the Rosary' and 'Side by Side' on Home D1173. The Melody Boys were a small British vocal group, and this record is on a minor British label.AI summary
Hom D1173
The Modernaires recorded 'If It Sparkles It's a Jewel' for Master Records, catalogue 1; an unconfirmed vocal group on a small label.AI summary
Master 1 Voice
The Modernaires with 'Juke Box Saturday Night' and 'Salute to Glenn Miller' on Columbia—a vocal group recording popular songs during the swing era, including a tribute to the bandleader Glenn Miller who disappeared in 1944.AI summary
Columbia 36992 Voice
The Olympics on His Master's Voice POP528, performing 'Well' and 'Western Movies'. If this is the American R&B group the Olympics (best known for 'Western Movies' in 1958), this would be a UK pressing of a significant pop-chart record and rhythm-and-blues milestone.AI summary
His Master's Voice POP528 Rock
The Olympics were an American vocal group who had a hit with "Western Movies" in 1958; this HMV POP pressing brings their doo-wop style to the British market.AI summary
His Master's Voice POP528 Voice
The Olympics were an American R&B vocal group of the 1950s; 'Western Movies' was one of their most successful recordings, a playful novelty hit that became a rock and roll standard.AI summary
His Master's Voice POP528 Rock
Parlophone F1787
The Platters with Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered and Remember When on Mercury 71096.AI summary
Mercury 71096 Rock
The Platters, the legendary doo-wop group. Mercury 71184 ('Mystery of You' and 'Only Because') is from their classic period.AI summary
Mercury 71184 Rock
The Platters with The Sound and the Fury and Enchanted on Mercury AMT1039.AI summary
Mercury AMT1039 Rock
The Platters with Twilight Time and Out of My Mind on Mercury MT214.AI summary
Mercury MT214 Rock
The Platters with My Prayer and Heaven on Earth on Mercury MT120.AI summary
Mercury MT120 Rock
The Platters with It Isn't Right and You'll Never Know on Mercury MT130.AI summary
Mercury MT130 Rock
Mercury MT214 50s/60s Pop
The Plaza Band with two 1928 songs, 'You're the Cream in My Coffee' and 'She's Funny That Way', on Edison.AI summary
Edison 4924 Dance
The Plaza Band performing 'Firefly' and 'Just Like Darby and Joan' on Winner 4849, a minor British dance label.AI summary
Winner 4849 Dance
The Quaint 'Uns performing 'Cinderella' and 'Dotheboys Hall' on Winner. These titles suggest comic or novelty treatments of fairy-tale and literary material.AI summary
Winner 2229 Comic
Eclipse 111
Eclipse 111
Eclipse 157
The Radio Three, a house group, recorded "I'm Sitting High on a Tree Top" for Regal MR2003, a British budget label series of the 1930s.AI summary
Regal MR2003 Dance