21,561 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Vaughn de Leath, a pioneering American radio singer and recording artist, on Columbia 4443 performing two popular ballads. De Leath was one of the first female singers to achieve fame through radio in the 1920s and had a long recording career.AI summary
Columbia 4443 Voice
Vaughn de Leath on Columbia 4443, performing 'I wonder how I look when I'm asleep' and 'Oh baby don't we get along'. De Leath was an early American recording artist known for intimate vocal delivery; this is a duet with Harris from the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 4443 Voice
Vaughn de Leath on Columbia 4443, an early American dance or sentimental vocal from the 1920s; de Leath was an early female recording artist, and this early Columbia issue may be quite old and obscure.AI summary
Columbia 4443 Voice
Vaughn Monroe, an American bandleader and vocalist, performing 'Black Denim Trousers and Motorcycle Boots'—a novelty rock-and-roll-influenced song of the 1950s—on His Master's Voice. The POP-series catalogue number dates it to the mid-to-late 1950s.AI summary
His Master's Voice POP122 Rock
Vee Lawnhurst on Columbia, mid-1930s pressing.AI summary
Columbia DB1173 Voice
Venie Clements performing 'Humorous Stories About Children' on Zonophone, a British label operated by Gramophone Company subsidiaries from the 1920s-1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 807 Comic
Venie Temple on Empire 1552, performing novelty and comic material. Empire was an obscure British label; the artist is not documented in major references.AI summary
Empire 1552 Music Hall
Venie Temple recorded two novelty comic songs for Winner, a budget British label.AI summary
Winner 2206 Music Hall
Venie Temple recorded 'One day she helped herself to Father' and 'I want to stop along with Nursie' for Winner 2210, a short-lived British budget label of the early 1930s.AI summary
Winner 2210 Music Hall
Venie Temple on Winner label (Win 2426). 'Georgie took me walking in the Park' and 'Mother had a Row with Father' are light novelty or music-hall numbers. Neither artist nor recordings are established in discography.AI summary
Winner 2426 Music Hall
Venie Temple on Winner 2426 with 'Georgie took me walking in the Park' and 'Mother had a Row with Father', a British vocal recording from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Winner 2426 Voice
Venie Temple on Winner 2240, performing music-hall comic numbers 'Mother put a card in the Window' and 'Poor old Adam was my Father', from around 1910–1920.AI summary
Winner 2240 Music Hall
Ventura performing operatic extracts from 'Pagliacci' and 'Cavalleria Rusticana' on the obscure Aerophone label, catalogue 587.AI summary
Aerophone 587 Opera
Ventura playing two Cole Porter standards, 'Blue Prelude' and 'Night and Day', on the Winner label. Winner was a short-lived cheap British marque of the 1930s.AI summary
Winner W31 Instrumental
Joe Venuti was a pioneering jazz violinist of the 1920s and 30s; this Ariel disc, a UK label known for licensing American dance and jazz sides, carries two of his recordings.AI summary
Ariel 4452 Jazz
Venuti, likely the legendary American violinist Joe Venuti, recorded 'Little Pal' and 'Sleepy Valley' (credited to Ring) for Ar Records. Venuti was a virtuoso hot jazz violinist, though this label attribution is uncertain.AI summary
Ariel 4452 Jazz
Joe Venuti, the jazz violinist, recorded 'Dinah' and the Casa Loma Orchestra's arrangement of 'Alexander's Ragtime Band' for Parlophone.AI summary
Parlophone R982 Jazz
Joe Venuti, the pioneering jazz violinist, recorded 'Jig Saw Puzzle Blues' and 'Raggin' the Scale' for Columbia, catalogue DF1263.AI summary
Columbia DF1263 Jazz
Venuti on Rex 8169, performing two jazz-influenced dance numbers from the late 1920s. Rex was a cheap British budget label. The artist may be Joe Venuti, a pioneering jazz violinist, though the recording is not confirmed.AI summary
Rex 8169 Jazz
Joe Venuti, the pioneering jazz violinist, performing 'I've Found a New Baby' and Duke Ellington's 'Rockin' in Rhythm' on Parlophone R924.AI summary
Parlophone R924 Jazz
Joe Venuti recorded 'Running Ragged' and '(Armstrong) Basin Street Blues' for Parlophone (R531), a UK pressing of Venuti's hot-jazz sides from the late 1920s. Venuti was one of the greatest jazz violinists and pioneers of the instrument in jazz, and his sides are avidly collected.AI summary
Parlophone R531 Jazz
Veo recorded 'Wait Till the Cows Come Home' and '(van Eps) Ching Chong' for Victor (18404), an American label. The artist and the context are obscure; the record likely dates to the 1920s.AI summary
Victor 18404 Dance
Victor 18372 Dance
Vera Desmond, a British singer, recorded light entertainment and dance material for His Master's Voice in the late 1920s; 'Ragtime Pipes of Pan' and 'Night of Romance' are typical novelty and ballroom numbers of the era.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1001 Dance
Vera Guilaroff performing 'Deep Purple' and 'Midnight in Mayfair', recorded for His Master's Voice in the 1930s. Guilaroff was a Russian-born pianist and composer active in London's dance music scene.AI summary
His Master's Voice BD449 Dance
Vera Lynn, 'The Forces' Sweetheart', recorded 'Yours' and 'We Both Told a Lie' on Decca; Lynn was the most celebrated British female singer of the Second World War era and remains an icon of that period.AI summary
Decca caF7996 Voice
Vera Lynn, the British vocalist and wartime entertainer, recorded "When the poppies bloom again" and "Life without you" for Crown, a budget label.AI summary
Crown 301 Voice
Vera Lynn, the British singer and national sweetheart, recorded 'With All My Heart' and 'You'll Never Know' for Decca (F8350) in the 1940s-50s. Lynn was one of Britain's most celebrated wartime and post-war vocalists.AI summary
Decca F8350 Voice
Vera Lynn, the Forces' Sweetheart, recorded 'The Wind Cannot Read' and 'Every Hour Every Day of My Life' for Decca, popular ballads from the 1950s.AI summary
Decca F11038 Voice
Vera Lynn, the "Forces' Sweetheart" and one of Britain's best-loved wartime and post-war vocalists, recorded "The Wind Cannot Read" and "Every Hour Every Day of My Life" for Decca; both are romantic ballads from the 1950s.AI summary
Decca F11038 Voice
Vera Lynn, the British singer and forces' sweetheart, recorded 'Popular Medley No 4' for Decca, catalogue F10561; Lynn was one of the most famous British vocalists of the 1940s–50s.AI summary
Decca F10561 Voice
Vera Lynn, the British forces' sweetheart, recorded 'Only Forever' and 'Ferryboat Serenade' for Decca F7693. Lynn was one of the most popular British singers of the 1940s and her Decca recordings remain widely available.AI summary
Decca F7693 Voice
Vera Lynn with It's a Sin to Tell a Lie and Heart to Heart on Crown 242.AI summary
Crown 242 Voice
Vera Moore recorded two operatic songs for Winner Records, a small British label; the artist is not widely documented and such minor-label operatic pressings are often scarce.AI summary
Winner 2111 Opera
Vera Schwarz was an Austrian soprano and operetta singer of the 1920s–1930s; *Madame Butterfly* is the famous aria from Puccini's opera. This Parlophone electrical recording is from the early electrical era.AI summary
Parlophone E11101 Opera
Vera Schwarz, an Austrian operatic soprano, performing German art songs 'Maria Wiegenlied' and 'Waldheimsamkeit' on Parlophone RO20396. Schwarz was a celebrated Central European opera singer of the early 20th century.AI summary
Parlophone RO20396 Opera
Vera Wootton recorded 'Ma Chérie' and 'Ma' for HomH, catalogue 287, likely 1920s.AI summary
Hom H287
A Decca duet featuring Vera-Ellen, the dancer and actress who appeared in major Hollywood musicals of the 1950s, with Charles Stratton.AI summary
Decca 23315 Voice
A Monarch Records centenary release honouring Verdi, with brief excerpts from six of his major operas: Lombardi, Falstaff, Aida, Rigoletto, Il Trovatore and La Traviata.AI summary
Monarch 05921 Opera
Vernon Dalhart, the pioneer of country recording, with Casey Jones and Willie the Weeper on Twin FT1786.AI summary
Twin FT1786 Country
Vernon Country Club performing two songs, 'I Never Knew' and the traditional or written piece 'Silver Star', on Regal. The ensemble is unidentified in standard discographies.AI summary
Regal 7657 Instrumental
Vernon Dalhart, the American folk and pop singer, on Columbia 1000D: commemorative songs about Charles Lindbergh and the 1927 transatlantic flight, recorded shortly after the event.AI summary
Columbia 1000D Voice
Vernon Dalhart was a hugely popular American country and popular singer of the 1920s; 'Casey Jones' is one of his most famous recordings. This is a US Victor pressing, not a UK issue, and is one of the most recorded songs of the acoustic era.AI summary
Victor 20502 Country
Vernon Dalhart on Banner, catalogue 1276. Dalhart was an American country and popular vocalist of the 1920s–30s, one of the first successful commercial recording artists. Banner was a budget American label; UK copies are uncommon.AI summary
Banner 1276 Country
Vernon Dalhart was a pioneering American country and popular singer of the 1920s, famous for 'The Prisoner's Song'; this Emerson side captures two of his recordings from that era.AI summary
Emerson 10691 Country
Vernon Dalhart, one of the earliest stars of American country music, recorded 'Runaway Train' and 'Chain Gang Song' for Brunswick 2911, a UK pressing from the late 1920s or early 1930s. Dalhart's British releases on Brunswick are scarcer than his American issues.AI summary
Brunswick 2911 Country
Winner 2214 Personalities (Prs)
Vernon Watson on Victor, a small US label; artist and repertoire unknown.AI summary
Victor C39 Voice