21,561 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Wilkie Bard was a British music hall comedian and vocalist of the Edwardian era, known for his comic songs and theatrical personality. This Scala pressing of 'Will You Sing This Glee with Me' and 'I Want to Sing in Opera' shows his variety repertoire. Scala was a minor budget British label, suggesting limited distribution, but Bard's name recognition ensures interest among music hall collectors.AI summary
Scala 405 Music Hall
Parlophone R2745
Will Bradley leading his orchestra on "Think of Me" and "Tea for Two" (the McKinley arrangement) for Columbia 36101. Bradley was an important big-band and swing trombonist and leader in the 1930s–1940s.AI summary
Columbia 36101 Dance
Will Bradley and his orchestra recorded 'Basin Street Boogie' and 'Call It Anything It's Love' for Columbia 36340. Bradley was an American bandleader and xylophone player known for boogie-woogie style recordings.AI summary
Columbia 36340 Jazz
Will Bradley was an American trombonist and bandleader who led a popular swing band in the 1930s and 1940s; this Columbia side captures the energetic 'Beat Me Daddy' boogie style he popularized.AI summary
Columbia 36956 Jazz
Will Dellar performs 'All Thro' a Gee Gee' and 'Oh Isn't It Singular' on Odeon 32389. Dellar is not a widely recognised recording name; the Odeon 32000 series suggests an early acoustic pressing of modest collector interest.AI summary
Odeon 32389 Music Hall
Will Deller singing I've made up my Mind to sail away on Zonophone 42005.AI summary
Zonophone 42005 Voice
Will Deller recorded 'When Father papered the Parlour' and 'Two dirty little Hands' for Fest, a minor British label of the 1920s–30s. Deller was a popular comic singer of the era, and the titles suggest novelty and domestic-comedy material typical of the period.AI summary
Festival 7072 Music Hall
Will Deller on Piccadilly Records, performing 'Barristers in the Walworth Road' and another piece. Piccadilly was a cheap British marque of the 1930s.AI summary
Piccadilly 763 Music Hall
Will Deller recorded 'I saw Sandy to his Front Street Door' and 'I had a little Garden' for Glob Records 6156. Deller cannot be identified; Glob was a small British label active in the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Glob 6156 Voice
Will Dunn recorded 'The Ragtime Navvy' and 'PC 49' for Pop 459, likely novelty or comic numbers from the 1930s. Pop was a small British label.AI summary
Popular 459 Music Hall
Will Dunn on Phoenix, an obscure British label. The artist and label are unidentified in standard discographies.AI summary
Phoenix 140 Music Hall
Will Evans performs the music-hall comedy numbers 'The Girl who lost her —' and 'Wedding in the Farmyard' on Zonophone 1099, an early recording from the acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone 1099 Music Hall
Will Evans performs two music-hall comedy monologues on Zonophone 1167: "Ragtime Rosie" and "The Wrong Flat," likely from around 1912–1915. Evans was a known British music-hall comedian of that era; Zonophone was a widely distributed British label.AI summary
Zonophone 1167 Music Hall
Will Evans and Jim in two comic sketches recorded for Zonophone, a British label established in the early 1900s. Evans was a music-hall comedian of the Edwardian era, and these pieces capture the spoken-word comic routines typical of the period.AI summary
Zonophone 1362 Music Hall
Will Evans performing 'Invasion of 1910' on Zonophone 42512. Zonophone was a British label active from the early 1900s onward; the title suggests a topical or novelty recording from around 1910, the period of invasion scares in Britain.AI summary
Zonophone 42512 Music Hall
Will Evans, a British music-hall comedian, performs comic sketches on Zonophone 1434 — likely an early pressing (Zonophone active 1901–1924), making this a scarce acoustic-era recording.AI summary
Zonophone 1434 Music Hall
Will Evans, a British music-hall performer, performing 'General Advice' and 'Will Evans on Jim's Voice' on Zonophone, a British label active from the early 1900s onwards.AI summary
Zonophone 1521 Music Hall
Will Evans on Bell 210, performing 'The Mermaid' and 'Reading a Novelette'. Evans was a British music-hall comedian popular in the early 1900s; Bell was an early British label. This is an acoustic-era recording and is scarce.AI summary
Bell 210 Music Hall
Will Evans on Bell 211, performing comedic music-hall songs 'All about Jim' and 'Butcher'. Bell was a small British label of the early 1900s–10s.AI summary
Bell 211 Music Hall
Will Evans on Zonophone performing 'All About Jim', a novelty or comic song by an unidentified artist on a British budget label.AI summary
Zonophone X42287 Comic
Will Evans recorded 'Keeping Bees' and 'A Knight in Armour' for Pathé 78704. Evans cannot be identified; Pathé was a major international label but UK pressings vary in rarity by catalogue number.AI summary
Pathé 78704 Music Hall
Will Evans, the music-hall comedian, performs 'Jim at the Seaside' and 'The Alpine Guide' on Ariel.AI summary
Ariel 3232 Music Hall
Will Evans, the music hall comedian, with Will Weston and Jim at the Seaside and The Jockey on Ariel 598.AI summary
Ariel 598 Comic
Will Evans, the music hall comedian, with All About Jim and Harnessing an Horse on Ariel 899.AI summary
Ariel 899 Comic
Will Evans, the music hall comedian, with Will Evans Unveils a Statue and Will Evans and Jim at the Seaside on Ariel 901.AI summary
Ariel 901 Comic
Will Evans, a British music hall and pantomime comedian, performing character monologues ('The Sultan of Turkey', 'The Alpine Guide') on Argo Records. The catalogue number 9498 and label are difficult to identify precisely.AI summary
Ariel 9498 Music Hall
Will Evans, the music hall comedian, with Will Evans and Jim at the Seaside and The Jockey on Ariel 2124.AI summary
Ariel 2124 Comic
Will Evans credited on DipC 10, a cheaply-made British label of uncertain dating and attribution. The titles suggest comic material.AI summary
Diploma C10 Comic
Will Evans, a British music-hall comedian, performs 'Who Am I?' and 'The Butcher' on the Homophone (Hom) label.AI summary
Hom 770 Music Hall
Will Evans, the music-hall comedian, sings 'She Was Such a Gentle Sort of Girl' and 'Who Am I?' on Klingsor.AI summary
Klingsor 10542 Music Hall
Hom H247 Music Hall
Will Evans, the celebrated Edwardian music-hall comedian and pantomime performer, records 'The Butcher' and 'Tin Tacks' on Polyphon 10539, a Continental-label pressing. Like the other Polyphon Evans in this collection, this is a Continental-label variant of a collected Edwardian comedy name; such pressings are less common than Evans's domestic label equivalents.AI summary
Polyphon 10539 Music Hall
Will Evans, the celebrated Edwardian music-hall comedian and pantomime performer, records 'She Was Such a Gentle Sort of Girl' and 'Who Am I?' on Polyphon 10542. This is a Polyphon pressing of the same material as the Kling-label Evans in this collection; Polyphon was a Continental label with British distribution, and Evans recordings on this imprint are uncommon.AI summary
Polyphon 10542 Music Hall
Will Evans performing 'Jockey' and 'Jerry Builder' on Polyphon, a small British label.AI summary
Polyphon 8787 Music Hall
Will Evans performing 'I'm a Soldier' and 'Knight in Armour' on Polyphon, a early German–British label.AI summary
Polyphon 8838 Voice
Will Evans was a British actor and comedian known for pantomime and comic sketches. 'Invasion' and 'The Villain of the Piece' are likely dramatic monologues or recitations typical of Edwardian and 1920s variety entertainment. This Pathé pressing dates from that era.AI summary
Pathé 20758 Music Hall
Will Evans recorded 'Advertisements' and 'Showman' for the Stars label, a small British imprint; otherwise unplaced in standard reference works.AI summary
The Stars 171 Music Hall
Will Evans, the British actor and comedian, performing 'Invasion' and 'The Villain of the Piece', dramatic recitations or comic sketches from the Edwardian variety tradition. This Pathé 20758 pressing is from the acoustic era.AI summary
Pathé 20758 Music Hall
Will Evans, a British music-hall performer. G&T 2-2897 ('The Novelette') is an acoustic recording from the early catalogue.AI summary
G&T 2-2897 Music Hall
Will Evans, the music-hall comedian, performs 'The Walking Man' on a single-sided G&T.AI summary
G&T 2-2904 Music Hall
Will Evans, the music-hall comedian, performs 'Police Court Justice' on a single-sided G&T.AI summary
G&T 3-2134 Music Hall
Gramophone Company 4-2052 Music Hall
Will Evans, a celebrated British music-hall comedian and actor, recorded comic sketches or monologues for Polyphon; a scarce early recording of a significant variety performer.AI summary
Polyphon 8787 Music Hall
Will Evans performs All About Jim on Zonophone 42287, a single-sided issue.AI summary
Zonophone 42287 Comic
Will Evans, a British music hall performer, performing his comedy sketch 'Whitewashing a Ceiling' on Winner 2833, a budget British imprint.AI summary
Winner 2833 Comic
Will Evans, a British music-hall comedian, recorded for Winner with narrative comic material from an unidentified era. Evans was known for pantomime and stage comedy.AI summary
Winner 2845 Music Hall
Will Evans, likely a British comedian or character performer, performs 'Harnessing a Horse' and its continuation on Winner, a British label of the 1930s–1950s.AI summary
Winner 2845 Music Hall