21,561 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Will Evans, credited here on Winner, may be the British comedian and character actor of the early 20th century, though attribution is uncertain. The piece 'Building a Chicken House' appears to be a comic monologue in two parts.AI summary
Winner 2883 Comic
Will Evans on Winner 2972, a British music hall or comic performer, recorded performing a novelty piece on backing a car in two parts. Evans was a minor performer of the period.AI summary
Winner 2972 Music Hall
Will Evans, a British comedian, in "A Quiet Game of Bridge", parts 1 and 2, on Winner, a cheap British label of the early 1930s.AI summary
Winner 3079 Comic
Will Evans on Winner 3088, a music-hall or comedy performer recording sketches; Evans was a known performer of the early 1900s–1920s, though this Winner budget-label pressing would have been mass-produced.AI summary
Winner 3088 Music Hall
Will Evans recorded for Winner, a cheap British label, performing 'Will Evans' Fire Station', a novelty or comic sketch-based recording split across two sides, likely from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Winner 3103 Music Hall
Will Evans recorded 'Reading a Novelette' and 'Winner Laughing Record' for Winner Records. Evans was a British performer, likely in comedy or music-hall.AI summary
Winner 3789 Comic
Regal 6432 Music Hall
Will Evans on Zonophone 778, a music-hall or variety performer recording two comic or sentimental numbers; Evans was a known performer of the early 1900s–1920s era, and Zonophone was a major British label, though this particular record is likely to have been well-pressed.AI summary
Zonophone 778 Music Hall
Will Evans performing comedy sketches 'Building a Chicken House' (parts 1 and 2) on Zonophone 859, a British recording of the early 1900s–1920s era.AI summary
Zonophone 859 Comic
Will Evans recorded 'Knight in Armour' and 'Yachting' for Zonophone, a British label active mainly from the 1900s–1920s; likely light entertainment or novelty songs from that era.AI summary
Zonophone 921 Music Hall
Will Evans on Zonophone 84, performing two British music-hall comic monologues from the early 20th century. Evans was a popular British character comedian and music-hall performer.AI summary
Zonophone 84 Music Hall
Will Evans, a British music-hall entertainer, performing on the Gramophone & Typewriter Company (G&T) label. G&T was an early British label (1898–1920), and the catalogue number G&T1307 places this in the early era of acoustic recording.AI summary
G&T 1307 Music Hall
Will Evans, a British music-hall performer, on Pathé Records. This is a second record by Evans in this collection (see also id 12811, the G&T recording). Evans was a stage and recording artist of the Edwardian era.AI summary
Pathé 79342 Music Hall
Will Evans, credited on a GC (Gramophone Company) label with the novelty title 'Tin Tacks'. No reliable information is available about this performer.AI summary
Gramophone Company 1307
Will Evans on Gramophone Company 4-2052 with 'The Alpine Guide', a British comedy or character recording from the early 20th century. Evans was a music-hall and early silent-film comedian.AI summary
Gramophone Company 4-2052 Music Hall
Will Evans recorded 'All about Archibald' and 'Jim at the Bank' for Piccadilly, catalogue 437. Evans was a music hall comedian active in the early 1930s; Piccadilly was a cheap British budget label.AI summary
Piccadilly 437 Music Hall
Will Evans, a British comedian and music-hall performer, recorded 'The Suffragette' and 'All About Jim' for Zonophone 540. Evans was famous for monologue and comic-song recordings in the early 1900s; Zonophone was a significant label in that era.AI summary
Zonophone 540 Music Hall
Will Evans, a British music-hall performer and pantomime favourite, performing novelty or comic material on Regal 6430.AI summary
Regal 6430 Music Hall
Will Evans, credited in parts 1 and 2, performing the humorous monologue "Building a Chicken House" on His Master's Voice B3317. Evans was a noted British comedian and music-hall performer popular in the early sound era.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3317 Music Hall
Will Evans recorded 'Hamlet' and 'Who am I' for Zonophone, catalogue 71; Evans is untraced and the very low catalogue number suggests an extremely early Zonophone pressing from the acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone 71 Voice
Will Evans recorded 'All About Jim' and 'Reading a Novelette' for the VF label, a small British imprint. Evans was associated with British music-hall and character comedy of the early 20th century.AI summary
Velvet Face 1015 Music Hall
Will Evans performing 'Queues' on Winner 3224, a British dance and novelty label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Winner 3224 Music Hall
Will Evans recorded 'Reading a Novelette' and a Winner Laughing Record for Winner Records. Evans was a British music hall performer, and the laughing record was a novelty item of the early 20th century.AI summary
Winner 3789 Music Hall
Will Evans on Zonophone 778, performing music hall comedy material. Evans was a British music hall comedian; Zonophone was an early British label and this catalogue number suggests acoustic or very early electrical recording.AI summary
Zonophone 778 Music Hall
A spoken-word recording credited to music-hall performers Will Evans, Fred Moule and others, titled 'Laughs I Have Met', on the GC label—likely a small British imprint of the 1920s or 30s.AI summary
Gramophone Company 3-2468 Music Hall
Will Ezell, the boogie and stride pianist who recorded for Paramount in the late 1920s, plays 'Pitchin' Boogie' and 'Just Can't Stay Here' on Jazz Collection.AI summary
Jazz Collection 46 Jazz
Will Ezell, the boogie and stride pianist who recorded for Paramount in the late 1920s, plays 'Old Mill Blues' and 'Mixed Up Rag' on Jazz Collection.AI summary
Jazz Collection 84 Jazz
Will Fyffe was a Scottish comedian and singer of the 1920s-1940s, best known for his music-hall act and comic songs; 'I'm 94 Today' and 'I Belong to Glasgow' are examples of his novelty material.AI summary
Regal 7693 Music Hall
Will Fyffe, the Scottish comedian and singer (1885–1947), performing two of his signature pieces: the patriotic 'I Belong to Glasgow' and the novelty monologue 'I'm 94 Today' on Regal. Fyffe was a major music-hall and early film star, and his Regal recordings remain collected.AI summary
Regal G7693 Music Hall
Will Fyffe performing comedy character songs 'Engineer' and 'Dr McGregor' on Columbia 9108. Fyffe was a Scottish comedian and entertainer popular in music hall and early radio; his recordings captured his distinctive comic patter and character work.AI summary
Columbia 9108 Music Hall
Will Fyffe, the Scottish comedian and singer, performing 'The Train That's Taking You Home' and 'Sheila McKay' on Columbia 9775, recorded in his prime in the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 9775 Music Hall
Will Fyffe, the Scottish comedian and singer, recorded comic songs including 'I'm the Landlord of the Inn in Aberfoyle' and 'He's Been On The Bottle Since A Baby' for Columbia (DX381). Fyffe was one of Scotland's most beloved comic entertainers.AI summary
Columbia DX381 Music Hall
Will Fyffe, a Scots comedian and music-hall performer, recorded 'The Skipper of the Mercantile Marine' and 'Corporal McDougall' for Columbia FB2353, typical of his character monologues and comic songs.AI summary
Columbia FB2353 Music Hall
Will Fyffe, the Scots comedian and singer, performs two comic monologues on Columbia. Fyffe was a music-hall star and recording artist whose work has endured; these sides are from the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 9108 Music Hall
Will Fyffe, the Scottish comedian and actor, performing 'I'm 94 Today' and 'I Belong to Glasgow' on Columbia 9928.AI summary
Columbia 9928 Music Hall
Will Fyffe singing 'Railway Guard' and 'MacPherson's Wedding Breakfast', recorded for Columbia DX138. Fyffe was a celebrated Scottish comedian and music-hall performer; the DX series indicates a special or deluxe pressing, likely from the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DX138 Music Hall
Will Fyffe, the Scottish comedian and character performer, recorded a two-part travelogue 'Round Scotland with Will Fyffe' for Columbia DX series. Fyffe was a celebrated music-hall and film entertainer known for comic monologues and character songs.AI summary
Columbia DX369 Personalities (Prs)
Will Fyffe was a celebrated Scottish comedian and music-hall performer known for character comedy and songs. This Regal MR pressing documents his comedy material.AI summary
Regal MR258 Music Hall
Will Hall performing 'It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'' and other novelty comic songs on Winner. 'It Ain't Gonna Rain' was a major hit for several artists in the early 1920s; Winner was a cheap British label, active 1923–c.1930.AI summary
Winner 4027 Music Hall
'It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo'', the novelty song Wendell Hall made a huge American hit in 1923, here credited to Will Hall, backed by Bailey's Lucky Seven, a name used on Gennett dance recordings, on Winner, Edison Bell's cheap British label.AI summary
Winner 4027 Dance
Will Hay, the British comedian and actor, recorded 'Fourth Form at St. Michael's' part 4 for Columbia, catalogue 5695, during the early 1930s; Hay was famous for his schoolmaster comedies on stage, radio and film.AI summary
Columbia 5695 Comic
Will Hay, the celebrated British comedian and character actor, on Columbia performing one of his famous monologues from his radio and stage repertoire. Hay was a major star of British entertainment from the 1920s to the 1940s.AI summary
Columbia 5695 Personalities (Prs)
Will Hay performing 'Fourth Form at St Michaels' on Columbia 9689, a British pressing. Hay was a prominent comedy actor and sketch performer of the 1930s, known for radio and film work as well as recordings of comic monologues and sketches.AI summary
Columbia 9689 Personalities (Prs)
Will Hay, the British comedian and character actor, recorded 'Fourth Form at St. Mary's' (Parts 1 and 2) for Columbia FB1540; Hay was famous for his bespectacled schoolmaster character and his comedy routines about education and incompetence, and his recordings capture the music-hall tradition adapted for the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia FB1540 Comic
Will Hay was a famous British comedian and actor of the 1930s–1940s, beloved for his bumbling schoolmaster character; this Columbia disc preserves extracts from his film *Convict 99*.AI summary
Columbia FB2040 Personalities (Prs)
Will Hay and Co. recorded 'Convict 99' for Columbia, a major British label, in the 1930s, based on Hay's popular comedy films.AI summary
Columbia FB2040 Comic
Will Hudson and his orchestra recorded 'Miracle at Midnight' and 'Corrigan Hop' for Brunswick 8195. Hudson was an American bandleader and arranger active in the 1930s-1940s swing era.AI summary
Brunswick 8195 Dance
Will Kuming on Zonophone 1286, a Gramophone Company budget label; popular sentimental material from the 1910s–1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 1286 Voice