21,668 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Bessie Smith, the legendary American blues singer, performing *Beale Street Blues* and *Moonshine Blues* for Columbia. This is a British pressing of one of Smith's most celebrated recordings, from the mid-1920s when she was at the height of her fame. Columbia 14018D is a UK issue number.AI summary
Columbia 14018D Jazz
Bessie Smith was the pre-eminent classic blues singer of the 1920s, known as the Empress of the Blues; this Biltmore pressing is a later UK reissue of her original recordings rather than a period American pressing.AI summary
Biltmore 1008 Jazz
Bessie Smith's 1929 Columbia recording "Wasted Life Blues", here appearing on the obscure British label Biltmore, a cheap marque that sometimes issued reissues or covers of American blues under the original artist's name.AI summary
Biltmore 1038 Jazz
Biltmore 1039 Jazz
Bessie Smith, the most celebrated of the 1920s classic blues singers, recorded 'Kitchen Man' and 'I Want Every Bit of It' for Columbia; this Biltmore disc is a cut-price reissue of the material rather than an original pressing.AI summary
Biltmore 1040 Jazz
Bessie Smith, the 'Empress of the Blues', recorded 'Worn our Papa Blues' and 'I Got What It Takes' for Biltmore. UK copies of Biltmore pressings are extremely uncommon and highly sought by blues collectors.AI summary
Biltmore 1041 Jazz
Columbia 14197D Jazz
Bessie Smith, the legendary American blues singer, on Brunswick, performing 'After You've Gone' and 'A Good Man is Hard to Find', two of her most famous numbers. UK copies of Bessie Smith on Brunswick are uncommon — the series carried some of the most important blues of the 1920s, and British issues of these sides seldom surface.AI summary
Brunswick S14 Jazz
Bessie Smith, the legendary blues and jazz singer, on a dub pressing bearing catalogue 14273. Smith was among the most important recording artists of the 1920s.AI summary
dub 14273 Jazz
Bestor's orchestra recorded 'Shuffle off to Buffalo' and another popular jazz piece for His Master's Voice B6350 in the late 1920s-early 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B6350 Dance
Don Bestor's dance band, recording popular songs of the mid-1920s for His Master's Voice.AI summary
His Master's Voice B5097 Dance
Bestor's orchestra recorded music from Walt Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' (1937) on His Master's Voice B6420: 'Mickey Mouse and Minnie's in Town' and 'Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf' (both 1933).AI summary
His Master's Voice B6420 Personalities (Prs)
Paul Bestor's orchestra recorded 'Sweetheart Hour' and 'Contented' for Victor in the mid-to-late 1920s; Bestor was a prolific bandleader and composer, but this Victor coupling is standard dance-music repertoire.AI summary
Victor 24135 Dance
Beth Tate was a British popular singer of the 1930s and early 1940s. This Regal pressing of 'At Half Past' and 'What Happened in the Summertime' represents her ballroom and novelty material.AI summary
Regal 7038 Voice
Beth Tate, credited on Regal, performing two sentimental ballads, likely from the early 1930s.AI summary
Regal 7128 Voice
Beth Tate with I Wish I Belonged to You and Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon on Phoenix 35.AI summary
Phoenix 35 Voice
Beth Tate performing 'Innocent Bessie Brown' and 'Is there Anything doing in the loving Line' on Diamond, catalogue 384, a small British label of the 1910s–1920s.AI summary
Diamond 384 Music Hall
Beth Tate appears to have been a music-hall and variety performer of the early 1920s. Regal was one of the cheaper British labels of that period, and catalogue numbers in this range date from around 1921–1924. The artist is not widely documented in standard references.AI summary
Regal 6381 Music Hall
Beth Tate sings 'You Made Me Love You' and, on the reverse, A Jones performs 'Somebody's Coming to My House' on Regal 6382. Regal was a Columbia subsidiary label sold through Woolworths in Britain; this is a budget pressing of popular songs, most likely from the early-to-mid 1920s.AI summary
Regal 6382 Voice
Beth Tate performs 'At Half Past' and 'What Happened in the Summertime' on Regal 7038. Regal was a Woolworths budget subsidiary of Columbia; standard budget pressing of light popular material, modest value.AI summary
Regal 7038 Voice
Beth Tate performs 'What Did Romeo Say to Juliet' and 'Providing' on Regal 7039. Regal was a Columbia subsidiary budget label sold through Woolworths; this is a standard budget pressing of light popular material.AI summary
Regal 7039 Voice
Beth Tate on Regal 7128 — 'Sorry Goodnight' and 'He'd Have to Answer the Bell.' Tate is not a widely traced name in standard references. Regal was a mass-market British label; the 7xxx series is a mid-period Regal issue. A minor vocal record of ordinary rarity.AI summary
Regal 7128 Voice
Betove performing 'Folies Musicales' on Odeon 222016. An obscure artist and title on an early Odeon catalogue number.AI summary
Odeon 222016 Music Hall
Betove on Odeon, performing 'Folies Musicales' parts 1 and 2—likely a European continental artist, with catalogue number suggesting an early pressing or European issue.AI summary
Odeon 222016
Betsy de la Porte recorded for Broadcast, a secondary British label, in the 1930s–40s. The material is typical sentimental ballad singing of the era.AI summary
Broadcast 5177 Voice
A duet performance on the Odeon label of operatic excerpts from two light operettas: 'Der Vogelhandler' (The Bird Seller) and 'Der Obersteiger' (The Overseer), both popular works of the Austrian operetta tradition. Bettendorf and Groh are unidentified singers, likely German or Austrian.AI summary
Odeon 25103 Opera
Jubilee 5254
Betty Balfour, the popular British film and stage actress, performing two vocal numbers on His Master's Voice B3451, likely from the late 1920s or early 1930s. Balfour was best known for the 'Squibs' film series.AI summary
His Master's Voice B3451 Personalities (Prs)
Betty Bolton recorded two popular songs for Rex (8156) in the early 1930s. The artist is otherwise unidentified from the label information.AI summary
Rex 8156 Voice
Betty Bolton on Eclipse label 306, with comic songs 'He's dead but he won't lie down' and 'Don't go any higher Jeremiah'.AI summary
Eclipse 306 Comic
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Betty Bolton is not identified by artist or title on this Columbia 5405 pressing. Without legible label details or catalogue information, this record cannot be reliably described or valued.AI summary
Columbia 5405
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Betty Bolton on Columbia DB126. No titles recorded.AI summary
Columbia DB126
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Betty Bolton on Columbia DB94; no sides, titles or detailed information are recorded for this disc.AI summary
Columbia DB94
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Betty Bolton on Decca F2010. No titles recorded.AI summary
Decca F2010
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Betty Bolton on Decca F2044. No titles recorded.AI summary
Decca F2044
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Betty Bolton on Decca F2070. No titles recorded.AI summary
Decca F2070
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Betty Bolton recorded for Decca; artist and title information unavailable.AI summary
Decca F2137
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Betty Bolton, an unidentified artist, released a record on Decca whose titles are not recorded.AI summary
Decca F2170
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Betty Bolton was a minor British or American singer; no titles are recorded for this Decca F2254 pressing, making identification impossible.AI summary
Decca F2254
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Betty Bolton on the Eclipse label, a cheap British pressing; titles not recorded.AI summary
Eclipse 906
Betty Chester performing two songs—'Sea Fever' (Masefield's poem set to music) and 'Shopping'—on His Master's Voice, catalogue B1445, from the early 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1445 Voice
Betty Chester singing 'Here comes Tootsie' and 'Some Girl has got to darn his Socks' for Columbia 2799.AI summary
Columbia 2799 Voice
Betty Chester singing two novelty numbers, Some Day I'll make you love me and (Chorus) Round the Map, on Columbia 2800, a 1920s vocal recording.AI summary
Columbia 2800 Voice
Betty Chester on His Master's Voice B2191 with 'Land You've Never Heard Of' and 'Prairie Moon', popular-song material from the mid-1930s. Chester was a session vocalist; the records are common but undistinguished.AI summary
His Master's Voice B2191 Voice
Betty Chester on His Master's Voice B2191, a popular song recording from the early-mid 1930s. Betty Chester was a singer of the period, but little is known of her broader career.AI summary
His Master's Voice B2191 Voice
Betty Driver, an actress and singer, on Regal MR3674.AI summary
Regal MR3674 Voice
Betty Edwards on Qualiton, performing two songs in Welsh: 'Mae D'eisiau Di Bob Awr' and 'Arglwydd Dyma Fi'.AI summary
Qualiton 3154 Voice
Piccadilly 217 Personalities (Prs)