21,668 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Billie Anthony, a British singer of the 1950s, recorded 'The banjo's back in town' and 'Ten little kisses' for Columbia.AI summary
Columbia DB3648 Voice
Billie Anthony, a British popular singer, recorded 'Shake the Hand of a Stranger' and 'Tweedle Dee' for Columbia (DB3592) in the early 1950s, part of the post-war British vocal recording boom.AI summary
Columbia DB3592 Voice
Columbia 3802
Okeh 6214
Billie Holiday, the legendary American jazz vocalist, recorded 'Detour Ahead' and 'Be Fair to Me' for Allad, a small or obscure British label. Holiday's recordings are among the most sought in jazz, and any British issue of her work is of collector interest.AI summary
Allad 3094 Jazz
Billie Holiday is among the most significant jazz vocalists of the century; this UK Vocalion pressing carries two of her classic 1930s recordings, 'A Fine Romance' and 'Billie's Blues'.AI summary
Vocalion S38 Jazz
Billie Richardson performing the music-hall comic songs 'Wot's Their Price of Swedes' and 'Soft as Oi Looks' on the Carnival label, likely from the 1930s.AI summary
Carnival 1930 Music Hall
Billy Banks, an African-American novelty and scat singer of the 1920s-30s, on Brunswick 01590, performing 'Bugle Call Rag' and 'Spider Crawl'—jazz novelty sides from an early recording artist.AI summary
Brunswick 01590 Jazz
Billy Banks recorded this hot jazz novelty duet with an orchestra for Brunswick in the early 1930s. Banks was a novelty singer and vocalist active in the hot jazz era.AI summary
Brunswick 01590 Jazz
Billy Banks was a Jamaican-born swing vocalist. Vocalion S20 ('Yellow Dog Blues' and 'Mean Old Bed Bug Blues') is from a scarce series and an uncommon performer.AI summary
Vocalion S20 Jazz
Billy Banks and his Rhythmakers with 'Bald Headed Mama' and 'Who's Sorry Now?' from 1932, sessions celebrated among collectors for their hot, swinging small-band playing, in British Vocalion's Swing Series.AI summary
Vocalion S9 Jazz
Billy Banks, an American jazz and swing vocalist, recorded "Bugle Call Rag" and "Spider Crawl" for Brunswick in the early 1930s.AI summary
Brunswick 01590 Jazz
Billy Bennett, the British comedian and novelty singer famous for monologues and comic songs, recorded 'Family Secrets' and 'Devil-may-not-care' for Columbia Records, catalogue 4005. Bennett was a popular music-hall star and recording artist in the 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 4005 Music Hall
Billy Bennett, the British music-hall comedian, performing 'The Miser' and 'I'll Be Thinking of You' on Columbia 4006.AI summary
Columbia 4006 Comic
Billy Bennett, a British comedian and character singer, recorded "The Green Fly on the little yellow Dog" and "Nell" for Columbia, typical of his novelty and comedy work.AI summary
Columbia 4004 Music Hall
Billy Bennett was a British music-hall comic and novelty singer popular in the 1920s and 1930s, celebrated for his rapid-fire patter and absurdist humour; these Regal titles are typical of his style.AI summary
Regal 9159 Music Hall
Billy Bennett was a London-born comic monologist famous for his rapid-fire comic songs and character sketches, often with risqué or darkly comic themes. 'Don't Send My Boy to Prison' and 'She Was Poor but She Was Honest' are typical of his satirical style. This Columbia electrical record is from his peak recording period in the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia DB164 Personalities (Prs)
Columbia 4004 Personalities (Prs)
Billy Bennett on Columbia 5719 with 'My Mother Doesn't Know I'm on the Stage' and 'Club Raid'. Bennett was a British comic entertainer and monologist popular in music hall and on radio in the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Columbia 5719 Music Hall
Billy Bennett, a British music hall comic and singer, performing two sentimental comic songs on Columbia: 'Don't send my Boy to Prison' and 'She was poor but she was honest'.AI summary
Columbia DB164 Music Hall
Billy Bennett, a British comic entertainer and monologist known for irreverent music-hall humour, performs two novelty pieces on Columbia DB658.AI summary
Columbia DB658 Music Hall
Billy Bennett, a British comic singer and music-hall entertainer famous for novelty and comic songs, recorded two pieces for Columbia: 'Domestic Blisters' and 'Real Guy'.AI summary
Columbia 9105 Music Hall
Billy Bennett on Columbia 9205 with 'Charge of the Tight Brigade' and 'No Power on Earth'. Bennett was a British music-hall comedian and vocalist, famous for comic monologues and novelty songs recorded in the 1920s and 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 9205 Music Hall
Billy Bennett on Columbia 9237, the British music-hall comic performing his character songs 'She's mine' and 'Napoleon', from the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 9237 Music Hall
Billy Bennett, a British music-hall comedian of the interwar years, recorded 'Tightest Man I Know' and 'Ogul Mogul' for Columbia 9296.AI summary
Columbia 9296 Music Hall
Billy Bennett was a British comedian and monologist of the 1920s–30s, famous for his rapid-fire comic recitations and parodies. 'Mottoes' and 'Memory Man' are typical of his humorous spoken-word repertoire, recorded for Columbia.AI summary
Columbia 9454 Comic
Billy Bennett was a famous British comic performer and recording artist of the 1920s-30s, celebrated for rapid-fire novelty monologues. This Columbia electrical recording captures him in characteristic form.AI summary
Columbia DX28 Comic
Billy Bennett, an English comic singer and character performer, singing novelty titles 'Charge of the Tight Brigade' and 'No Power on Earth' on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia 9205 Music Hall
Billy Bennett, a British comic singer and monologist of the 1920s–30s, on Columbia 9296 with "The Tightest Man I Know" and "Ogul Mogul" — novelty comedy songs typical of Bennett's act.AI summary
Columbia 9296 Comic
Billy Bennett, a British comic and novelty singer, on Regal, catalogue 9021, with 'She's Mine' and 'Napoleon'.AI summary
Regal 9021 Music Hall
Billy Bennett, a British comedian and music-hall performer, on Regal 9159 with comic monologues 'No Power on Earth' and 'The Charge of the Tight Brigade', from the late 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
Regal 9159 Comic
Billy Bennett was a celebrated British comic performer and recording artist of the 1920s-30s, known for his rapid-fire novelty monologues and comic timing. This Regal electrical recording captures him in his characteristic style.AI summary
Regal MR147 Comic
Billy Bennett, a British comic vocalist and entertainer, on Regal catalogue MR1632, marked as a sample copy. 'She was happier when she was poor' and 'On with the Motley' are comic or entertainment pieces. This copy is a promotional sample, which changes its status considerably.AI summary
Regal MR1632 SAMPLE Music Hall
Billy Bennett performing 'The Bookmaker's Daughter' and 'The Foreign Legion' on Regal MR1724. Bennett was a British music-hall comedian and singer, known for novelty and comic songs.AI summary
Regal MR1724 Music Hall
Billy Bennett was a British comedian and character vocalist of the 1920s–30s; this Columbia side features comic novelty material.AI summary
Columbia 5649 Comic
Billy Bennett, a British comic singer and entertainer of the music hall tradition, performing humorous novelty songs on Columbia. Bennett was a popular variety performer whose recordings are now scarce.AI summary
Columbia DB658 Music Hall
Billy Bennett was a British music hall comedian and singer known for comic and novelty songs; this Regal disc features two pieces, "She's Mine" and "Napoleon".AI summary
Regal 9021 Music Hall
Billy Bennett was a British comic vocalist and music-hall performer. 'Christmas Day in the Cook House' and 'Please Let Me Sleep on Your Doorstep Tonight' are novelty and comic songs typical of 1930s–40s British variety; this Columbia DB658 pressing is a comic-song recording.AI summary
Columbia DB658 Music Hall
Billy Boyd, a British tenor, recorded two popular ballads for His Master's Voice in the 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice MH125 Voice
Billy Caryll and Hilda Mundy on Broadcast 3253, a British comedy or music-hall double act recording comic scenes; Caryll and Mundy were known performers of the 1920s–1930s variety stage.AI summary
Broadcast 3253 Comic
Billy Costello performing two novelty songs including 'I'm Popeye the Sailor Man' on Regal MR2897—a tie-in with the popular cartoon character.AI summary
Regal MR2897 Comic
Billy Cotton, as id 2098, on Decca F9459; 'Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner' and 'Come into the Parlour' are sentimental and novelty songs typical of his recording output from the 1940s.AI summary
Decca F9459 Dance
Billy Cotton, the British bandleader and entertainer, performing 'Third Tiger' and 'St. Louis Blues' on Regal MR1413, a mid-1930s dance recording.AI summary
Regal Zonophone MR1413 Dance
Billy Cotton, a popular British bandleader and entertainer, recorded 'Super Tiger Rag' and 'Skirts' for Regal MR866, likely 1930s–40s.AI summary
Regal Zonophone MR866 Dance
Billy Cotton, the British bandleader and drummer, recorded 'Say It Isn't So' and 'Sweet Muchacha' for Regal MR738; Cotton led one of the most popular dance orchestras in Britain and his recordings were issued widely, though Regal pressings are less common than the major labels.AI summary
Regal MR738 Dance
Billy Cotton and his band recorded hot-dance sides for Regal in the early 1930s. Cotton was already establishing himself as a leading British bandleader.AI summary
Regal MR221 Dance
Billy Cotton and his band performing 'Louisiana Fairy Tale' and 'South American Joe' on Regal MR1810, a British pressing from the 1930s.AI summary
Regal MR1810 Dance
Billy Cotton, a British bandleader and entertainer, recorded 'Ol' Pappy' and 'Over on the Sunny Side' on Regal; Cotton was a popular radio personality and dance-band leader from the 1930s onward.AI summary
Regal MR1258 Personalities (Prs)