21,668 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Billy Cotton Band on Rex, performing 'South American Way' and 'America I Love You' from the 1940s. Billy Cotton was a well-known British dance-band leader and radio personality.AI summary
Rex 9999 Dance
Billy Cotton and his band on Regal MR1982 performing two light orchestral numbers. Billy Cotton was a prominent British bandleader and radio personality of the 1930s–50s; Regal was a major British label subsidiary.AI summary
Regal MR1982 Orchestra
Billy Cotton band on Regal MR2005 from the 1930s. Cotton was a popular British dance bandleader and later television personality.AI summary
Regal MR2005 Dance
Billy Cotton and his band on Rex Records, a budget label of the 1940s–50s, with 'Thirty Thirsty Sailors' and 'Don't Ever Walk in the Shadows'.AI summary
Rex 10152 Dance
Billy Cotton and his band in the mid-1940s, recorded for the budget Rex label. Cotton was a popular British bandleader and entertainer of the swing era.AI summary
Rex 10225 Dance
The Billy Cotton band with He Was a Handsome Young Soldier and Rast Round Up on Twin FT1622.AI summary
Twin FT1622 Dance
Billy Cotton and his band on Regal Records, catalogue MR2101, with 'Everybody Kiss Your Partner' and 'Counting Crochets in My Sleep'. Cotton was a prolific British bandleader of the 1930s-40s.AI summary
Regal MR2101 Dance
Billy Cotton was one of Britain's best-known bandleaders; this Regal recording couples 'Sunshine at Midnight' with 'Empty Saddles'.AI summary
Regal MR2168 Dance
Billy Cotton's Band on Regal, the British dance-band broadcaster and bandleader who became famous from the 1940s onwards. This is one of his mid-1930s recordings for Regal, a major British label.AI summary
Regal MR2189 Dance
Billy Cotton and his band, one of Britain's most famous orchestras, recorded extensively for Rex, a budget British label, as well as other imprints. This pressing of 'Did You Go Down Lambeth Way' represents his popular comic and novelty material.AI summary
Rex 9503 Dance
Billy Cotton Band performing 'I've Got My Eyes on You' and 'Begin the Beguine' on Rex 9795, a post-war dance-band recording from the British bandleader.AI summary
Rex 9795 Orchestra
Rex 9943
The Billy Cotton band was a prominent British dance and entertainment orchestra of the 1930s-1950s; this Rex record of 'Wings Over the Navy' and 'Lords of the Air' showcases their patriotic or military-themed novelty material.AI summary
Rex 9665 Dance
Billy Cotton Band on Regal MR675, performing 'Listen to the German Band' and 'We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye'. Cotton was a British bandleader, organist and entertainer, immensely popular from the 1930s through the 1950s.AI summary
Regal MR675 Dance
Billy Cotton and his band on Rex Records with 'When the King Goes Riding By' and 'The Coronation Waltz'—likely a topical or patriotic recording from the 1950s, tied to a British royal event.AI summary
Rex 9024 Orchestra
Billy Cotton and others performing 'Stars of Variety' on Regal MR865, a variety revue recording.AI summary
Regal MR865 Music Hall
Billy Cox and Cliff Hobbs recorded 'Electric Chair blues' and 'Hobo's Lullaby' for Vocalion, catalogue 04924. The title 'Electric Chair blues' is associated with obscure or folk blues material from the American repertoire, and Vocalion was a significant label for blues and race records in the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Vocalion 04924 Jazz
Billy Daniels with Mom-e-lee and Smile on Mercury MB3142.AI summary
Mercury MB3142 Voice
Billy Daniels was an American baritone singer who became famous in the late 1940s for his recording of 'That Old Black Magic'; these earlier Oriole sides — 'How Deep Is the Ocean' and 'Day in Day Out' — predate his fame.AI summary
Oriole 1136 Voice
Billy Danvers performing two novelty popular songs on Regal, catalogue 8964. Regal was a British label, active 1929–1939 as a subsidiary of the Gramophone Company.AI summary
Regal 8964 Voice
Billy Danvers recorded 'Sportsman' and 'Gardening and love' for Winner, a budget British label. The titles suggest comedy or music-hall repertoire.AI summary
Winner 4439 Music Hall
Billy Day recorded 'Red Lips Kiss My Blues Away' and 'My Regular Gal' for Columbia, likely from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 4567 Voice
Billy Day credited on Columbia 4567 with two comic-novelty blues titles from the late 1920s or early 1930s. Day does not appear in standard discographies and little is known of this artist.AI summary
Columbia 4567 Voice
Billy Desmond performing 'Romany Rose' and 'On the Road to Nowhere' on Aco 15248, an early British label pressing from the 1920s.AI summary
Aco 15248 Voice
Billy Desmond on Broadcast with 'Little Dolly Daydream' and 'Lily of Laguna', a minor artist on a small British label.AI summary
Broadcast 535 Personalities (Prs)
Billy Desmond on Aco, credited to the cheap and short-lived Aco British imprint, catalogue 15879. Little is known of this artist or these performances.AI summary
Aco G15879
Billy Desmond, credited to Aco, recorded "The Two of Us" and "When I Hear That Song".AI summary
Aco 15925
Billy Desmond performing two songs on Aco, a budget British label: 'Since I Found You' and 'Honolulu Song Bird'.AI summary
Aco 16164 Voice
Billy Eckstine (1914–1993), an American baritone and bandleader, recorded *Mood Indigo* for MGM; Eckstine was one of the most successful African American singers of the swing and ballad eras.AI summary
MGM m4 Voice
Billy Eckstine was an American baritone and bandleader famous for ballad singing and jazz; this MGM pressing features two standards, "The Life of the Party" and "Love Me or Leave Me".AI summary
MGM 841 Voice
Billy Elliott recorded two popular ballads, 'River Stay Away from My Door' and 'Faded Love Letters of Mine', for St (Starlite), a minor British label of the late 1920s.AI summary
Sterno 679 Voice
Billy Golden recorded 'Mocking bird' and a 'Laughing record' for Imperial, suggesting early comic or novelty material; Golden was an American performer active from the late 1800s through early 1900s.AI summary
Imperial 1189 Comic
Billy Golden and Hughes recorded 'Shipmates' and 'Farmhouse liars' for Zonophone, a British label, likely in the early 1900s.AI summary
Zonophone 903 Music Hall
Billy Hart & Co recorded 'Corporal Hoskins' for the St label, a minor British imprint.AI summary
Sterno 762 Music Hall
Untitled
Billy Higgs; no further information is recorded.AI summary
Billy Hyde on Southern Cross, catalogue 1634, credited with 'Rudiments for Percussion' and 'Bernie's Boogie' (Bernie Duggan); this appears to be a percussion or novelty instrumental recording.AI summary
SouthernCross 1634 Instrumental
Billy Jones, a prolific American comic singer of the 1920s–30s, recorded for Brunswick with 'Oh they're such nice people' and a quartet version of 'I used to love you but it's all over now'.AI summary
Brunswick 2121 Music Hall
Billy Jones, a prolific vaudeville and recording artist, performing two comic songs about Christmas on Little Tots Records, catalogue 112. Jones was one of the most recorded artists of the 1920s–early 1930s, known for novelty duets and comic songs.AI summary
LittleTots 112 Comic
Billy Jones, an American comic and novelty vocalist of the 1920s–30s, recorded seasonal material 'Night before Christmas' and 'Tomorrow will be Christmas' for Play, catalogue 213.AI summary
Play 213 Comic
Billy Jones was an American singer and comedian of the 1910s and 1920s, recorded here on Parlophone for 'Little Wooden Whistle Wouldn't Whistle' and 'Whose Izzy Is He'. The high E-series catalogue number suggests an early Parlophone pressing.AI summary
Parlophone E5199 Voice
Billy Jones and Ernest Hare, the famous American vaudeville duo, recorded two popular songs for Brunswick in the 1920s–30s; their energetic double-vocal style was hugely influential on American popular recording.AI summary
Brunswick 2187 Music Hall
Billy Lancet performing on Broadcast 712. Broadcast was a small budget British label; artist is unrecognised.AI summary
Broadcast 712 Personalities (Prs)
Billy Max recorded 'O Katharina' and 'Huppa' for His Master's Voice (K2764), likely German or Austro-Hungarian novelty or folk material. The record probably dates to the 1920s–30s.AI summary
His Master's Voice K2764 Instrumental
Billy Mayerl, the British light-music composer and pianist, recording an 'Own Selection' for Columbia DB1219, likely mid-1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB1219 Instrumental
Billy Mayerl was a British pianist and composer known for his light, syncopated piano pieces; this Columbia side preserves his 'Words and Music' medley, typical of his entertainment and concert work.AI summary
Columbia DB939 Instrumental
Billy Mayerl, the virtuoso British light-classical pianist and composer, recorded for Columbia. 'Ten Cents a Dance' and 'Baby's Birthday Party' are from his varied repertoire of pieces ranging from jazz-influenced numbers to salon miniatures.AI summary
Columbia DB445 Instrumental
Billy Mayerl, a major British stride and novelty piano composer and performer, on the Mayerl (house) label. The recording is described as 'Preliminary course' but the label notation suggests this may be a series or instruction recording.AI summary
Mayerl Instrumental
Billy Mayerl on his own label, 'Preliminary course' part 9, a continuation series for pianists. Part of Mayerl's teaching materials in recorded form.AI summary
Mayerl Instrumental