21,668 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Scala 520 Music Hall
Billy Merson with The Spaniard That Blighted My Life and The Lighthouse Keeper on Actuelle 10318.AI summary
Actuelle 10318 Music Hall
Billy Merson, the British music-hall comic, on Jumbo Records A152 with two of his comedy songs from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Jumbo A152 Music Hall
Billy Merson, a British music hall comedian, performing 'I'm Setting the Village on Fire' and 'Lighthouse Keeper' on Pathé, recorded in the early acoustic period (1913).AI summary
Pathé 1552 Music Hall
Billy Merson, a leading British music hall comedian and singer, performing 'Good Ship Yacki Hicki Doola' and 'Photo of the Girl I Left Behind Me' on Broadcast 165; Merson was a major star of variety theatre and pantomime.AI summary
Broadcast 165 Music Hall
Billy Merson, a British music-hall comedian and singer, recorded two comic songs for the Broadcast label.AI summary
Broadcast 249 Music Hall
Unison 165 Music Hall
Billy Merson, the music hall star of The Spaniard That Blighted My Life, with Sing of Scotland's Whisky and The Spaniard That Blighted My Life on Unison 249.AI summary
Unison 249 Music Hall
Billy Merson was a popular British music-hall comedian, revue artist, and songwriter known for his comic songs and character work. This Diamond Records pressing preserves his comic sketches, likely from the 1920s. Diamond was a small British imprint, making Merson recordings on this label less common than his major-label sides.AI summary
Diamond 382 Music Hall
Billy Merson was a popular British music-hall performer and comedian of the 1910s–1930s, known for comic songs and character work. 'Hard Boiled Herman' and 'Why shouldn't we?' (with Hardwicke) are recorded on Columbia 3640, a catalogue number consistent with the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3640 Music Hall
Billy Merson, the music-hall comedian and songwriter best remembered for 'The Spaniard That Blighted My Life', records 'She'll Think of Her Soldier Boy' and 'Wallahpazink' on Columbia 1510. This early Columbia number suggests an acoustic-era pressing; Merson is a recognised and collected music-hall name.AI summary
Columbia 1510 Music Hall
Billy Merson, the music-hall comedian and songwriter, records 'I'm Setting the Village on Fire' and 'Not Exactly' on Columbia 1545. The early Columbia series number suggests an acoustic-era pressing; Merson is a collected music-hall name.AI summary
Columbia 1545 Music Hall
Billy Merson on Columbia 1579 — 'Fireman' and 'My Yacht' — is from the standard Columbia series, making this a more widely distributed pressing than his minor-label recordings elsewhere in this collection. Columbia 1579 is a mid-period acoustic issue; Merson on Columbia is collected but not scarce.AI summary
Columbia 1579 Music Hall
Billy Merson, the British music-hall comedian and early recording star, on two comic novelty numbers, I'm so spiteful and The Spaniard that blighted my Life, on Columbia 1757.AI summary
Columbia 1757 Music Hall
Billy Merson, the British music-hall comedian and performer, recorded 'Lighthouse Keeper' and 'Don't Blame Me' on the Scala label, catalogue 520. Merson was a popular variety and revue performer of the 1910s-1920s.AI summary
Scala 520 Music Hall
Billy Merson on Scala 544 — 'Setting the Village on Fire' and 'The Wreck of the Dover Express' — is on a less common British label than his Columbia or HMV output. Scala is a minor British marque; catalogue number 544 is low. The pairing of 'Setting the Village on Fire' with the Dover Express piece suggests wartime or Edwardian topical comedy.AI summary
Scala 544 Music Hall
Billy Merson was a British music-hall star and recording artist of the 1920s–30s; 'The Spaniard that blighted my life' was one of his signature comic songs, recorded here on Brunswick in the early 1930s.AI summary
Brunswick 249 Music Hall
Winner 3410 Music Hall
Phoenix 585 Music Hall
Billy Merson was a British comedian and recording artist of the music-hall era, famous for his comic songs and sketches. This Decca F2653 side captures him performing in his characteristic style, and his recordings remain of interest to collectors of British variety and musical comedy.AI summary
Decca F2653 Music Hall
Billy Merson, the music hall star of The Spaniard That Blighted My Life, with The Scottish Engineer and Way Back in Ohio on Portland 1123.AI summary
Portland 1123 Music Hall
Billy Merson, the British music-hall star and pantomime comedian, recorded 'Gladiator' and 'Gondolier' for Piccadilly, a cheap British budget label of the 1920s–1930s. Merson was famous for his comic songs and character work.AI summary
Piccadilly 139 Music Hall
Billy Merson, a music-hall comedian and singer, recorded 'Don't blame me' and 'The Photo of the Girl I left behind me' for Zonophone, catalogue 621. Zonophone was a short-lived British label of the 1920s. Merson was an established performer, making this a recording of period interest.AI summary
Zonophone 621 Music Hall
Billy Merson, a popular British music-hall comedian and singer, records 'Take an Old Woman's Advice' and 'I'm Setting the Village on Fire' on Zonophone.AI summary
Zonophone 637 Music Hall
Billy Merson performing 'Sing a Song of the Weather' and 'I've got to dance' on Zonophone Records catalogue 667. Merson was a prolific British music hall performer and comic singer active in the early 20th century.AI summary
Zonophone 667 Music Hall
Billy Merson, a British music-hall comedian and singer, recorded 'The Spaniard that Blighted my Life' and 'They can't find Kelly' for Zonophone, probably in the 1910s. Merson was a major Edwardian-era variety star.AI summary
Zonophone 691 Music Hall
Billy Merson, the British music-hall comedian and singer, on two comic songs, Engine Driver and Since Father retired, recorded for Zonophone 749.AI summary
Zonophone 749 Music Hall
Billy Merson, a British music-hall comedian and singer, performing 'Girls' and 'Back to My Home in the Mountains' on Zonophone 808, sides from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 808 Music Hall
Billy Merson, the music-hall comedian and songwriter, performs 'The Gay Cavalier' and — with Allen — 'If I Catch Alfonso Tonight' on Regal 6486. Regal was a Woolworths budget label; Merson is a recognised music-hall name but the label keeps this at modest value.AI summary
Regal 6486 Music Hall
Billy Merson, a leading British music-hall comedian and singer, performs 'I'm going away' and 'The Wreck of the Dover Express' on this Regal record from the 1920s.AI summary
Regal 6487 Music Hall
Billy Merson, a celebrated music-hall star and comedian, recorded for Regal: 'The Spaniard that blighted my Life' and 'I'm so spiteful', both character songs typical of his comic tradition.AI summary
Regal 6488 Music Hall
Billy Merson, a British music-hall comedian and singer, performs two of his novelty songs on Regal. Merson was active from the Edwardian era through the 1920s and was known for comic patter and character songs.AI summary
Regal 7417 Music Hall
Billy Merson, the music-hall comedian of 'The Spaniard That Blighted My Life', with 'The Scottish Engineer' and 'Way Back in Ohio' on Tip-Top.AI summary
Tip-Top 1123 Music Hall
Billy Merson, the music-hall comedian and songwriter, performs 'The Bandits' and his signature comic song 'The Spaniard That Blighted My Life' on Victor C54. The Victor C-series is an unusual format; this may be a Canadian Victor pressing. 'The Spaniard That Blighted My Life' is the song most closely associated with Merson, and a pressing of it on a non-standard Victor variant is of collector interest.AI summary
Victor C54 Music Hall
Billy Merson, the British music-hall star, on a two-sided compilation or medley of his popular songs, Winner W30.AI summary
Winner W30 Music Hall
Billy Merson was a British music-hall comedian and singer popular in the early 1900s, celebrated for his comic monologues and his signature song "The Spaniard That Blighted My Life"; this Zonophone recording is from the acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone 621 Music Hall
Billy Merson, a British music-hall comedian and singer, performing two light songs on the Scala label. Merson was a prolific variety recording artist of the 1920s-1930s.AI summary
Scala 520 Music Hall
Billy Merson recorded 'Don't Blame Me' and 'The Photo of the Girl I Left Behind Me' for Zonophone (621). Billy Merson was a British music hall performer and comedian; this is an early Zonophone pressing from the acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone 621 Music Hall
Billy Merson, a popular British music-hall comedian and singer, performs 'The Gay Cavalier' and 'A Prairie Life for Me' on Winner.AI summary
Winner 2983 Music Hall
Billy Merson, a prolific British entertainer and comedian, on Winner 3219 with 'On the Good Ship Yacki Hicki Doola' and 'When First We Met'. Merson was a popular interwar recording artist and performer.AI summary
Winner 3219 Music Hall
Billy Merson, the British music-hall and revue performer, recorded 'Senora' and 'By Special Request' on the Winner label, catalogue 3287. This is another Merson recording on a minor British imprint.AI summary
Winner 3287 Music Hall
Billy Merson, a British music hall comedian and singer, performing 'The Umpteen Bandit' and 'A Life on the Rolling Sea' on Winner Records.AI summary
Winner 3544 Personalities (Prs)
Billy Merson, a British music hall comedian, performing 'The Photo of the Girl I Left Behind Me' and 'The Night I Appeared as Macbeth' on Winner Records.AI summary
Winner 3587 Personalities (Prs)
Billy Merson, a British music-hall entertainer and singer of the Edwardian and 1920s era, recorded "Gladiator" and "Gondolier" for Piccadilly 139. Piccadilly was a cheap British label of the 1930s-1940s.AI summary
Piccadilly 139 Music Hall
Broadcast 158 Personalities (Prs)
Billy Milton with Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly and Gifts of Nature on Valkyrie 358.AI summary
Valkyrie 358 Voice
Billy Milton on Decca F2234, the comedian and actor-vocalist performing the standards 'You're driving me crazy' and 'Three little Words' in the 1930s–40s.AI summary
Decca F2234 Voice
Billy Milton was a British singer and entertainer active in the 1930s. 'Blue again' and 'Indiana Sweetheart' were recorded for Decca. Milton appeared in film and theatre as well as making recordings.AI summary
Decca F2298 Voice