21,668 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Billy Williams, the Australian-born music hall singer, with It's Mine When You've Done with It and When Mother Backed the Winner of the Derby on Ariel 594.AI summary
Ariel 594 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the Australian-born music hall singer, with Old Grey Coat and Meet You One Dark Night on Ariel 606.AI summary
Ariel 606 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing 'Father Papered the Parlour' and 'Here We Are Again' on Ar 692, a small British label of the 1920s–1930s; Williams was a prolific recording artist.AI summary
Ariel 692 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Ar Records 9234, performing 'Nobody Knows How to Kiss Me' and 'Sheila O'Neil'.AI summary
Ariel 9234 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the Australian-born music hall singer, with Giving a Donkey a Strawberry and When Father Papered the Parlour on Ariel 924.AI summary
Ariel 924 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the Australian-born music hall singer, with It's a Grand Old Song Is Home Sweet Home and When Mother Backed the Winner of the Derby on Ariel 925.AI summary
Ariel 925 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the Australian-born music hall singer, with Are We All Here and Wait Till I'm as Old as Father on Ariel 927.AI summary
Ariel 927 Music Hall
Billy Williams (1878-1915), the Australian-born music hall singer, with Squeeze Her Ebenezer and Where Does Daddy Go on Ariel 929.AI summary
Ariel 929 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing 'Sally O'Mally' and 'Mrs.B' on the Alb label, likely from the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Albion 1024 Voice
Billy Williams, the Australian-born music hall singer, with Mrs. B and Sally O'Malley on Beka 41407/6.AI summary
Beka 41407/6 Music Hall
Billy Williams recorded 'You're the One' and 'Let's all Go Mad' for the Bek label, an unidentified British imprint. The catalogue numbering suggests late 1920s.AI summary
Beka 41410/2 Voice
Billy Williams, an early African-American song-and-dance artist and recording star, on Columbia with 'Father Papered the Parlour' and 'John Put Your Trousers On'; Williams was one of the earliest Black recording artists and his sides are historically important.AI summary
Columbia is1257 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing 'The Land Where the Women Wear the Trousers' and 'Bobbing About in the Briny' on Columbia IS 1272, a British pressing from the 1920s–1930s; Williams was a prolific British light entertainment singer and recording artist.AI summary
Columbia is1272 Music Hall
Columbia is1297 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a prolific British music-hall comedian, in two comic songs on Columbia, a major label where his work was frequently issued.AI summary
Columbia is1302 Music Hall
Billy Williams was a British performer active in the music-hall and comic-song tradition. 'Here We Are Again' and 'John Go and Put Your Trousers On' are recorded on Columbia IS 146, a catalogue number consistent with the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia is146 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a popular British singer of the early 20th century, performing two comic character songs: 'Father Papered the Parlour' and a gramophone-themed novelty number. Columbia issue IS259.AI summary
Columbia is259 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the prolific Edwardian tenor, recorded 'Father Papered the Parlour' and 'Here we are Again' for Columbia, catalogue is423. These are typical of his early-twentieth-century ballad and comic-song repertoire.AI summary
Columbia is423 Voice
Billy Williams, an early African-American vaudeville and recording artist, on Columbia with 'All the Ladies Fall in Love with Sandy' and 'Jean Loves All the Jockeys'; part of his substantial 1900s-1920s catalogue.AI summary
Columbia is571 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing 'I Don't Know How You Do It' and 'I Shall Have to Ask My Mother' on Columbia IS 661, a British pressing from the 1920s–1930s; Williams was a prolific British popular singer.AI summary
Columbia is661 Voice
Billy Williams, the Australian-born music hall singer, with I Must Go Home Tonight and The Old Grey Coat on Diploma C60.AI summary
Diploma C60 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Fav Records, a tiny obscure British budget label of unclear date or distribution.AI summary
Favorite 67249/60
Billy Williams, the Australian-born music hall singer, with She Does Like a Little Bit of Scotch and Oh Mr McPherson on Favorite 67364/5.AI summary
Favorite 67364/5 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing novelty comedy songs on Fav (Favorite) 67430/1, a small American or British label from the interwar years.AI summary
Favorite 67430/1
Billy Williams, a British music-hall performer, on 'Colliers' and 'Hobnailed Boots that Father wore', Home (Hom) 4111. Home was a small British label of the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Hom 4111 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a prolific early recording artist, performing 'The Ragtime Wedding' and 'Oh for Another Day at Margate' on Jumbo 1064, novelty and character songs from approximately 1905–1910.AI summary
Jumbo 1064 Voice
Billy Williams performing novelty songs 'There Must Be Something Nice About the Isle of Man' and 'Why Don't Santa Claus Bring Something for Me' on Jumbo, a budget label.AI summary
Jumbo 1097 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the prolific British music-hall comedian and singer, on Jumbo Records 1202: 'When Mother Backed the Winner of the Derby' and 'They Can All Do As They Like With Me'. This is an alternate pressing of repertoire Williams recorded many times for different labels.AI summary
Jumbo 1202 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing 'Put a Bit of Powder on it Father' and 'The Colliers' for Jumbo 358.AI summary
Jumbo 358 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a Scottish singer, recorded 'My Girl from Glasgie Toon' and 'I wish I were a Ladies Man' for Jumbo, a British label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Jumbo 657 Voice
Billy Williams recorded 'Take Me Back to USA' and 'Let's All Go Mad' on Jumbo Records, a British budget label. Williams was a music-hall performer and comic singer of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Jumbo 658 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the popular Edwardian music-hall singer, records 'Some of the Best' in two parts on the Jumbo label, catalogue 800. Jumbo was a small early British label; Williams recordings on minor imprints are uncommon and are collected alongside his better-known major-label pressings.AI summary
Jumbo 800 Music Hall
Billy Williams records parts three and four of 'Some of the Best' on Jumbo 801, a companion disc to Jumbo 800 in this collection. Both discs form a multi-part set by this popular Edwardian music-hall singer on a small early British label; the same scarcity considerations apply.AI summary
Jumbo 801 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a prolific comic singer of the early 20th century, recorded two music-hall novelties on the Hom label: 'She does like a Little bit of Scotch' and 'Where does Daddy Go?'AI summary
Hom 1131 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing on the small British Hom label. Without further details on pressing date or repertoire context, the scarcity and value of this pressing cannot be assessed.AI summary
Hom 1134 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing novelty comedy songs on Hom 318, a marginal British label.AI summary
Hom 318 Comic
Billy Williams performing 'Boys and Girls' (part 07) and 'Bungalow parody' on Homochord, catalogue 319. An unidentified or minor artist on a small British label.AI summary
Hom 319 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a popular Edwardian singer and music hall performer, recorded on the Hom (Homephone) label.AI summary
Hom 539 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the popular Edwardian music-hall singer known for 'John, John, John' and 'When Father Papered the Parlour', records 'Territorials' and 'Tale of Paris' on the Homophone label, catalogue 657. Homophone was a small early British label of the 1900s–1910s; Williams's recordings on minor imprints are uncommon and are collected alongside his better-known pressings.AI summary
Hom 657 Music Hall
Billy Williams, an English singer and recording artist, recorded popular songs for Homophone, a small British label; light vocal material of the era.AI summary
Hom 6656 Voice
Billy Williams was a British performer active in the music-hall and comic-song tradition. 'Too Ral Addie' and 'March of the Boy Scouts' are recorded on Hom 727, a small British label.AI summary
Hom 727 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Home Records, a British budget label, performing novelty or music-hall song of the early 1900s–20s era.AI summary
Hom 901 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a minor British singer of the 1910s–1920s, performs two music-hall numbers on JBullB (J. Bullion & Bros.), catalogue 31, a small British imprint of the early 20th century.AI summary
John Bull 31 Music Hall
Billy Williams singing two Scottish-themed comic songs, 'Why Can't We Have the Sea in London?' and 'She's My Sweet Lassie from Glasgie Toon', on JBull, a small British label.AI summary
John Bull 66 Music Hall
Lyric 268 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the popular Edwardian music-hall singer, records a topical song 'Let's Have a Song upon the Homophone' — a direct advertisement for the Homophone label — alongside 'Sing Me an Irish Song' on Homophone 4363. The self-referential Homophone title is an unusual period document of early recording industry promotion.AI summary
Hom 4363 Music Hall
Billy Williams on National Records, a tiny British budget label of uncertain date.AI summary
National Music Hall
Billy Williams recorded 'I don't care' and 'Why can't we have the Sea in London' for Natione, a small British label, probably in the early 1920s. Williams was a minor vocal artist of the acoustic era.AI summary
Natione Voice