21,668 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Billy Williams performing 'I Wish I Were a Ladies' Man' and 'I Don't Care' on Hom (Home), a British label.AI summary
Hom 1022 Voice
Billy Williams performing two novelty songs on Homophone (Hom) 1199, a British label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Hom 1199 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a prolific American singer of the early 1900s, recorded 'Oh that Ragtime Waltz' and 'Ragtime Wedding' for Hom, a budget British label of the period. Williams was known for comedic and novelty numbers in the ragtime era.AI summary
Hom 1229 Dance
Billy Williams was a British entertainer and comedian known for novelty and comic songs in the early 20th century. 'There must be something nice about the Isle of Man' and 'Jean loves all the Jockeys' are typical topical comedy numbers. This Hom label pressing is from an obscure British marque.AI summary
Hom 1243 Music Hall
Hom 638 Music Hall
Billy Williams was a British performer active in the music-hall and comic-song tradition. 'St Kilda' and 'Too-ral-addie' are recorded on Hom 772, a small British label.AI summary
Hom 772 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the British music-hall comedian, in two novelty songs on Hom — 'That's a Jolly Fine Song' and 'She's Coming Home Tonight' — likely from the 1920s.AI summary
Hom 795 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the British music-hall comedian, in two novelty songs on Hom — 'Let's Go Where All the Crowd Goes' and 'The Man Who Buried Flanagan' — likely from the 1920s.AI summary
Hom 881 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the prolific early British tenor, recorded 'Mrs B' and 'I'll lend you my best Girl' for Hom, an unidentified label, catalogue 928.AI summary
Hom 928 Voice
Billy Williams performing 'Don't Go Out with Him Tonight' and 'You're the One' on Hom 931, a small British label.AI summary
Hom 931 Voice
Billy Williams performing 'Sing me an Irish Song' and 'My Sweet Rosetta' on Hom label catalogue 942.AI summary
Hom 942 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing two comic songs, 'Willie's Woodbines' and 'Put a Bit of Powder on It Father', on Scala, catalogue 1258. Scala was a budget British label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Scala 1258 Music Hall
Billy Williams recorded these novelty blues-inflected numbers on the Scala label. Williams was a prolific recording artist throughout the 1920s–1930s who recorded for numerous small and major labels.AI summary
Scala 1259 Comic
Billy Williams on Scala 1261, performing 'Silvery Moon' and 'We're all waiting for a girl'. Billy Williams was a long-lived British music-hall entertainer and recording artist. Scala was a minor British label of the 1920s-1930s.AI summary
Scala 1261 Voice
Billy Williams recorded two comic songs, 'She Does Like a Little Drop of Scotch' and 'St Kilda', on Scala, catalogue 1271. Scala was a budget British label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Scala 1271 Music Hall
Billy Williams performs 'Wait Till I'm as Old as Father' and 'Where Does Daddy Go?' on Scala. Both are comic domestic songs typical of Williams' Scottish music hall repertoire.AI summary
Scala 1329 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing 'It Serves You Right' and 'Tickle Me Timothy' on Scala, a cheap British label of the 1930s. Williams was a popular light comedian and singer of the period.AI summary
Scala 439 Comic
Billy Williams, the prolific British character singer and comedian, recorded two comic songs on Scala, a small British label of the 1920s–1930s. This is one of many label pressings of Williams' most familiar material.AI summary
Scala 533 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a popular British music-hall singer and comedian, performing 'When Mother Backed the Winner of the Derby' and 'They Can All Do As They Like With Me' on Scala Records. Williams was a prolific recording artist in the early 1900s–1920s, known for comic and sentimental songs.AI summary
Scala 643 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the prolific British music hall comedian, on Scala Records with two comic novelty songs; Scala was a budget British label of the 1920s-1930s with smaller pressings than the major houses.AI summary
Scala 699 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the Australian-born music hall singer, with Molly McIntyre and Oh for Another Day at Margate on Favorite 67379.AI summary
Favorite 67379 Music Hall
Billy Williams recorded for Scala, a British imprint of the 1920s–30s; this pressing of 'You're the One' and 'Let's all go mad' continues his comic-song output.AI summary
Scala 232 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing 'Father Papered the Parlour' and 'Save a little One for Me' on Scala 234, a small British label of the 1920s–30s. (A different pairing from Scala 333, same artist.)AI summary
Scala 234 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Scala Records 268: 'Save a Little One for Me' and 'I Must Go Home Tonight' (B. Milton). Williams was a prolific British music-hall performer of the early 1900s–1920s.AI summary
Scala 268 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing 'Save a little One for Me' and 'When Father papered the Parlour' on Scala, a small British label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Scala 333 Music Hall
Tower 187
Billy Williams, a comic and novelty singer of the early 20th century, performing two humorous songs on the Tow label: 'It's a Wonder what little Things lead to' and 'It's mine when you've done with it'.AI summary
Tower 208 Music Hall
Billy Williams on the Tow label, a small or short-lived British marque. The artist and catalogue number are insufficiently identified to place this record with confidence.AI summary
Tower 217 Dance
Billy Williams performing novelty songs ('I don't care' and 'Let's all go mad') on Tow, an obscure minor label.AI summary
Tower 221 Comic
Billy Williams, the Australian-born music hall singer, with Take Me Where There Are No Eyes About and Toddling Along on Tower 225.AI summary
Tower 225 Music Hall
Billy Williams recorded 'Colliers' and 'Put a Bit of Powder on it Father' for Val Records 303. Val was a small British label active in the 1920s–1930s; Williams was a popular music-hall entertainer of the era known for saucy and novelty numbers.AI summary
Valkyrie 303 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Val Records, a small British label active in the 1920s–1930s. 'Come & have a look at what I've got' is typical of the saucy music-hall material of the era.AI summary
Valkyrie 305 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing 'Here we are Again' and 'Wallah Wallaparoo' (credited to A. Osmond) on J Bull label, catalogue 41053.AI summary
John Bull 41053 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing two British music-hall novelty songs on Jumbo, a small British label. The titles suggest domestic and street-life comedy typical of inter-war variety entertainment.AI summary
John Bull 5327 Music Hall
Billy Williams on National Records, a British budget label, performing music-hall novelty song of uncertain date.AI summary
National 232a Music Hall
Billy Williams (1878-1915), the Australian-born music hall singer, with his hit When Father Papered the Parlour and John Go and Put Your Trousers On on National 234g.AI summary
National 234g Music Hall
Billy Williams, a popular British entertainer of the 1920s-30s, recorded these comic vocal numbers for Columbia's A-series.AI summary
Columbia A1761 Music Hall
Billy Williams, recorded 'Molly McIntyre' and 'Don't Go out with Him Tonight' for Columbia A1910 in the early 1920s acoustic period.AI summary
Columbia A1910 Voice
Billy Williams, the British music-hall comedian and singer, performs two novelty comic songs on Columbia IS466: "Come & Have a Look at What I've Got" and "Don't Go Out with Him Tonight," likely from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia is466 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing two Irish and Scottish-themed comedic songs on Columbia IS467. Williams was a prolific British music-hall and recording artist of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Columbia is467 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a British comic singer and performer, recorded 'We All Live at No. 24' and 'Sheila O'Neil' on Zonophone 1041. Williams was a prolific recording artist of the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Zonophone 1041 Comic
Billy Williams performing 'I'm wearing my Heart away for you' and 'The Colliers' on Columbia label, catalogue is470.AI summary
Columbia is470 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a prolific British music hall comedian and singer active from the 1880s through the 1920s, recorded for many labels; this Columbia side captures his comic patter style in the early electrical era.AI summary
Columbia is471 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a British music-hall comedian and singer, on 'Oh for another day at Margate' and 'Molly McIntyre', Columbia IS543. Columbia British pressings of the 1920s-30s era survive in varying numbers depending on the pressing run.AI summary
Columbia is543 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the British music-hall entertainer, performing 'Ragtime Wedding' and 'Where does Daddy go?', novelty and comic songs from the early 1920s. This Columbia is544 pressing is from the company's mainstream acoustic catalogue.AI summary
Columbia is544 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Columbia Is558: 'Blame It On to Poor Old Father' and 'Giving a Donkey a Strawberry'. Williams was a prolific British music-hall performer and comedian of the early 1900s–1920s.AI summary
Columbia is558 Music Hall
Billy Williams recorded two vocal numbers for Columbia in the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia is1270 Voice
Billy Williams performs 'I've got a Lover up in Scotland' and 'My Lass frae Glasgie Toon' on Aco, a minor British label. Both titles play on Williams' Scottish identity and repertoire.AI summary
Aco 15762 Music Hall