21,668 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Billy Williams, a popular early recording artist, performing 'Old Armchair' and 'Only Bit of English We Have Got' on Zonophone A18, an early acoustic side from approximately 1903–1905.AI summary
Zonophone A18 Voice
Billy Williams on Lyc 046, credited to a marginal British label of uncertain date with no catalogue evidence of wide distribution.AI summary
Lyceum 046 Dance
Billy Williams performing two comic or novelty songs for Lyc 047: 'When Father Papered the Parlour' and 'I Don't Care'. Lyc was a minor British label.AI summary
Lyceum 047 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Lyc 049, performing novelty or comedy titles: 'Why can't we have the Sea in London' and 'Mrs B'. Lyc was a minor British label.AI summary
Lyceum 049 Voice
Billy Williams, the Australian-born music hall singer, with Let's All Go Mad and When Father Papered the Parlour on Lyceum 269.AI summary
Lyceum 269 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Lyric (Lyr label), a small British marque. Without clear artist identification or further details, this cannot be placed with confidence.AI summary
Lyceum 272 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a Scottish music-hall comedian, performing 'Cohen' and 'She's my Lassie from Glasgie Toon' on the Lyr label, a small British imprint.AI summary
Lyceum 273 Music Hall
Billy Williams recorded these two comic-novelty songs for Scala 267, a small British label of the 1930s.AI summary
Scala 267 Comic
Billy Williams, the Australian-born music hall singer, with I Don't Care and Why Can't We Have the Sea in London on National 266i.AI summary
National 266i Music Hall
Billy Williams, an American entertainer, performing two novelty songs on Coils, an obscure or regional label.AI summary
Coliseum 1336 Voice
Billy Williams recorded 'Come & have a Look at what I've got' and 'Don't go out with him tonight' for Columbia, catalogue is466. Williams was an American jazz-influenced vocalist of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Columbia is466 Voice
Billy Williams, the Scottish music hall singer, performs 'Are we all Here?' and 'Squeeze her Ebenezer' on Zonophone, a small British label active from the 1920s onward.AI summary
Zonophone 1012 Music Hall
Billy Williams singing two comedy novelty numbers, 'Call me early in the Morning' and 'On her pic-pic-piccolo', for Zonophone Records catalogue 1030.AI summary
Zonophone 1030 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Zonophone, this pressing of 'We All Live at No. 24' and 'Sheila O'Neil' is from the later phase of his recording career.AI summary
Zonophone 1041 Music Hall
Billy Williams recorded 'Oh That Ragtime Waltz' and 'Of for Another Day at Margate' for Zonophone 1058. Williams was a popular singer in the early 1900s; Zonophone was a significant label in the acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone 1058 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Zonophone performing 'She is My Best Girl Now' and 'I'm Out for the Day Today' — popular ballads from an unidentified vocalist, early 20th century.AI summary
Zonophone 1337 Voice
Billy Williams, the prolific British music-hall and comic singer, recorded 'Our Little Kiddie Sings the Best Songs of All' and 'There's Life in the Old Dog Yet' for Zonophone 1392.AI summary
Zonophone 1392 Music Hall
Billy Williams sang 'It Serves You Right' and 'The Hobnailed Boots that Father Wore' for Zonophone in the acoustic era. These are comic or sentimental novelty songs; Williams was an obscure artist on a major but now-scarce label.AI summary
Zonophone 557 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing 'The Daylight Bill' and 'I'll Meet You One Dark Night' on Zonophone 559, a very early catalogue number in Zonophone's series. Williams is likely a minor vocalist or character artist.AI summary
Zonophone 559 Voice
Billy Williams performing 'Matrimonial Chimes' and 'Too-ral-oor-al-laddie' on Zonophone 560, part of Zonophone's very early catalogue series. Williams is likely a minor or pseudonymous performer.AI summary
Zonophone 560 Voice
Billy Williams performing two novelty or comic songs for Zonophone 589: 'When Father Tried to Kill the Cock-a-doodle-doo' and 'If the World Belonged to Me'. Zonophone was a Decca budget label, and catalogue 589 suggests a later pressing from the 1920s-1930s era.AI summary
Zonophone 589 Music Hall
Billy Williams singing 'Take me back to USA' and the Scottish number 'My Lass frae Glasgae Toon' on Zonophone, a British label active through the 1920s and 1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 676 Voice
Billy Williams, the Edwardian music-hall star, performing two patriotic and comic songs on Zonophone, a major British label of the acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone 965 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a British music hall vocalist, performing 'Old Grey Coat' and 'My Girl from London Town' on the Opera label, a small British imprint, catalogue 10.AI summary
Opera 10 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the Australian-born music hall singer, with Here We Are Again and Why Can't We Have the Sea in London on National 266i.AI summary
National 266i Music Hall
Billy Williams on National Records, a British budget label; the artist and label are too obscure to date or value with confidence.AI summary
National 267l Music Hall
Billy Williams recorded comic novelty songs 'Tickle Me Timothy' and 'Put a Bit of Powder on it Father' for Pel, a small British label. Nothing further is known of this artist or recordings.AI summary
Pelican 54 Comic
Billy Williams, the Australian-born music-hall star known as 'the Man in the Velvet Suit', sings 'Save a Little One for Me' on the Pelican label.AI summary
Pelican 57 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Pelic 56, credited with 'Old Grey Coat' and 'I Must Go Home Tonight'. Pelic was a small or short-lived British label; the artist and recordings are otherwise unidentified.AI summary
Pelican 56 Voice
Billy Williams recorded 'Put a Bit of Powder on it Father' and 'Tickle Me Timothy' for Pioneer (Pion), catalogue C2. These are typical saucy music-hall numbers; Williams was a popular entertainer of the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Pioneer C2 Music Hall
Billy Williams, credited on Pioneer label catalogue 7, performing 'Save a Little One for Me' and 'Old Grey Coat'.AI summary
Pioneer C7 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Scala Records, a British small label, performing novelty and music-hall song of the 1920s–30s era.AI summary
Scala 468 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the prolific British music hall comedian, on Scala Records with two comic novelty songs; another of his many recordings on minor British labels.AI summary
Scala 506 Music Hall
Scala 608 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Scala, this pressing of 'I Shall Have to Ask My Mother' and 'I Don't Know How You Do It' is from his continuing music-hall output.AI summary
Scala 608 Music Hall
Billy Williams on Scala, this pressing of 'Willie's Woodbines' and 'I'll Meet You One Dark Night' continues his music-hall and comic recording output.AI summary
Scala 735 Music Hall
Zonophone 1435 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a British music-hall singer and comedian, on Zonophone, catalogue 830, with 'Come and Have a Look What I've Got' and 'I Didn't Know What to Do'.AI summary
Zonophone 830 Music Hall
Billy Williams recorded two comic or sentimental songs for Zonophone: 'Don't sing a Song about a Rose to me' and 'Don't let me get any better Nurse'.AI summary
Zonophone 832 Voice
Billy Williams was a British entertainer and comedian of the early 20th century. 'I must go Home Tonight' and 'Old Grey Coat' are topical novelty songs. The label is missing from this catalogue entry, making identification difficult.AI summary
6 Music Hall
Billy Williams singing two popular novelty numbers, Save a little one for me and Meet you one dark Night, on Columbia IS301.AI summary
Columbia is301 Voice
Favorite 758
Billy Williams recorded 'Daylight Bill' and 'I'll meet you one dark Night' for Hom, catalogue 479. Hom is an unrecognised British label. Nothing is known of this artist or imprint.AI summary
Hom 479 Music Hall
Billy Williams, a British music-hall comedian and singer, on 'Jean from Aberdeen', Home (Hom) 516. Home was a small British label active in the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Hom 516 Music Hall
Billy Williams, the Australian-born music hall singer, with Why Can't We Have the Sea in London? and She's My Sweet Lassie from Glasgie Toon on John Bull 66.AI summary
John Bull 66 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing Irish and Scottish novelty songs on Regal, a budget British label.AI summary
Regal 6011 Voice
Billy Williams on Zonophone 187, with music-hall novelty material from the acoustic era. Williams is not a major-label recording artist; Zonophone was a British budget label.AI summary
Zonophone 187 Music Hall
Billy Williams performing 'Why do you think I look so gay?' and 'Playing the Game in the West' on Zonophone, a British subsidiary of the Gramophone Company.AI summary
Zonophone 258 Voice