21,668 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Bransby Williams, a celebrated British dramatic actor and monologuist, recorded his famous character performance 'Scrooge', parts 1 and 2, for Columbia. This is a character-acting recording, not song.AI summary
Columbia 347 Comic
Bransby Williams, a British actor specialising in dramatic recitations, recorded two parts of "Scrooge" (Dickens) for Columbia 347. Williams was famous for his one-man dramatic performances in the early 20th century.AI summary
Columbia 347 Music Hall
Bransby Williams, the distinguished British character actor and reciter, performing Scrooge part 3 and Micawber's Advice to David Copperfield (from Dickens), on Columbia 348.AI summary
Columbia 348 Music Hall
Columbia 350 Music Hall
Columbia 388R Music Hall
Bransby Williams, the celebrated British monologuist, recorded these Dickens character sketches for Columbia. 'Tony Weller' and 'Bill Sykes' are from Pickwick Papers and Oliver Twist, performed in his distinctive dramatic recitation style.AI summary
Columbia 400 Music Hall
Bransby Williams, a master of recitation and character readings, performs 'The Bells' and 'The Portrait' on Columbia catalogue 408, a very early side likely from the 1900s–1910s.AI summary
Columbia 408 Music Hall
Bransby Williams, the celebrated British monologue and character actor, performing 'Stage Doorkeeper' on Columbia 594. Williams was famous for his dramatic recitations and character sketches in music hall and on record.AI summary
Columbia 594 Music Hall
Bransby Williams (1870-1961), the British actor and monologuist, performs The Town Crier in two sides on Sterno 1394.AI summary
Sterno 1394 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams, a celebrated British actor and reciter known for dramatic monologues, on Columbia 2560 performing 'Devil-May-Care' and 'Death of Uncle Tom'.AI summary
Columbia 2560 Personalities (Prs)
Columbia 400
Columbia 350 Music Hall
Bransby Williams, the celebrated British elocutionist, performing another of his theatrical monologues, "Showman" in two parts, for Columbia; Williams' dramatic recitations were widely recorded but remain sought by enthusiasts of British music hall tradition.AI summary
Columbia 350 Music Hall
Bransby Williams, a celebrated British actor and reciter active from the 1890s through the 1930s, performing dramatic recitations "The Green Eye of the Yellow God" (a famous recitation poem by J. Milton Hayes) and "Caretaker" on Columbia.AI summary
Columbia 388R Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams was a celebrated British entertainer and actor known for his dramatic recitations and character monologues. These two pieces, 'The Bells' and 'The Portrait', are typical of the elocutionary spoken-word material that formed a major part of his recorded career. This is an early Columbia 78 from the acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia 408 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams, the celebrated British actor and Dickens interpreter, on two character pieces: The Street Watchman and The same old Game, on Winner 2234.AI summary
Winner 2234 Music Hall
Bransby Williams, a celebrated British elocutionist and monologue artist of the early 20th century, performing two of his signature theatrical pieces, "Three Bears" and "Jack and the Beanstalk", for Columbia.AI summary
Columbia 3062 Music Hall
Bransby Williams, a celebrated stage actor and recorder of dramatic monologues, performing two pieces from Dickens: 'Scrooge Before the Dream' and 'After the Dream', from A Christmas Carol, on Winner.AI summary
Winner 2533 Personalities (Prs)
Bransby Williams, the music-hall monologist celebrated for his character studies and Dickens impersonations, performs 'The Penny Showman' across both sides of this Pathé disc.AI summary
Disque Pathe A504 Music Hall
The Brazell Male Quartette sing The Crusaders in two parts on Guardsman N8251.AI summary
GuarN N8251 Voice
Brenda Lee, the American child star and later country and pop singer, recorded 'Fairyland' and 'One Step at a Time' on Decca 30198.AI summary
Decca 30198 Voice
Brenda Lee, the American child star and later rock and roll performer, recorded 'Dynamite' for Brunswick in the mid-1950s as part of the early rock-and-roll era.AI summary
Brunswick 05685 Rock
Brenda Lee, the American country and pop singer who had a string of hits in the late 1950s and early 1960s, performing 'I'm Sorry' and 'That's All You Gotta Do' on Decca catalogue FM6768. 'I'm Sorry' was a major hit in 1960; the FM-series Decca prefix is unusual and warrants checking for this pressing's origin.AI summary
Decca FM6768 Rock
Brennan performing 'Lay your Head on my Shoulder' and 'Goodnight little Girl of my Dreams' on Regal 1069, sentimental vocal numbers on a cheap British marque.AI summary
Regal 1069 Voice
Brett Barry singing 'Someday' and 'My Little Persian Rose' on Pathé 8864, from the late 1920s.AI summary
Pathé 8864 Voice
Brian Lawrance was a British vocalist; this Decca side of film songs from the 1940s represents light vocal and orchestral entertainment work.AI summary
Decca F5304 Voice
Brian Lawrance and Fred Hartley on Decca with 'Sally Horner' and 'Floral Dance'—likely a dance or novelty recording from the 1940s–50s.AI summary
Decca F6295 Dance
Brian Lawrence and his band with Tiger Rag and Singin' in the Rain on Panachord 25661.AI summary
Panachord 25661 Dance
Brian Lawrence performing 'Let's Put out the Lights' on His Master's Voice CTP3588, a popular vocal recording on a major British label.AI summary
His Master's Voice CTP3588 Voice
Brian Lawrence on Rex Records with two sentimental ballads, 'Penny Serenade' and 'Cinderella', from a small British marque.AI summary
Rex 9445 Voice
Brian Lawrence Band on Rex Records, catalogue 9234, with 'Silvery Moon and Golden Sands' and 'Please Remember'. Rex was a minor British label, and this dance band is not readily identified.AI summary
Rex 9234 Dance
Brian Lawrence led a British dance band; this Rex disc from the mid-1930s carries two light popular songs.AI summary
Rex 9300 Dance
Rex 9463
Brian Lawrence's band on Decca F-series performs two popular dance numbers.AI summary
Decca F5253 Dance
Brian Rix and John Slater performing excerpts from the farce 'Dry Rot' on Columbia DB3543, a British recording of stage comedy.AI summary
Columbia DB3543 Comic
The Brighouse and Rastrick Band, a famous Yorkshire brass band, play Senator and Melody in F on Jamco BR1403.AI summary
Jamco BR1403 Instrumental
Bright and Bruce recorded 'Okay Baby' and 'A Girl Friend of a Boy Friend' for Broadcast 678, a minor British label of the late 1920s.AI summary
Broadcast 678 Dance
Brighton Grand Band on Winner label (Win 3583), recorded 'Mefoxtroteles' and 'Afghanistan'. These appear to be dance-band novelties from the 1920s-1930s, though neither artist nor recordings are established in discography.AI summary
Winner 3583 Dance
The Brighton Regent Orchestra plays Paderewski's Minuet and Dvorak's Humoresque on Regent 1.AI summary
Regent 1 Orchestra
Brighton Regent Orchestra performs two classical pieces, 'Praeludium' and 'Valse Triste', on Regal ent2, from the acoustic or early electric era.AI summary
Regent 2 Orchestra
The Brighton Regent Orchestra plays Parade of the Tin Soldiers and Wee MacGregor on Regent 4.AI summary
Regent 4 Orchestra
Regent 3
Brigode's orchestra performing 'Alabamy Bound' and 'Sunkist Cottage' on Columbia 282D, a dance record from the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 282D Dance
Brigode, likely a bandleader or orchestra leader, recorded 'Make Those Naughty Eyes Behave' and 'When It's Moonlight' for Columbia in the early 1920s. These are light dance and novelty songs.AI summary
Columbia 401D Dance
Ace Brigode and his Virginians with 'Oklahoma Indian Jazz', backed by Sam Lanin with 'Mamma Goes Where Papa Goes', on American OKeh.AI summary
Okeh 40014 Dance
Bing Crosby recorded 'Hello Mom' and 'Poinciana (Song of the Tree)' for Brunswick, a major American label. This is a mass-market pop release from one of the biggest recording stars of the era.AI summary
Brunswick 03510 Voice
The Bristol Glee Singers with Fierce Raged the Tempest and In Absence on Aco G15541.AI summary
Aco G15541 Classical
Brita Borg and Allan Johansson's Orchestra recorded Swedish-language songs for Sonora Elit 7479, a Scandinavian label with limited UK distribution.AI summary
Sonora Elit 7479 Dance