21,668 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Charles Penrose, the British music-hall and comic performer, recorded 'Jack and the Beanstalk' for Winner. Penrose was known for novelty numbers and comic material, and his recordings are sought by music-hall collectors.AI summary
Winner 3738 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, the British comedian and singer best known for his barnyard novelty 'The Laughing Policeman', singing comic songs on early Zonophone.AI summary
Zonophone 1312 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, a popular British music-hall baritone of the early 1900s, recorded 'Courting Sarah Jane' and 'Jolly Old Jarge' for Zonophone 1364, an early catalogue number suggesting a pre-1920 acoustic recording.AI summary
Zonophone 1364 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, the British comedian famous for 'The Laughing Policeman', on Zonophone performing comic songs 'A Night Out' and 'What Shall I Say to the Wife'.AI summary
Zonophone 1394 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, one of the most prolific and successful British music-hall performers of the early 20th century, recorded comic songs 'Jolly Ploughman' and 'Special Constable' for Zonophone, a major label of that era. Penrose's theatrical fame has made his recordings of enduring interest to collectors.AI summary
Zonophone 1506 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, the British music-hall performer famous for his laugh record 'The Laughing Policeman', recording 'Merry Farm Boy' and 'Laughs' on Zonophone 1522 in the early 1900s.AI summary
Zonophone 1522 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, a music-hall comedian known for 'The Laughing Policeman', recorded comic material for Zonophone early in his career.AI summary
Zonophone 1582 Music Hall
Charles Penrose recorded comic Christmas novelties on Imperial (catalogue 1525). Penrose was a minor British performer.AI summary
Imperial 1525 Comic
Imperial 2229 Dance
Charles Penrose performing two humorous pieces, 'Laugh and Grow Fat Like Me' and 'Laughing Curate', on Columbia. Penrose was a British music-hall comedian and singer, and his laugh-based novelty records are well documented.AI summary
Columbia 2089 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, the British actor and comedian best known for his novelty signature piece "The Laughing Policeman," performing parts 3 and 4 of "Inkwell Fairy" with the Jungletown Jazz Band on Columbia 3803.AI summary
Columbia 3803 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, the British comedian and actor, performing parts 9 and 10 of "Inkwell Fairy" on Columbia 4109. Like his other novelty recordings, this was part of his long series of recorded comedic pieces.AI summary
Columbia 4109 Comic
Charles Penrose performing 'Adventures of 'Arry, Emmy & Joe' (Parts 1 & 2) on Columbia 4222, a mid-1920s British pressing. This is a comic character piece typical of Penrose's popular monologue repertoire.AI summary
Columbia 4222 Music Hall
Charles Penrose on Columbia 4223, recorded 'Adventures of 'Arry Emmy & Joe' parts 1 and 4, comic sketches with dialogue.AI summary
Columbia 4223 Comic
Charles Penrose on Columbia 4224, performing 'Adventures of 'Arry, Emmy & Joe' (part 6). Penrose (1863–1952) was a celebrated British character comedian and singer; this extended sketch is one of his character comedy routines.AI summary
Columbia 4224 Music Hall
Charles Penrose on Columbia 4225, recorded 'Doings of Dismal Desmond' parts 1 and 2, comic spoken word with sound effects.AI summary
Columbia 4225 Comic
Charles Penrose recorded 'Doings of Dismal Desmond' (part 4) for Columbia, catalogue 4300; Penrose was a British entertainer and comedian known for comic vocal novelties.AI summary
Columbia 4300 Comic
Charles Penrose, the British music-hall comedian famous for 'The Laughing Policeman', performing 'Army Laughs' and 'Village Laughsmith' on Columbia, catalogue 4691.AI summary
Columbia 4691 Comic
Charles Penrose, of 'Laughing Policeman' fame, performing novelty Christmas material on Columbia; likely 1920s–30s.AI summary
Columbia 5083 Comic
Charles Penrose's 'Laughing Policeman' was one of the most famous novelty records of the 1920s, a global hit that defined its era. This Columbia pressing is the updated version, 'Laughing Policeman Up to Date', in two parts, from the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 5532 Comic
Aco G15242
Charles Penrose, a celebrated British comic baritone of the music-hall era, recorded 'Aladdin' in two parts for Imperial Records, a small British label active in the early 1900s.AI summary
Imperial 2353 Music Hall
Imperial 2776 Personalities (Prs)
Charles Penrose, the British comedian famous for 'The Laughing Policeman', on Regal performing 'My Mistake' and 'Merry Old Man'.AI summary
Regal 7326 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, the British comedian famous for 'The Laughing Policeman', on Regal performing 'Merry Irishman' and 'I'm 82 Tomorrow'.AI summary
Regal 7751 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, the celebrated 'Laughing Policeman', on Regal 7824. Penrose's comic specialty was his infectious laugh, and this record preserves two sides in his comic-song vein.AI summary
Regal 7824 Music Hall
Charles Penrose was a British bass singer and music-hall entertainer famous for his comic vocal effects and sound effects recordings; 'The Laughing Policeman' and similar Decca sides featuring Penrose's virtuoso laughing and comic routines were perennial sellers.AI summary
Decca F2226 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, the British music hall comedian known for 'The Laughing Policeman', on Winner 3891. Penrose's novelty records remain common and are collected as curiosities of the period.AI summary
Winner 3891 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, British comic and novelty singer, recorded 'Giggling Curate' and 'Laughing Trombone' for Decca (F1578) in the 1930s-40s. Penrose was known for his humorous vocal effects and music hall comedy.AI summary
Decca F1578 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, 'I Tried to Keep from Laughing' and 'He'd a Funny Little Way with Him', on Polyphon 5536; Penrose was a British music-hall singer and comedian famous for the novelty recording 'The Laughing Policeman'.AI summary
Polyphon 5536 Music Hall
Charles Penrose on Winner 3717, with two comic songs featuring laughing and sound effects. Penrose was famous for 'Laughing Policeman', a music-hall novelty recording hit.AI summary
Winner 3717 Music Hall
Charles Penrose performs his famous novelty song 'Laughing Ploughboy' (with 'Laughing Johnnie') on Pathé. Penrose's laughing song was one of the most widely known comedy records of the early 20th century.AI summary
Pathé 93557 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, the music hall comedian behind The Laughing Policeman, with The Artful Verger and The Giddy Curate on Ariel 2182.AI summary
Ariel 2182 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, a popular British comic and character vocalist, performing humorous pieces on the Ar label, an economical British marque from the 1920s.AI summary
Ariel 4083 Comic
Charles Penrose, the music hall comedian behind The Laughing Policeman, with The Waif and the Wizard and Johnnie! Me and You on Ariel 4286.AI summary
Ariel 4286 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, the comedian of 'The Laughing Policeman', with 'The Laughing Blacksmith' and 'Laughing Brown of Camden Town' on Guardsman.AI summary
Guardsman 2083 Comic
Charles Penrose, a British comedian and entertainer, recorded 'The Bloke Wot's Left Behind' and 'Mindin' the 'Ole in the Road' for Jumbo 1247. These are comic or novelty numbers from the early 1920s.AI summary
Jumbo 1247 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, the music hall comedian behind The Laughing Policeman, with Seeing Each Other Home and When You're Blotto on Homochord H645.AI summary
Hom H645 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, the music hall comedian behind The Laughing Policeman, with That Awful Joke and I Think I Could Laugh All Day on Invicta 108.AI summary
Invicta 108 Music Hall
Charles Penrose on Kalliope 6173 with 'How We Laugh' and 'Seeing Each Other Home', British music-hall novelty recordings from the 1920s.AI summary
Kalliope 6173 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, the comedian of 'The Laughing Policeman', with two laughing songs on Homochord.AI summary
Hom H495 Comic
Charles Penrose, known as 'The Laughing Policeman', recorded comic material for Opera Records, a small British label. This pressing captures his comic laughing sketches from the early period of his career. Opera was a minor imprint, making Penrose recordings on this label less common than his more widely-distributed sides.AI summary
Opera 121 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, the British music-hall and pantomime performer best known for his distinctive 'laughing song', recorded on the Polyphon label. 'The Laughing Family' and 'That awful Joke' are typical of his novelty repertoire.AI summary
Polyphon 5531 Music Hall
Charles Penrose on Pop 709 with 'I Couldn't Help Laughing' and 'A Nice Old Maid'. Penrose was a British music-hall comedian and vocalist, recorded in the 1920s and early 1930s, known for comic songs and novelty material.AI summary
Popular 709 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, a British music-hall entertainer, recorded two comedy sketches for Curry's label.AI summary
Curry's 31 Music Hall
Bell 271 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, the music hall comedian behind The Laughing Policeman, with The Squire's Xmas Party and Xmas Goose Club on Pilgrim 5685.AI summary
Pilot 5685 Music Hall
Charles Penrose, British entertainer. John Bull H83 ('Laughing Family' and 'He'd a Funny Little Way with Him'); small early label.AI summary
John Bull H83 Comic