21,668 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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Charles Tilbury performs 'Song of Hybrias the Cretan' on this Columbia record, catalogue 25472, likely from the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 25472 Voice
Charles Topping, a tenor, recorded a sentimental ballad for HMV's Bb-series, an index number format suggesting an early electrical or transitional-era issue.AI summary
His Master's Voice Bb12894 Voice
Charles Tree, a vocalist on His Master's Voice, performing the sentimental ballad "A Frivolous Ballad", from the 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice 4-2227 Voice
Charles Tree on the GC label with 'No John No'. The GC imprint is unidentified in standard discographies, and virtually nothing is known about this pressing or artist.AI summary
Gramophone Company -42099
Charles Tree performing 'Hats Off to the Stoker' and 'The Likes of They' on Winner 3273, from the 1920s music-hall era.AI summary
Winner 3273 Music Hall
Charles Tree on Pathé recorded two sentimental vocal numbers with patriotic or nostalgic themes in the early acoustic era.AI summary
Pathé 77074 Voice
Charles Tree for J. Bullough, a small British label, performing two classical vocal pieces: 'Bedouin Love Song' and 'Jolly Old Cavalier'. Tree is unrecognised.AI summary
John Bull 6 Voice
Charles Trenet, the French singer and songwriter, recorded two of his most celebrated songs: "Vous Êtes Jolie" and "Boum". The latter was one of his signature hits. This Columbia DB1847 dates to the late 1930s–1940s and represents Trenet at the height of his European fame.AI summary
Columbia DB1847 Voice
Charles Trenet, the French singer and composer, recorded "Les Enfants S'ennuient" and "Vous Obliez Votre Cheval" for Columbia 4299. This pressing represents Trenet's prolific output in the late 1930s and 1940s, when his sophisticated vocal style and witty songwriting made him a major figure in French popular music.AI summary
Columbia 4299 Voice
Charles Trenet was a major French chanson singer and composer; his signature song "Boum" became an international hit. This Columbia DB1847 pressing brings together "Vous Etes Jolie" and "Boum", capturing the sophisticated French popular music that made Trenet a star across Europe in the late 1930s and 1940s.AI summary
Columbia DB1847 Voice
Charles Trenet, the French composer and entertainer, sings two of his own pieces on this Columbia pressing. Trenet was famous for his whimsical, character-driven songs and recording career spanning decades.AI summary
Columbia BF318 Voice
Charles Trenet, the great French singer and composer, recorded 'La mer' and 'De la fenetre en haut' for Columbia DC414; 'La mer' became one of the most iconic French songs of the 20th century.AI summary
Columbia DC414 Voice
Charles Trenet was a celebrated French singer-songwriter and chanson artist. This Columbia recording of 'Raphael' and 'L'ame des poetes' represents his work from the 1940s-50s; Trenet's records remain collectable in France and among francophile listeners, though British pressings are less common.AI summary
Columbia DCF72 Voice
Charles Trenet, the celebrated French chanson artist and composer, recorded 'Fleur bleue' and 'Je chante' for Columbia DF2270, typical of his whimsical, poetic repertoire from the 1940s–50s.AI summary
Columbia DF2270 Voice
Charles Trenet, the French chanson singer, recorded 'La Mer' — his most famous composition — for Columbia in the late 1940s or 1950s.AI summary
Columbia DZ466 Voice
Charles Trenet, a French singer-songwriter and pianist, performing two French compositions on Columbia: "Hop hop" and "Le Soleil et la Lune" ("The Sun and the Moon"), from a 1940s-50s recording period.AI summary
Columbia DF2667 Voice
Charles Trenet, the celebrated French chanson singer and composer, recorded "Douce France" and "Que Reste-il de nos Amours" for Columbia DCF14. These songs represent some of his most enduring compositions, with "Douce France" becoming a patriotic anthem and "Que Reste-il de nos Amours" a timeless chanson standard.AI summary
Columbia DCF14 Voice
Charles Trenet, the celebrated French singer-songwriter, performing two of his own compositions 'Les Enfants S'Ennuient' and 'Vous Obliez Votre Cheval' on Columbia 4299, a British pressing from the late 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 4299 Voice
Charles Vernon performing 'Fireman's Wedding', a two-part comic or novelty piece, on Regal, a major British label.AI summary
Regal 7897 Comic
Charles Vernon, a British character comedian and monologuist, recorded for Regal in the 1920s–30s. This two-part comic sketch was characteristic of his recording work.AI summary
Regal 7897 Comic
Charles Whittle was an Edwardian music-hall comedian best known for the song 'Let's All Go Down the Strand'. This Columbia disc, catalogue 1972, contains 'Tommy Trouble' and 'We're All Going to the Seaside'. Columbia pressings of music-hall comedians at this catalogue number are moderately common.AI summary
Columbia 1972 Music Hall
Charles Whittle was a music-hall and variety singer of the Edwardian period, known for topical comic songs. This Regal pressing (7212) couples 'Let's Have the Lights Up' with 'Dance with Your Uncle Joseph.' Regal was a mass-market label; Whittle is a minor but documented name in the music-hall collecting field.AI summary
Regal 7212 Music Hall
Charles Whittle on Regal with two novelty or comic pieces, 'Let's Have the Lights Up' and 'Dance With Your Uncle Joseph'—likely music-hall or character recordings.AI summary
Regal 7212 Music Hall
Charles-Marie Widor's famous organ toccata from his Symphony No. 5, a defining work of French organ repertoire, recorded by an unidentified performer for HMV's prestigious DB series. Widor's toccata is a standard gramophone recording piece.AI summary
His Master's Voice DB4856 Classical
Columbia FB1108 Jazz
The Charleston Chasers performing hot dance sides on Parlophone R1522, a mid-1920s British pressing. The group was active in the early jazz recording era.AI summary
Parlophone R1522 Dance
The Charleston Chasers, a hot jazz ensemble, on 'Red Hair and Freckles' and 'Lovable and sweet', Columbia 1925D. This is a mid-1920s American jazz recording; the Charleston Chasers are an important early jazz group.AI summary
Columbia 1925D Jazz
The Charleston Chasers were a hot-dance band of the 1920s, and their Columbia sides such as 'Someday sweetheart' and 'Wabash blues' capture the syncopated energy of the era.AI summary
Columbia 4419 Jazz
The Charleston Chasers, a white hot-dance ensemble, recorded 'Feelin' no Pain' and 'Five Pennies' for Columbia 4797. This is an important early jazz dance recording from the mid-1920s.AI summary
Columbia 4797 Jazz
The Charleston Chasers, a hot-jazz ensemble, perform Fats Waller's famous "Ain't Misbehavin'" and another jazz number on Columbia 5610, a British pressing from the late 1920s. This is an important early jazz recording, and UK Columbia pressings of hot-jazz sides are increasingly sought after.AI summary
Columbia 5610 Jazz
The Charleston Chasers on Columbia CB series, with 'What Wouldn't I Do for That Man' and 'Turn on the Heat'; a hot-dance ensemble from the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia CB16 Dance
Charleston Chasers, a dance orchestra, on Columbia catalogue 4562, performing 'Delirium' and 'Down in our Alley Blues' (Ellington). A jazz-influenced dance recording from the late 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 4562 Jazz
The Charleston Chasers were a hot-dance ensemble active in the mid-1920s. 'Imagination' and 'Sugar Foot Strut' are recorded on Columbia 4877, a catalogue number consistent with the mid-1920s.AI summary
Columbia 4877 Dance
The Charleston Chasers, a hot-jazz group, on Columbia FB1108. The Chasers were active in the late 1920s and their sides are sought by jazz collectors; the catalogue number places this in the late acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia FB1108 Jazz
The Charleston Chasers performing 'After You've Gone' and 'Davenport Blues' on Columbia, a hot-dance recording from the mid-1920s.AI summary
Columbia 4453 Jazz
The Charleston Chasers on Columbia 4453, performing two classic hot jazz numbers from the 1920s: 'After you've gone' and 'Davenport Blues'. The Chasers were a significant early jazz ensemble of the hot jazz era.AI summary
Columbia 4453 Jazz
Charlie and Ray with Certainly Baby and Dearest One on Herald H454.AI summary
Herald H454 Rock
Charlie Barnet's orchestra with Ill Wind and All the Things You Are on Capitol CL13261.AI summary
Capitol CL13261 Jazz
Charlie Barnet, an American jazz saxophonist and bandleader, recorded 'The Moose' and 'Sky Liner' for Brunswick Records in the swing era.AI summary
Brunswick 03601 Jazz
Charlie Barnet, the American swing bandleader and tenor saxophonist, recorded 'The Moose' and 'Sky Liner'—likely instrumental swing pieces—for Brunswick. Barnet was a major figure in American swing and his Brunswick sides document his work during the late 1930s-40s swing era.AI summary
Brunswick 03601 Jazz
Charlie Barnet's orchestra, a major swing bandleader, recorded 'Things Ain't What They Used to Be' and 'Victory Walk' for Brunswick during the big-band era.AI summary
Brunswick 03451 Jazz
Charlie Barnet and his orchestra performing 'And So Do I' and 'Rhumboogie' on Regal Records. Barnet was a major American swing bandleader; this Regal pressing represents a British issue of his work.AI summary
Regal MR3410 Jazz
Charlie Barnet, a major jazz bandleader of the swing era, recording on His Master's Voice's new (electric) series—'Girl with the Pigtails in Her Hair' is a novelty swing number.AI summary
His Master's Voice NE777 Jazz
Charlie Barnet orchestra on Regal Records, catalogue MR2195, performing 'Star Fell Out of Heaven' and 'Did I Remember (Fields)'. Barnet was an American swing bandleader popular on British releases.AI summary
Regal MR2195 Dance
Charlie Chester, a British entertainer and comedian, performing two novelty numbers for Decca.AI summary
Decca F8693 Personalities (Prs)
Charlie Chester was a British comedian and entertainer; this Parlophone recording pairs the comic songs 'Golfin' and 'In a Shady Nook'.AI summary
Parlophone R3204 Music Hall
Charlie Chester, a British comedian and entertainer, performing two novelty pieces on Decca: 'Vamp of Baghdad' and 'Let It Be Soon'. Chester was known for comic and novelty material.AI summary
Decca F8701 Music Hall
Charlie Gore and Ruby Wright performing popular ballads on Parlophone, a major British label of the 1950s.AI summary
Parlophone R3663 Voice