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Billy Merson, the music-hall comedian, with 'A Prairie Life for Me' and 'The Wreck of the Dover Express' on Marathon.AI summary
Marathon 319 Music Hall
Billy Merson was a British music-hall comedian and singer of the early 20th century, famous for novelty songs and variety routines; this Winner pressing of 'By Special Request' and 'Señora' is from his recording career.AI summary
Winner 3287 Music Hall
Billy Merson, a music-hall comedian and singer, recorded 'Don't blame me' and 'The Photo of the Girl I left behind me' for Zonophone, catalogue 621. Zonophone was a short-lived British label of the 1920s. Merson was an established performer, making this a recording of period interest.AI summary
Zonophone 621 Music Hall
Billy Merson was a British music-hall comedian and singer popular in the early 1900s, celebrated for his comic monologues and his signature song "The Spaniard That Blighted My Life"; this Zonophone recording is from the acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone 621 Music Hall
Billy Merson recorded 'Don't Blame Me' and 'The Photo of the Girl I Left Behind Me' for Zonophone (621). Billy Merson was a British music hall performer and comedian; this is an early Zonophone pressing from the acoustic era.AI summary
Zonophone 621 Music Hall
Billy Merson, the British music-hall comedian and singer, on two comic songs, Engine Driver and Since Father retired, recorded for Zonophone 749.AI summary
Zonophone 749 Music Hall
Billy Merson on Columbia 1579 — 'Fireman' and 'My Yacht' — is from the standard Columbia series, making this a more widely distributed pressing than his minor-label recordings elsewhere in this collection. Columbia 1579 is a mid-period acoustic issue; Merson on Columbia is collected but not scarce.AI summary
Columbia 1579 Music Hall
Billy Merson, a British music-hall comedian and singer, performing 'Girls' and 'Back to My Home in the Mountains' on Zonophone 808, sides from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 808 Music Hall
Billy Merson, the British music-hall star and pantomime comedian, recorded 'Gladiator' and 'Gondolier' for Piccadilly, a cheap British budget label of the 1920s–1930s. Merson was famous for his comic songs and character work.AI summary
Piccadilly 139 Music Hall
Billy Merson, a British music-hall entertainer and singer of the Edwardian and 1920s era, recorded "Gladiator" and "Gondolier" for Piccadilly 139. Piccadilly was a cheap British label of the 1930s-1940s.AI summary
Piccadilly 139 Music Hall
Billy Merson with The Gondolier and, with H. Darewski, Can't You Hear Me Say I Love You on Metropole.AI summary
Metropole SPECIAL Music Hall
Billy Merson, a leading British music hall comedian and singer, performing 'Good Ship Yacki Hicki Doola' and 'Photo of the Girl I Left Behind Me' on Broadcast 165; Merson was a major star of variety theatre and pantomime.AI summary
Broadcast 165 Music Hall
Unison 165 Music Hall
Billy Merson was a popular British music-hall performer and comedian of the 1910s–1930s, known for comic songs and character work. 'Hard Boiled Herman' and 'Why shouldn't we?' (with Hardwicke) are recorded on Columbia 3640, a catalogue number consistent with the early 1920s.AI summary
Columbia 3640 Music Hall
Billy Merson on Pathé 78876 — 'I Know There's Someone Waiting' and 'I'm Setting the Village on Fire.' Pathé pressed vertical-cut discs requiring a special stylus for lateral-cut playback, which limits the audience slightly but does not diminish collector interest. Merson on Pathé is less common than his HMV or Columbia output.AI summary
Pathé 78876 Music Hall
Billy Merson, a leading British music-hall comedian and singer, performs 'I'm going away' and 'The Wreck of the Dover Express' on this Regal record from the 1920s.AI summary
Regal 6487 Music Hall
Billy Merson, the music-hall comedian and songwriter, records 'I'm Setting the Village on Fire' and 'Not Exactly' on Columbia 1545. The early Columbia series number suggests an acoustic-era pressing; Merson is a collected music-hall name.AI summary
Columbia 1545 Music Hall
Billy Merson, a British music hall comedian, performing 'I'm Setting the Village on Fire' and 'Lighthouse Keeper' on Pathé, recorded in the early acoustic period (1913).AI summary
Pathé 1552 Music Hall
Billy Merson, the British music-hall comedian and early recording star, on two comic novelty numbers, I'm so spiteful and The Spaniard that blighted my Life, on Columbia 1757.AI summary
Columbia 1757 Music Hall
Billy Merson was a popular British music-hall comedian, revue artist, and songwriter known for his comic songs and character work. This Diamond Records pressing preserves his comic sketches, likely from the 1920s. Diamond was a small British imprint, making Merson recordings on this label less common than his major-label sides.AI summary
Diamond 382 Music Hall
Billy Merson on Pathé 79099 — 'It's Going to Be a Serious Thing for England' and 'The Spaniard That Blighted My Life,' his signature song — is on Pathé's vertical-cut format, requiring a specialist stylus. Merson's most famous song on Pathé is a more unusual find than its appearance on Columbia or HMV.AI summary
Pathé 79099 Music Hall
Scala 520 Music Hall
Billy Merson, the British music-hall comedian and performer, recorded 'Lighthouse Keeper' and 'Don't Blame Me' on the Scala label, catalogue 520. Merson was a popular variety and revue performer of the 1910s-1920s.AI summary
Scala 520 Music Hall
Billy Merson, a British music-hall comedian and singer, performing two light songs on the Scala label. Merson was a prolific variety recording artist of the 1920s-1930s.AI summary
Scala 520 Music Hall