Swain

AShow me the Way to go home
BIf I had only known

Label: Columbia
Catalogue number: 3633
Genre: Voice
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #9076

Credited to Swain on Columbia, this early 1930s disc offers two sentimental popular songs: 'Show Me the Way to Go Home' and 'If I Had Only Known'. The artist is not prominently identified.

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Swain
1. ABaby's Birthday Party
2. BCheerful little Earful
Credited to Swain on the British Broadcast label; 'Baby's Birthday Party' and 'Cheerful Little Earful' are novelty pieces typical of the early 1930s dance-comedy sides.AI summary

Broadcast 699 Dance
Swain
1. ABecause my Baby don't mean maybe now
2. BJust like a Melody out of the Sky
Credited to Swain on Regal, a cheap British label of the early 1930s, this disc of 'Because My Baby Don't Mean Maybe Now' and 'Just Like a Melody Out of the Sky' is light popular material.AI summary

Regal 9223 Voice
Swain
1. ABye Pretty Baby
2. BWhy can't we be Sweethearts
A dance-band side credited to Swain, performing "Bye Pretty Baby" and "Why Can't We Be Sweethearts" on Regal, the British budget label.AI summary

Regal 9003 Dance
Swain
1. ABye Pretty Baby
2. BWhy can't we be Sweethearts
A Regal Records pressing of 'Bye Pretty Baby' and 'Why Can't We Be Sweethearts' credited to Swain. Regal was a cheap British marque of the 1930s and later.AI summary

Regal 9003 Voice
Swain
1. ABye Pretty Baby
2. BWhy can't we be Sweethearts
Swain on Regal 9003, with 'Bye Pretty Baby' and 'Why Can't We Be Sweethearts' — light vocal material on a major British label, early 1930s.AI summary

Regal 9003 Voice
Swain
1. ADance of the Paper Dolls
2. BPetticoat Lane
Swain recorded 'Dance of the Paper Dolls' and 'Petticoat Lane' for Regal, a budget British label. Both are light novelty or music-hall titles of the 1920s–30s.AI summary

Regal 9308 Music Hall
Swain
1. AHenry's made a Lady out of Lizzie
2. BHow long has this been going on?
Swain's Regal recording of popular songs from the 1920s-30s era.AI summary

Regal 9163 Voice
Swain
1. AHere comes the Sun
2. BCupid on the Cake
Credited to Swain on Broadcast 688, a British budget label of the early 1930s; little is known of this artist or these particular titles.AI summary

Broadcast 688 Dance
Swain
1. AHoneymoon Lane
2. BKiss me Goodnight
Swain recorded 'Honeymoon Lane' and 'Kiss me Goodnight' for Imperial, a budget British label of the early 1930s.AI summary

Imperial 2581 Voice
Swain
1. AI found you
2. BTime on my Hands
Swain recorded two popular ballads, 'I Found You' and 'Time on My Hands', for Imperial, a minor British label.AI summary

Imperial 2526 Voice
Swain
1. AI found you
2. BTime on my Hands
Swain on Imperial 2526, with two popular songs from the 1920s–1930s era. Imperial was a minor British label.AI summary

Imperial 2526 Voice
Swain
1. AIn old Madrid
2. BWhen the Moon comes over the Mountain
Swain on Imperial 2525, performing 'In Old Madrid' and 'When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain'. Imperial was a small British label active in the 1920s-30s.AI summary

Imperial 2525 Voice
Swain
1. AIs Zat so
2. BChick Chicken
Swain with 'Is Zat so' and 'Chick Chicken' on Columbia (3886), comic novelty numbers from the early 1920s.AI summary

Columbia 3886 Comic
Swain
1. AJust a blue eyed Blonde
2. BLies
An artist credited as 'Swain' on Imperial 2616, performing 'Just a blue eyed Blonde' and 'Lies'. Imperial was a budget label; the artist is not widely recognised.AI summary

Imperial 2616 Voice
Swain
1. ALazy Day
2. BGoodnight Sweetheart
Swain, credited as a performer on Imperial, an obscure British or international label, performing popular songs.AI summary

Imperial 2505 Voice
Swain
1. AMake yourself a Happiness Pie
2. BWedding Bells are ringing for Sally
Swain performing novelty popular songs on Broadcast 689. Broadcast was a small budget British label; artist is unrecognised.AI summary

Broadcast 689 Dance
Swain
1. AMuddy Water
2. BMoonlight and you
Ray Starita's Havana Band (credited as Swain) recorded 'Muddy Water' and 'Moonlight and You' for Regal, a mid-priced British label, in the early 1930s.AI summary

Regal 8902 Dance
Swain
1. AOn a little balcony in Spain
2. BLizzie
Swain on Broadcast 710, performing 'On a Little Balcony in Spain' and 'Lizzie'. Broadcast was a small British label of the early 1930s.AI summary

Broadcast 710 Voice
Swain
1. APaddlin Madelin Home
2. BHylton medley
A recording credited to Swain on Columbia, catalogue 3824, with 'Paddlin' Madeleine Home' and a Hylton medley on the B-side; likely from the 1920s-1930s dance era.AI summary

Columbia 3824 Dance
Swain
1. AParkin' in the Moonlight
2. B(Wilbur) Blaze away
Swain on 'Parkin' in the Moonlight', recorded for Imperial 2544. Imperial was a small British imprint; the catalogue number and artist name alone provide little basis for identification or valuation.AI summary

Imperial 2544 Dance
Swain
1. ASave your Sorrow
2. BSunny Havana
Swain on Columbia 3786; this early Columbia acoustic catalogue number suggests music-hall or popular vocal material from the 1920s.AI summary

Columbia 3786 Dance
Swain
1. ASweet Jennie Lee
2. BI'll be blue just thinking of you
Swain performing 'Sweet Jennie Lee' and 'I'll be blue just thinking of you' on Broadcast 270, sentimental vocal numbers on a small British label from the early 1930s.AI summary

Broadcast 670 Voice
Swain
1. ATalkie Tit Bits part 2
2. Bpart 4
Swain on Regal MR29 recorded 'Talkie Tit Bits' (parts 2 and 4), likely a novelty or spoken record tied to early talking pictures (1920s–early 1930s).AI summary

Regal MR29 Comic
Swain
1. AThat's where the South begins
2. BAdeline
Broadcast 652 Voice

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