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One of the smallest records ever produced, Babygram records were just 4" in diameter and single-sided. They are made of a vinyl-like material by British Homophone for Raphael Lipkin, director of Pippin Toys of London SW8. They were certainly available in the mid-1960s, so it seems most likely that they date from the first half of the 1960s. There was a corresponding tiny gramophone to play them on, also called "The Babygram" which had a red lid with "Babygram" in white lettering on it.

The "catalogue" numbering looks straightfoward on the face of it, but is actually very chaotic, with some recordings appearing under more than one number. I will attempt to show this all below...


Thanks to Lester Smith for the label scan.

Please e-mail me if you have any additions or corrections to this page.

Thanks to the following people, I now appear to have the full details up to No. 17, which could be a full set, though based on the fact they were sold in packs of 6, there should be at least 18.
Dean Carroll, Pat Malham, Steve Paget, Gene Robertson, Michael Schofield, Lester Smith.

Page last updated on: August 23, 2024

Number Titles
BG 1 Old King Cole            
BG 2 Jack And Jill
BG 3 Little Bo Peep
BG 4 Hickory Dickory Dock / Little Boy Blue
BG 5 Sing A Song Of Sixpence
BG 6 Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
BG 7 Polly Put The Kettle On / Three Blind Mice
BG 7 Old King Cole                                              [copy seen - see also BG-1]
BG 8 This Little Piggy Went To Market / Pop Goes The Weasel
BG 8 Sing A Song Of Sixpence                         [copy seen - see also BG-5]
BG 9 Happy Birthday / You're A Jolly Good Fellow
BG 10 Humpty Dumpty / Ding Dong Dell [sic]
BG 11 Polly Put The Kettle On / Three Blind Mice
BG 12 Goosey Goosey Gander / Hey Diddle Diddle
BG 13 Humpty Dumpty / Ding Dong Bell
BG 14 Hey Diddle Diddle / Goosey Goosey Gander
BG 15 Baa Baa Black Sheep / Little Jack Horner
BG 16 This Little Piggy Went To Market / Pop Goes The Weasel
BG 17 Happy Birthday / For He's A Jolly Good Fellow
BG 18