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Homo Baby was a 6" record produced by The Gramophone Company during the mid-1920s. All were acoustically recorded. The dance band items are all by an orchestra (i.e. no saxes or banjo) directed by George Byng, sounding very old-fashioned for 1926. However, the later dance records are believed to be directed by Bert Firman, and so are likely to be by a proper dance band.
Numbering started at 1 and ran for about 54 issues. The sides were suffixed -C and -D.
It is not currently known for whom they were made.

 

My thanks to Frank Andrews and the late Arthur Badrock in providing the information for this page.
Thanks also to the following for additional details:
Robert Girling, Chas Hippisley-Cox, Mike Jones

There are still a few gaps and I would be very grateful for any help in filling them.

Page last updated on: July 30, 2024

Cat No Matrix No. Title Artist on Label Rec. Date
1 EE-7945-1
EE-8044-1
La Reine De Saba (march) (Gounod)
Valencia (one step)
Orchestra
Dance Orchestra
Feb 22nd, 1926
Mar 5th, 1926
2 EE-7947-1
EE-8154-1
Heats And Flowers (Tobani)
My Castle In Spain (fox trot)
Orchestra
Dance Orchestra
Feb 22nd, 1926
Mar 19th, 1926
3 EE-8047-1
EE-8216-1
Carmen (march) (Bizet)
Picador (one step)
Orchestra
Dance Orchestra
Mar 5th, 1926
Mar 30th, 1926
4 EE-8149-1
EE-8273-1
Light Cavalry (overture) (Suppe)
Barcelona (one step)
Orchestra
Dance Orchestra
Mar 19th, 1926
Apr 15th, 1926
5 EE-8339-1
EE-8344-1
Mignonette (waltz)
Vasle Des Fleurs
Dance Orchestra
Orcherstra
Apr 26th, 1926
Apr 27th, 1926
6 EE-8136-1
EE-8221-1
Yeoman's Wedding Song
Speak
Foster Richardson (bass-baritone)
Arthur Cox
Mar 18th, 1926
Mar 30th, 1926
7 EE-8274-1
EE-8434-1
Liberty Bell (march) (Sousa)
Oh! Lady Be Good (fox trot)
Orchestra
Dance Orchestra
Apr 15th, 1926
May 26th, 1926
8 EE-8271-1
EE-8340-1
Raymond
I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight? (fox trot)
Orchestra
Dance Orchestra
Apr 15th, 1926
Apr 26th, 1926
9 EE-8189-1
EE-8220-1
Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
Rose Marie
Leonard Hubbard
Arthur Cox
Mar 25th, 1926
Mar 30th, 1926
10 EE-8052-1
EE-8342-1
Boccaccio (March) (Suppe)
Then I'll Be Happy (fox trot)
Orchestra
Dance Orchestra
Mar 5th, 1926
Apr 26th, 1926
11 EE-7948-1
EE-7949-1
You Forgot To Remember
Uncle Tom Cobbleigh
Ballad (= Leonard Hubbard) Feb 22nd, 1926
12 EE-8054-1
EE-8215-1
Rastus On Parade (Mills)
Tin Can Fusiliers (fox trot)
Orchestra
Dance Orchestra
Mar 5th, 1926
Mar 30th, 1926
13 EE-8051-1
EE-8433-1
Narcissus (Nevin)
Valentine (one step)
Orchestra
Dance Orchestra
Mar 5th, 1926
May 26th, 1926
14 EE-8148-1
EE-8440-1
Prelude In C Sharp Minor (Rachmaninov)
My Irish Home, Sweet Home (waltz)
Orchestra
Dance Orchestra
Mar 19th, 1926
May 26th, 1926
15 EE-8441-1
EE-8442-1
Bobadilla (one step)
Raymond, part 1
Dance Orchestra
Orchestra
May 26th, 1926
16 EE-8046-1
EE-8435-1
Poet And Peasant (overture) (Suppe)
Dreamming Of A Castle In The Air (fox trot)
Orchestra
Dance Orchestra
Mar 5th, 1926
May 26th, 1926
17 EE-8048-1
EE-8435-1
Stephanie (gavotte)
Sometime (waltz)
Orchestra
Dance Orchestra
Mar 5th, 1926
May 26th, 1926
18 EE-8050-1
EE-8437-1
Soldiers' Chorus ("Faust" - Gounod)
Matador (one step)
Orchestra
Dance Orchestra
Mar 5th, 1926
May 26th, 1926
19 EE-8137-1
EE-8338-1
Toreador
Valentine Tango
Foster Richardson (bass-baritone)
Dance Orchestra
Mar 18th, 1926
Apr 26th, 1926
20 EE-8147-1
EE-8337-1
Tannhauser (Wagner)
Night (fox trot)
Orchestra
Dance Orchestra
Mar 19th, 1926
Apr 26th, 1926
20 EE-8335-1
EE-8337-1
Tannhauser (Wagner)
Night (fox trot)
Orchestra
Dance Orchestra
Apr 26th, 1926
21 EE-8156-1
EE-8343-1
Spinnlied (intermezzo)
You've Got Those Wanna-Go-Back-Again Blues
Orchestra
Dance Orchestra
Mar 19th, 1926
Apr 26th, 1926
22 EE-8275-1
EE-8276-1
Colonel Bogey
Wahington Post
Orchestra Apr 15th, 1926
23 EE-8153-1
EE-8345-1
Brown Eyyes, Why Are You Blue? (fox trot)
Faust, part 1 (Gounod)
Dance Orchestra
Orchestra
Mar 19th, 1926
Apr 27th, 1926
24 EE-8151-1
EE-8352-1
The Two Of Us (fox trot)
Faust, part 2 (Gounod)
Dance Orchestra
Orchestra
Mar 19th, 1926
Apr 27th, 1926
25 EE-8052-1
EE-8218-1
London Chimes (arr. D. George)
Bohemian Girl (overture) (Balfe)
Orchestra Mar 5th, 1926
Mar 30th, 1926
26 EE-8135-1
EE-8188-1
Glorious Devon
Old Uncle Ned
Foster Richardson (bass-baritone)
Leonard Hubbard
Mar 18th, 1926
Mar 25th, 1926
27 EE-8129-1
EE-8187-1
Come To The Fair
Camptown Races
Foster Richardson (bass-baritone)
Leonard Hubbard
Mar 18th, 1926
Mar 25th, 1926
28 EE-8219-1
EE-8915-1
Wedding March (Mendelssohn)
Prisoner's Song (waltz)
Orchestra
Dance Orchestra
March 30, 1926
Sep 7th, 1926
29 EE-8130-1
EE-8914-1
The Village Blacksmith, part 1
Always (waltz)
Foster Richardson (bass-baritone)
Dance Orchestra
Mar 18th, 1926
Sep 1st, 1926
30 EE-8132-1
EE-8913-1
The Bellringer
I'm Knee-Deep In Daisies (fox trot)
Foster Richardson (bass-baritone)
Dance Orchestra
Mar 18th, 1926
Sep 1st, 1926
31 EE-8183-1
EE-8847-1
Old Folks At Home
Oh! Charley, Take It Away
Leonard Hubbard
Vocal, with orchestra
Mar 25th, 1926
Aug 18th, 1926
32 EE-8908-1 Ukulele Dream Girl Dance Band Sep 1st, 1926
33 EE-8131-1
EE-8911
The Village Blacksmith, part 2
Thanks For The Buggy Ride
Foster Richardson (bass-baritone)
Dance Orchestra
Mar 18th, 1926
Sep 1st, 1926
34 EE-8185-1
EE-8916-1
Ring The Banjo
There's a Shine For Every Shadow (fox trot)
Leonard Hubbard
Dance Orchestra
Mar 25th, 1926
Sep 7th, 1926
35 EE-8274-1
EE-8909-1
The Liberty Bell March (Sousa)
Perfumes Of The Past (waltz)
Orchestra
Dance Orchestra
Apr 15th, 1926
Sep 1st, 1926
36 EE-8150-1
EE-8912-1
Largo (Handel)
I'm Sittin' On Top Of The World (fox trot)
Orchestra
Dance Orchestra
Mar 19th, 1926
Sep 1st, 1926
37 EE-8186-1
EE-8907-1
I'm Off To Charleston
That Certain Party
Leonard Hubbard
Dance Band
Mar 25th, 1926
Sep 1st, 1926
38 EE-8184-1
EE-8966-1
Massa's In De Cold Cold Ground
Tango Sentimentale
Leonard Hubbard
Dance Orchestra
Mar 25th, 1926
Sep 7th, 1926
39 EE-7950-1
EE-8910-1
Old King Cole
Pearl Of Malabar (fox trot)
Harry Fay
Dance Orchestra
Feb 22nd, 1926
Sep 1st, 1926
40 EE-8133-1
EE-8222-1
I Am A Friar Of Orders Grey
My Old Shako
Foster Richardson (bass-baritone)
Arthur Cox
Mar 18th, 1926
Mar 30th, 1926
41 EE-8355-1
EE-8356-1
H.M.S. Pinafore, parts 1 & 2 (Sullivan) Orchestra Apr 27th, 1926
42 EE-9651-1
EE-9713-1
My Carmenita (one step)
Grand March From Aida (Verdi)
Dance Orchestra
Band
Nov 16th, 1926
Dec 2nd, 1926
43 EE-9671-1
EE-9748-1
Always
Carnival Of Venice
Tenor, with orch accmp
Intrumental Trio
Nov 19th, 1926
Dec 9th, 1926
44 EE-9652-1
EE-9673-1
Good Night (fox trot)
Love's Dream After The Ball
Dance Orchestra
Band
Nov 16th, 1926
Nov 19th, 1926
45 EE-9749-1 Blue Danube Waltz Instrumental Trio Dec 9th, 1926
46 EE-9654-1
EE-9711-1
Toledo (one step)
William Tell Overture - the Calm (Rossini)
Dance Orchestra
Band
Nov 16th, 1926
Dec 2nd, 1926
47 EE-9653-1
EE-9712-1
Chinese Moon (fox trot)
William Tell, overture - Finale (Rossini)
Dance Orchestra
Band
Nov 16th, 1926
Dec 2nd, 1926
48 EE-9650-1
EE-9675-1
Lonesome And Sorry (fox trot)
Melody In F (Rubenstein)
Dance Orchestra
Band
Nov 16th, 1926
Nov 19th, 1926
49 EE-9672-1
EE-9674-1
Poor Papa
El Capitan (march)
Tenor, with orch accmp
Band
Nov 19th, 1926
50 EE-9670-1
EE-9750-1
In The Middle Of The Night
The Whistler And His Dog
Tenor, with orch accmp
Instrumental Trio
Nov 19th, 1926
Dec 9th, 1926
51 EE-9655-1
EE-9717-1
When It's Twilight On Missouri (waltz)
Marche Lorraine
Dance Orchestra
Band
Nov 16th, 1926
Dec 2nd, 1926
52 EE-9648-1
EE-9714-1
Katinka (fox trot)
"Anvil Chorus" - 'Il Trovatore' - (Verdi)
Dance Orchestra
Band
Nov 16th, 1926
Dec 2nd, 1926
53 EE-9669-1
EE-9718-1
After I Say I'm Sorry
Gavotte from Mignon (Thomas)
Tenor, with orch accmp
Band
Nov 19th, 1926
Dec 2nd, 1926
54 EE-9715-1
EE-9716-1
Songs For Jack And Jill
Angel's Serenade (Braga)
Band Dec 2nd, 1926