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Music Hall |
This is a tricky one. Basically this page will be devoted to early popular vocal records, generally pre-1920. This will be a mixture of Music Hall, Ragtime and other popular songs, such as Coon Songs (as they were called). Recording dates shown are very approximate due to lack of documentation of this type of music. Many records were issued under pseudonyms and these are shown after the label & Catalogue number.
These are all
mp3 files.
They have been transferred by myself from original 78s in my own
collection. You should have something on your computer already
which will play these.
The
files are listed by artist. Within each artist the titles are listed by
recording date.
TO PLAY: If you have a fast connection (broadband), then you can just click on the
title of the piece
and your media player should automatically start; otherwise
right click on the title
and choose "save target as" and browse to a place on your computer where you
wish to save it. This will download the file to your computer so you can play it
at your leisure. The file sizes are between 1.2MB and 1.5MB.
PLEASE NOTE:
These are for your own listening pleasure only. Please respect this and DON'T
sell them or put them up onto your own website as your own files.
Page last updated
April 29, 2010.
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Jack Charman Probably THE most prolific recording artist of this sort of material in the pre-dance band era. This means he will probably dominate this page somewhat. Despite the number of many labels which Billy Williams recorded for, he made few for Beka and is songs were often covered by Charman in a very lifelike Williams style. |
| Recording Date | Tune Title | Label & Issue No. | Matrix No. | Upload Date |
| ? c. October 1911 | Hello, Silvery Sea | Scala 181 | 41306 | Dec 30, 2009 |
| ? c. February 1912 | You Must Come Round On Saturday | Scala 170 | Dec 30, 2009 | |
| c. February 1912 | Come, Boys And Follow The Crowd | Scala 170 | 41450 | Dec 30, 2009 |
| ? c. August 1912 | He Played On His Fiddle-De-Dee | Scala 210 (as Max Darent) | Dec 30, 2009 | |
| c. August 1912 | Who Were You With Last Night? | Scala 221 | 41713 | Dec 30, 2009 |
| ? c. Augist 1910 | Let's All Go Into The Ballroom | Scala 221 | Dec 30, 2009 | |
| ? c. December 1912 | I Wish It Were Sunday Night | Scala 259 (as F. Elliot) | Dec 30, 2009 | |
| c. March 1913 | All The Girls Are Lovely By The Seaside | Scala 338 (as F. Elliot) | Dec 30, 2009 | |
| c. March 1913 | I Do Like You, Susie, In Your Sunday Clothes | Scala 350 (as F. Elliot) | 35006 | Dec 30, 2009 |
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Jack and Nancy Charman Jack made a number of recordings with his sister, Nancy. Here is one, to begin with. |
| Recording Date | Tune Title | Label & Issue No. | Matrix No. | Upload Date |
| c. April 1913 | Hello, Cupid | Scala 338 (as F. Elliot) | 35133 | Dec 30, 2009 |
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Harry Cove Not far behind Jack Charman as a prolific recording artist, is Harry Cove. |
| Recording Date | Tune Title | Label & Issue No. | Matrix No. | Upload Date |
| c. March 1913 | Hear That Orchestra Rag | Scala 330 (as Max Darent) | 35008 | Dec 30, 2009 |
| c. March 1913 | Way Down South | Scala 330 (as Max Darent) | 35034 | Dec 30, 2009 |
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Harry Cove & Will
Thompson They were the most prolific duettists on record at the time. Many of their records were issued as The Elliotts (Winner), The Two Filberts (Beka, Jumbo etc), Fanning & Fortune (Guardsman) and a host of other names. |
| Recording Date | Tune Title | Label & Issue No. | Matrix No. | Upload Date |
| c. October 1915 | Sprinkle Me With Kisses | Scala 776 (as Robins & White) | 36312 | Dec 30, 2009 |
| c. May 1916 | Back Home In Tennessee | Scala 858 (as Robins & White) | 36604 | Dec 30, 2009 |
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Harry Fay Another ubiquitous recording artist, Harry Fay made hundreds of records, mainly for Zonophone, Cinch, Parlophone and Imperial labels. |
| Recording Date | Tune Title | Label & Issue No. | Matrix No. | Upload Date |
| September 1924 | The Ogo Pogo | Imperial 1336 (as George Berry) | 3646 | Apr 29, 2010 |
| November 1925 | I'm An Airman | Imperial 1526 (as George Berry) | 3937 | Apr 29, 2010 |
| November 1925 | She Showed Him This, She Showed Him That | Imperial 1526 (as George Berry) | 3939 | Apr 29, 2010 |
| February 1926 | I've Never Wronged An Onion | Imperial 1576 (as George Berry) | 3989 | Apr 29, 2010 |
| February 1926 | Ukulele Abe | Imperial 1576 (as George Berry) | 4000 | Apr 29, 2010 |
| August 1926 | Oh, Charlie, Take It Away | Imperial 1620 (as Jack Hay) | 4426 | Apr 29, 2010 |
| August 1926 | Buy Bananas | Imperial 1620 (as Jack Hay) | 4427 | Apr 29, 2010 |
| November 1926 | I've Never Seen A Straight Banana | Imperial 1678 (as Jack Hay) | 4538 | Apr 29, 2010 |
| November 1926 | No Sir, That's Not My Girl | Imperial 1678 (as Jack Hay) | 4539 | Apr 29, 2010 |
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Arthur Franklin I don't know if this is a "real" person, but I haven't been able to identify him. |
| Recording Date | Tune Title | Label & Issue No. | Matrix No. | Upload Date |
| c. January 1912 | You've Got To Sing In Ragtime (with assistant) | Scala 167 (as Stanley Barnes) | 41474 | Dec 30, 2009 |
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Arthur Gilbert Arthur Gilbert was a minor music hall act, later to work as a recording engineer. |
| Recording Date | Tune Title | Label & Issue No. | Matrix No. | Upload Date |
| March 1, 1906 | We Close At Two On Thursdays | Zonophone X-42409 | 3688e | Apr 29, 2010 |
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Dick Henderson Dick Henderson was a famous northern comic of this period; his son, Dickie Henderson was well-known on Television in the 1960s. |
| Recording Date | Tune Title | Label & Issue No. | Matrix No. | Upload Date |
| 1926 | I Want A Pie With A Plum In | Imperial 1650 | Apr 29, 2010 | |
| 1926 | She Can Make A Nice Cup Of Tea | Imperial 1650 | Apr 29, 2010 |
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Stanley Kirkby Real name: James Baker. Stanley Kirkby was immensely versatile, able to cover anything from operetta to nonsense songs. He worked on the halls both in partnership with Harry Hudson and with his own concert party. What you'll find here is his lighter side. |
| Recording Date | Tune Title | Label & Issue No. | Matrix No. | Upload Date |
| July 13, 1905 | We All Walked Into The Shop | Gramophone GC-3-2283 (as Walter Miller) | 2266e | Apr 29, 2010 |
| c. early 1912 | You Can Do A Lot Of Things At The Seaside | Scala 181 (as Stanley Barnes) | Dec 30, 2009 | |
| c. early 1912 | Let's Make A Night Of It To-Night | Scala 259 (as F. Elliot) | Dec 30, 2009 |
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Lionel Rothery Rothery was both a performer and songwriter, though he didn't make that many solo recordings. |
| Recording Date | Tune Title | Label & Issue No. | Matrix No. | Upload Date |
| ? c. 1915 | I Want Loving | Scala 776 (as J. C. Hughes) | Dec 30, 2009 |
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Will Terry Real name: Alf Gordon. Though he made some records under his own name, he is generally known as Will Terry. He was another minor music hall artist who is perhaps better known for his recordings. |
| Recording Date | Tune Title | Label & Issue No. | Matrix No. | Upload Date |
| c. May 1923 | I'm A Business Man | Imperial 1108 (as Gus Joel) | 3370 | Apr 29, 2010 |
| c. May 1923 | Everybody's Grumbling | Imperial 1108 (as Bert Courtney) | 3374 | Apr 29, 2010 |
| c. May 1924 | Turned Up | Imperial 1234 (as Jack Lewis) | 3581 | Apr 29, 2010 |
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Will Thompson & Will
Brockton Popular duettists. |
| Recording Date | Tune Title | Label & Issue No. | Matrix No. | Upload Date |
| c. June 1915 | A Little Lovin' Every Day | Scala 743 (as Robins & White) | 36072 | Dec 30, 2009 |
Page last updated April 29, 2010.