Melodisc Records
Melodisc Records was a record label founded by Emil E. Shalit in the late 1940s. It was one of the first independent record labels in the UK and the parent company of the Blue Beat label.
History
Melodisc records was founded by Austrian-born American citizen Emil Edward Shalit and his business partner Jack Chilkes. Melodisc began trading in London in August 1949 and soon became established as one of the first—and, at the time, the largest—independent record labels in the UK. Its offices were in Earlham Street, Covent Garden.The company was founded in 1949 when Shalit was still living in New York City, with the initial purpose of licensing American jazz for release in the UK. in London, Melodisc was managed by Jack Chilkes until a disagreement with Shalit led to his departure and subsequent lawsuit in late 1952; According to Chilkes, Shalit had tricked him into believing that he owned the rights to material actually owned by other companies. In the early 1950s, Melodisc focused on licensing and releasing American jazz and folk records in the UK and had a production and distribution arrangement with Decca Records. After Chilkes was replaced by Trinidadian Rupert Nurse, who became Melodisc's musical director, the label also released rhythm and blues, West Indian, and African recordings. Calypso and mento music was also released to cater to the growing Afro-Caribbean community in Britain. Early Melodisc releases in the UK included 78 rpm and later 45 rpm records, EPs, and LPs by artists such as Big Bill Broonzy, Louis Jordan, Josh White, Woody Guthrie, Lead Belly, and Charlie Parker.
From the early 1950s, Melodisc started recording musicians in London, particularly at the Esquire studios in Bedford Court Mansions in Covent Garden. Early recordings were supervised by Denis Preston. Among the musicians recorded were Jamaican-born jazz musician Joe Harriott, pianist Russ Henderson, and the Trinidadians Lord Beginner and Lord Kitchener, whose song "Birth of Ghana" was recorded in London in late 1956. Melodisc was actively involved in exporting records from Britain to the emerging record-buying markets in West Africa and the Caribbean including Guyanese singer Terry Nelson.
From the mid to late 1950s, Melodisc sought out Jamaican-produced records to distribute in Britain and made deals with producers such as Coxsone Dodd and Duke Reid. It released Laurel Aitken's "Lonesome Lover" in the UK in 1960. Following its success, Shalit employed Sigimund "Siggy" Jackson to set up a subsidiary label, Blue Beat, which focused on Jamaican blues and ska music. For several years, the label name became synonymous with Jamaican music in the UK and became associated with the mod and later skinhead sub-cultures of the 1960s and early 1970s.
In 1966, Melodisc set up a new sub-label, Fab Records, to release rocksteady music. The Melodisc label continued to release LPs through the 1960s and into the early 1970s. Artists included Prince Buster, Ambrose Campbell, Ginger Johnson, Ravi Shankar, and Lord Kitchener.
Emil Shalit died in Slough, England, in 1983 at the age of 73.
Discography
Singles
| Number | Artist | Titles | Notes | - | - | - | - | - | |
| P201 | Delia Murphy with the Kerry Band | "The Wake in Kildare" / "The Wild Colonial Boy" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P202 | Delia Murphy with The Kerry Band | "Connemara Cradle Song" / "A Trip Over the Mountain" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P203 | Delia Murphy with The Kerry Band | "County Tyrone" / "The Captain with the Whiskers" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P204 | Butlin's American Square Dancers - Danny Levan's Tennessee Rakers | "Virginia Reel" / "Soldier's Joy" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P205 | Butlin's American Square Dancers with Caller - Danny Levan’s Tennessee Rakers | "Butlins Reel" / "Rakes of Mallow | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P206 | Tito Burns Sextet | "Over a Bottle of Wine" / "Undecided" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P207 | Jack Fallon's Red River Boys | "The Girl I Left Behind Me" / "Wagoners Reel" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P208 | Jack Fallon's Red River Boys | "Duck for the Oyster" / "Plough Jockeys Ball" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P209 | Varsity String Orchestra | "Nelly Bly" / "Red River Valley" | Featuring Authentic American Square Dancers with Calls | - | - | - | - | - | |
| P210 | Dickie Valentine with Chorus and Orchestra | "Lorelei" / "Never" | directed by Maurice Taylor – | - | - | - | - | - | |
| P211 | Dennis Lotis with the Maurice Taylor Orchestra | "Tell Me Why" / "Please Mr. Sun" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P212 | Annette Klooger with the Teddy Foster Orchestra | "I Wanna Love You" / "I'm Lucky I Have You" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P213 | Hermanos Deniz' Cuban Rhythm Band | "Mambo No.5" / "Mi Botecito" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P214 | Hermanos Deniz' Cuban Rhythm Band | "O Tic Tac Do Meu Coracao - Samba" / "Luna Lunera - Rhumba" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P215 | Butlin's American Square Dancers Danny Levan’s Tennessee Rakers | "Ragtime Annie" /"Up Town Down Town" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P216 | Four Sensations | "Raindrops" / "When Honeymoon Lane Becomes Memory Lane" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P217 | Annette Klooger with Teddy Foster & His Orchestra | "Tell Me You Love Me" / Start Singing A Song | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P218 | The Three Monarchs | "Cock-A-Hoop" / "Blow Blow Boogie" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P219 | Little Diana Day and The St. Trinian Kids, Reg Tilsley Orchestra | "I'm Goin' To Hang Up Mummy's Stocking" / "Funny Little Snowman" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P220 | Archie Lewis, Bruce Campbell Orchestra | "Hold My Hand" / "I Still Believe" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P221 | Diana Day | "Susan And The Pixies" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P222 | Archie Lewis | "Au Revoir" / "Silent Holy Night" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P223 | The Mack Triplets with Sonny Rossi & His Mambo Orchestra | "What's Next" / Sonny Rossi & His Mambo Orchestra, "Harlem Nocturne" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P224 | George Browne Band | "Hajji Baba" / "Mambo Sevilliano" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P225 | George Clarkson with The Melomaids | "Drigo's Serenade" / "Valse Brilliante" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P226 | Janet Gordon With Billy Reid Orchestra | "It's Such A Long Time" / "I Won't Tell My Momma" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P227 | Lucille Mapp, Jeff Mustin Orchestra | "I'll Be There" / "Yesterday" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P228 | The Four Ramblers | "I Dreamed About Tomorrow Last Night" / "The Wheels Of Love" | Music directed by Jeff Mustin | - | - | - | - | - | |
| P229 | Lucille Mapp, Jeff Mustin Orchestra | "I Live Every Day" / "My Heart's Delight" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P230 | Johnny Franks Rhythm | "Shake, Rattle & Roll" /"Tweedle Dee" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P231 | Irene King and Harry Bolton, Syd Dean Orchestra | "Sunshine Bus" / "The Snake" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P232 | Johnny Franks & His Rhythm | "Two Hearts, Two Kisses" / "Fiddling Rhythm Blues" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P233 | The Four Ramblers | "The Spinning Wheel" / "A One-sided Love Affair" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P234 | The Honey Dreamers | "Irish Mambo" / "Five Minutes To Twelve" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P235 | Dorita y Pepe | "Babalu" / "Triana Morena" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P236 | Lenny Angelo with Jan Ralfini Orchestra | "Show Me The Way" / "Broken Hearted Shadow" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P237 | Merrick Farran Concert Orchestra with Julie Dawn | "Jeremy Make-Believe" / "The Telephone Waltz" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P238 | John Runge | "Farmer's Boy" / "Snuff Box Sue" / "Clucking Hen" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P239 | Dorita y Pepe | "Pobre/Tabu" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| P240 | Jan Ralfini & His Orchestra | "Baby Girl Of Mine" / "Anywhere Is Heaven" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 8001 | Bechet-Spanier Big Four | "China Boy" / "Four Or Five Times" | Sidney Bechet-sop sax Muggsy Spanier-clnt Carmen Mastran-gtr Wellman Bruad-bass | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 8002 | Bechet-Spanier Big Four | "If I Could Be With You" / "That's A Plenty" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 8003 | Lester Young & Charlie Parker | "Blues for Norman pt 1 /pt 2" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 8004 | Lester Young & Charlie Parker | "I Can't Get Started pt1/pt2" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 8005 | Bechet-Spanier Big Four | "Sweet Lorraine" / "Lazy River" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 8006 | Bechet-Spanier Big Four | "Squeeze Me" / "Sweet Sue, Just You" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 8007 | Lester Young & Charlie Parker | "Oh, Lady Be Good! pt 1 /pt 2" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 8008 | Josh White | "Mean Mistreatin' Woman" / "Baby Baby" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 8009 | Lester Young,, Charlie Ventura, Willie Smith, Shoeless Joe Jackson. | "Crazy Rhythm, Part 1" / "Crazy Rhythm, Part 2", | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 8010 | Lester Young & Charlie Parker | "Sweet Georgia Brown pt 1/pt 2" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 8011 | King Cole Quintette | "Heads" / "It Had To Be You" | USA: Disc 2010. Nat King Cole Shad Collins Illinois Jacquet Gene Englund J. C. Heard | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 8012 | King Cole Quintette | I Can't Give You Anything But Love" / "Pro-Sky" | USA: Disc 2011 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1001 | Slim Gaillard and Bam Brown | Opera in Vout Introduzione Pianissimo / Recitativo E Finale | USA: DISC6022. Slim Gaillard Bam Brown, bass & vocal | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1002 | Slim Gaillard and Bam Brown | Opera in Vout Andante Contabile in Modo de Blues /Presto con Stomp | USA:DISC6023 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1003 | Illinois Jacquet | Illinois Jacquet Blues | USA: DISC 6024. Illinois Jacquet, Jack McVea J.J. Johnson "Shorty" Nadine Les Paul Johnny Miller Lee Young | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1004 | Illinois Jacquet, Lester Young | Blues / "Lester Leaps In " | USA: DISC 6025]Illinois Jacquet, Jack McVea J.J. Johnson Shorty Nadine Johnny Miller Les Paul Lester Young | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1005 | Lester Young | "Lester Leaps In " | USA:DISC 6026 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1006 | Meade Lux Lewis | "Fast Boogie" / "Medium Boogie" | USA: DISC 6020 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1007 | Meade Lux Lewis | "Slow Boogie" / "Honky Tonk Train Blues" | USA:DISC 6021 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1008 | Illinois Jacquet, etc | Rosetta | Illinois Jacquet, Jack McVea Shorty Sherock Shorty Nadine Les Paul Johnny Miller Lee Young | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1009 | Illinois Jacquet, etc | "Body and Soul" | USA : DISC 6028. Illinois Jacquet, Jack McVea J.J. Johnson "Shorty" Nadine Johnny Miller Lee Young Les Paul | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1010 | Illinois Jacquet, etc | "Body and Soul " | USA:DISC 6029. Illinois Jacquet, Jack McVea J.J. Johnson "Shorty" Nadine Johnny Miller Les Paul Lee Young | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1011 | Illinois Jacquet, etc | "How High The Moon " | USA : ASCH 453-1.Illinois Jacquet, Charlie Ventura Joe Guy, Howard McGhee Willie Smith Garland Finney Ulysses Livingstone Red Callender | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1012 | Illinois Jacquet, etc | "How High The Moon " / "Lady Be Good " | USA: ASCH 453-2/. Personnel as 1011 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1013 | Illinois Jacquet etc | "Lady Be Good " | USA: ASCH 453-2/ASCH 453-3. Personnel as 1011 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1014 | Lester Young | "After You've Gone " | USA : DISC 5100. Al Killian & Howard McGhee Charlie Parker, Willie Smith Lester Young Arnold Ross Billy Hadnott and Lee Young | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1015 | Enso Toppano | "Atrevido / Deep Purple" | Accordion solo . Italian/Australian accordion player, father of actress, Peta Toppano. | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1016 | Enso Toppano | "Tea for Two " / "Hora Staccato" | Accordion solo, bass accompaniment. | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1017 | Mary Burns and her Boy Friends | "My Christmas Wish"/? | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1018 | Doina et Tziganes | "Hora Staccato" / "Pastorale Tzigane" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1019 | Doina et Tziganes, Typica Orchestra | "Desillusion" / "Nuit Noire" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1020 | Doina et Tziganes, Typica Orchestra | "Chispazo" / "El Mac Mahon" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1021 | Doina et Tziganes, Typica Orchestra | "Danse Hongroise No 5" / "Czardas" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1022 | Eddie Calvert & His Rumba Band | " Miserlou" / "Hora Samba" | Eddie Calvert band cuts four sides for Melodisc. Eddie Calvert, musical director and rumba leader at Setbv's Restaurant, added another string to his bow. Melody Maker, 23 December 1950, vol. 26, issue 901, p. 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1023 | Eddie Calvert & Orchestra, Rumba Band, Ricardo | "Gypsy Lullaby" /, - "Son Mambo" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1024 | Gabor Radics & his Tzigane Orchestra | "Come Gypsy" / "Serenade Gitane" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1025 | Gabor Radics & his Tzigane Orchestra | Iablotchko/Stenka | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1026 | Gabor Radics & his Tzigane Orchestra | "The Roumanian Swallow" / "Old Hungarian Dances" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1027 | Crane River Jazz Band | "Eh, La-Bas!" / "Just A Closer Walk With Thee" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1028 | Roy Sturgis | Elite Syncopations /Easy Winners | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1029 | Howard McGhee Sextet | "Leave My Heart" / "Bean Stalking" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1030 | Crane River Jazz Band | "Just A Little While To Stay Here" / "Dauphin St Blues" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1031 | Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five | "Dad Gum Ya Hide Boy" / "Is My Pop In There?" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
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| 1033 | Mighty Terror & His Calypsonians | "The Queen Is In" / "Chinese Children" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1034 | Lester Young | "After You've Gone" / "No Eyes Blues" | Lester Young Willie Smith Wesley Jones Curtis Counce Johnny Otis | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1035 | Lord Beginner, Calypso Rhythm Boys | "Mama me belly hurt me" / "Louise" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1101 | Sister Ernestine B. Washington, Bunk Johnson Jazz Band | "Where Could I Go But To The Lord" / "God's Amazing Grace" | USA : DISC 6039 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1102 | Sister Ernestine B. Washington, Bunk Johnson Jazz Band | "Does Jesus Care?" / "The Lord Will Make A Way Somehow" | USA :– DISC 6038 . According to Hayes/Laughton, the Ernestine Washington platters were recorded in NYC on either 2 or 4 January 1946 with Bunk Johnson's Jazz Band, and are:
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| 1103 | Sidney Bechet with Humphrey Lyttelton's Band | "Some of These Days" /"Black And Blue" | USA : Savoy 744.Recorded in London, 13 November 1949, by Melodisc Records. This record is rare because Sidney Bechet did not have the necessary papers to play in London, so this was illegally recorded. | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1104 | Sidney Bechet with Humphrey Lyttelton's Band | "Who's Sorry Now" / "Sleepy Time Down South" | USA : Savoy 745.Recorded in London, 13 November 1949 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1105 | Sidney Bechet with Humphrey Lyttelton And His Band | "I Told You Once, I Told You Twice" /"Georgia " | USA : Savoy 746. Recorded in London, 13 November 1949. | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1106 | Two Gospel Keys and Thrasher Wonders | "Charity" " Motherless Child" | USA : DISC 5013 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1107 | Warren "Baby" Dodds | "Maryland" / "Tom Tom Workout" | USA :DISC 6006 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1108 | Warren "Baby" Dodds | "Spooky Drums" / "Rudiments with Drumstick Nerve-Beat" | USA : | USA :New Jazz 802. Stan Getz tenor sax with Allen Eager, Al Cohn, Brew Moore, Zoot Sims & Rhythm Section | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1110 | Lennie Tristano Quintet | "Subconscious-lee" / "Judy" | USA : New Jazz 80.001, 808.Lennie Tristano Lee Konitz Billy Bauer Shelly Manne Arnold Fishkin | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1111 | Lee Konitz Quintet | "Fishin' Around" / "Marshmallow" | USA :New Jazz NJ 807. Lee Konitz Warne Marsh Sal Mosca Denzil Best Arnold Fishkin | - | - | - | - | - | |
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| 1115 | Doc Evans Dixieland Band | "Fidgety Feet" / "Clarinet Marmalade" | USA : see 1142/3 below | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1116 | Doc Evans Dixieland Band | "Sensation Rag" / "At The Jazz Band Ball" | USA : DISC 6072. Features Doc Evans, Ed Hubble, Tony Parenti, Joe Sullivan, George Wettling | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1117 | Kai Winding Sextette | "Sid's Bounce" / "A Night on Bop Mountain" | USA : New Jazz NJ 809. Kai Winding Brew Moore Gerry Mulligan George Wallington Curly Russell Roy Haynes | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1118 | Ralph Sharon Sextet | "Burman's Bauble" /"Boptical Illusion" | Ralph Sharon Pete Chilver Jimmy Skidmore, Victor Feldman Jack Fallon Martin Aston | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1119 | Ralph Sharon Sextet | "I've Got You Under My Skin" / "There's a Small Hotel" | Ralph Sharon Sextet as above, MEL3 -Skidmore | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1120 | Fats Navarro Quintet | "Go" / "Stop" | USA : New Jazz 812. Fats Navarro Don Lanphere Al Haig Tommy Potter Max Roach | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1121 | J.J. Johnson All Stars/ Don Lanphere Quartet | "Teapot" / "Spider's Webb" | USA : | USA :– New Jazz 8203/803. "Afternoon in Paris": J.J. Johnson Sonny Stitt John Lewis Nelson Boyd Max Roach "Cuddles" Stan Getz Terry Gibbs Shorty Rogers Earl Swope, George Wallington Shadow Wilson Curley Russell | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1123 | Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band | "At A Georgia Camp Meeting" / "Original Jelly Roll Blues" | USA : Jazz Man 4:GTJ 59 . Lu Watters Bob Scobey Turk Murphy Ellis Horne Wally Rose Clancy Hayes Russ Bennett Dick Lammi Bill Dart Recorded 19–20 December 1941. | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1124 | Lu Watters Yerba Buena Band | "Daddy Do" / "Millenberg Joys" | USA : Jazz Man 13. Recorded 29 March 1942. | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1125 | Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band | "Muskrat Ramble" / "Smokey Mokes" | USA : Jazz Man 3: GTJ 58. Recorded 19–20 December 1941. | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1126 | Lu Watters Yerba Jazz Band | "Tiger Rag/Come Back, Sweet Papa" | USA : Jazz Man 6. Recorded 29 March 1942. | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1127 | Brownie McGhee | "Me And My Dog" / "Secret Mojo Blues" | USA : DISC /6058 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1128 | Wardell Gray Quartet | "Twisted" / "Easy Living" | USA : . Wardell Gray Al Haig Tommy Potter Roy Haynes | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1129 | Ralph Sharon Sextet | "A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square" / "The Very Thought of You" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1130 | Meade "Lux" Lewis | "Boogie Tidal" / "Yancey's Pride" | USA : ASCH 352- | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1131 | Lord Beginner, Calypso Rhythm Kings | "The Joe Louis Calypso" / "Trinidad Blues" | USA : – /Savoy 809 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1132 | Lennie Tristano Quartet | "Speculation" / "Through These Portals" | USA: DISC 5500. Lennie Tristano Johm La Porta Billy Bauer Arnold Fishkin | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1133 | Lord Beginner, Calypso Rhythm Kings | "Victory Test Match " /"Sergeant Brown" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1134 | Lord Beginner, Calypso Rhythm Kings | "Straight Hair Gal" / "Boul've se" | John Cowley, "I Been Down In The Circle Before Black music, topicality and social history", 6 March 2007. The band of Eastern Caribbean migrants led by Cyril Blake and organised by Denis Preston for his first calypso session, at EMI’s north-west London studios, Abbey Road, on 30 January 1950, included musicians who had migrated to Britain both before and after the Second World War. Depicted is the Trinidadian Brylo Ford and Fitzroy Coleman ; the latter performer arrived in the UK from Trinidad in 1945 with ‘Al’ Jennings’ All-Star Caribbean Orchestra. A multi instrumentalist, Ford came to the UK in the 1920s. He also played double bass and flute and sang under the sobriquet of "Le Duc" or The Duke". His repertoire included the kalenda commemorating Myler’s singular stick-fight victory "Boul’ vé-sé" | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1135 | Erroll Garner | "Lady Be Good" / "Don't Blame Me" | USA : DISC 5002/DISC5003 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1136 | Meade Lux Lewis | "Denapas Parade" / "Glendale Glide" | USA : ASCH 352-2 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1137 | Pee-Wee Russell's Rhythmakers and Ruby Braffococa | "Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?" / "Dinah" | USA :Hot Record Society HRS 1000 Dicky Wells Al Gold Max Kaminsky Zutty Singleton James P. Johnson Freddie Green Wellman Braud | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1138 | Lonnie Johnson | "Solid Blues" / "Rocks in My Bed" | USA: DISC 6063. John Davis | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1139 | Louise Bennett, The Caribbean Serenaders feat. Leslie Hutchinson, trumpet | "Linstead Market" / "Bongo Man" | This is one of the earliest recordings of Jamaican tunes recorded by a Jamaican performer, and also one of the very few calypso recordings by a woman. Louise Bennett recorded these two songs in late 1950, backed by the Caribbean Serenaders. The tunes are "Linstead Market" and "Bongo Man". | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1140 | Leadbelly with Sanders Terry | "Good Morning Blues" / "How Long, How Long Blues" | USA ASCH 343-1. Leadbelly Sanders Terry | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1141 | Woody Guthrie | "Ramblin' Blues" / "Talkin' Columbia Blues" | USA : DISC 5011/ DISC 5012 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1142 | Doc Evans Dixieland Band | "Original Dixieland One Step" / "Barnyard Blues" | USA : DISC 6070 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1143 | Doc Evans Dixieland Band | "Bugle Call Rag" / "Tin Roof Blues" | USA : DISC 6073 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1144 | James P. Johnson Trio | "Everybody Loves My Baby" / "I Found A New Baby" | USA : ASCH . James P. Johnson Pee Wee Russell Zutty Singleton | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1145 | Josh White | "Fare Thee Well" / "Outskirts Of Town" | USA : ASCH438-1/ASCH438-2 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1146 | Josh White | "The House I Live In" / "When I Lay Down And Die, Do Die" | USA : ASCH438-3/Stinson | - | - | - | - | - | |
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| 1148 | Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band | "Creole Belles" / "Chattanooga Stomp" | USA: Lu Watters Bob Scobey Turk Murray Ellis Horne Wally Rose Clancy Hayes Russ Bennett Dick Lammi Bill Dart | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1149 | Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band | "Working Man's Blues" /"Big Bear Stomp" | USA : West Coast 104 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1150 | Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band | "Copenhagen" / "Jazzin' Babies Blues" | USA :West Coast 117 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1151 | Leadbelly with Sanders Terry | "Goodnight Irene" / "Ain't You Glad" | USA : ASCH 343-2 Leadbelly Sanders Terry | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1152 | Meade Lux Lewis | "Randini's Boogie" / "Lux's Boogie" | USA :ASCH 352-3 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1153 | Elton Hayes | "The Phantom Stage Coach" / "Just a-wearyin' for you" | Elton Hayes was well-known to radio and television audiences of the 1950s as "the man with the small guitar". He specialised in old English folk songs and ballads such as "From Priggs that Snaffle the Prancers Strong" and "The Ratcatcher's Daughter". He sang to his own guitar accompaniments. After making his radio debut on Children's Hour, where he sang Edward Lear's nonsense rhymes, he guest-starred in almost every major radio variety show including In Town Tonight, varietyWorkers' Playtime, Variety Bandbox, Terry-Thomas's Top of the Town and Eric Barker's Just Fancy. He occasionally presented Housewives' Choice. Hayes's version of "The Owl and the Pussy Cat" was recorded by Parlophone and became a regular item on Children's Favourites. In 1954 he had his own series: Elton Hayes - He Sings to a Small Guitar, a misquotation from "The Owl and the Pussycat" that became his catchphrase. This was followed by Close Your Eyes, a late-night "bedtime" programme of light music, and Elton Hayes in A Tinker's Tales, in which Hayes narrated a story which a cast of actors then dramatised as a musical play. Hayes also wrote the music and songs for the series. | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1154 | Elton Hayes | "The Wild Colonial Boy" /"Back to Hilo" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1155 | Josh White | "Dupree" / "Miss Otis Regrets" | USA : DISC 3004A/DISC 3005B | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1156 | Ralph Sharon Sextet | "Two Sleepy People" / "Stalking the Stork" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1157 | Art Tatum | "Fine & Dandy" / "Ja Da" | USA:Asch 356-1/Asch 356-2 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1158 | Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band | "1919 Rag" / "Ostrich Walk" | USA : West Coast 111 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1159 | Lord Kitchener, Vincent Street Six | "Pirates Of Paria " / "Cold In The Winter" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1160 | Lord Kitchener, Vincent Street Six | "Kitch " / "Food From The West Indies" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1161 | "Ralph Sharon Sextet | Sloppy Joe" / "You Go to My Head" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1162 | Lord Kitchener, Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm | "Kitch's Bebop" / "Kitch's Cricket Calypso" | Alwyn "Lord Kitchener "Roberts, acc. by Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm: Freddy Grant Bertle King Mike McKenzie Fitzroy Coleman Neville Boucarut Clinton Maxwell Recorded 15 March 1951. London. | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1163 | Lord Kitchener, Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm | "Festival of Britain Calypso" / "London Is The Place For Me" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1164 | Lord Kitchener | "Dividing the Cricket Spoils " | Brothers Chrisofer and Batson talk about 1950s cricket and cash. | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1165 | Crane River Jazz Band | "Down By The River" / "Blanche Touquatouz" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1166 | Joe Saye Trio | "Pink Champagne" / "Three of a Mind" | Recorded 12 April 1951, Joe Saye Johnny Wiltshire Lawrence Anthony | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1167 | Lord Beginner, Calypso Rhythm Kings | "Family Scandal" / "Gold Coast Champion " | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1168 | Mona Baptiste, Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm | "Amatine - Beguine" / "Clementine - Castillene" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1169 | Ralph Sharon Trio | "Slightly Oliver" / "A Bachelor Gay" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1170 | Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band | "South" / "Richard M. Jones Blues" | USA : West Coast 106 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1171 | Trio Donaldo | "Bongo Train" / "The Gatehouse" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1172 | Lord Kitchener, Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm | "The Denis Compton Calypso" / "No More Taxi" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1173 | Christie Brothers Stompers | "Creole Song" / "Heebie Jeebies" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1174 | Joe Saye Trio | "Harlem Nocturne" / "Forte" | Recorded 12 April 1951, Joe Saye Johnny Wiltshire Lawrence Anthony | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1175 | Tony Johnson, Caribbean Serenaders | "Mango Walk" / "Me Donkey Want Water" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1176 | Ralph Sharon Trio | "Heart and Soul" /"You Are My Lucky Star" / | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1177 | Lord Kitchener, Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm | "Saxophone" / "Randolph Turpin's Victory Calypso" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1178 | Eddie Calvert, His Trumpet and His Orchestra | "With a Song in My Heart " / "Kiss Me Again" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1179 | Tito Burns Sextet | "I Can't Get Started" / "Euphoria" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1180 | Lu Watters Yerba Buena Jazz Band | "Friendless Blues" / "I'm Going Huntin'" | USA : West Coast 109 | 1181 | Mona Baptiste, Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm | "Calypso Blues" / "Ba Mwe Un Ti Bo'" | "Calypso Blues" with Billy Sholanke Calypso - Afro / Martiniquean Beguine in French patois | ||
| 1182 | Tony Johnson, Caribbean Serenaders | "Swine Lane Gal" / "Iron Bar" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1183 | Lord Beginner, Calypso Rhythm Kings | "Jamaica Hurricane" / "Pretty Woman" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1184 | Roaring Lion, Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm | "Royal Wedding - Calypso" / "Spanish Calypso" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1185 | Trinidad Steel Band/Fitzroy Coleman Quintet | "Caroline" / "Six String Calypso" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1186 | Lonnie Johnson with John Davis, piano | "Blues For Everybody" / "In Love Again" | USA DISC 6065/6064 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1187 | Leadbelly with Sonny Terry / Leadbelly with Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee | "John Henry" /"On A Monday" | USA : –Asch 343-3 Leadbelly Sonny Terry | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1188 | Mike McKenzie's Habaneros | "Al Momento" /"The Peanut Vendor" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1189 | Calypso Rhythm Kings with The Duke | "L'annee Passee" / "Sans l'eau" | Vocal in French Patois with Orchestra | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1190 | Thrasher Wonders | "Blind Old Barnabus" / "Jesus I Love You" | USA : DISC 5015 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1191 | Chicago Bill | "Keep Your Hands Off" / "Stump Blues" | Recorded for Melodisc in Britain, 1951. | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1192 | Lord Kitchener, Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm | "Carnival Road March" / "Jingle Bells -Calypso" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1193 | Lord Beginner, Calypso Rhythm Kings / The Lion, Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm | "John Goddard" / "Some Girl Something" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1194 | Mona Baptiste, Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm | "Tabu" / "Blendeena " | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1196 | Christie Brothers Stompers | Salutation Stomp/Bogalusa Moan | Ken Colyer Keith Christie Ian Christie Pat Hawes Ben Marshall Denny Coffey | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1197 | Tommy Whittle Group | "All The Things You Are" / "Sam's Say" | Quartet-Tommy Whittle Ronnie Ball Frank Donnison Tony Kinsey ] Septet - Bobby Pratt Roy Willox Tommy Whittle George Hunter Frank Horrox Johnny Hawksworth Ronnie Verrell | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1198 | Bertie King's Jamaicans and Tony Johnson / Bertie King's Jamaicans | "Donkey City" / "Sweetie Charlie" | "Donkey City": Tony Johnson | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1199 | Barretto Brothers Famous Cuban Orchestra | "El Mamboleo" / "Quiereme De Una Vez" | Featuring Don Marino Barretto at the piano | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1200 | Ralph Sharon Sextet | "Someone to Watch Over Me" / "Don's Dilemma" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1201 | Ralph Sharon Sextet | "I Get a Kick Out of You" / "Skylark " | Keith Bird Martin Slavin Ralph Sharon Alan Metcalfe Bert Howard Leon Roy | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1202 | Crane River Jazz Band | "Sheik Of Araby" / "Sobbin' Blues" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1203 | Chicago Bill | "Five Foot Seven" / "Plough Hand Blues" | Recorded for Melodisc in Britain, 1951 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1204 | Christie Brothers Stompers | "Black Cat" / "Hiawatha Rag" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1205 | Tommy Whittle Sextet / Tommy Whittle Group | "Portland Place" /"Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps" | George Hunter Bobby Pratt Roy Willox Frank Horrox Johnny Hawksworth Ronnie Verrell | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1206 | Lord Kitchener | "Life In England " | Dark Argument Also known as: 1206 Tito Burns and his Sextet"Over a bottle of wine" /"Undecided". Recorded 9 January 1952. Leon Calvert Jimmy Chester Rex Morris Tito Burns Ronnie Price Johnny Hawksworth Derek Price Terry Devon | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1207 | Mike McKenzie's Habaneros | "Mama Inez" / "Maria, My Own" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1208 | Lord Kitchener, Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm | "Africa My Home" / "My Landlady" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1209 | Young Tiger, Russell Henderson's Calypso Band | "Monkey - Calypso" / "Single Man - Calypso" | Young Tiger also known as George Browne. | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1210 | Ricardo, Russell Henderson's Calypso Band | "Banana Song" / "Grenada " | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1211 | Lord Beginner, Calypso Rhythm Kings/ Lord and Lady Beginner, Calypso Rhythm Kings | "Australia v West Indies Calypso" / "One Morning" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1212 | Christie Brothers Stompers | "Down in Jungle Town" / "Farewell to Storyville" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1213 | Ralph Sharon Sextet | "Zing Went the Strings of My Heart"/"Serenade In Blue" | Keith Bird, Martin Slavin, Ralph Sharon, Alan Metcalfe, Bert Howard, Leon Roy | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1214 | The Ticklers and Harold Richardson | "Glamour Gal" / "Don't Fence Her In" | . Harold Richardson | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1215 | Four Deuces and Kingsley Swan / Four Deuces | "People in the West Indies" / "Soldiers Song" | "People in the West Indies": Kingsley Swan | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1216 | Kenny Baker & His Orchestra | "The Very Thought Of You" / "The Night Is Young And You're So Beautiful" | Recorded 3 March 1952. Kenny Baker, Harry Lethman, Allen Franks, Freddie Clayton Harry Roche, Don Lusher Dougie Robinson, Bill Jackson, Keith Bird, Harry Klein Stan Tracey Alan McDonald Johnny Flanagan | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1217 | Frank Ross, the Human Trumpet | "Sugar Blues" / "Why Should I Cry Over You" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1218 | Victor Feldman All Stars | "Lullaby in rhythm" / "Serenity" | Recorded London, 3 March 1952. Jummy Deuchar Ken Wray Derek Humble Harry Klein Victor Feldman Stan Tracey Lennie Bush Martin Ashton | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1219 | Joe Saye Trio | "Unison We" / "There's A Small Hotel" | Recorded 27 April 1952. Joe Saye Johnny Wiltshire Lawrence Anthony | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1220 | Christie Brothers Stompers | "You Always Hurt The One You Love" / "I'm So Glad" | K Christie D Hawden I Christie P Hawes B Marshall D Coffey B Saward | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1221 | Lonnie Johnson | "Blues In My Soul" / "Keep What You Got" | USA:DISC 6065 /6062.John Davis accompanies on guitar | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1222 | Lord Kitchener, Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm | "Two Timing Josephine" / "Tie Tongue Mopsie" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1223 | Sterling Bettancourt, Wizard of the Ping Pong with Russell Henderson's Calypso Band | "Ping Pong Samba" / "Ping Pong Lullaby" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1224 | Tony Johnson, Mike McKenzie's Habaneros | "Without You" / "Cuban Love Song" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1225 | Arnold Ross Quintet | "Janie" / "Twelve to Four" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1226 | Arnold Ross Trio/Arnold Ross Quintette | "Darn That Dream" / "Speechless" | Arnold Ross Joe Benjamin Jack Parnell Tony Kinsey Jimmy Deuchar Tommy Whittle Arnold Ross | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1227 | Ralph Sharon Sextet | "Bill" / "Where Or When" | Keith Bird, Jimmy Skidmore Martin Slavin Ralph Sharon Alan Metcalfe, Roy Plummer Bert Howard, Joe Muddel Leon Roy, Harvey Bond Alan Graham | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1228 | Crane River Jazz Band | "Careless Love" / "Spicy Advice" | S. Morris R. Orpwood M. Sunshine P. Dearle L. Page J. Davies P. Appleby | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1229 | Lord Beginner, Calypso Rhythm Kings /Lord and Lady Beginner, Calypso Rhythm Kings | "Don't Tickle Me, Dorothy" / "Mix Up Matrimony" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1230 | Lord Beginner, The Melodisc Calypso Boys | "Nice Woman, Ugly Man" / "BG Bargee" - Shanto/" | Featuring Rannie Hart and Mike McKenzie | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1231 | Tony Johnson and Bertie King's Jamaicans / Bertie King's Jamaicans | "Sly Mongoose " - Mento/"Imogene" - Mento | Featuring Bertie King "Sly Mongoose": Tony Johnson | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1232 | Victor Feldman All Stars | "Just Friends" / "Euphony" | Recorded London, 3 March 1952. Jimmy Deuchar Ken Wray Derek Humble Harry Klein Victor Feldman Stan Tracey Lennie Bush Martin Ashton | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1233 | Tommy Whittle Group | "Night And Day" / "Wits End" | 23 October 1951 Bobby Pratt Roy Willox Tommy Whittle George Hunter Frank Horrox Johnny Hawksworth Ronnie Verrell | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1234 | Christie Brothers Stompers | "Old Fashioned Love" / "Fly Cat Boogie" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
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| 1236 | The Lion, Freddy Grant's Caribbean Rhythm | "The Coronation of Elizabeth II" / "Crosby Cavalcade" | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1237 | The Ticklers and Harold Richardson | "Four Days Love" / "Healing In the Balm Yard" – | Harold Richardson | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1238 | The Ticklers and Harold Richardson | "What a Hard Time" / "Advice to Men" | Motta's MRS14. Harold Richardson | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1239 | The Ticklers and Harold Richardson | "Parish Gal" / "Hard Hearted Lover" | Motta's MRS 15.Harold Richardson | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1240 | Lord Kitchener | "Liebling Kitch" / "Rockabye Kitchie" MELODISC Calypso label ; produced for Butlins Holiday Camps ; Overseas releases and Melodisc Jewish labelEPsLPs10"12" |