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 Boy Sopranos - Trebles on 78 RPM

Clifford Adams (England)
Clifford Adams Hanch: Ashamed of his poor old dad / Stern: Keep a place in heaven for me (Regal Zonophone (Red Label) MR .1219 (10-inch)) 1934

Penn: Smilin' Through / Kennedy-Tait: The Angel's Kiss (Regal Zonophone (Red Label) MR.1290 (10-inch)) 1934

 
Norman Allen (England)
"Little Man You've Had A Busy Day" (Wayne) (Columbia DB.1410) 1934

Pal o'Mine (Columbia DB.1476) 1935

A Little Chap with Big Ideas (Columbia FB.1667) 1937

Norman Allen
 
Billy Anderson (unsorted)
(undetermined) (Beltona ) 1932

 
Master T.L.J. Grant Anderson (England)
Mendelssohn: Hear My Prayer . . . O for the wings of a dove (Columbia (Light Blue) DB. 9233 (12-inch)) 1927

 
Anonymous (England)
BCSD: Master Richard Hales
"The Singing Page Boy"

BCSD: Sonny Hirst
"The Singing News Boy"

BCSD: Tommy Sandilands
"The Singing Pantry Boy"

BCSD: Wally Banks
"The Singing Drummer Boy"

The hymn that I sang as a boy / The vine-covered church 'way back home (Edison-Bell "Winner" (Black Label) W.13 (10-inch)) 1933

 
Master James Arnold (Canada)
Oh God Of Loveliness / Alleluja (Mozart) ( )

 
Master Ashford (England)
Spohr: As Pants the Hart (Odeon 32315 (10¾-inch)) 1904

 
Master W. Ashworth (England)
Handel: How beautiful are the feet (Messiah) / Angels, ever bright and fair (Theodora) (Edison-Bell Radio 899 (8-inch) 1/3d) 1929

 
Alan Bailey (England)
Little Prayer I Love / Thoughts (Panachord (Blue Label) 25716 (10-inch)) 1935

 
Wally Banks (England)
BCSD: The Singing Errand Boy

Godfrey: The Grandest Song of All / Parker: A Little King without a Crown (Rex 9811 (10-inch)) 1940

 
Gérard Barbeau (Canada)
Gérard Barbeau Serenade / Rossignol (Stella P. R. 1340)

When Irish Eyes are Smiling/ Le Ver Luisant (Stella PR 1361)

Québec Info Musique

 
Derek Barsham (England)
Capital date for Skegby singer (Nov 2007)

The Better Land

Purcell: Nymphs & Shepherds (BBC )

Adams: The Star of Bethlehem / The Holy City (Decca K.1113) 1945

Coates: Star of God ( unissued on 78 rpm) 1946

Mendelssohn: Hear my Prayer . . . O for the Wings of a Dove (Decca K.1111) 1946

Baron: Father who hast made us brothers / G.S. Smith: The Anchor Song (Decca M.615) 1947

Moussorgsky: Nursery Scene (from opera Boris Godunov) (Decca K.1601) 1947

Murray: I'll Walk Beside You / Sanderson: Beyond the Dawn (Decca M.611) 1947

Handel/Somervell: Silent worship / E. Purcell: Passing By (Decca F.8913) 1948

Liddle: Abide with me / Mendelssohn: On Wings of Song (Decca K.1393) 1948

Derek Barsham
 
Denis Barthel (England)
Denis Barthel Sterndale Bennett: Remember now thy Creator (HMV unissued on 78rpm) 1930

Goss: See amid the winter's snow / Terry (arr.): I saw a fair mayden syttin and sing (HMV B.3976 (10-inch)) 1931

Bridge: Easter Hymn / Handel: He was despised (Messiah) (HMV B.4107 (10-inch)) 1932

Parry: Jerusalem / Walford Davies: O little town of Bethlehem (HMV B.4285 (10-inch)) 1932

BCSD: Temple Church Choir

Church Times Obituary
Denis Barthel's death was fittingly marked by two obituaries.

The Better Land

Times Online Obituary
Denis Barthel died on September 13, 2008, aged 92.

 
"Sonny" Berne (England)
Gilbert: Please Come Home, Dear Daddy / Wise: Mother's Smile (Regal-Zonophone MR.2235) 1936

 
Master Simon Bernstein (England)
A Heim Kein Zion / Rozinikis un Mandlen (Decca F.5514 (10-inch)) 1935

BCSD: Moses Mirsky

 
Peer Tonner Birch (Denmark)
BACH, J.S Forskyd mig ej / BACH, J.S I Jesus er mit hjertes ro (HMV X 7232)

 
Frank Bird (England)
British Pathe Film Archives
Video Footage available of 15-year-old Frank singing Birds Song at Eventide, 27 July 1939.

Youtube

Moya: The Song of Songs / Ronald: O Lovely Night (Columbia FB.2157) 1939

Frank Bird
 
Birney Birnside (USA)
Witt: Grace O'Moore (Berliner 424 (7-inch)) 1897

 
Jussi Björling (Sweden)
Jussi Björling Gunnar Wennerberg: Psalm No. 4 (in Swedish) (US Columbia E.4768)

Sommagladje ( ) 1920

Jussi Björlingmuseet
The Jussi Björling Museum

 
Master Loris Blofield (South Africa)
Break o'Day / Happy Song (Guardsman Records 600 (10-inch)) 1916

 
A. Blyme (Denmark)
WEYSE, C.E.F. In the east the sun is rising / In distant steeples (HMV X 6241)

 
John Bonner (England)
BCSD: Gordon Carter
Gordon Carter is the cousin of John Bonner.

BCSD: Robert Peel

The Better Land

Haydn: With verdure clad (from The Creation) (Columbia (Dark Blue) 9277 (12-inch)) 1928

Alexander/Gounod: There is a Green Hill Far Away / Braga: Angel's Serenade (Columbia 9832 (12-inch)) 1929

Handel: Slumber, dear maid (Largo) / Liddle/Lyte: Abide with me (Columbia 9745 (12-inch)) 1929

Purcell: Nymphs and Shepherds / Bishop: Should he upbraid (Columbia 9840 (12-inch)) 1929

Godard: Angels Guard Thee / Tate: Somewhere a Voice is Calling (Columbia DB.136 (10-inch)) 1930

Tate: Somewhere a voice is calling / Godard: Angels guard thee (Columbia DB.1818 (10-inch)) 1938

John Bonner
 
Stéphane Boublil (France)
Stéphane Boublil La Fusée De Noé (WEA Filipacchi Music 240548-1) 1984

Official Site: ABBAcadabra & LA FUSEE DE NOE

BCSD: Abbacadabra

BCSD: Les Petits Chanteurs d'Asnières en Ile-de-France "Les Poppys"

BCSD: Les Poppys [Les Petits Chanteurs d'Asnières en Ile-de-France]

BCSD: Stéphane Le Navellan
SOLISTE

BCSD: Stéphane Le Navellan

Gare Au Loup

 
Darwin Bowen, Jr. (USA)
Unissued recordings (US Victor unissued on 78rpm)

Dell'Acqua: The Swallows / Schubert: Ave Maria (US Victor 35847) 1927

Mendelssohn: On Wings of Song / Schumann: Du Bist Wie Eine Blume (Victor 20804) 1927

 
Master John Boxall (England)
Attwood: Come, Holy Ghost / (Goss: O, Saviour of the World) (Parlophone R.888 (10-inch)) 1931

Mendelssohn: My Song shall be alway Thy Mercy / Stainer: Love Divine, all loves excelling (Parlophone (Dark Blue Label) E.11112 (12-inch)) 1931

Spohr: As pants the hart / (Sterndale Bennett: God is a Spirit) (Parlophone R.889 (10-inch)) 1931

 
Jimmy Boyd (USA)
Wikipedia: Jimmy Boyd

Frankie Laine - Jimmy Boyd "Tell me a story ( )

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus / Thumbelina (Columbia MJV-152)

Connor: I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus / Mann: Little Train A-Chuggin' In My Heart (Columbia DB.3365) 1953

Loesser: Thumbelina / Vars: The Tailor's Serenade (Columbia DB.3219) 1953

Jimmy Boyd
 
Bobby Breen (Canada)
Bobby Breen Gee But It's Great To Meet A Friend / My Campfire Dreams (Bluebird B.7168)

Macushla / Down Where the Trade Winds Blow (Bluebird B.7330)

Let's Sing Again / It's a Sin to Tell a Lie (Decca UK F.6086 (10-inch)) 1936

Morse: Mother - a word that means the world to me / Nevin: The Rosary (Decca UK F.6177 (10-inch)) 1936

Rainbow on the River / Flower Song (Decca UK F.6301 (10-inch)) 1937

Hawaii Calls / Down Where the Trade Winds Blow (HMV UK BD.573 (10-inch)) 1938

Make a Wish / My Campfire Dreams (HMV UK BD.480 (10-inch)) 1938

Sleep, my baby, sleep/In a little Dutch Kindergarten (Decca UK F. 6747) 1938

Blue Italian Waters / Fisherman's Chantie (Decca UK F.7113) 1939

Happy as a Lark / The Sunny Side of Things (Decca UK F.6951) 1939

Put your Heart into a Song / Tellin' my Troubles to a Mule (Decca UK F.6950) 1939

Handel: Ombra mai fu / Schubert: Ave Maria (Decca UK F.7303) 1940

BCSD: Davey Lee
Child actor and singer from the 1920s

GoogleVideo - Let's Sing Again

TrebleMusic - Clips from Let's Sing Again

Video Clips at Boychoirs.org

YouTube - It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
Audio with stills

YouTube - Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
From Way Down South

Bobby Breen Fan Page

Classic Movie Kids

 
Master Harold Briggs (England)
Hymns: Jesu, lover of my soul / Abide with me (Regal (Dark Blue Label) MR.368 (10-inch)) 1931

 
Master John Brookman (England)
BCSD: All Saints St. Margaret's

The Better Land

Adams: The Star of Bethlehem / Carey: Nearer, my God, to Thee (HMV (Plum Label) B.8241 (10-inch)) 1934

Master John Brookman
 
Master Alan Brown (England)
Stanford: Lullaby / Quilter: It was a lover and his lass (HMV B.42 (10-inch)) 1935

 
William Browning (England)
Stanford: Lullaby / Quilter: It was a lover and his lass (HMV B.42 (10-inch)) 1935

 
Master John Buffery (England)
Hogan: Two little eyes of blue (Berliner (Gramophone Co.) 2009 (7-inch)) 1898

 
Master Gordon Carter (England)
Master Gordon Carter Mendelssohn: Hear My Prayer . . . O for the Wings of a Dove (Rex (Black Label) 8285 (10-inch)) 1934

BCSD: John Bonner
John Bonner is the cousin of Gordon Carter.

 
Desmond Casey (Australia)
Weatherly: Danny Boy / Molloy: Love's old sweet song (Parlophone R.1442 (10-inch)) 1933

 
Anthony Clarke (Ireland)
Snowy Breasted Pearl / Ora Pro Nobis (Parlophone (Dark Blue Label) E.3737 (10-inch)) 1930

 
Master Patrick Coleman (Ireland)
Ashford: My Task / Handel: Where e'er you walk (Beltona 2274) 1936

Hanley: Just a Cottage Small / Marshall: I Hear You Calling Me (Beltona 2275) 1936

 
Master Alfred Conn (England)
Angel of the Great White Way / The Song that I sang on your knee (Crown 339)

Gilbert: When I heard the Organ Play & After all these years (Rex 9277) 1938

 
Jackie Coogan (USA)
Presenting His Dad (HMV B.2893 (10-inch)) 1928

 
William Cottam (England)
Cowen: The Children's Home (Zonophone X.42316 (10-inch)) 1905

Handel: How beautiful are The Feet (Zonophone X.42315 (10-inch)) 1905

Handel: I Know that My Redeemer Liveth (Zonophone X.42314 (10-inch)) 1905

Pontet: The Last Muster (Zonophone X.42313 (10-inch)) 1905

BCSD: Teddie Harcourt

 
Thomas Criddle (England)
British Pathe Films
Video Footage of Choirboy Tommy Criddle singing "Passing By", accompanied by Andrew Fenner on organ (1944)

Criddle Obituary
Read Thomas Criddle's obituary in The Times written by Stephen Beet

The Better Land

Behrend: Daddy / Nicholls: That Old Fashioned Mother of Mine (HMV BD.1057 (10-inch)) 1943

Brahe: Bless this house / Penn: Smilin' through (HMV BD.1052 (10-inch)) 1943

Mendelssohn: On Wings of Song / Schubert: Who is Sylvia? (HMV BD.1046 (10-inch)) 1943

Murray: I'll walk beside you / d'Hardelot: Because (HMV BD.1037 (10-inch)) 1943

Wood: I shall be there / Young: I give thanks for you (HMV BD.1074 (10-inch)) 1944

Thomas Criddle
 
Lindsay Crosby (USA)
A Crosby Christmas (Decca Records 46 181)

 
Michael Cunningham (England)
Unpublished recordings (Decca ) 1954

 
Master Jackie Davie (England)
BCSD: The Better Land Series

Handel: Art thou troubled? / Waft her, angels, through the skies (HMV (Plum Label) C.2582 (12-inch)) 1933

 
Dave Davies (England)
Dave Davies Tate: Somewhere a Voice is Calling / Burrows: Dearly I wish you loved me (Regal G.7350 (10-inch)) 1916

Clarke: Red Devon by the Sea (Regal G.7749 (10-inch)) 1922

 
Master (Arthur) Iwan Davies (Wales)
British Pathe Films
Video Footage of Iwan singing "Charming Cloe" from 1932. The soundtrack has been lost.

The Better Land

Clutsam: I Know of Two Bright Eyes / Geehl: "Good Day!" said the Blackbird (Decca F.1740 910-inch)) 1930

"Decca Juvenile Stars Have A Party" (Decca F.3261 (10-inch)) 1932

Adams: The Holy City / Mendelssohn: Jerusalem, thou that killest the Prophets (Decca (Black Label) K.632 (12-inch)) 1932

Handel: Oh, had I Jubal's lyre / Come unto Him (HMV B.4108 (10-inch)) 1932

Hark! The Herald-Angels Sing / O Come, All Ye Faithful (Decca F.3264 (10-inch)) 1932

Master (Arthur) Iwan Davies
 
Master Leslie Day (England)
Master Leslie Day "Decca Juvenile Stars Have A Party" (Decca F.3261 (10-inch)) 1932

Marshall: I hear you calling me / Geehl: For you alone (Columbia DB.1122 (10-inch)) 1933

Toselli's Serenade - Come Back / Wood: A Brown Bird Singing (Columbia (Dark Blue Label) DB.1147 (10-inch)) 1933

Leslie Day found!

The Better Land

 
Pierre Décosterd (France)
La Chanson du Chevrier / Le Ranz des Vaches (Polydor 19866 ) 1927

 
Jackie Dennis (Scotland)
You Tube of Jackie Singing on Six-Five Special TV Programme

Bradfordtimeline 1959

La De Dah / You're the Greatest (Decca F.10992) 1958

Miss Valerie / My Dream (Decca F.11011) 1958

More Than Ever / Linton Addie (Decca F.11060) 1958

The Purple People Eater / You-oo (Decca F.11033) 1958

Lucky Ladybug / Gingerbread (Decca F.11090) 1959

The Wee Cooper O' Fife / Come Along (Decca F.11120) 1959

Jackie Dennis
 
Dennis Diehl (England)
Handel: Angels, ever bright and fair / Liddle: How lovely are Thy dwellings (HMV (Plum Label) B.4071 (10-inch)) 1932

 
Edgar Donovan (USA)
Edgar Donovan Godard: Florian's Song / Cowen: The Swallows (Columbia Blue Label A.1478 (10-inch)) 1914

 
Master John Dove (England)
MENDELSSOHN Hear my prayer / O for the wings (Eclipse SC9) 1931

BCSD: Master John Porter
Might this be a pseudonym for the same person?

 
Ronald Dunn (England)
Haydn Wood: A brown bird singing / Schubert: Who is Sylvia? (Decca F.5353 (?) (10-inch)) 1934

Ronald Dunn
 
Master Wilfred Eaton (Scotland)
BCSD: Master Joe Petersen

A Little Bit of Heaven / The Rose of Tralee (Eclipse 714)

FIRSK-SCOTT Fairy dream boat, The / O'KEEFE Paddy (Eclipse 637)

I'll be your Sweetheart / Dear Little Shamrock (Eclipse 928)

When Irish Eyes Are Smiling / Killarney (Eclipse 692)

 
Knud Erikson (Denmark)
NIELSEN I lay me down to sleep / WEYSE The night is so still (Danish HMV X 4807)

 
John Evans-Pughe (England)
John Evans-Pughe Brother James' Air / O Lovely Peace (Columbia DX 1032 (twelve-inch) ) 1939

BCSD: Nicholas Evans-Pughe

 
Robin Fairhurst (England)
Hymns: The Lord's my Shepherd / There is a green hill far away (Decca F.10336) 1954

Robin Fairhurst
 
Frederick (John) Firth (England)
Frederick (John) Firth Elgar: Land of Hope and Glory / Richards: God Bless the Prince of Wales (Brunswick 20081 (12-inch))

Ireland: If there were dreams to sell (Brunswick unissued on 78 rpm)

Schubert: Serenade (Schwanengesang) (Columbia unissued on 78 rpm)

Bach: My heart ever faithful / Handel: O Lord, whose mercies numberless (Brunswick (Black Label) 20074 (12-inch)) 1929

Gounod: There is a green hill far away / Liddle: Abide with me (Brunswick 20073 (12-inch)) 1929

The Better Land

 
John Freebairn-Smith (England)
(unknown) (HMV (Private) ) 1919

 
Manolito Funes (Spain)
El Dia

CHAMINADE Arlequine / WOLLENHAUPT Whispering Wind (Columbia A 1660) 1914

NEVIN Shepherds All and Maidens Fair (Columbia A 1746) 1914

Manolito Funes
 
Denis (Armand) Gonet (Canada)
Denis (Armand) Gonet Millöcker (arr. Mackeben): If I am dreaming / Herbert: Ah! Sweet mystery of life (Regal-Zonophone MR.1705 (10-inch)) 1935

Verdi: La donna e mobile / Leoncavallo: Vesti la giubba (Regal-Zonophone MR.1633 (10-inch)) 1935

British Pathe Film Archive
Video Footage of 13-year-old Armand Gonet singing 'For You Alone' from 1934

 
Johnny Green (England)
Wood: Somebody stole my gal (Decca unissued on 78) 1935

Hill: The Glory of Love (Parlophone F.461) 1936

 
Hughie Green & His Gang (England)
Family Song Album, The (Regal Zonophone MR.1275 (10-inch)) 1934

Songs, Impressions, etc. (Rex 8869 (10-inch)) 1936

Hughie Green & His Gang
 
John Gwilym Griffith(s) (Wales)
Handel: How beautiful are the feet / Trad.: Drink to me only with thine eyes (Columbia DB.5489 (10-inch)) 1929

Spohr: As pants the hart / Handel: Where e'er you walk (Columbia DB.9615 (12-inch)) 1929

 
Masters David and Arthur Groves (England)
BCSD: Master John Porter

Mendelssohn: Hear My Prayer . . . O for the Wings of a Dove (Oliver Record (7-inch) O.24)

 
Master Richard Hales (unsorted)
BCSD: The Singing Errand Boy

(undetermined) (Rex ) 1935

 
Teddie Harcourt (England)
BCSD: Edgar Westover
Possible pseudonym of Teddie Harcourt on the Ariel Grand label.

Behrend: Daddy / Cowen: The Children's Home (Parlophone (Red label) E.6359 (10-inch)) 1930

Ridgwell & Godwin: If those lips could only speak / Geddes: Don't go down in the mine, Dad (Parlophone E.6292) 1930

 
Walter Hardwick (unsorted)
Christmas Melodies by the Fireside (Piccadilly 404) 1929

 
Robert Harris (England)
Robert Harris Farrar: The Old Church Bells (Parlophone unissued)

Coates: Bird Songs at Eventide / Schubert: Who is Sylvia? (Parlophone R.2133) 1935

Scherztinger: One night of love / Molloy: Love's old sweet song (Parlophone R.2102) 1935

The Better Land

 
Walter Harvey (England)
Mendelssohn: Hear ye, Israel (HMV B.40 (10-inch)) 1935

 
Charles Hawtrey (England)
Wikipedia - Charles Hawtrey

Bishop: Home, Sweet Home / Barnby: Sweet and Low (Regal MR.112 (10-inch)) 1930

Carols: While shepherds watched / Hark! The Herald-Angels Sing (Regal MR.192 (10-inch)) 1930

Petrie: I don't want to play in your yard / Weston: Hush! Here comes the Dream-Man (Regal MR.142) 1930

Charles Hawtrey
 
Billy Hill (England)
Billy Hill What a Wonderful Friend is Mother / A Collier's Child (Regal Zonophone MR.1496) 1934

Braham: Mother, the Best Friend of All / Gray: The Last Lullaby (Regal Zonophone MR.1535) 1935

 
Kenneth Hill (England)
Mendelssohn: Hear My Prayer . . . O for the Wings of a Dove (Broadcast (N.S.) (8-inch) 1011)

 
Sonny Hirst (England)
Gordon & Lemain: We're All Pally / (song) Till We Meet Again (Regal Zonophone (Green Label) MR.1053 (10-inch)) 1933

Just a Silver-Haired Old Lady / Burnaby: The Hymn that I Sang as a Boy (Regal Zonophone MR.970 (10-inch)) 1933

When its lamplightin' time in the valley (Broadcast 978) 1933

Gordon & Lemain: Just a Tiny Golden Locket / Tilsley: My Mother's Favourite Song (Regal Zonophone MR.1153) 1934

BCSD: The Singing Errand Boy

 
Dennis Hodgkiss (England)
Handel: I Know That my Redeemer Liveth (HMV JG181) 1945

 
Aldwyn Humphries (Wales)
Official Site: Steffani's Silver Songsters
Information on Steffani's Silver Songsters and Steffani's other boys' choirs, 1934 to 1948

Official Site: Steffani's Silver Songsters

BCSD: Steffani and his Silver Songsters

Mendelssohn: Hear My Prayer . . . O For the Wings of a Dove (Regal Zonophone MR.2970 (10-inch)) 1939

Aldwyn Humphries
 
Charles F. Hutton (unsorted)
(undetermined) (Great Scott ) 1933

 
Master Claude Isaacs (USA)
Nutting: Sing! Sing! Birds on the Wing (Edison Blue Amberol 3312) 1917

Scotch Ballad: Comin' Thro' the Rye / Nutting: Sing! Sing! Birds on the Wing (US Victor 18274 (10-inch)) 1917

Scotch Ballad: Comin' Thro' the Rye (Edison Blue Amberol 3384) 1918

 
Teddy James (England)
BCSD: La Chorale Tioli [Les Petits Chanteurs Scouts de Montréal]

BCSD: Les Petits Chanteurs de Trois-Rivières [La Troupe des Petits Chanteurs Trifluviens]

BCSD: Los Patitas Negras [Scouts Católicos de Chile]

BCSD: SCOUTISME FRANCAIS [Eclaireur]

BCSD: The Barrington Boys' Choir [Barrington Scout Choir]

Harris/Squire: In an Old-Fashioned Town / Moore: The Minstrel Boy (Broadcast 717)

Molloy: Love's Old Sweet Song / Penn: Smilin' Through (Broadcast 629)

Gounod: Ave Maria & Nazareth (Parlophone R.527 (10-inch)) 1930

Gounod: Nazareth / Adams: The Holy City (Broadcast "Twelve" 5164 (10-inch)) 1930

Handel: He shall feed His flock / Weatherly: Danny Boy (Broadcast 578 (8-inch)) 1930

Mendelssohn: Hear My Prayer . . . O For The Wings Of A Dove (Broadcast "Twelve" 5178 (10-inch)) 1930

Weatherly: Danny Boy / Who is Sylvia? (Schubert) (Parlophone R.551 (10-inch)) 1930

 
Kenneth Johns (England)
Gounod: There is a Green Hill / Stanford: Nunc Dimittis (British Zonophone (Green Label) 2963 (10-inch)) 1927

Stanford: Magnificat / Mendelssohn: O for the Wings of a Dove (British Zonophone (Green Label) A.318 (12-inch)) 1927

Dykes: Lead, Kindly Light / Shrubsole: All Hail the Power of Jesu's Name (British Zonophone (Green Label) 5179 (10-inch)) 1928

Elvey: Come ye thankful people, come / Dykes: Jesu, lover of my soul (Zonophone 5368 (10-inch)) 1929

 
Derrick Jones (England)
Penn: Smilin' Through / unknown: Stars of the Summer Night (Regal Zonophone MR.2472) 1937

Wright: Absent / Rasbach: Trees (Regal Zonophone MR.2591) 1937

 
Joselito (Spain)
Joselito Musica de la pelicula Saeta (RCA Victor 1A1517)

La luz de tus Ojos / Viento, Viento (RCA Victor 1A-1534) 1957

Official Site: Joselito

Bello Recuerdo

Joselito SuperStar !

La Malagueña - Joselito - 1961

La Enciclopedia de los recuerdos

malicieux.com

 
Master Bobby Joy (England)
It's My Mother's Birthday Today (Decca F.5705 (10-inch)) 1935

Misty Islands of the Highlands (Decca F.5781 (10-inch)) 1935

Wilfred: Calling Me Home (HMV BD.5075) 1936

 
Josef Käpplinger (Austria)
Goller: O Quam Suavis / Mendelssohn: Wer hat dich du schöner Wald? (Parlophone Odeon R.20022) 1927

Grieg: Solveig's Song / Mozart: Freude, Königin der Wiesen (Parlophone Odeon R.20021 (12-inch)) 1927

 
Master Jimmy Kelly (England)
Toselli: Serenata / Moya: Song of Songs (Rex 9342) 1938

You are My Heart's Delight / Vienna, City of My Dreams (Rex 9276) 1938

 
Roy Kemp (England)
Official Site: Steffani's Silver Songsters
Information on the Silver Songsters and Steffani's other boys' choirs, 1934 to 1948

BCSD: Cyril Lewis

BCSD: Morris Stevens

BCSD: Steffani and his Silver Songsters

E.C. Purcell: Passing By / Molloy: Love's Old Sweet Song (Decca F.5359 (10-inch)) 1934

Roy Kemp
 
Tommy (Thomas) Kerney (England)
Sanderson: One morning very early / Handel: Art thou troubled? (HMV B.25) 1934

 
David Kidd (Scotland)
David Kidd Flanagan: Underneath the Arches / Pola & Steininger: Song of the Bells (Decca F.3217 (10-inch)) 1932

Nicholls: A Bed-Time Story (Decca F.3223 (10-inch)) 1932

Steininger & Pola: Marching along together (Decca F.3148 (10-inch)) 1932

Henderson: The Jubilee Song ("Carry On") / Smith: The Anchor Song (Decca F.3540 (10-inch)) 1933

Steininger: Standing on the Corner (Decca F.3409 (10-inch)) 1933

 
Wolfgang Kieling (Germany)
BCSD: Bobby Breen
Child actor and singer from the 1930s-40s

BCSD: Ernest Lough

Wolfgang Kieling at IMDb

BACH, W.F. ? Kein hamlein wächst auf erden / REGER Maria Wiegenleid op. 76 no. 2 (German HMV (Electrola) EG 6426)

BRAHMS Wiegenleid op. 49/4 (cradle song) / BRAHMS Sandmannchen VK4 (German HMV (Electrola) EG 6488)

Es ist ein ros entsprungen (Praetorius) / Stille nacht, heilige nacht (Gruber) (German HMV (Electrola) EG 6280)

FOLKSONG Es klappert die muhle / FOLKSONG Die geiden hasen (German HMV (Electrola) EG 6622)

Kinder Weinachten (HMV E.H. 1213)

MOZART Schnsucht nech dem Fruhlinge, K596 / WERNER Heidenroslein (German HMV (Electrola) EG 6380)

MOZART Wiegenlied / ? Wer hat die Schusten (German HMV (Electrola) EG 6257)

SCHUBERT Ave Maria / FLOTOW Letzte Rose (Marta) (German HMV (Electrola) EG 6708)

Wolfgang Kieling
 
Raymond Kinsey (England)
Raymond Kinsey Bach: My heart ever faithful / Haydn: With verdure clad (HMV C.2571 (12-inch)) 1933

Gounod: Ave Maria / Foster: Oh! for a closer walk with God (HMV C.2629 (12-inch)) 1933

Handel: Rejoice Greatly / Let the Bright Seraphim (HMV C.2556 (12-inch)) 1933

The Better Land

 
Kristian (Denmark)
WEYSE The day moves on a-pace / WEYSE To our little deed (Danish HMV X 6655)

 
Hubert Langley (England)
Handel: Rejoice Greatly (Gramophone (Monarch HMV) 02248 (12-inch)) 1910

 
Harold Langston (England)
The Better Land

Handel: Angels, ever bright and fair (HMV unissued on 78rpm) 1929

Mendelssohn: I will sing of Thy great mercies, O Lord (HMV unissued on 78rpm) 1929

O Valiant Hearts (HMV Bb18528) 1930

Sterndale Bennett: Remember now thy Creator (HMV unissued on 78rpm) 1930

Harold Langston
 
Walter Lawrence (USA)
Walter Lawrence Recordings unissued on 78rpm disc (US Columbia unissued)

Haydn: With Verdure Clad / Dell'Acqua: Villanelle (The Lark's Song) (US Columbia A-5421 (12-inch)) 1912

Adams: The Holy City / Haydn ("Creation"): With Verdure Clad ((UK) Columbia-Rena 393 (12-inch)) 1913

Mendelssohn: O for the Wings of a Dove / Ware: Sunlight (Waltz Song) (US Columbia A-1259 (10-inch)) 1913

Mendelssohn: Oh, for the Wings of a Dove / Ware: Sunlight Waltz Song ((UK) Columbia-Rena 2209 (10-inch)) 1913

Stainer: Love Divine, all loves excelling / Adams: The Holy City (US Columbia A-5453 (12-inch)) 1913

Carey: A Spring Morning / Chaminade: Summer (L'Ete) (US Columbia A-1527 (10-inch)) 1914

Dell'Acqua: Villanelle (The Lark's Song) / Handel ("Messiah"): Rejoice Greatly ((UK) Columbia-Rena 430 (12-inch)) 1914

Handel ("Messiah"): Rejoice Greatly / Come Unto Him (US Columbia A-5602 (12-inch)) 1914

Carey: A Spring Morning / Chaminade: Summer (L'Ete) ((UK) Columbia-Rena 2517 (12-inch)) 1915

 
Davey Lee (USA)
BCSD: Wolfgang Kieling
Child actor and singer from the 1930s

IMDb Entry

Wikipedia - The Singing Fool

Sonny Boy's Bear Story (Brunswick 4491) 1929

I've Lost My Dog / Davey and His Dog Tatters (Brunswick 4986) 1930

Davey Lee
 
Bobby Lemaire (England)
Hymns: Come, sing with holy gladness (etc.) (Broadcast 457) 1929

 
John Levitt (England)
John Levitt IMDB listing

Dites-moi (Tell me why) from "South Pacific" (Columbia DB.2958) 1951

Santa Lucia (Cottrau) / I want to make my mother proud of me (Moran & Hart) (Columbia DB.2965) 1951

 
Cyril Lewis (Wales)
Cyril Lewis Richards: Cymru fach (My own little country) / Y deryn pur (The Dove) (Decca F.5139 (10-inch)) 1934

Official Site: Steffani's Silver Songsters
Information about Steffani's Silver Songsters, The Sixteen Singing Scholars, The Harlem Pages and Steffani's other boys' choirs who toured the U.K. Variety theatres between 1934 & 1948

BCSD: Morris Stevens

BCSD: Roy Kemp

BCSD: Steffani and his Silver Songsters

 
Gerald Lewis (England)
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols (Decca 1156-1157 ) 1944

 
Ernest Lough (England)
BCSD: Graham Lough
Graham is Ernest's son

BCSD: Robin Lough
Robin is Ernest Lough's son.

NPR Interview with Robin Lough

Article in International Classical Music Collector

The Better Land

Hymn: O Sons and Daughters / Walford Davies: King of Glory (HMV B.2493 (10-inch)) 1927

Mendelssohn: Hear My Prayer . . . O for the Wings of a Dove (HMV C.1329 (12-inch)) 1927

Mendelssohn: I waited for the Lord / O come everyone that thirsteth (HMV C.1398 (12-inch)) 1927

Mendelssohn: I will sing of Thy great mercies (HMV unissued on 78 rpm) 1927

Handel: I know that my Redeemer liveth (Messiah) (HMV B.2656 (10-inch)) 1928

Mendelssohn: Hear ye, Israel! (Elijah) (HMV B.2627 (10-inch)) 1928

S.S. Wesley: Blessed be the God and Father (HMV C.1541 (12-inch)) 1928

S.S. Wesley: Praise the Lord, O my soul (HMV C.1436 (12-inch)) 1928

Schubert: Coronach / Brahms: Come away, death (HMV B.2836 (10-inch)) 1928

Schubert: Hark! Hark! The Lark / Who is Sylvia? (HMV B.2681 (10-inch)) 1928

Trad.: Drink to me only with thine eyes / Walford Davies (arr.): Two Nursery Rhymes (HMV B.2770 (10-inch)) 1928

The Holy City / Abide With Me (HMV B.8712 (10-inch) ) 1938

Ernest Lough
 
Michael Lumb (England)
Brother James' Air / O Lovely Peace (Columbia DX 1032 (twelve-inch) ) 1939

 
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers (USA)
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers It's Christmas once again / Little Girl (ROULETTE R-4035) 1958

History of Rock

Profile at About.com

 
Donald Hugh MacBride (USA)
Unpublished items (Victor unpublished on 78 rpm) 1907

Handel: Angels, Ever Bright and Fair (Victor Monarch 5329 (10-inch)) 1908

Donald Hugh MacBride
 
Lex Macdonald (New Zealand)
Soundarchives NZ
Recordings from the 1930s and a more recent ten-minute interview with Lex (1990s?) are available on CDR.

Blackbird's Song / The Cuckoo (Regal G 21482) 1932

Duna / A Brown Bird Singing (Regal G 21485) 1932

Rose Softly Blooming / Solveig's Song (Regal G 30068) 1932

Schubert: Hark, Hark, the Lark / Brahms: Lullaby (Regal G 21486) 1932

Schubert: Who Is Sylvia? / I Attempt From Love's Sickness To Fly (Regal G 21487) 1932

To a Wild Rose / The Lass with the Delicate Air (Regal G21481) 1932

 
Mickey Maguire (England)
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus (Connor) / The Little Fir Tree (Barnes/Cornelius/John) (Decca F.10203 (10-inch)) 1953

Tell Me A Story (Gilkyson) (Decca F.10114 (10-inch)) 1953

 
Ronald Mallett (England)
Ronald Mallett Trad.: Drink to me only with thine eyes / Walford Davies (arr.): Two Nursery Rhymes (HMV B.2770 (10-inch)) 1928

 
Master Alfred Maries (England)
Lucky Strike (show) (Regal-Zonophone MR.2148/49) 1936

 
Willie McCarron (unsorted)
(undetermined) (Great Scott ) 1934

 
Alasdair McInnes (Scotland)
Carol Muile (trad.) / Puirt a Beul (trad.) (Decca F.5032 (10-inch)) 1934

 
Thomas Meddings (England)
The Better Land

Foster: Oh! for a closer walk with God (HMV 12-inch matrix unissued on 78 rpm)

Spohr: Lord God of Heaven and Earth / Bach: Jesu joy of man's desiring (HMV B.8123 (10-inch)) 1934

Spohr: As pants the hart (arr. Stimpson) / Blest are the departed (HMV B.8380 (10-inch)) 1935

Thomas Meddings
 
Derek Middleton (England)
Handel: Where e'er you walk / Come unto Him (HMV B.4133 (10-inch)) 1932

 
Moses Mirsky (Russia)
Moses Mirsky Adoino Moloch (Zonophone X.102263 (10-inch)) 1906

Adoino Moloch (Zonophone X.102260 (10-inch)) 1906

Hoschwiene (Zonophone X.102262 (10-inch)) 1906

Ihroh Aineino (Zonophone X.102259 (10-inch)) 1906

Mi Schabairoch (Zonophone X.102264 (10-inch)) 1906

Reizei (Zonophone X.102261 (10-inch)) 1906

Iro Eineino/VeShamru (Victor  65153) 1912

BCSD: Master Simon Bernstein

Moses Mirsky on Anthology CD 2002

Mysteria (Russian)
Moses Mirsky on CD

 
Michael Morley (England)
Review: Brief review of Michael from Gramophone, 1951

The Better Land

Coates: Bird Songs at Eventide / Brahe: Bless this House (Decca M.672 (10-inch)) 1951

M. Arne: The Lass with the Delicate Air / Schubert: Hark! Hark! The Lark! (Decca F.9782 (10-inch)) 1951

Michael Morley
 
Billy Neely (Northern Ireland)
Billy Neely Tate: Somewhere a voice is calling (BBC? broadcast recording?)

Baynon: Give me Wings (private recording ) 1946

Handel: How beautiful are the feet (Messiah) (private recording ) 1946

Handel: Largo - Now daylight dies, far in the western skies (private recording ) 1946

Schubert: Serenade (Schwanengesang) (private recording ) 1946

Thiman: I hear Spring calling (BBC broadcast recording) 1948

Trad. arr. Sharp: Mowing the Barley (BBC broadcast recording) 1948

Britten: A Tragic Story (BBC broadcast recording) 1949

Gibbs: Five Eyes (BBC broadcast recdg) 1949

Horn: Cherry ripe (arr. Lehmann) (BBC broadcast recording) 1949

Mozart: Allelujah (KV165) (BBC broadcast recording) 1949

O'Brien: The Fairy Tree (BBC broadcast recording) 1949

Arensky: Six Children's Songs (op. 59) (HMV C.4013 (12-inch)) 1950

Arensky: The Sad Little Bird (BBC broadcast recording) 1950

Bach/Gounod: Ave Maria (BBC broadcast recording) 1950

Brahms: Röslein dreie in der Reihe (BBC broadcast recording) 1950

Handel: Art thou troubled? (Rodelinda) (BBC broadcast recording) 1950

Kitty, my love, will you marry me? (Ulster folksong) (BBC broadcast recording) 1950

Mendelssohn: Greetings (Radio Éireann broadcast recording) 1950

Mendelssohn: Hear my prayer (part 1 only) (BBC broadcast recording) 1950

Offenbach: Barcarolle (Tales of Hoffmann) (Radio Éireann broadcast recording) 1950

Parry: The Child and the Twilight (HMV unissued on 78rpm) 1950

Penn: Smilin' Through (BBC broadcast recording) 1950

Puccini: Io de' sospiri (Tosca) (BBC broadcast recording) 1950

Reger: The Virgin's Slumber Song (HMV unissued on 78 rpm) 1950

The Lark in (the) Clear Air (trad. Irish air "The Tailor") (HMV unissued on 78 rpm) 1950

The ninepenny fidil (fiddle) (arr. Hughes/Moore) (HMV unissued on 78 rpm) 1950

Trad. (arr. Hughes): A Ballynure Ballad (BBC broadcast recording) 1950

Trad.: The Lark in (the) Clear Air (BBC broadcast recording) 1950

Britten: The Birds / Mozart: Allelujah (Exsultate, jubilate) (HMV B.10041 (10-inch)) 1951

Durante: Vergin Tutt' Amor / (attrib.) Marcello: Il mio bel foco . . . Quella fiamma che m' (HMV B.10096 (10-inch)) 1951

Merikanto: A Fairy Story by the Fire / Fraser-Simson: Christopher Robin is saying his prayers (HMV B.10150 (10-inch)) 1951

Warlock: The First Mercy / Coventry Carol (16th cent.) (HMV B.10373 (10-inch)) 1952

BCSD: Robert Waddell

Billy Neely Belfast's Own Boy Soprano
Leave your messages of appreciation on Billy's new Facebook page.

The Better Land

 
Frank Nichols (unsorted)
Good King Wenceslas / See Amid the Winter Snow (Broadcast (Red Label) 3104 (10-inch)) 1931

Handel ("Messiah"): I know that my Redeemer liveth / He shall feed his flock (Broadcast (Blue Label) "Twelve" 5236 (10-inch)) 1931

Handel ("Messiah"): I know that my Redeemer liveth & He shall feed His Flock (Broadcast (Red Label) 3165 (10-inch)) 1932

Christmas Hymns and Carols (Rex (Black Label) X.1001 (10-inch)) 1933

 
Master Peter Olley (unsorted)
(undetermined) (National Savings ) 1944

 
Gunnar Oskarsson (Iceland)
I dag skein sol / Hvil mig rott (HMV JOR15/16/17)

Gunnar Oskarsson
 
Jimmy Osmond (USA)
Jimmy Osmond If Santa were my daddy / Silent Night ( ) 1971

Official Site: Jimmy Osmond

BCSD: Donny Osmond
Jimmy's older brother

I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door - TV Clip

 
Claude Pascal (France)
Jacky et Mado (French Columbia DF 1381/82 (10-inch))

Noel des enfants / Chansons Enfantines (French Columbia DF 1343 (10-inch))

Schubert: Erlkönig (Columbia (GB) LX..361 (12-inch)) 1935

 
Graham Payn (South Africa)
British Pathe Films
Footage of Graham from 1931-1932: Meadowsweet, In an old fashioned town, I hear you calling me.

Graham Payn - I Hear You Calling Me

The Better Land

Cast thy burden / Nearer, my God, to Thee (Zonophone (Green Label) 6033 (10-inch)) 1932

Don't Go Down In The Mine Dad / That Old Fashioned Mother Of Mine (Broadcast 953 (9-inch)) 1933

The hymn that I sang as a boy / As I knelt beside that old arm-chair (Rex (Black Label) 8028 (10-inch)) 1933

Graham Payn
 
P. Pedersen (Denmark)
WEYSE A castle stands in Vesterled / WEYSE Now all the bells ring (Danish HMV X 4601)

 
Robert Duncan Peel (England)
Robert Duncan Peel Handel: Angels ever bright and fair (from (Columbia (Dark Blue Label) DB.9501 (12-inch)) 1928

The Better Land

 
Master Joe Petersen (Scotland)
BCSD: Master Wilfred Eaton
Another name Mary used to record and perform.

Master Joe Petersen - A Boy's Best Friend Is His Mother

Master Joe Petersen - Skylark

YouTube - Just a Little Grey-haired Lady

Charles Garland Productions
A documentary was planned. Not known if it was completed.

In the Valley of the Moon / Sonny Boy (Rex 8296) 1934

Just a Little Grey-Haired Lady / Daddy (Rex 8077) 1934

Love's Old Sweet Song / White Wings (Rex 8136) 1934

Smilin' Through / My Ain Folk (Rex 8255) 1934

A portrait of a lady / It's my mother's birthday today (Rex 8601) 1935

Mother Machree / Killarney (Rex 8555) 1935

The Song that Reached My Heart / Won't You Buy My Pretty Flowers? (Rex 8386) 1935

If Those Lips Could |Only Speak / The Old Rustic Bridge By The Mill (Rex 8785) 1936

Let's Grow Old Together / It's a Sin to Tell a Lie (Rex 8895) 1936

Master Joe Petersen
 
Master James Phelan (England)
(Hymns) Rock of Ages / O Worship the King (Decca F.5547 (10-inch)) 1935

Abt: Ave Maria / Elgar: Ave Verum Corpus (Decca (Blue Label) F.5562 (10-inch)) 1935

Bach-Gounod: Ave Maria / Schubert: Ave Maria (HMV (Plum label) C.2766 (12-inch)) 1935

Grüber: Still Night, Holy Night / (Carol) O Come, all ye Faithful (HMV (Magenta label) BD.288 (10-inch)) 1935

 
William Pickels (USA)
William Pickels Arditi: Love in Springtime / Puccini: Musetta's Waltz Song (US Victor 17876 (10-inch)) 1915

Tosti: Mattinata (Morning Serenade) / Jacobs-Bond: Just a-Wearyin' for You (US Victor 17905 (10-inch)) 1916

 
Master John Porter (unsorted)
Mendelssohn: Hear My Prayer / Mendelssohn: O for the Wings of a Dove (Victory 311) 1930

BCSD: Master Arthur and David Groves
Possible pseudonyms of the same artist

BCSD: Master John Dove
Might this be a pseudonym for the same person?

Victory Label history

Woolworth's Music in th 1930s

 
Kenneth Purves (England)
The Better Land

Mendelssohn: Hear Ye, Israel! (HMV Private Record ) 1927

Handel: Angels, ever bright and fair / Attwood: Come Holy Ghost, our souls inspire (Broadcast 224 (8-inch)) 1928

Liddle: How lovely are Thy dwellings / Mendelssohn: I waited for the Lord (Hymn of Praise) (Broadcast 280 (8-inch)) 1928

Mendelssohn: Hear my Prayer . . . O for the Wings of a Dove (Broadcast 247) 1928

Kenneth Purves
 
Andrew Ray (England)
Andrew Ray Ray & Green: Jack the Giant Killer / When Daddy Was a Boy (Columbia DB.2774) 1950

Official Site: Andrew Ray

Wikipedia - The Mudlark

Wikipedia Entry

 
Jack Roberts (England)
Gounod: There is a Green Hill far away / Liddle: The Lord is My Shepherd (Decca ? F.5360 (10-inch)) 1934

 
Christopher Robin (England)
Fraser-Simson: Songs from "Now we are six" & "When we were very young" (HMV B.2980 (10-inch)) 1929

Christopher Robin
 
Leonard Robson (Scotland)
Jock o' Hazeldene / Afton Water (Beltona 1780) 1931

 
Tommy Sandilands (Wales)
Tommy Sandilands A little bit of heaven / My wild Irish rose (Zonophone 5473 (10-inch)) 1930

Aitken: Maire, My Girl / (song) The Dawn (Zonophone 5486 (10-inch)) 1930

By the fountain / Down the vale (Zonophone 5657 (10-inch)) 1930

Claribel: Come back to Erin / d'Hardelot: Because (Zonophone 5541 (10-inch)) 1930

Nelson: Mary of Argyle / Balfe: Killarney (Zonophone 5565 (10-inch)) 1930

Ascher: Alice where art Thou? / Ballad: Barbara Allen (Zonophone (Green label) 5820 (10-inch)) 1931

BCSD: The Singing Errand Boy

 
Trevor Schofield (England)
The Better Land

Coates: Bird Songs at Eventide / Harding: "Good Night" said the cuckoo (Columbia DB.5258 (10-inch)) 1929

Drummond: Pierrot at the Dance / Adams: A Song of Long Ago (Columbia DB.5528 (10-inch)) 1929

Fairlie: He shall sustain thee / The Lord is thy Keeper (Columbia DB.5469 (10-inch)) 1929

Hymns: Lead, Kindly Light / Hymn of the Homeland (Columbia DB.223 (10-inch)) 1930

Trevor Schofield
 
SCOUTISME FRANCAIS (France)
SCOUTISME FRANCAIS Hiver Chants Des Scouts De France - 33 Tours (Clartes )

Mowgli Chante ( Manecanterie Des Petits Chanteurs De Nancy Meule Scouts De France) (Cla 2003 )

BCSD: Chorale des Petits Chanteurs de Nancy [Troupe 14e Nancy Scout de France]

BCSD: La Chorale Tioli [Les Petits Chanteurs Scouts de Montréal]

BCSD: Les Petits Chanteurs de Trois-Rivières [La Troupe des Petits Chanteurs Trifluviens]

BCSD: Scouts Católicos de Chile

BCSD: Teddy James ["Scout" Teddy James]

BCSD: The Barrington Boys' Choir [Barrington Scout Choir]

 
Master John Shields (England)
FRANCK Panis Angelicus / Ave Maria (Private School Recording T 10141)

 
The Singing Twins (unsorted)
A bedtime story / Big Ben's saying goodnight (Regal MR 726)

 
Mansel Squire (England)
Handel: I know that my redeemer liveth (Decca X.420) 1951

 
Stan Stafford (unsorted)
Angels Ever Bright and Fair / God So Loved the World (Dominion & Filmophone 104) 1929

 
Morris Stevens (Wales)
Official Site: Steffani's Silver Songsters
Information on Steffani's Silver Songsters, The Sixteen Singing Scholars and other boys' choirs, 1934 to 1948.

BCSD: Steffani and his Silver Songsters

Unpublished recordings (Decca F.5832 (?) (10-inch))

Falkenstein: Lay my head beneath a rose / Keuleman: By the Lazy Lagoon (Decca F.5853 (10-inch)) 1935

Sullivan: God shall wipe away all tears /Gounod: O Divine Redeemer (Decca K.843 (12-inch)) 1936

Morris Stevens
 
John L. Stewart (USA)
Tucker: A Fire Laddie (Just Like My Daddy) (Okeh Ok.4851 (10-inch)) 1923

 
Dillwyn Thomas (Wales)
Dillwyn Thomas Olcott: Mother Machree /Weatherly: Danny Boy (Columbia FB.1696) 1937

British Pathe Films
Video Footage of Dillwyn singing 'Vienna City of Dreams' from 1937.

 
Master Dai Thomas (England)
Sullivan: God shall wipe away all tears /Gounod: O Divine Redeemer (Decca K.843 (12-inch)) 1936

Official Site: Steffani's Silver Songsters
Information on the boys who sang in Steffani's choirs between 1934 and 1947

BCSD: Steffani and his Silver Songsters

 
Tom Thurley (England)
Come, Holy Ghost (Attwood) / Jesu, Word of God Incarnate (Elgar) ((Edison Bell) Electron 0.237 (10-inch)) 1928

 
Thomas Tweedy (England)
Nevin: The Rosary / Towers, Leon & Nicholls: By an old Abbey door (Decca F.3260 (10-inch)) 1932

Mendelssohn: On Wings of Song / Schubert: Hark! Hark! The Lark (Decca F.3704 (10-inch)) 1933

Molloy: Love's old sweet song / Weatherly: Danny Boy (Decca F.3376 (10-inch)) 1933

Stothart: Sweetheart Darlin' / Burke: In the Valley of the Moon (Decca F.3656 (10-inch)) 1933

Unpublished items (Decca ) 1933

 
Maurice Unitt (England)
Parry: England (Octacros ) 1936

 
Master Gilbert Voy (unsorted)
Orphan Boy / Parson's Sheep (Parlophone (Magenta Label) F.3303 (10-inch)) 1937

 
Robert 'Bobby' Waddell (Scotland)
BCSD: The Better Land Series

Handel: He shall feed his flock (from "Messiah") (Parlophone E.11477)

Robert 'Bobby' Waddell
 
Leslie Walmsley (unsorted)
Blind Boy / Mother Machrie (Broadcast 818) 1932

 
Norman Ware (England)
Ear training (HMV B.2809 (10-inch)) 1928

Voice exercises (HMV B.2808 (10-inch)) 1928

 
Leyshon Watkins (Wales)
Leyshon Watkins Schubert: Serenade / J.P. Skelly: A Boy's Best Friend is His Mother (Decca F.5763 (10-inch)) 1935

Sullivan: God shall wipe away all tears (Decca unissued on 78) 1935

Official Site: Steffani's Silver Songsters

BCSD: Steffani and his Silver Songsters

 
Earl Weidner, Jr. (USA)
(unknown) ( )

Article in the ARSC Newsletter

 
Desmond White (unsorted)
I'm writing a letter to heaven / You'll never miss your mother 'til she's gone (Parlophone 10-inch R.1282) 1932

 
Michael Wilkinson (unsorted)
Ye who now sorrow (Sound News PR 30) 1954

 
Brian Williams (England)
Good King Wenceslas (carol) (Odeon A.469 (10¾-inch D.S.)) 1907

 
Denis Wright (England)
Capital date for Skegby singer (Nov 2007)

Church Times Obituries
This obituary by Stephen Beet appeared in the Church Times

The Better Land

Boughton: The Faery Song / Ronald: Down in the Forest (Spring) (HMV B.9256 (10-inch) (unissued)) 1941

Fraser-Simson: Market Square (HMV unissued on 78 rpm) 1941

Moore: 'Tis the last Rose of Summer / Schubert: Cradle Song (HMV B.9231 (10-inch)) 1941

Uncle Mac's Favourite Hymns - First series (HMV BD.978/9 (10-inch)) 1941

Unpublished recordings where matrices are believed to exist (HMV unissued on 78 rpm) 1941

Cowen: The Better Land / Fraser-Simson: Christopher Robin is saying his prayers (HMV C.3313 (12-inch)) 1942

Denis Wright
 
Master William Ivor Wright (England)
Life's Epitome (Rae) (Columbia (single-sided) 26024 (10-inch)) 1907

Night has a Thousand Eyes, The (Frank Lambert) (Columbia (single-sided) 26025 (10-inch)) 1907

 


78RPM Resources
BCSD: A little about 78RPM Recordings Brian Pearson describes the early years and standardization of the first audio recordings, and the meaning and importance of matrix numbers.
British Pathe Films The world's first digital news archive. Preview items from the entire 3500 hour British Pathe Film Archive which covers news, sport, social history and entertainment from 1896 to 1970. Includes clips of Graham Payn, Frank Bird, Thomas Criddle, Iwan Davies, Dillwyn Thomas, and a number of choirs.
BoyChoirs.org: Boy Choristers - 1902 Interesting and historical article about popular boy sopranos around the turn of the 20th century. 1902 issue of St. Nicholas Magazine, Vol. XXIX, No. 6.
BoyChoirs.org: Richard Coker and the Rise of the Celebrity Boy Soprano Newly researched article detailing the beginnings of commercialized boy sopranos and the first recordings, by Brian Pearson.
The 78 RPM Record Home Page Informative 78RPM site.
Bill Clark's 78 RPM Record Website Online shop with many used 78 records and Supplies.
Tim's Records Online sales and auctions of 78s and LPs.
The Online 78 RPM Discographical Project Discographies by Label.
UNT Music Library University Library of 78 Recordings.



See also:
Glory of the Temple Church Choir
The Better Land Series
Special thanks to Stephen Beet and Brian Pearson for providing many of the portraits
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