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Westport
records were sold by Curry's Ltd in their various cycle & electrical shops
around the country. Westports were actually just a pasted-over label, on old-stocks of Winner and Imperial. The label designs were the same for both of these, but the Winner paste-overs were dark red with black printing, while the Imperial ones were an orangy-red with black printing. |
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Thanks to the following who have provided extra details: Paul Buck, Paul Cleary, Robert Girling, David Glowacki, Graham Gough, Martin Gunton, Wayne Ivany, Mike Jones, Mike Langridge, Adam Mill;er, Albert Pattison, Richard Prout, Mark Schuler, Roger Scott, Charles Sokol.
Page last updated on:
August 28, 2024
Winner issues:
Cat No | Matrix No. | Title | Artists | original issue |
301 | 6448 6449 |
The Vamp Arabian Nights |
Olly Oakley's Syncopated Five | Winner 3374 |
302 | ||||
303 | 6858 6861 |
Sweet And Low Mother And Dad |
Stanley Kirkby & Arthur Saunders Stakley Kirkby (baritone) |
Winner 3530 |
304 | 7664 7669 |
I Ain't Nobody's Darling Dancing Time |
Hurlingham Club Orchestra | Winner 3793 |
305 | 7898 7900 |
Susannah's Squeaking Shoes Mary Ellen |
Harry Hudson | Winner 3882 |
306 | ||||
307 | 6726 6727 |
And He'd Say "Oo-La-La, Wee-Wee" Oliver |
Stanley Kirkby (baritone) | Winner 3468 |
321 | 7426 7475 |
Ka-Lu-A Dapper Dan |
Hurlingham Club Orchestra Bohemian Band |
Winner 3735 |
322 | ||||
323 | ||||
324 | ||||
325 | 7532 7533 |
Why Should I Cry Over You? Jealous Of You |
Ted Yorke (baritone) (= Jack Charman) | Winner 3755 |
332 | 6719 6721 |
I've Got
The Holiday Feeling Please |
Stanley Kirkby (baritone) | Winner 3556 |
333 | ||||
334 | ||||
335 | 7228 7229 |
Bits And Pieces Rainbow (waltz) |
Blackpool Tower Orchestra | Winner 3684 |
380 | 7130 7131 |
Are Yer
Going To Have One? When My Ship Comes Home |
Ernie Mayne | Winner 3652 |
391 | 7286 7387-2 |
Charles Our House Is Open After Hours |
Frederick Granger | Winner 3727 |
409 | 8928 8929-2 |
I'm Gonna Bring A Watermelon Go 'Long Mule |
Edison Bell Dance Orchestra | Winner 4110 |
417 | 8904 8905 |
Go Long Mule I'm Gonna Bring A Watermelon |
Elliott & Barratt | Winner 4109 |
437 | 6969 6971 |
I Want A Boy Borneo |
The Elliotts | Winner 3586 |
443 | 8192 8193 |
Last Night On The Back Porch Maggie? Yes Ma! |
The Elliotts | Winner 3955 |
444 | ||||
445 | ||||
446 | ||||
447 | ||||
448 | 5522 (2300) 5525 (2301) |
Go So Loved The World Hymn For Christmas Day |
Vivian Bennett's Choir | Winner 3182 |
465 | 7257 7258 |
A Wistful Waltz Rosy Cheeks |
Bohemian Band | Winner 3691 |
466 | ||||
467 | ||||
468 | 7268 (7734) 7174 (7669) |
Stealing Wimmin |
Lanin's Famous Players Bailey's Lucky Seven |
Winner 3697 / Gennett 4826 Winner 3697 / Gennett 4795 |
472 | 5860 5861 |
The Dawn Of Victory, 1st selection The Dawn Of Victory, 2nd selection |
Band of H.M. Irish Guards | Winner 3271 |
481 | 1259 1260 |
Who Fears To Speak Of 98 ? A Nation Once Again |
Charles E. Sherwin | Winner 2649 |
482 | ||||
483 | ||||
484 | 8817 8817 |
Please Burning Kisses |
Shakespeare & Rutterford Rhythmonic Combination | Winner 4097 |
490 | 6336 6338 |
Give Me A Little Blanc-Mange What Are Little Girls Made Of? |
Jay Laurier | Winner 3340 |
511 | 8559 8560 |
Forget-Me-Not Bells Across The Meadow |
Band of H.M. Scots Guards | Winner 4046 |
2008 | 6648 6717 |
The Body In The Bag Do I? Yes, I Do |
Kirkby & Hudson (= Stanley Kirkby &
Harry Hudson) Stanley Kirkby |
Winner 3450 |
2009 | ||||
2010 | 7817-2 7818 |
I'm Learning To Sing Someone Else Is The Bridegroom |
Jay Laurier (comedian) | Winner 3825 |
2011 | 7081 7083 |
Fragrance Rustic Rube |
Ernest Rutterford (concertina) | Winner 3650 |
2012 | ||||
2013 | ||||
2014 | 2154 2155 |
Any Time's Kissing Time Love's Own Kiss |
Rita Squire | Winner 3109 |
2015 | ||||
2016 | ||||
2017 | ||||
2018 | ||||
2019 | 7271 (7636) 7272 (7604) |
Tuck Me To Sleep Ma! |
Harry Raderman's Orchestra Van Eps' Quartette |
Winner 3696 / Gennett 4778 Winner 3696 / Gennett 4771 |
2020 | ||||
2021 | ||||
2022 | 7926-2 7929-2 |
Annie Whistle (I'll Stand Beneath Your Window and Whistle) |
The Blackpool Syncopators | Winner 3878 |
2023 | ||||
2024 | ||||
2025 | 7780 (8142) 7781 (8152) |
Open Your Arms, My Alabamy Flower Of Araby |
Regent Orchestra (= Bailey's Lucky
Seven) Regent Orchestra (= Cal Smith's American Orchestra) |
Winner 3865 / Gennett 5017 |
2026 | ||||
2027 | ||||
2028 | ||||
2029 | 7950 (1311) 8120 (8385) |
Saw Mill River Road My Sweetie Went Away |
Diplomat Orchestra (= Newport
Society Orchestra) Diplomat Orchestra (= Howard Lanin & his Orch) |
Winner
3926 / Para 20205 Winner 3926 / Gennett 5167 |
2030 | ||||
2031 | ||||
2032 | ||||
2033 | ||||
2034 | 7227 7238 |
Ma! Uncle Sambo |
Blackpool Tower Orchestra | Winner 3678 |
2044 | 7696 (11185) 7697 (8032) |
Oriental No Wonder I'm Lonesome |
Regent Orchestra (= Friars Society Orchestra) Regent Orchestra (= Bailey's Lucky Seven) |
Winner 3868 / Gennett 4966 Winner 3868 / Gennett 4975 |
2045 | 7985 (8211) 7986 (8333) |
Ritzi Mitzi Secrets |
Regent Orchestra (= Lanin's Famous Players) Regent Orchestra (= Art Landry's Orch) |
Winner 3872 / Gennett 5143 Winner 3872 / Gennett 5053 |
2046 | ||||
2047 | ||||
2048 | ||||
2049 | ||||
2050 | 8172 8173 |
Sun-Kist Rose Keep Off My Shoes |
Hurlingham Club Orchestra | Winner 3952 |
2051 | ||||
2052 | ||||
2053 | 7908 7912 |
Arrawarra Annie |
The Elliotts | Winner 3840 |
2054 | 7957 7961 |
I'll Change Your Clouds To Sunbeams Darby And Joan |
Frederick Granger | Winner 3952 |
2055 | 6859 6860 |
The Memory Of A Song A Song Of Long Ago |
Stanley Kirkby (baritone) | Winner 3956 |
2056 | ||||
2057 | ||||
2058 | ||||
2059 | 7556 7558 |
Who's The Girl? Wake Up, Little Girl |
The Elliotts | Winner 3777 |
2070 | 7777 (8120) 7779 (8141) |
Who Did You Fool After All ? Way Down Yonder In New Orleans |
Pavilion Players (= Cal Smith's American Orchestra) Pavilion Players (= Bailey's Lucky Seven) |
Winner 3864 / Gennett 5011 Winner 3864 / Gennett 5016 |
2097 | 7950 (1311) 8120 (8385) |
Saw Mill River Road My Sweetie Went Away |
Diplomat Orchestra (= Newport
Society Orchestra) Diplomat Orchestra (= Howard Lanin & his Orch) |
Winner
3926 / Para 20205 Winner 3926 / Gennett 5167 |
2105 | 7691 (7936) 7695 (7990) |
Sweet Indiana Home Rosa |
Pavilion Players (= Bailey's Lucky
Seven) Pavilion Players (= Joseph Samuels & his Orch.) |
Winner 3811 / Gennett 4910 Winner 3811 / Gennett 4935 |
2115 | 7770 (8101) 7771 (8100) |
Tomorrow Morning Gee, But I Hate To Go Home Alone |
Diplomat Novelty Orchestra (= Bailey's Lucky Seven) | Winner 3861 / Gennett 5001 |
2116 | 7450 (7276) 7451 (7277) |
Dreaming Wishing |
Pavilion Players (= Harry Yerkes Dance Orchestra) | Winner 3763 / Gennett 4692 |
2117 | 7698 (8033) 7700 (8054) |
Tomorrow Plantation Home |
Diplomat Orchestra (= Bailey's
Lucky Seven) Diplomat Orchestra (= Harry Reser Trio) |
Winner 3812 / Gennett 4975 Winner 3812 / Gennett 4978 |
2118 | ||||
2119 | ||||
2120 | ||||
2121 | 7757 7758 |
For The Sake Of Auld Lang Syne If It Takes A Thousand Years |
Eric Yorke | Winner 3820 |
2133 | 7536 7537 |
A Dear Little Cute Little Love Nest I Want Some Money |
Bohemian Band | Winner 3746 |
2134 | ||||
2135 | ||||
2136 | ||||
2137 | ||||
2138 | 8078 8081 |
The Moscovitch Band Down Among The Sleepy Hills Of Tennessee |
The Elliotts | Winner 3928 |
2139 | 7271 (7636) 7272 (7605) |
Tuck Me To Sleep Ma! |
(Harry) Raderman's Orchestra (Fred) Van Eps Quartette |
Winner 3696 /
Gennett 4778 Winner 3696 / Gennett 4771 |
2140 | ||||
2141 | ||||
2142 | ||||
2143 | ||||
2144 | ||||
2145 | 8653 8654 |
Whose Issy Is He? Sarah, Sitting In The Shoe-Shine Shop |
Stanley Kirkby | Winner 4050 |
2146 | ||||
2147 | ||||
2148 | 8126 8127 |
Cut Yourself A Piece Of Cake When You And I Were Dancing |
Hurlingham Club Orchestra | Winner 3929 |
2149 | ||||
2150 | ||||
2151 | 7696 (11185) 7697 (8032) |
Oriental No Wonder I'm Lonesome |
Regent Orchestra (= Friars Society Orchestra) Regent Orchestra (= Bailey's Lucky Seven) |
Winner 3868 / Gennett 4966 Winner 3868 / Gennett 4975 |
2190 | 7821 7822 |
By The Sapphire Sea Jimmy |
Hurlingham Club Orchestra | Winner 3845 |
2205 | 2022 (5162) 2023 (5139) |
Twilight Bells Love's Delight |
Bohemian Band | Winner 3044 |
3001 | 7985 (8211) 7986 (8333) |
Ritzi Mitzi Secrets |
Regent Orchestra (= Lanin's Famous Players) Regent Orchestra (= Art Landry's Orch) |
Winner 3872 / Gennett 5143 Winner 3872 / Gennett 5053 |
3002 | 7833 7884 |
Love Days Blue |
Original Paramount Orchestra Hurlingham Club Orchestra |
Winner 3850 |
3003 | 7777 (8120) 7779 (8141) |
Who Did You Fool, After All ? Way Down Yonder In New Orleans |
Pavilion Players (= Cal Smith's
American Orch.) Pavilion Players (= Bailey's Lucky Seven) |
Winner 3864 / Gennett 5011 Winner 3864 / Gennett 5016 |
3004 | 7975 (8282) 8009 (1418) |
I've Got It (The Fidg-et-ty Fidge) Yes We Have No Bananas |
Pavilion Players (= Bill;y Reynolds (tenor)) Pavilion Players (= Frank Silver's Dance Orchestra) |
Winner 3888 /
Gennett 5111 Winner 3888/Grey Gull 1186 |
3005 | 7950 (8181) 8120 (8385) |
Saw Mill River Road My Sweetie Went Away |
Diplomat Orchestra (= Nathan Glantz & his Orchestra) Diplomat Orchestra (= Howard Lanin & his Orchestra) |
Winner 3926 /
Gennett 5039 Winner 3926 / Gennett 5167 |
3006 | ||||
3007 | 7926 7929 |
Annie Whistle (I'll Stand Beneath Your Window) |
The Blackpool Syncopators | Winner 3878 |
3008 | 7698 (8033) 7700 (8054) |
Tomorrow Plantation Home |
Diplomat Orchestra (= Bailey's
Lucky Seven) Diplomat Orchestra (= Harry Reser Trio) |
Winner 3812 / Gennett 4975 Winner 3812 / Gennett 4978 |
3009 | 7691 (7936) 7695 (7990) |
Sweet Indiana Home Rosa |
Pavilion Players (= Bailey's Lucky
Seven) Pavilion Players (= Joseph Samuels & his Orch.) |
Winner 3811 / Gennett 4910 Winner 3811 / Gennett 4935 |
3010 | ||||
3011 | 7768
(7927) 7769 (7929) |
Lovable Eyes Little Thoughts |
Diplomat Orch. (= Harry Raderman & his Orch) | Winner 3860 / Gennett 4902 Winner 3860 / Gennett 4903 |
3012 | ||||
3013 | 7455 7456 |
New Moon Once In A While (waltz) |
Royal Court Orchestra | Winner 3759 |
3014 | ||||
3015 | ||||
3016 | 7183 7184 |
Cuddle
Closer The Sheik |
Royal Court Orchestra | Winner 3664 |
3017 | 7984 (8334) 7987 (621) |
Swingin' Down The Lane Away Down East In Maine |
Diplomat Orch. (= Sam Lanin & his
Famour Players) Diplomat Orch. (= Martucci & his Orch) |
Winner 3073 / Gennett 5142 Winner 3073 / Apex 592 |
3018 | 7690 (7937) 7692 (7939) |
Nobody Lied The Sneak |
Pavilion Players (= Bailey's Lucky
Seven) Pavilion Players (= Joseph Samuels & his Orch.) |
Winner 3796 / Gennett 4909 Winner 3796 / Gennett 4910 |
3019 | 7821 7822 |
By The Sapphire Sea Jimmy (I Love But You) |
Hurlingham Club Orchestra | Winner 3845 |
3020 | 7190 7193 |
Ilo Stars |
Diplomat Orchestra | Winner 3704 |
3021 | 7277
(7450) 7278 (7451) |
Dreaming Wishing |
Palilion Players (= Harry Yerkes' Jazzarimba Orchestra) | Winner 3763 / Gennett 4692 |
3022 | ||||
3023 | ||||
3024 | ||||
3025 | 7780 (8142) 7781 (8152) |
Open Your Arms, My Alabamy Flower Of Araby |
Regent Orchestra (= Bailey's Lucky
Seven) Regent Orchestra (= Cal Smith's American Orchestra) |
Winner 3865 / Gennett 5017 |
3026 | ||||
3027 | 4577 4578 |
The Hesitation (tango valse) L'Heure D'Amour (valse) |
Bohemian Band | Winner 2844 |
3028 | 5226 5366 |
Underneath The Stars The Three Graces (waltz) |
Bohemian Band | Winner 3202 |
3029 | ||||
3030 | ||||
3031 | ||||
3032 | 5416 5417 |
Three Irish Pictures, No. 1 Three Irish Pictures, No. 3 |
John Ansell & his Band (of the Alhambra Theatre) | Winner 3127 |
3045 | 6468 6469 |
Peaceland, part 3 Peaceland, part 4 |
H.M. Irish Guards Band | Winner 3394 |
3046 | ||||
3047 | 7081 7083 |
Fragrance Rustic Rube |
Ernest Rutterford (concertina) | Winner 3650 |
3048 | ||||
3049 | ||||
3050 | 6977 6978 |
Look For The Silver Lining Wild Rose |
Royal Court Orch. | Winner 3591 |
3056 | 6794 6795 |
The Naughty Princess, selection
part 1 The Naughty Princess, selection part 2 |
Royal Court Orch. | Winner 3505 |
3057 | ||||
3058 | ||||
3059 | ||||
3060 | 7048-2 7049-2 |
Coal Black Mammy Crooning |
Southern Rag-A-Jazz Band | Winner 3625 |
3061 | ||||
3062 | ||||
3063 | ||||
3064 | ||||
3065 | ||||
3066 | ||||
3067 | ||||
3068 | 8126 8127 |
Cut Yourself A Piece Of Cake When You And I Were Dancing |
Hurlingham Club Orchestra | Winner 3929 |
3069 | ||||
3070 | 7777 (8120) 7779 (8141) |
Who Did You Fool, After All ? Way Down Yonder In New Orleans |
Pavilion Players (= Cal Smith's
American Orch.) Pavilion Players (= Bailey's Lucky Seven) |
Winner 3864 / Gennett 5011 Winner 3864 / Gennett 5016 |
3071 | 7953 7955-2 |
Swingin' Down The Lane Susannah's Squeaking Shoes |
Hurlingham Club Orchestra | Winner 3879 |
3072 | 7770 (8101) 7771 (8100) |
Tomorrow Morning Gee, But I Hate To Go Home Alone |
Diplomat Novelty Orchestra (= Bailey's Lucky Seven) | Winner 3861 / Gennett 5001 |
3094 | 6833 6834 |
Omaha Waltz Barcelona, valse Espagnole |
Bohemian Band | Winner 3510 |
3095 | ||||
3096 | ||||
3097 | 7710 (8095-B) 7717 |
I'm Through Fate |
Regent Orchestra (= Joseph Samuels & his Orch) Original Paramount Orchestra |
Winner 3826 / Gennett 4998 Winner 3826 |
3098 | ||||
3099 | 485 486 |
Gilbert And Sullivan Lancers, part
3 Gilbert And Sullivan Lancers, part 4 |
Viennese Orchestra | Winner 2245 |
3100 | 7704 (8059) 7707 (8094) |
Toot-Toot-Tootsie Those Star-Spangled Nights |
Regent Orchestra (= Bailey's Lucky
Seven) Regent Orchestra (= Joseph Samuels & his Orch) |
Winner 3799 / Gennett 4980 Winner 3799 / Gennett 4997 |
3101 | ||||
3102 | ||||
3103 | 7688 (7933) 7693 (7991) |
Kitten On The Keys Down Old Virginia Way (waltz) |
Pavilion Players (= Harry Reser's Trio) Pavilion Players (= Joseph Samuels & his Orchestra) |
Winner 3795 / Gennett 4906 Winner 3795 / Gennett 4934 |
3143 | 7770 (8101) 7771 (8100) |
Tomorrow Morning Gee, But I Hate To Go Home Alone |
Diplomat Novelty Orchestra (= Bailey's Lucky Seven) | Winner 3861 / Gennett 5001 |
3178 | 7784 (8165) 7785 (8166) |
In A Corner Of The World All Our
Own (waltz) Red Moon (waltz) |
Regent Orchestra (= Woodland Inn Orchestra) | Winner 3867 / Gennett 5028 |
3179 | ||||
3180 | 8502 8503 |
Someday In Somebody's Eyes Jeannette |
Wembley Exhibition Military Band (cond. Charles Ancliffe) | Winner 4008 |
3181 | ||||
3182 | ||||
3183 | 8418 (8465) 8419 (8443) |
No, No, Nora Love Tales |
Regent Orchestra (= Bailey's Lucky Seven) Regent Orchestra (= Sam Lanin & his Orch.) |
Winner 3976 / Gennett 5232 Winner 3976 / Gennett 5202 |
8061 | 8853 8854 |
Darlingest Two Blue Eyes |
Edison Bell Dance Orchestra | Winner 4090 |
Imperial ones:
Cat No | Control No. | Orig. Master No | Title | Artist | original issue |
157 | 3350 3353 |
Zulu Patrol The Old Brighton Coach |
Billy Whitlock's Quartette | Imperial 1098 | |
216 | 3285 3287 |
Julius Wide-Awake Walter Of Wimbledon Way |
song (= Will Terry) | Imperial 1060 | |
273 | 225 248 |
3225 3248 |
Over The Hill (C. Collman) Sally (Stanley, Allen) |
Song (= Lionel Rothery) | Imperial 1008 |
287 | 3271 3272 |
Dancing Time Singing |
Band (= Derrick's Band) | Imperial 1049 | |
356 | 3498 3505 |
Mary O'Mine (Earl Thursten) Panama Twilight (waltz) (Fisher Thompson) |
? (= Imperial Dance Orchestra) | Imperial 1217 | |
359 | 384 387 |
5205 5199-2 |
First Last And Always (Milton, Charles, Harry Akst) Someday You'll Cry Over Someone (Ray Henderson) |
Dance Orchestra (= Joseph Samuels & his Orch.) | Imperial 1220 (Banner 1226) Imperial 1220 (Banner 1231) |
368 | 3525 3526 |
Thank You, All The Same, I'd
Rather Not Why Robinson Crusoe Got The Blues |
Humorous (= Bert Marsden (possibly
actually Will Terry)) Song (= Chas. Bonheur (= Robert Howe)) |
Imperial 1243 | |
379 | 3537 3543 |
Twelve O'Clock At Night Polly |
George Berry (vocal, with orch
accmp) (= Harry Fay) Ernest Bertram (vocal, with orch accmp) (= Tom Kinniburgh) |
Imperial 1259 | |
390 | 489 507 |
5303-2 5375 |
Love Is Just A Flower Down On The Farm |
Dance Orchestra (= Joseph Samuels & his Orch.) | Imperial 1277 (Banner 1291) Imperial 1277 (Banner 1308) |
412 | 3594 3596-2 |
Don't Love You (Hugo Hirsch) Why Did I Kiss That Girl? (King & Henderson) |
Song
(with orch accmp) (= Chas. Bonheur (= Robert Howe)) Duet (with orch accmp) (= Harry Fay & Bertha Willmott) |
Imperial 1306 | |
450 | 3704 3705 |
Half A Moon (Renolds [sic] &
Hanley) Go 'Long Mule (Creamer & King) |
Song (= Lionel Rothery) | Imperial 1359 | |
474 | 3699 3700 |
Buster Brown The Flappers |
Accordeon Duet (= Hartvig Kristoffersen & Vilgot Malmkvist) | Imperial 1388 | |