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The Encyclopedic Guide to 78 R. P. M. Party Records
© David Diehl 1996
Updated 2/6/2001

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H. BRAND
White label with black print released one album of Nan BLAKSTONE discs in the mid-1930's, numbers BL 200 through BL 202.
Herbi HARDT
--and his Jovial Jesters, United Broadcasting Studios, Chicago c. 1950.
(U.B. 9913) Sixteen Old Ladies Stuck in a Lavatory Part 1...HERBI HARDT unnumbered
(U.B. 9914) Sixteen Old Ladies Stuck in a Lavatory Part 2...HERBI HARDT unnumbered
--piano by H. Summer. Mx. numbers point to 1951 as the recording date.
(51-845) My Favorite Dream........................HERBI HARDT HH4-B
(51-846) I'm Just a Quiet Drinker.................HERBI HARDT HH4-A
(51-847) Who Will Pay the Bill?...................HERBI HARDT unnumbered
(51-848) Over the Hill............................HERBI HARDT unnumbered
HARGILL RECORD
A joint venture between Herbi Hart and Hal Gilles. One unnumbered release documented.
Jim HARKINS
--acc. by Lenny Herman Orch.
Gandpa Gave It To Grandma............BROADWAY 102
My Sweetheart, My Husband and Me.....BROADWAY 102
HI-LITE RECORDS
Mid-to-late 1940's dubs of late 1930's material, black with silver print, numbers 100 through 104 documented.
HERBI HARDT
A personal label of Herbi HARDT, red, blue or green with silver print. Some releases show only master numbers. HH 4 and 16 reported.
HI-SOCIETY
HIGHBALL PARTY RECORDS
Number 902 reported.
HILARITY
Sam HILL
Once A Bum................................RADIO 372
I'm a Happy-Go-Lucky Boy..........................RADIO 372
Billy HODES
--with Ray Carter's Catskill Cowboys, c. 1947
(A256-1/A257-1)"Essen" Part 1 & 2.................CARNIVAL C-5000
--w. Murray Rumsey and Orch.
(A 274) Ice Cream Song............................CARNIVAL C-5001
(A 275) I Sit and Knit............................CARNIVAL C-5001
HOLIDAY BOYS
--Linden, NJ., early 1950's.
(MO 23) The Friday Afternoon Bus (Yellen-Barlow).............MONARCH 502
(MO 24) She Wants a Man (Yellen-Dougherty)...................MONARCH 502
THE HOLLYWOOD HOOTERS
--Hollywood, late Summer, 1936. Many of the original releases are anonymous as are all other issues.
(LO-296) Virgin From Virginia (male vocal)..................HOT SHOTS FROM HOLLYWOOD 0296
(LO-297) Tillie the Tooter.....................HOT SHOTS FROM HOLLYWOOD 0297, GOOD-HUMOR 8B (Novelty No. 4)
--dub as "No Hands Touch It But Mine"..........PARTY TIME No. 4 (CR 358-3)
(0299-2) Sweet Violets (male vocal)....................GOOD-HUMOR 606 (L 0300) Mama, What's Your Price? (male vocal)...HOLLYWOOD HOT SHOTS 368 A
--dub retitled "Bigger and Prettier"...................PARTY RECORD 509B
(L 0301) Martins and Coys Gone Hollywood...HOT SHOTS FROM HOLLYWOOD L0301, NOVELTY RECORDS NOV 0301, HOLLYWOOD HOT SHOTS 355 A
(L 0303-2) Gal From Kankakee (male vocal)..............HOT SHOTS FROM HOLLYWOOD L0303, HOLLYWOOD HOT SHOTS 303, GOOD-HUMOR 14B (313), PARTY NOVELTY'S 14B

-- L0306 is anonymous.
(L 0306) What's the Use (female vocal).....................HOT SHOTS FROM HOLLYWOOD unnumbered
(L 0310) High Flying Mama (female vocal)........HOT SHOTS FROM HOLLYWOOD unnumbered (L0310), Novelty No. 17), GOOD HUMOR 17B (310), PARTY NOVELTY'S 17 B
--c. Dec. 1936. (L0-350) Men At Work (female vocal)...HOLLYWOOD HOT SHOTS 350, PARTY NOVELTY'S 62B, NOVELTY 21B
(L-0351) You Can Fiddle Around with Me.........HOLLYWOOD HOT SHOTS unnumbered (L 0351)
HOLLYWOOD HOT SHOTS
This successor to HOT SHOTS FROM HOLLYWOOD began issuing records in 1937, highest known number is 424. The first issues were re-releases of jukebox specials which had the same selection on both sides. The earlier numbers were recycled with new material on the flipside which will often show an NRD-prefixed control number in the runoff, for Novelty Records Distributors, 1016 N. Highland Ave., Hollywood, CA. Some unnumbered issues couple two versions of the same tune, one derived from RACY RECORDS. Other material is drawn from TORCHIES FROM HOLLYWOOD and WESTERN RECORDS BOURBANA labels. Yellow label with black print.
HOLLYWOOD HUSTLERS
Female vocal w. tpt., clar., & piano
--Hollywood 1936.
(L-0329) The Farmer's Daughter............ RACY RECORDS HS-415, HOLLYWOOD HOT SHOTS HS 415
HONKY TONK
1940's yellow label with red print, numbers 711-713 reported. Illustrated item shows only master numbers and was pressed at the Scranton Record Co. sometime before Capitol Records exercised its option to purchase in March, 1946.
HORNSBY
Personal label of Don HORNSBY produced c. 1948. Yellow label with black caricature and red print.
Don HORNSBY
Don 'Creesh' Hornsby was born in Cooper, TX in 1924. As a night club pianist and comic, he came to the attention of Bob Hope. He was signed for an NBC TV show for Anchor-Hocking but died of polio May 22, 1950-just before the program's debut.
--c. 1948
(A4898) (APS 1180) Keep Looking...................HORNSBY unnumbered
(A8710) Red Riding Hood...........................HORNSBY unnumbered
HOT SHOTS FROM HOLLYWOOD
"Presented by Novelty Record Co." 1481 West Washington Blvd., Los Angeles, CA. President J. C. McClelland advertized his new label in August of 1936, ad copy alluded to rapid expansion "within the last few months". This may allude to Novelty Record pressings with typed labels. Most of these early party releases had the same selection on both sides and were aimed at coin-operated applications, retail price was a hefty $1.00 each. Heavy hitters in the jukebox trade like David Rockola weighed in against the new offerings, fearing that their industry would become the next target of government censorship (along the lines of the Hayes Office) so the records were withdrawn to be replaced by HOLLYWOOD HOT SHOTS with different selections on each side so that they could not be specifically linked to jukebox operations. Matrix numbers predate 'L'-prefixed Duke Ellington matrices made at Associated Cinema Studios, Hollywood in December of 1936. RACY RECORDS also recorded there and issued similar jukebox records. Known range is L-0294 through L-0337, peach labels with gray printing.
HUMOR RECORDS
Located at 2060 First Ave., New York, NY., incorporated December 4, 1947, dissolved April 15, 1952. Early label is blue print on white, later is yellow label with dark blue print. Known issues are an unnumbered three-disc CREPITATION set and number 500.
 
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