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Ella Shields

Male Impersonator

9/27/1879 - 8/5/1952

Wiki Bio

 

Recordings

  

     

  

Discography

burlington bertie from bow / baa lambs Regal G7037 1915
I'm walking 'round the world Regal G7209 1915

I don't admire the girl in white / just one kiss Regal G7275 1916
oh what a difference the navy's made to me Columbia 3007 1921
smith jones robinson and brown Columbia 3007 1921
why did I kiss that girl?
Columbia 996 1924
I'm not all there Columbia 996 1924
Murphy, McCarthy, McGinty & McGhee Regal G8275 1924
why did you creep into my heart regal G8275 1924

if you knew susie like I know susie Columbia 3734 1925
when the bloom is on the heather Columbia 3734 1925
san francisco / jolly good fellows Columbia 3740 1925
all the nice girls are in the ballroom / show me the way to go home Columbia 3646 1925
everybody's singing & the Gilt Edged Four Columbia 4544 1927
I'd do it all over again & the Gilt Edged Four Columbia 4544 1927
The steward of the ocean liner Regal G8138 1929
I'm going back again to Yarrawonga Regal G8138 1929
burlington bertie from bow / the army Decca 5228 1934


and there are more...

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and many more songs can be heard on YouTube at the links
sweet adeline 1930
I'm not all there 1937 later pressing?
the army
nellie grey 1929


Above and Below, Ella Shields and Vesta Tilley

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Above, her most famous song

1924

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1932

1933

1938

years unknown

      

and, in girl costume...

Ella Shields and Vesta Tilly and Hetty King actually did record, and you can find several
of their songs on these excellent CDs pictured below, worth tracking down