We recently acquired a small collection of seven rare Pathé vertical-cut disc records featuring recordings by Melbourne-born music hall star Billy Williams.

Vertical cut Pathé disc from April 1911 featuring Melbourne-born music hall star Billy Williams – one of the most popular and most widely recorded entertainers of his era.

Vertical cut Pathé disc from April 1911 featuring Melbourne-born music hall star Billy Williams – one of the most popular and most widely recorded entertainers of his era.

Portrait of Billy Williams as a young man wearing a light coloured suit and twirling a hankerchief bewteen both hands.

When Father Papered the Parlour was a highly popular recording sung by internationally prominent Melbourne-born musical hall performer Billy Williams (1878-1915).