The label was known for producing one-sided records with abbreviated versions of songs at a very low price.
Little Wonders were manufactured by the Columbia Phonograph Company, and were distributed exclusively by music publisher Henry Waterson (the business partner of Irving Berlin) in their early years (1914–1916) – an arrangement that has only recently been discovered as the original contract stipulated that both parties were to keep this relationship a secret.
Little Wonder #1 was "Ben Bolt", sung by Henry Burr, who would make more recordings for the label than any other artist.
[9] Other noted artists of the day whose performances were released (uncredited) on Little Wonder include Gene Greene, Wilbur Sweatman,[2] Billy Murray, Vernon Dalhart, Frank Crumit, the Louisiana Five and the California Ramblers.
This is believed to be one of the earliest uses in an audio recording of the phrase "rock ... and roll", albeit in the context of a religious spiritual.