Harry Hemsley -- Tom the Piper's Son / Little Miss Muffit / Ding dong Bell (1932)

Описание: Harry May Hemsley (14/12/1877 -- 08/04/1951) was a hugely popular child impersonator for over 50 years, starting his act in 1901 and continuing with his impersonations of young Johnny, Elsie, Winnie and baby Horace until his death in 1951. From Dec 1934 he featured with Johnny, Elsie & Winnie on the ever-popular Ovaltiney's Concert Party on Radio Luxembourg until the Second World War broke out.

When baby Horace baby-spoke incomprehensible gibberish it was only Winnie that could understand what he said, prompting Harry's popular catchphrase "What did Horace say, Winnie?"

In 1932, Harry released four Durium records. These were cheap single-sided records made of cardboard covered in a resin known as Durium. This was during the Depression when these cheap records could be knocked out at a rate of 70,000 in the time it would take to produce just 700 shellac records due to a speedy process. The first had 'Rock A Code Horse,' 'Little Bo Peep' and 'Hey Diddle Diddle' on it. The second had three short stories on the one side; 'Where Are You Going To,' 'Old Mother Hubbard,' and 'Pussy Cat' (Durium 5020). This is the third, which has another three short stories on the one side; 'Tom the Pipers Son' 'Little Miss Muffit,' and Ding Dong Bell,'(Durium 5021). The last of these had two songs; 'Sing A Song of 6d' and 'Pat a Cake' (Durium 5022). I have 1, 3 & 4 of these, which are all on my channel.

For further details on the career of Harry Hemsley visit my Vintage British Music-Hall & Variety Comedy website pages on Harry Hemsley;
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