1934 Vintage - Harry Roy & his Band from the May Fair Hotel
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- 1934 Vintage - HARRY ROY AND HIS BAND from the May Fair Hotel, London
1. I Stole Back The Gal (Who Was Stolen From Me) - Vocal chorus by Harry Roy
2. Bom-Di-Bom- Vocal chorus by Bill Currie & Chorus / Arranged by Sid Phillips
3. You Oughta Be In Pictures - Vocal chorus by Harry Roy
4. Now That We’re Sweethearts Again - Vocal chorus by Harry Roy
5. Keep On Doin’ What You’re Doin’ - Vocal chorus by Bill Currie
6. Neighbours - Vocal chorus by Harry Roy
In Britain in the 1930s there were few bandleaders who were as loved as much by the public as the diminutive extrovert - Harry Roy. The Little-Hotcha-Ma-Cha-Cha, as he was fondly known, had more personality than most of his peers could muster, a wacky sense of fun, and fronted a first-rate band of musicians from whose ranks came future bandleaders and variety stars.
It was something of a sensation in 1933 when Harry’s Band was chosen to replace the mighty Ambrose Orchestra, which had been resident at the May Fair Hotel since 1927, with that bandleader’s sophisticated brand of classy dance music. Harry Roy’s more ebullient approach was predicted to be too much of shock for the May Fair patrons and would therefore be a short-lived residency. In fact Harry charmed the hotel’s clientele and was destined to stay at the May Fair until 1936. During that time his was the principle dance band on the Parlophone record label and his Friday night BBC broadcasts, relayed live from the hotel, were eagerly awaited by his millions of fans.
The selection of recordings presented here give a flavour of what made Harry a big radio and recording star. The first two songs were written by Harry, Bill Currie, and Ivor Moreton; “I Stole Back The Gal” was of course a “sequel” to “Somebody Stole My Gal”. The remaining numbers were popular songs of the time, though Harry was the only British bandleader to record the American song “Neighbours”. It suited his style though.
The personnel on these recordings is as follows:
Harry Roy - clarinet, alto sax
Bert Wilton - trumpet
Tommy Porter - trumpet
Jack Collins - trombone
Nat Temple - clarinet, alto sax, flute
Joe Arbiter - alto sax
Harry Goss - tenor sax
Maurice Sterndale - violin
Ivor Moreton - piano
Dave Kaye - piano
Tommy Venn - guitar, banjo
Arthur Calkin - string bass, brass bass
Joe Daniels - drums
Bill Currie - timps
Awesome music what a great year it was, ❤️💕❤️💕
What a superb selection of fine english dance/pop music from the 30s!
Fine band, not only as a Brit band & Harry was a great musician and off the hinges comedian. Put on some Harry and see how big you smile. One of my all time favorite bands from anywhere. Listen and smile, but don't split your lips. Corny?...just listen.
EXCELLENT ⭐FABOULOUS ⭐AWESOME 🌟
Music full of vitality beautifully played and sung with meaning excellently re-mastered .Thank you for sharing this.
A superb sample of Harry Roy's reign as the King of the British music in the mid thirties. The part after the vocals in "Now That We're Sweethearts Again" and "Keep On Doin' What You're Doin' "are simply unrepeatable.
Yes, the energy and precision of the playing is incredible on those passages.
Fine British Band. Great drive. Love it.
Super excellent
Truly delightful
When you say it like that it makes it a lot harder to do so I used to have all these records the 78 in plain brown envelope and a crank up record player to play them on. My parents used to dance to this stuff and now I like them
An accurate representation of this band that played with so much verve. And, of course, the excellent sound we have come to anticipate from your channel. Marvelous!
Just think of it today. Imagine a hotel having their own, big dance band orchestra!
The best sound. Love it.
0:00 I Stole Back The Gal
3:20 Bom-Di-Bom
6:38 You Oughta Be In Pictures
9:40 Now That We're Sweethearts Again
12:15 Keep On Doin' What You're Doin'
15:00 Neighbours
Most of us listening know what the tunes are, but nothing like getting academic about it to take the fun out of playing it. I like to turn up the volume on Harry's band and play along on my 88s & smile. The music is intuitive and fairly easy to play, but still you got to stay on your toes with the syncopation.
@@jeffreycraven8154 That sounds cool. The timestamps were mainly for me so that I can quickly find a specific song if I want to. I hope I haven't really taken the fun out of it, because I agree that the music is really fun.
@@dleov4645 The time stamps were fine. I've got every Harry Roy CD I could find. My favorites are "Greetings From You" and "The Dance Band Years".
Marvelous band
he was an odd looking guy, suited the 20s n 30s very well👌
What a lovely piece of music better than some of the other rubbish we are forced to listen to.
Looking for the (the girl in the poster )????
I Love It All. He's sooo.. Delightfully Gay. Yalsa...
Does The May Fair still exist as a hotel i London?
Yes, it is still there, but much modernised
But what other band of its time has TWO pianos?
Roy Fox at the Kit-Cat Restaurant in 1933 had Jack Nathan and Peggy Dell, Jack Harris at Ciro's Club in 1937/38 had Jack Penn and Bert Read...but the Moreton & Kaye style was unique to them.
Panachord :. thank you very much for that. Just goes to Show that one is never too old and it's never too late in the day to learn! I have subscribed to your channel and thanks for what you do.
Panachord :. thank you very much for that. Just goes to Show that one is never too old and it's never too late in the day to learn! I have subscribed to your channel and thanks for what you do.
@@Panachord add Carroll Gibbons and his kind of 2nd in command. Name escaping me at the moment.
Edit Ian Stewart.
you and atticus jazz ought to get together
As much as I like Roy, I still prefer Ambrose's sophistication. Harry's music is too nervous for me, it misses the well-rounded sound Ammie had. Fine for the bright young thing emerging out of the crisis, great to dance to, but imo a lot less nice to simply listen to. Give me Ambrose's full and warm sound everyday over Roy's much more brassy arrangements. His rhythm section also is still very much in the 2/4th way of the 20s, while Ammie was already into the much smoother 4/4th rhythm that seriously took off in the mid-30s. Mind you, I'm not a real Swing Music fan, far from it, but I do like the smoother an more relaxed type of music Ambrose and his likes played. Roy is just a bit too choppy for me. Nice for a few numbers, but not enough so to listen a whole evening to.
This is the first time I'm hearing Harry Roy and I have to disagree only to the extent that I haven't heard a lot of Ambrose either. On a basic level, this first tune reminds me of Hal Kemp circa 1934, but with more energy, which is specifically what I like about the side. And that Cab Calloway bit at the end of the first song is pretty good, too. The ragtime feel of the second one is also nice. Guess I'm a new Harry Roy fan. Will be putting some of his stuff on my channel, too.
Its obivious you like Ambrose more than Harry roy which is your choice their both EXCELLENT
Having just discovered both i love there music its a great listen 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
I think the Ambrose band is a different style and difficult to compare. Ambrose often a larger orchestra. If you really want a top early 30s sound then have a listen to the maestro Lew Stone.