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Ralph Butler
Ralph Thomas Butler (12 October 1886 – 8 April 1969) was a British songwriter, responsible for the lyrics of many popular songs of the 1930s and later, mostly with comic or novelty elements. He was active as a songwriter from the late 1920s until the mid-1950s. Among his most famous songs were "All By Yourself In The Moonlight" (1929), published under the pseudonym Jay Wallis, which reportedly sold over a million copies; "Let’s Sing The Cuddly Song" (written with Julian Wright, 1929); "The Sun Has Got His Hat On" (1932), "Run, Rabbit, Run" (1939), and "Hey! Little Hen" (1941), all co-written with Noel Gay; "Let's All Go To The Music Hall" (1934), written with Harry Tilsley and Lawrence Wright; "There's A Lovely Lake In London" (1935), with Tolchard Evans and Stanley Damerell; "Horsey Horsey" (1938), with Paddy Roberts; "Come And Have A Drink At The Victory Arms" (1941), with Tolchard Evans; and "Nellie the Elephant" (1956), written with Peter Hart. Another song, also co-writt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudonym
A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name (orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individual's own. Many pseudonym holders use pseudonyms because they wish to remain anonymous, but anonymity is difficult to achieve and often fraught with legal issues. Scope Pseudonyms include stage names, user names, ring names, pen names, aliases, superhero or villain identities and code names, gamer identifications, and regnal names of emperors, popes, and other monarchs. In some cases, it may also include nicknames. Historically, they have sometimes taken the form of anagrams, Graecisms, and Latinisations. Pseudonyms should not be confused with new names that replace old ones and become the individual's full-time name. Pseudonyms are "part-time" names, used only in certain contexts – to provide a more clear-cut separation between o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sun Has Got His Hat On
"The Sun Has Got His Hat On" is a song by Noel Gay and Ralph Butler. It is known for its appearance in the 1985 version of the musical '' Me and My Girl'', and was originally recorded in 1932 by two popular UK dance bands – Ambrose and his Orchestra, with vocals by Sam Browne, and by the Henry Hall BBC Dance Orchestra with vocals by Val Rosing. Controversy over lyrics In the original 1932 version of the song, the second verse contains the linesHe's been tanning niggers out in TimbuktuNow he's coming back to do the same to you Use of the word "nigger" was considered socially acceptable by British audiences in the 1930s, but is generally regarded as offensive today. The word is found in both the Ambrose and Henry Hall recordings of the song. In the Jonathan King version, released in 1971 under the artist name "Nemo", the line was changed to "He's been tanning Negroes". Modern performances of the song have instead included lines such as "He's been roasting peanuts" (written by S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Run, Rabbit, Run
"Run, Rabbit, Run" is a 1939 song written by Noel Gay and Ralph Butler. The music was by Noel Gay and the song was originally sung by Flanagan and Allen accompanied by the Harry Bidgood orchestra. Background This song was written for Noel Gay's show ''The Little Dog Laughed'', which opened on 11 October 1939, at a time when most of the major London theatres were closed. It was a popular song during World War II, especially after Flanagan and Allen changed the lyrics to poke fun at the Germans (e.g. Run, Adolf, run, Adolf, run, run, run...) The lyrics were used as a defiant dig at the allegedly ineffectual Luftwaffe. On 13 November 1939, soon after the outbreak of the Second World War and also soon after the song was premiered, Germany launched its first air raid on Britain, on flying boats that were sheltering in Sullom Voe, Shetland. Two rabbits were supposedly killed by a bomb drop, although it is suggested that they were in fact procured from a butchers' shop and used for pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noel Gay
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Lawrence Wright (composer)
Frederick Lawrence Wright (15 February 1888 – 19 May 1964) was a British songwriter, music publisher, and the founder of the music journal ''Melody Maker''. He used the ''pseudonyms'' Horatio Nicholls and Everett Lynton for his songwriting activities. Biography Lawrence Wright was born in Leicester, where his father, Charles Wright, taught violin and ran a market stall selling instruments and sheet music. After leaving school aged 12, he worked for a printing company before joining a concert party in Eastbourne as a violinist and singer. He returned to Leicester and in 1906 set up his own market stall to sell music, including his own composition, "Down by the Stream", which became successful. In 1910, he heard a street singer perform "Don't Go Down the Mine, Daddy". He bought the rights to the song, which he published some weeks later following the Whitehaven mining disaster, in which 136 men were killed; the song reportedly sold a million copies.Richard Anthony Baker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tolchard Evans
Sydney Edmund Tolchard Evans (20 September 1901 – 12 March 1978) was a British songwriter, composer, pianist and bandleader, whose works were popular from the 1920s to the 1960s. Early life He was born in West Kilburn, London, the son of Edmund George Evans and his wife Maud, née Tolchard. The family later moved to Willesden, where Evans lived for the rest of his life. Career Evans started playing piano at the age of six, and studied orchestration and conducting with a view to becoming a classical musician, but in 1919 joined the staff of the Lawrence Wright popular music publishing company. In 1924, he left to work as a pianist for silent films and dance bands, before establishing his own band at the Queen's Hotel, Westcliff-on-Sea, later moving to the Palace Hotel, Southend, where he stayed through most of the 1930s. He also achieved success as a songwriter, with his song "Barcelona" (1926) becoming an international hit. With lyricists Stanley Damerell and Robert Hargre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Damerell
Stanley J. Damerell (''aka'' Jack Stevens ''aka'' John Edward Stanley Damerell Stevens; ''né'' John Edward Stanley Stevens; 1 July 1878 – 12 December 1951) was, in his early life (1900s through to the early 1920s), a British vaudevillian actor, writer, and producer, and in his later life (from the 1920s until his death), a prolific lyricist, and, to a lesser degree, composer of popular songs. Early life Damerell was born in Fulham, London. Career As a writer and producer of vaudevillian revues, Damerell collaborated with Cecil Rutland. Their productions were billed under the name, Damerell and Rutland. In 1921, composer Tolchard Evans, and his regular lyricists, Damerell and Robert Joseph Hargreaves (1893–1934), along with Harry Tilsley (''né'' Henry B. Tilsley), formed the Cecil Lennox Music Company to publish their songs. Damerell and Hargreaves, as co-lyricists with Robert Joseph Hargreaves (1893–1934), sometimes used the pseudonym Erell Reaves – an amalgamation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horsey Horsey
Horsey, horsey is a comedy song written in 1937 by Paddy Roberts, Elton Box, Desmond Cox and Ralph Butler and which was made popular by Jack Jackson, Billy Cotton and Henry Hall.NME artists, http://www.nme.com/artists/paddy-roberts, retrieved 17/04/09. Original lyrics: erse 1:Farmer Grey's got a one-horse shay, :He takes to town on market day. :Travelling home while the lights are low, :He sings this song and away they go. horus:Horsey, horsey, don't you stop, :Just let your feet go clipity clop. :Your tail goes swish and your wheels go round, :Giddy up, we're homeward bound. :Horsey, horsey, on your way, :We've got a journey of many a day. :Your tail goes swish and your wheels go round, :Giddy up, we're homeward bound. :We ain't in a hustle, :We ain't in a bustle, :Don't go tearing up the road. :We ain't in a hurry, :We ain't in a flurry, :And we ain't got a very heavy load. :So horsey, horsey, on your way, :We've got a journey of many a day. :Your tail goes swish and your ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paddy Roberts (songwriter)
John Godfrey Owen "Paddy" Roberts (18 January 1910 – 24 August 1975) was a British songwriter and singer who lived in Devon, England having previously been a lawyer and a pilot (serving with the RAF in World War II). He then joined BOAC and flew Lockheed Constellations for that airline in the late 1940s/1950s. Roberts, who was born in Durban, Colony of Natal (in modern day South Africa), enjoyed success with a number of songs in the 1950s and 1960s and wrote songs for several films. He released several LPs and EPs of his own material, often featuring what were, for the time, slightly risqué lyrics. One of his most popular and amusing compositions that he recorded himself was entitled "The Ballad of Bethnal Green", which was also recorded by Beatrice Lillie. Roberts was five times the winner of an Ivor Novello Award, four for songwriting and one for services to the British Music Industry. He co-wrote the 1955 UK chart-topper, " Softly, Softly", as sung by Ruby Murray, and " Lay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nellie The Elephant
"Nellie the Elephant" is a children's song written in 1956 by Ralph Butler and Peter Hart about a fictional anthropomorphic elephant of that name. Original version The original version, released on Parlophone R 4219 in October 1956, was sound recording and reproduction, recorded by English child actress Mandy Miller with an orchestra conducted by Phil Cardew. It was arranged by Ron Goodwin and produced by George Martin. Although never a hit single, it was played countless times on BBC national radio in the UK in the 1950s and 1960s, particularly on ''Children's Favourites''. The refrain, chorus of the song is as follows: :Nellie the Elephant packed her trunk :And said goodbye to the circus :Off she went with a trumpety-trump :Trump, trump, trump Children's author Jacqueline Wilson chose the song as one of her ''Desert Island Discs'' in October 2005. Later versions *The punk rock band Toy Dolls did a cover version of this song in 1982, which was later released on the 1983 album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Don't Know Where We're Going (1944 Song)
"We Don't Know Where We're Going (Until We're There!)" is a popular song written by British composer Noel Gay and lyricist Ralph Butler, and published in 1944. It was introduced by Tommy Handley on the BBC radio show ''ITMA'', and became popular among evacuees. The song was later used to great effect during war scenes in the 1975 movie ''Overlord An overlord in the English feudal system was a lord of a manor who had subinfeudated a particular manor, estate or fee, to a tenant. The tenant thenceforth owed to the overlord one of a variety of services, usually military service or serje ...''. References 1944 songs Songs with music by Noel Gay Songs with lyrics by Ralph Butler {{1940s-song-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Overlord (1975 Film)
''Overlord'' is a 1975 black-and-white British war film written and directed by Stuart Cooper. Set during the World War II, Second World War, around the Normandy landings, D-Day invasion (Operation Overlord), the film is about a young British soldier's experiences and his meditations on being part of the war machinery, including his premonitions of death. The film won the Jury Grand Prix, Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize at the 25th Berlin International Film Festival. “Overlord is not about military heroics; on the contrary, it is about the bleakness of sacrifice”, Cooper said. Plot The film opens with footage taken by the victorious German Army following the Battle of France in 1940 and aerial shots, including Adolf Hitler surveying conquered territory from an aeroplane. Cut to the interior of a landing craft on D-Day, filled with as yet unidentified characters, young soldiers. A blurry image of a soldier running, alone and falling, shot dead, dissolves to a man running do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
