1930's Dance Band - Roy Fox with Nat Gonella, Al Bowlly

[TheMartinharman]

My Thanks for uploading this video deejay830. The pianist is Lew Stone who took over most of the Roy Fox band later. I think its reeds player Ernest Ritte who joins Jim Easton and Harry Berly for the ocarina trio at the end.

[Morahman7vnNo2]

Quirky and borderline Cheeky.

[Cool2BCeltic]

@Morahman7vnNo2 Yes, it was made in the somewhat more prudish 1930s.

[Hencytjo]

Brilliant.

[swallin19]

@peteressex Dance bands in the 1930's in the UK were for general consumption, dance halls, theaters, radio, and early television all featured them, not just West End Clubs!! It was popular music for everybody, played and enjoyed everywhere.

[yedon68]

...very charming...!

[Osocooltwo]

If you look carefully...you may see Al Bowlly playing guitar....:-)

[78timothy]

Popular in GB in 1932, I have the US Columbia of Ben Selvin's Orchstra doing this song in 1929. Lota fun tho...

[Cool2BCeltic]

Yes it is Jim Easton who is the other vocalist. And that's the leading British ocarinist of the time, Harry Berly, at the beginning. He tragically committed suicide by throwing himself under a tube train in 1937.

[hammelby]

Very catchy - very cooky! Thanks for uploading!

[leeperryismerry]

This music is great ;)

[racingrubberbiker]

Three Cheers for the Band Boys! - they were a real caution

[gordonl]

Nat Gonnela - now he could blow...

[CHATMOSSMAN]

surely this is better than rap music

the world would be better place if gangster rappers got into this

[stevedexteruk]

i like it.

[littlejacksbitch]

Me too Steve.

[deejay830]

second trumpet could well be Syd Buckman. He was about the only member of the band to stay with Fox when Lew Stone took it over

[deejay830]

For heaven's sake lighten up :-) It's a novelty song and unless I'm missing something it's message isn't "I'm rish and the poor can go to hell". It is just an attempt to give people of any class a bit of a laugh in a difficult time

[MAJORSNODGRASS]

Novelty number to entertain the rich in the 1930's when millions were out of work and living in poverty. Pathetic!

[deejay830]

Also bought and listened to by very, very many ordinary people as well. I know because my uncle was an unemployed shipyard worker on Tyneside and he recalled listening and laughing to it on the radio.

[HarborGuy]

What fun...

[neddy703]

Terrific

[nothinsuss]

Also in the Band: Lew Stone on piano,Ernest Ritte on Tenor Sax

[deejay830]

Correct, but spelt Berly, just to be pedantic

[wbuno]

The ocarina player is Harry Burley

[creamofcardstv]

Hi, I like your video and have rated it as awesome. Please check out my vid clip of some rare jazz musicians and dance band Leaders cigarette cards, issued in 1936. They include Roy Fox, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington and many more.