Rare Singer: Harry Shalson - With My Guitar And You, 1930

Harry Shalson -- a popular British entertainer and vocalist, recording solo and with the best British dance bands of the 1920s/30s (e.g. Ambassadors Orchestra, Ronnie Munro's, Maurice Winnick's, Piccadilly Players). Composer of popular songs: Moon Of My Dreams, Live And Let Live, Poor Little Me-Wonderful You. In 1920s the recording companies (Imperial, later Brunswick and Zonophone/HMV) were billing him as „England's First Whispering Vocalist" (undoubtedly a comparison to Whispering Jack Smith on the other side of the Atlantic) which title later evolved into „England's Whispering Baritone".

Recording: With My Gitar And You (Snyder/Harris) - Harry Shalson, baritone, acc. by The Rhythmic Eight (Carroll Gibbons-p,dir, Norman Payne-t, Danny Polo-cl, Laurie Payne-as,bar, -g,-sb,-d) Zonophone (HMV) 1930

Category:

Music

Tags:

• London
• 1930s
• jazz
• song
• dance
• bands
• 78s
• shellack

[Cynisca]

Wonderful...

My great aunt married one of the Piccadilly Players...who he sung with.

[Masquerade03]

Charming rendition. I did not know Harry Shalson and he is a pleasant discovery for me. Beautiful presentation as always. Thank you

[meadonian]

Delightful to hear the solo, albeit brief, by that great tumpeter Norman Payne, one of the most convincing Bix Beiderbecke disciples.

Jem

[lindyhoppers]

HARRY SHALSON

With My Guitar And You (Snyder & Harris)

mx Bb20233-2 issued on HMV B-3628

recorded at Small Queen's Hall, London. Sept 25, 1930

[dzheger]

A lovely warm, unrushed fox. A voice with a nice glow. HMV's illustration of the man in the deck chair and the lady by the gramophone will make a great poster.