A Nice Cup of Tea - Binnie Hale

Binnie Hale (22 May 1899 - 10 January 1984) was an English actress and musician. Both her father, Robert Hale and brother, Sonnie Hale were actors. She married West End actor Jack Raine, with whom she had one daughter.
Among films and stage productions, she appeared in No, No, Nanette in 1925 at the Palace Theatre, London. Her recording of the song "Spread A Little Happiness" from the 1928 musical Mr. Cinders is possibly her best remembered work, and the rock musician Sting took a cover version of the song to number 16 in the UK Singles Chart 54 years later for the movie Brimstone & Treacle.
Binnie Hale made many recordings between 1925 and 1941, the majority for the Columbia label in London

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[leorege]

Thank you for this tune! You made a 89 year old gentleman who suffers with dementias the happiest man!

[Julie Brookes]

Reminds me of my nana when I was little, she used to sing the chorus to me all the time. God bless her!!

[timothyj1966]

three people are coffee drinkers! LOL .... great tune, delivery.... a good cuppa tea will get you through any crisis. Cheers from Canada where we drink a cup of tea called Red Rose. My dad used to work in a Tea factory - as kids he used to tell us the "floor sweepings" were used for cheaper tea bags... still not sure if he was only kidding....

[Tony Mansbridge]

Mine too

[ieatmidget]

I just finished a nice cup of tea, and I think I'll have another.

[Gary Kewley]

My nan used to sing the same to me god bless her :)

[Jean kershaw]

So did my mum. We had her funeral yesterday and played this.

[123barriejohn]

I used to love tea when I was a boy, and this was one of my favourite songs, but until I found this video I had always assumed that it was sung by the wonderful Gracie Fields! It was played on the "wireless" all the time - Housewives' Choice and Workers' Playtime!!!!!!!!!!!

[Lee Hinton]

Cheers.

Aaaahhhh!

[andrewshere]

A brew, a cuppa, char, a cup of Rosie (Rosie Lee = tea) - call it what you like, I love it. Nothing quite as British as a nice cup of tea. Keep calm, carry on.

[BeckyMayHowarth]

Whenever I stay at my granny's she ALWAYS sings this in the morning when she makes us Tea :P got to love her x