A tribute to the great Harry Champion, one of the most successful Music Hall artists.
Born William Crump in Shoreditch , London in 1866 he first appeared in the Music Hall at the age of 15, at the Queens Hall, Poplar. In 1888 he changed his stage name from Will Conray, and with a wide repertoire of songs, many of them sung at breakneck speed and often about the joys of food. His songs have become some of the most famous Cockney songs.
Harry Champion continued working into his seventies. In January 1942 he died at Tottenham, aged 76, where he had lived for more than thirty years. He is buried in East Finchley Cemetery.
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