ZONOPHONE Charles PENROSE + 1912 THE GIRL TENOR Ruby Helder + MIGUEL VILLABELLA
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A series of great PERSONALITY Records from Movies, Vaudeville, Minstrel and Humor on 78 rpm Victrola Records
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ZONOPHONE Charles PENROSE + 1912 THE GIRL TENOR Ruby Helder + MIGUEL VILLABELLA
ZONOPHONE Charles PENROSE Comedy OLD TOMMY MEEK / Tink Bump Laugh $18.00
1912 THE GIRL TENOR Ruby Helder Tosti My Dreams HMV 03293 Music H $18.00
Orig Issue HMV thick record with raised rim and angelback 12" 78 rpm CONDITION: EXCELLENT MINUS unworn but rubbed, plays E very quiet rare ticks
1925 First Rec' BASQUE MIGUEL VILLABELLA Mireille Anges du Paradi $16.00
Orig Issue Unusually thick and heavy 11 3/8" Pathe Vertical Sapphire 78 rpm record Condition EXCELLENT faint scuffs, FAUST has a 2cm dull spot at end does not sound, plays EXCEPTIONALLY quiet A CHOICE COPY
Chas PENROSE in two of his own creations:
Charles Penrose – Old Tommy Meek / Tink Bump
Label: Zonophone Record – 1894
Format:
Shellac, 10", 78 RPM
A Old Tommy Meek
B Tink Bump
Engineer [Uncredited] – Will Gaisberg
Written-By – C. Penrose*
Orig Issue British Zonophone 10" 78 rpm record
Charles Penrose (born Charles Penrose Dunbar Cawse; 11 November 1873 – 17 November 1952) was an English music hall and theatre performer, and later radio comedian, who is best known for his unusual comic song "The Laughing Policeman". He was born in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, the son of a master watchmaker and jeweller.
Early life
He initially followed his father into the jewellery trade, but enjoyed such success with his innovative laughing songs at local concert parties that he was invited to join a theatrical tour at the age of 18. His theatrical career took off, and he appeared in music hall and the West End. One of his most successful performances was in Tonight's the Night at the Gaiety Theatre, London in 1914–15. Penrose married architect's daughter Harriet Lewcock in 1899.
Performing career
It was his second wife, songwriter Mabel Anderson, 26 years younger than he was, who became his most important collaborator. In 1922, Penrose made the first recording of his song "The Laughing Policeman" under the pseudonym 'Charles Jolly'. The composition of the song is officially credited to his wife Mabel under the pseudonym 'Billie Grey', but the music, melody, and laughing are taken from "The Laughing Song" by the American George W. Johnson which was first recorded in 1891. The Penroses wrote numerous other laughing songs including "The Laughing Major", "Curate", "Steeplechaser", "Typist", "Lover" and "Sneezing Man". The B-side of The Laughing Sneezing Man was a short comical sketch called "The Dog Vs The Cornet" where a little boy had to get his dog to out-sing a cornet player and make him stop playing.
Radio
Penrose was one of the first comedians to star on BBC Radio, his most popular role being Sgt. Bob Evergreen in the wartime radio series The Pig and Whistle. He was also a character actor in a number of films in the 1930s and 1940s.
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