Would someone more knowledgeable than I be so kind as to attempt a definition, please? I think of it as singalong tin pan alley in a straight major key, or alternatively as cheeky folk music with brass.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 2 November 2009 09:43 (fourteen years ago) link
it's British pop music before importing rock&roll and before widespread uptake of television.
― tomofthenest, Monday, 2 November 2009 09:51 (fourteen years ago) link
or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_hall#History_of_the_songs
― tomofthenest, Monday, 2 November 2009 09:56 (fourteen years ago) link
I wasn't sure if the songs were part of shows; standards performed by the big acts of the day (the big acts being what, solo singers? orchestras?); or even if they were sheet music performed in the home. Your link suggests the second of these.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 2 November 2009 10:02 (fourteen years ago) link
Strongly recommend Leslie Sarony's Ain't It Grand To Be Bloomin' Well Dead (Parts I and II).
― 'virgin' should be 'wizard' (GamalielRatsey), Monday, 2 November 2009 10:20 (fourteen years ago) link
xp it would have been a variety show, so the big act could be a singer (more likely an all-round entertainer), but equally a magician or who/whatever else was popular.
― tomofthenest, Monday, 2 November 2009 10:31 (fourteen years ago) link
Of course it would, it's obvious now you say it - hence the Royal Variety Show, and the Beatles being booked with conjurers and performing dogs when they first got big.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 2 November 2009 10:35 (fourteen years ago) link