Billy Bennett

26 records in the collection· mostly on Columbia, Regal

Billy Bennett was a major British music-hall comedian and monologist of the 1920s and 1930s, remembered for elaborate comic stories delivered with an apparently serious manner and carefully controlled timing. Recordings such as “The Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog” and “She Was Poor But She Was Honest” preserve a distinctive strand of British stage comedy that depended as much on spoken performance as song.

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Records by Billy Bennett

Billy Bennett
1. ACharge of the Tight Brigade
2. BNo Power on Earth
Billy Bennett on Columbia 9205 with 'Charge of the Tight Brigade' and 'No Power on Earth'. Bennett was a British music-hall comedian and vocalist, famous for comic monologues and novelty songs recorded in the 1920s and 1930s.AI summary

Columbia 9205 Music Hall
Billy Bennett
1. ACharge of the Tight Brigade
2. BNo Power on Earth
Billy Bennett, an English comic singer and character performer, singing novelty titles 'Charge of the Tight Brigade' and 'No Power on Earth' on Columbia.AI summary

Columbia 9205 Music Hall
Billy Bennett
1. AChristmas day in the cook house
2. BPlease let me sleep on your doorstep tonight
Billy Bennett, a British comic singer and entertainer of the music hall tradition, performing humorous novelty songs on Columbia. Bennett was a popular variety performer whose recordings are now scarce.AI summary

Columbia DB658 Music Hall
Billy Bennett
1. AChristmas day in the cook house
2. BPlease let me sleep on your doorstep tonight
Billy Bennett was a British comic vocalist and music-hall performer. 'Christmas Day in the Cook House' and 'Please Let Me Sleep on Your Doorstep Tonight' are novelty and comic songs typical of 1930s–40s British variety; this Columbia DB658 pressing is a comic-song recording.AI summary

Columbia DB658 Music Hall
Billy Bennett
1. ACoffee Stall Keeper
2. BMandalay
Billy Bennett was a famous British comic performer and recording artist of the 1920s-30s, celebrated for rapid-fire novelty monologues. This Columbia electrical recording captures him in characteristic form.AI summary

Columbia DX28 Comic
Billy Bennett
1. ADaddy
2. BThe MP
Billy Bennett was a British comedian and character vocalist of the 1920s–30s; this Columbia side features comic novelty material.AI summary

Columbia 5649 Comic
Billy Bennett
1. ADomestic Blisters
2. BReal Guy
Billy Bennett, a British comic singer and music-hall entertainer famous for novelty and comic songs, recorded two pieces for Columbia: 'Domestic Blisters' and 'Real Guy'.AI summary

Columbia 9105 Music Hall
Billy Bennett
1. ADon't send my Boy to Prison
2. BShe was poor but she was honest
Billy Bennett was a London-born comic monologist famous for his rapid-fire comic songs and character sketches, often with risqué or darkly comic themes. 'Don't Send My Boy to Prison' and 'She Was Poor but She Was Honest' are typical of his satirical style. This Columbia electrical record is from his peak recording period in the late 1920s.AI summary

Columbia DB164 Personalities (Prs)
Billy Bennett
1. ADon't send my Boy to Prison
2. BShe was poor but she was honest
Billy Bennett, a British music hall comic and singer, performing two sentimental comic songs on Columbia: 'Don't send my Boy to Prison' and 'She was poor but she was honest'.AI summary

Columbia DB164 Music Hall
Billy Bennett
1. ADon't send my Boy to Prison
2. BShe was poor but she was honest
Billy Bennett was a celebrated British comic performer and recording artist of the 1920s-30s, known for his rapid-fire novelty monologues and comic timing. This Regal electrical recording captures him in his characteristic style.AI summary

Regal MR147 Comic
Billy Bennett
1. AFamily Secrets
2. BDevil-may-not-care
Billy Bennett, the British comedian and novelty singer famous for monologues and comic songs, recorded 'Family Secrets' and 'Devil-may-not-care' for Columbia Records, catalogue 4005. Bennett was a popular music-hall star and recording artist in the 1920s.AI summary

Columbia 4005 Music Hall
Billy Bennett
1. AMottoes
2. BMemory man
Billy Bennett was a British comedian and monologist of the 1920s–30s, famous for his rapid-fire comic recitations and parodies. 'Mottoes' and 'Memory Man' are typical of his humorous spoken-word repertoire, recorded for Columbia.AI summary

Columbia 9454 Comic
Billy Bennett
1. AMy Mother doesn't know I'm on the stage
2. BClub Raid
Billy Bennett on Columbia 5719 with 'My Mother Doesn't Know I'm on the Stage' and 'Club Raid'. Bennett was a British comic entertainer and monologist popular in music hall and on radio in the 1920s–1930s.AI summary

Columbia 5719 Music Hall
Billy Bennett
1. ANo Power on Earth
2. BThe Charge of the Tight Brigade
Billy Bennett was a British music-hall comic and novelty singer popular in the 1920s and 1930s, celebrated for his rapid-fire patter and absurdist humour; these Regal titles are typical of his style.AI summary

Regal 9159 Music Hall
Billy Bennett
1. ANo Power on Earth
2. BThe Charge of the Tight Brigade
Billy Bennett, a British comedian and music-hall performer, on Regal 9159 with comic monologues 'No Power on Earth' and 'The Charge of the Tight Brigade', from the late 1920s or 1930s.AI summary

Regal 9159 Comic
Billy Bennett
1. APlease let me sleep on your Doorstep Tonight
2. BChristmas Day in the Cookhouse
Billy Bennett, a British comic entertainer and monologist known for irreverent music-hall humour, performs two novelty pieces on Columbia DB658.AI summary

Columbia DB658 Music Hall
Billy Bennett
1. AShe was happier when she was poor
2. B(Anon)On with the Motley
Billy Bennett, a British comic vocalist and entertainer, on Regal catalogue MR1632, marked as a sample copy. 'She was happier when she was poor' and 'On with the Motley' are comic or entertainment pieces. This copy is a promotional sample, which changes its status considerably.AI summary

Regal MR1632 SAMPLE Music Hall
Billy Bennett
1. AShe's mine
2. BNapoleon
Billy Bennett on Columbia 9237, the British music-hall comic performing his character songs 'She's mine' and 'Napoleon', from the early 1920s.AI summary

Columbia 9237 Music Hall
Billy Bennett
1. AShe's mine
2. BNapoleon
Billy Bennett, a British comic and novelty singer, on Regal, catalogue 9021, with 'She's Mine' and 'Napoleon'.AI summary

Regal 9021 Music Hall
Billy Bennett
1. AShe's mine
2. BNapoleon
Billy Bennett was a British music hall comedian and singer known for comic and novelty songs; this Regal disc features two pieces, "She's Mine" and "Napoleon".AI summary

Regal 9021 Music Hall
Billy Bennett
1. AThe Bookmaker's Daughter
2. BThe Foreign Legion
Billy Bennett performing 'The Bookmaker's Daughter' and 'The Foreign Legion' on Regal MR1724. Bennett was a British music-hall comedian and singer, known for novelty and comic songs.AI summary

Regal MR1724 Music Hall
Billy Bennett
1. AThe Green Fly on the little yellow Dog
2. BNell
Billy Bennett, a British comedian and character singer, recorded "The Green Fly on the little yellow Dog" and "Nell" for Columbia, typical of his novelty and comedy work.AI summary

Columbia 4004 Music Hall
Billy Bennett
1. AThe Green Fly on the little yellow Dog
2. BNell
Columbia 4004 Personalities (Prs)
Billy Bennett
1. AThe Miser
2. BI'll be thinking of you
Billy Bennett, the British music-hall comedian, performing 'The Miser' and 'I'll Be Thinking of You' on Columbia 4006.AI summary

Columbia 4006 Comic
Billy Bennett
1. ATightest man I know
2. BOgul Mogul
Billy Bennett, a British music-hall comedian of the interwar years, recorded 'Tightest Man I Know' and 'Ogul Mogul' for Columbia 9296.AI summary

Columbia 9296 Music Hall
Billy Bennett
1. ATightest man I know
2. BOgul Mogul
Billy Bennett, a British comic singer and monologist of the 1920s–30s, on Columbia 9296 with "The Tightest Man I Know" and "Ogul Mogul" — novelty comedy songs typical of Bennett's act.AI summary

Columbia 9296 Comic