Charles Penrose
113 records in the collection· mostly on Columbia, Winner, Zonophone
Charles Penrose was an English music-hall singer and comedian remembered above all for the extraordinary success of his laughing-song character “The Laughing Policeman”. His many comic recordings from the early decades of the 20th century exploited laughter, character voices and repeated comic situations, making him one of the most recognisable specialists in recorded novelty songs of the period.
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Records by Charles Penrose
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- ALaughing Trombone
Charles Penrose, the music hall comedian behind The Laughing Policeman, performs Laughing Trombone on Mayfair 2066.AI summary
Mayfair 2066 Music Hall
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- A(+S Coltham)Land of Nod
- BPirate's Island
Charles Penrose, a British vocalist and entertainer of the early 1920s, recorded "Land of Nod" with S. Coltham and "Pirate's Island" for His Master's Voice. Penrose was a popular recording artist of the acoustic era.AI summary
His Master's Voice B2366 Voice
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- AA Night out
- BWhat shall I say to the Wife
Charles Penrose, the British comedian famous for 'The Laughing Policeman', on Zonophone performing comic songs 'A Night Out' and 'What Shall I Say to the Wife'.AI summary
Zonophone 1394 Music Hall
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- AA Trip to Paris
- Bpart 2
Charles Penrose, the music hall comedian behind The Laughing Policeman, performs A Trip to Paris in two parts on Homochord H759.AI summary
Hom H759 Music Hall
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- AAdventures of 'Arry Emmy & Joe
- Bpart 2
Charles Penrose performing 'Adventures of 'Arry, Emmy & Joe' (Parts 1 & 2) on Columbia 4222, a mid-1920s British pressing. This is a comic character piece typical of Penrose's popular monologue repertoire.AI summary
Columbia 4222 Music Hall
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- AAdventures of 'Arry Emmy & Joe
- Bpart 4
Charles Penrose on Columbia 4223, recorded 'Adventures of 'Arry Emmy & Joe' parts 1 and 4, comic sketches with dialogue.AI summary
Columbia 4223 Comic
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- AAdventures of 'Arry Emmy & Joe
- Bpart 6
Charles Penrose on Columbia 4224, performing 'Adventures of 'Arry, Emmy & Joe' (part 6). Penrose (1863–1952) was a celebrated British character comedian and singer; this extended sketch is one of his character comedy routines.AI summary
Columbia 4224 Music Hall
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- AAladdin
- Bpart 2
Charles Penrose, a celebrated British comic baritone of the music-hall era, recorded 'Aladdin' in two parts for Imperial Records, a small British label active in the early 1900s.AI summary
Imperial 2353 Music Hall
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- AArmy Laughs
- BVillage Laughsmith
Charles Penrose, the British music-hall comedian famous for 'The Laughing Policeman', performing 'Army Laughs' and 'Village Laughsmith' on Columbia, catalogue 4691.AI summary
Columbia 4691 Comic
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- ACourting Sarah Jane
- BJolly old Jarge
Charles Penrose, a popular British music-hall baritone of the early 1900s, recorded 'Courting Sarah Jane' and 'Jolly Old Jarge' for Zonophone 1364, an early catalogue number suggesting a pre-1920 acoustic recording.AI summary
Zonophone 1364 Music Hall
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- ADismal Desmond
- BLaugh and you'll never grow old
Charles Penrose, the comedian best remembered for 'The Laughing Policeman', with 'Dismal Desmond' and 'Laugh and You'll Never Grow Old' on Duophone.AI summary
Duophone UB2008 Comic
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- ADoings of Dismal Desmond
- Bpart 2
Charles Penrose on Columbia 4225, recorded 'Doings of Dismal Desmond' parts 1 and 2, comic spoken word with sound effects.AI summary
Columbia 4225 Comic
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- ADoings of Dismal Desmond
- Bpart 4
Charles Penrose recorded 'Doings of Dismal Desmond' (part 4) for Columbia, catalogue 4300; Penrose was a British entertainer and comedian known for comic vocal novelties.AI summary
Columbia 4300 Comic
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- ADoings of Dismal Desmond- Fairy Market
- BPass to Fairyland
Charles Penrose, a popular British comic monologist, performed 'Doings of Dismal Desmond - Fairy Market' on Columbia 4584, a mid-1920s British pressing. Penrose's comic character pieces were popular and widely recorded.AI summary
Columbia 4584 Music Hall
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- ADr Whackem's Academy
- Bpart 2
Charles Penrose was a British comedian known for novelty and music-hall recordings. 'Dr Whackem's Academy' part 1 and 2 was recorded for Winner, a British label. Penrose's most famous recording was 'The Laughing Policeman', a novelty hit.AI summary
Winner 4345 Comic
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- AFather Christmas at his Home & his Workshop
- BChristmas Eve The Twins hang up their Christmas Stockings
Charles Penrose, of 'Laughing Policeman' fame, performing novelty Christmas material on Columbia; likely 1920s–30s.AI summary
Columbia 5083 Comic
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- AFilm Fun
- BPernickety Pete the Postman
Charles Penrose, the celebrated British comedian known for his character voices and comic recordings, recorded 'Film Fun' and 'Pernickety Pete the Postman' for Decca F3115 in the late 1930s–early 1940s.AI summary
Decca F3115 Music Hall
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- AGay Deceiver
- BMerry Vicar
Charles Penrose, a British baritone and comic performer, recorded 'Gay Deceiver' and 'Merry Vicar' for Scala 1639. Penrose was famous for comic and novelty songs; Scala was a small British label.AI summary
Scala 1639 Music Hall
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- AGiggling Curate
- BLaughing Trombone
Charles Penrose, British comic and novelty singer, recorded 'Giggling Curate' and 'Laughing Trombone' for Decca (F1578) in the 1930s-40s. Penrose was known for his humorous vocal effects and music hall comedy.AI summary
Decca F1578 Music Hall
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- AGoldilocks & the Three Bears
- BUncle Charlie's Nursery Mixture
Charles Penrose was a British comedian and recording artist famous for his novelty recordings, particularly 'The Laughing Policeman'. This Winner 3600 side records him performing children's material, typical of his comedy style. Penrose's recordings remain popular with collectors of British music-hall and comic novelty material.AI summary
Winner 3600 Comic
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- AHave a Good Laugh with Me
- BThe Jolly Farmer
Aco G15242
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- AHe'd a funny little way with him
- BI tried to keep from laughing
Charles Penrose was a British comedian and music-hall singer of the Edwardian era, famous for novelty and comic songs; this Polyphon pressing of 'He'd a Funny Little Way with Him' and 'I Tried to Keep from Laughing' is from his variety repertoire.AI summary
Polyphon 24173 Music Hall
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- AHow the Family laughs
- BThe Mirthful Curate
Charles Penrose, the British character comedian famous for his laughing songs, performing 'How the Family laughs' and 'The Mirthful Curate' on Winner. These are variations on Penrose's signature laughing-novelty routine.AI summary
Winner 3699 Comic
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- AHow we laugh
- BSeeing each other Home
Charles Penrose on Kalliope 6173 with 'How We Laugh' and 'Seeing Each Other Home', British music-hall novelty recordings from the 1920s.AI summary
Kalliope 6173 Music Hall
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- AI couldn't help laughing
- B(L Rothery)Kitty Murray I'm in a Hurry
Charles Penrose, a popular British comic and character vocalist, performing humorous pieces on the Ar label, an economical British marque from the 1920s.AI summary
Ariel 4083 Comic
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- AI Couldn't Help Laughing
- BA Nice old Maid (12)
Charles Penrose on Pop 709 with 'I Couldn't Help Laughing' and 'A Nice Old Maid'. Penrose was a British music-hall comedian and vocalist, recorded in the 1920s and early 1930s, known for comic songs and novelty material.AI summary
Popular 709 Music Hall
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- AI couldn't help laughing(13)
- BA merry Family
Charles Penrose, a British comedian and music-hall entertainer, recorded 'I Couldn't Help Laughing (Part 13)' and 'A Merry Family' for Pathé, catalogue 5344. Penrose was best known for his long-running novelty laugh, and his recordings were popular in the 1920s and 1930s.AI summary
Pathé 5344 Comic
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- AI think I could laugh all the Day
- BI burst out laughing
Charles Penrose, best known as 'The Laughing Policeman', recorded comic material for Pathé. This 1920s-1930s pressing preserves his comic laughing sketches, which were hugely popular in music hall. Pathé was a major British label, and Penrose recordings exist in quantity, though individual titles vary.AI summary
Pathé 79960 Music Hall
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- AI tried to keep from laughing
- BHe'd a funny little Way with him
Charles Penrose, 'I Tried to Keep from Laughing' and 'He'd a Funny Little Way with Him', on Polyphon 5536; Penrose was a British music-hall singer and comedian famous for the novelty recording 'The Laughing Policeman'.AI summary
Polyphon 5536 Music Hall
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- AI tried to keep from laughing
- BHe'd a funny little Way with him
Charles Penrose, the comedian of 'The Laughing Policeman', with 'I Tried to Keep from Laughing' and 'He'd a Funny Little Way with Him' on the Pilgrim label.AI summary
Pilgrim 5536 Comic
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- AIn Love
- BLaughing Pat
Charles Penrose, a music-hall comedian known for 'The Laughing Policeman', recorded comic material for Zonophone early in his career.AI summary
Zonophone 1582 Music Hall
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- AInkwell Fairy
- Bpart 2
Charles Penrose, a British comedian and recording artist, recorded for Columbia in the 1920s. Penrose was a popular character comic, though he remains less famous than his contemporaries.AI summary
Columbia 3902 Comic
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- AInkwell Fairy part 3
- Bpart 4 Jungletown Jazz Band
Charles Penrose, the British actor and comedian best known for his novelty signature piece "The Laughing Policeman," performing parts 3 and 4 of "Inkwell Fairy" with the Jungletown Jazz Band on Columbia 3803.AI summary
Columbia 3803 Music Hall
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- AInkwell Fairy part 9
- Bpart 10
Charles Penrose, the British comedian and actor, performing parts 9 and 10 of "Inkwell Fairy" on Columbia 4109. Like his other novelty recordings, this was part of his long series of recorded comedic pieces.AI summary
Columbia 4109 Comic
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- AJack and the Beanstalk
- B(part 2)
Charles Penrose, a British comedian and recording artist best known for 'The Laughing Policeman', performing 'Jack and the Beanstalk' on Winner 3738.AI summary
Winner 3738 Comic
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- AJack the Giant Killer
- Bpart 2
Charles Penrose, the celebrated comic singer and entertainer, on Zonophone 2176, performing a dramatic comic monologue based on the Jack the Giant Killer tale.AI summary
Zonophone 2176 Music Hall
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- AJoin me in a merry laugh
- BWhen do I start laughing
Charles Penrose, the British music hall comedian known for 'The Laughing Policeman', on Winner 3891. Penrose's novelty records remain common and are collected as curiosities of the period.AI summary
Winner 3891 Music Hall
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- AJoin me in a merry Laugh
- BWhen I do start laughing
Charles Penrose, the British music-hall comedian, recorded this Winner disc of 'Join Me in a Merry Laugh' and 'When I Do Start Laughing', typical of his novelty comic material.AI summary
Winner 3891 Music Hall
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- AJolly Ploughman
- BSpecial Constable
Charles Penrose, one of the most prolific and successful British music-hall performers of the early 20th century, recorded comic songs 'Jolly Ploughman' and 'Special Constable' for Zonophone, a major label of that era. Penrose's theatrical fame has made his recordings of enduring interest to collectors.AI summary
Zonophone 1506 Music Hall
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- ALaugh & be jolly like me
- BJazz Mad Coon
Charles Penrose, the celebrated 'Laughing Policeman', on Regal 7824. Penrose's comic specialty was his infectious laugh, and this record preserves two sides in his comic-song vein.AI summary
Regal 7824 Music Hall
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- ALaugh & grow fat like me
- BLaughing Curate
Charles Penrose performing two humorous pieces, 'Laugh and Grow Fat Like Me' and 'Laughing Curate', on Columbia. Penrose was a British music-hall comedian and singer, and his laugh-based novelty records are well documented.AI summary
Columbia 2089 Music Hall
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- ALaugh and you'll feel grand
- BLet's laugh together Mike
Charles Penrose, a British comedian and recording artist famous for his comic recordings and character voices, recorded 'Laugh and you'll feel grand' and 'Let's laugh together Mike' on Columbia DB1021 in the 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB1021 Music Hall
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- ALaugh when Fu' the Noo'
- BLaughing McPhee fra' Bonnie Dundee
Charles Penrose performing two Scottish comic novelties, 'Laugh when Fu' the Noo'' and 'Laughing McPhee fra' Bonnie Dundee', on Regal 475, the famous laughing comedian in the Scottish dialect tradition.AI summary
Regal 475 Music Hall
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- ALaughing Band
- BLaughing Scot
Charles Penrose performing 'Laughing Band' and 'Laughing Scot' on Piccadilly, a cheap British budget label of the 1930s. These are further variations of Penrose's popular laughing routine.AI summary
Piccadilly 230 Comic
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- ALaughing Bassoon
- BLaughs & Frills
Charles Penrose, the British comedian and music-hall performer best known for 'The Laughing Policeman', on Regal; this is a novelty or comic recording from the early 1930s.AI summary
Regal 723 Music Hall
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- ALaughing Crazy Bassoon
- BLaughs & Thrills
Charles Penrose was a British bass singer and music-hall entertainer famous for his comic vocal effects and sound effects recordings; 'The Laughing Policeman' and similar Decca sides featuring Penrose's virtuoso laughing and comic routines were perennial sellers.AI summary
Decca F2226 Music Hall
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- ALaughing Crazy Bassoon
- BLaughs & Thrills
Charles Penrose, the British comic vocalist, on Decca F2226. Penrose was known for his 'Laughing Policeman' novelty number and similar comic vocal effects; this disc appears to feature similar material.AI summary
Decca F2226 Comic
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- ALaughing Family
- BHe'd a funny little Way with Him
Charles Penrose, British entertainer. John Bull H83 ('Laughing Family' and 'He'd a Funny Little Way with Him'); small early label.AI summary
John Bull H83 Comic
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- ALaughing Family
- BI tried to keep from laughing
Charles Penrose, a British baritone and comic entertainer, recorded 'Laughing Family' and 'I Tried to Keep from Laughing' for Victor Records. Penrose was famous for his laughing trick and novelty vocal effects.AI summary
Victor C6 Comic
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- ALaughing Family
- BAway with melancholy
Charles Penrose, the British comic vocalist best known for 'The Laughing Policeman', performing 'Laughing Family' and 'Away with melancholy' for Pathé 79958.AI summary
Pathé 79958 Personalities (Prs)
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- ALaughing Jazz Band
- BYou've got to laugh
Charles Penrose was a British music-hall comedian and vocalist; this Decca recording of 'Laughing Jazz Band' and 'You've Got to Laugh' captures his comic style, which was known for novelty effects and audience-participation humour.AI summary
Decca F1627 Music Hall
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- ALaughing Jazz Drummer
- BLaughing PC Brown
Charles Penrose on Winner 3717, with two comic songs featuring laughing and sound effects. Penrose was famous for 'Laughing Policeman', a music-hall novelty recording hit.AI summary
Winner 3717 Music Hall
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- ALaughing Jazz Drummer
- BLaughing PC Brown
Charles Penrose, a celebrated Music Hall comic of the early 20th century, known as 'The Laughing Policeman', on Winner 3717. This record captures his signature laughing vocal effect on comic patter pieces.AI summary
Winner 3717 Music Hall
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- ALaughing Jazz Drummer
- BLife in the old Dog yet
Charles Penrose was a celebrated British comic singer and music-hall star known especially for his novelty recordings. This Fairy label pressing captures two of his comic numbers.AI summary
Fairy 356 Music Hall
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- ALaughing Love & the old Trombone
- BLaughing Wife & the Clarinet
Charles Penrose, a British music-hall performer famous for his laugh, on Columbia DB-series with novelty numbers 'Laughing Love & the Old Trombone' and 'Laughing Wife & the Clarinet'.AI summary
Columbia DB266 Music Hall
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- ALaughing PC Brown
- B(B Whitlock)Silly old Billy
Charles Penrose was a British singer best known for 'Laughing Policeman', a novelty recording that became iconic. 'Laughing PC Brown' on Fairy label (Fairy 357) is a variant or related novelty number from this period, early twentieth century.AI summary
Fairy 357 Comic
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- ALaughing Ploughboy
- BLaughing Johnnie
Charles Penrose performs his famous novelty song 'Laughing Ploughboy' (with 'Laughing Johnnie') on Pathé. Penrose's laughing song was one of the most widely known comedy records of the early 20th century.AI summary
Pathé 93557 Music Hall
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- ALaughing Ploughboy
- BLaughing Nigger
Bell 271 Music Hall
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- ALaughing Ploughboy
- BLaughing Nigger
Charles Penrose, the British comedian famous for 'The Laughing Policeman', recorded for the Fairy label, a minor British imprint.AI summary
Fairy 353 Music Hall
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- ALaughing Policeman at Madame Tussauds
- Bpart 2
Charles Penrose performing his most famous piece, 'The Laughing Policeman', on Columbia in the mid-1920s. Penrose made this novelty recitation a signature act, and it became one of the most popular recordings of the early electrical era.AI summary
Columbia DB881 Music Hall
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- ALaughing Policeman at Madame Tussauds
- Bpart 2
Charles Penrose on Columbia DB881, performing 'The Laughing Policeman at Madame Tussauds' in two parts. Penrose (1863–1952) was a British character comedian and singer famous for 'The Laughing Policeman'; this is a variant or sequel recording of that signature piece.AI summary
Columbia DB881 Music Hall
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- ALaughing Policeman at the Zoo
- Bpart 2
Charles Penrose's signature novelty recording, 'The Laughing Policeman', one of the most famous British comedy recordings of the 1920s–30s; this is the Columbia DB 605 pressing.AI summary
Columbia DB605 Comic
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- ALaughing Policeman up to date
- Bpart 2
Charles Penrose's 'Laughing Policeman' was one of the most famous novelty records of the 1920s, a global hit that defined its era. This Columbia pressing is the updated version, 'Laughing Policeman Up to Date', in two parts, from the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia 5532 Comic
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- ALaughing Policeman's baby
- BLaughing Policeman's Party
Charles Penrose, a British music hall comedian, became a recording star with his novelty hit "The Laughing Policeman" (1925); this Columbia pressing offers "Laughing Policeman's Baby" and "Laughing Policeman's Party", spin-off sides capitalizing on that success.AI summary
Columbia DB305 Music Hall
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- ALaughing Policeman's Party
- BLaughing Policeman's Baby
Charles Penrose, the British entertainer famous for 'The Laughing Policeman', recorded 'Laughing Policeman's Party' and 'Laughing Policeman's Baby' for Columbia's electrical DB series, sequels to his signature piece.AI summary
Columbia DB305 Comic
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- ALaughing Policeman's Sweepstake
- Bpart 2
Charles Penrose performs 'Laughing Policeman's Sweepstake' on Columbia DB493 from the late 1920s or early 1930s. Penrose was a popular music hall performer and comedian known for novelty comedy records.AI summary
Columbia DB493 Music Hall
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- ALaughing Policeman(26)
- BLaughter and Lemons
Charles Penrose's 'The Laughing Policeman', a comedy novelty that became one of the most famous and frequently recorded comic songs of the early twentieth century, captured here on a Columbia pressing from the late acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia FB1184 Comic
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- ALaughing Railway Porter
- BLaughteritis
Charles Penrose, famous for his novelty 'laughing' recordings, performed 'Laughing Railway Porter' and 'Laughteritis' for Columbia, catalogue DB302. His comic vocal records remain novelties of enduring appeal.AI summary
Columbia DB302 Comic
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- ALaughing Sailor(26)
- BLaughing Jazz Mad Drummer
Charles Penrose, the comedian of 'The Laughing Policeman', with 'The Laughing Sailor' and 'The Laughing Jazz-Mad Drummer' on Duophone.AI summary
Duophone M146 Comic
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- ALaughing Saxophone
- BLaughter love & Lingerie
Charles Penrose, the music hall comedian behind The Laughing Policeman, with Laughing Saxophone and Laughter, Love and Lingerie on Sterno 306.AI summary
Sterno 306 Music Hall
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- ALaughing Saxophone
Charles Penrose performs 'Laughing Saxophone' on an unidentified test pressing on 'StTEST'. Penrose was a British comedian and entertainer famous for his novelty song 'The Laughing Policeman'. This appears to be a test or special pressing rather than a commercial release.AI summary
StTEST TEST Comic
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- ALaughing stuttering Sam
- BHappy Hikers
Charles Penrose, a British comedian best known for 'The Laughing Policeman', recorded 'Laughing stuttering Sam' and 'Happy Hikers' on Columbia in the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB856 Music Hall
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- ALaughing through
- B(2 sides)
Charles Penrose recorded 'Laughing Through' for Columbia, catalogue DB1010, in the early 1930s. Another of Penrose's celebrated laughing novelties, continuing the character-based comic records that made him a recording institution.AI summary
Columbia DB1010 Comic
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- ALaughing vamp
- BPernickety Pete
Charles Penrose recorded 'Laughing Vamp' and 'Pernickety Pete' for Decca F3115. Penrose was a British comedy vocalist known for novelty and comic songs.AI summary
Decca F3115 Comic
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- ALaughing Widow
- BCorner House Cutie
Decca F3262 Personalities (Prs)
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- ALaughing Widow
- BLaughing Nippy
Charles Penrose was a British comedian and vocalist best known for his signature laughing songs of the 1920s–30s; this Eclipse recording preserves two of his comic specialty pieces.AI summary
Eclipse SC26 Music Hall
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- ALaughing Yodeller
- BDiscord & Laughter
Charles Penrose, the music hall comedian behind The Laughing Policeman, with Laughing Yodeller and Discord and Laughter on Sterno 541.AI summary
Sterno 541 Music Hall
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- ALet's have a jolly good Laugh
- BLaughter and the old Bassoon
Charles Penrose, a British comic performer, recorded 'Let's Have a Jolly Good Laugh' and 'Laughter and the Old Bassoon' on Columbia DB2602. Penrose was known for his comic monologues and novelty vocal recordings.AI summary
Columbia DB2602 Comic
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- AMerry Farm Boy
- BLaughs
Charles Penrose, the British music-hall performer famous for his laugh record 'The Laughing Policeman', recording 'Merry Farm Boy' and 'Laughs' on Zonophone 1522 in the early 1900s.AI summary
Zonophone 1522 Music Hall
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- AMy Mistake
- BMerry Old Man
Charles Penrose, the British comedian famous for 'The Laughing Policeman', on Regal performing 'My Mistake' and 'Merry Old Man'.AI summary
Regal 7326 Music Hall
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- ANot so old as I thought I was
- BPerpetual laugh
Charles Penrose, the British music-hall comedian famous for his laughing songs, recorded for Regal with novelty material characteristic of his stage act.AI summary
Regal 7135 Music Hall
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- AOh who said so
- BLife in the East End of London
Charles Penrose, the music hall comedian behind The Laughing Policeman, with Oh Who Said So and Life in the East End of London on Stella C20.AI summary
Stella C20 Music Hall
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- AOld Grandad
- Bpart 2
Imperial 2776 Personalities (Prs)
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- AOur Albert's Accordion
- BJolly Coppers on Parade
Charles Penrose, the British music-hall comedian famous for 'The Laughing Policeman', recorded two comic novelties for Columbia: 'Our Albert's Accordion' and 'Jolly Coppers on Parade', catalogue DB1461.AI summary
Columbia DB1461 Music Hall
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- APopular jocular Dr Brown
- BLaughing Jazz Band
Charles Penrose on His Master's Voice B2367, 'The Laughing Policeman' (catalogued here as 'Popular Jocular Dr Brown'); Penrose's laughing performance became a comic standard from the 1920s onwards.AI summary
His Master's Voice B2367 Music Hall
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- APut me in a Taxi(26)
- BLaughing Brown from Camden Town
Charles Penrose on DuoM, a short-lived British label of the early 1920s, performing comedy material in the music-hall tradition.AI summary
Duophone M145
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- APut me in a Taxi(26)
- BLaughing Brown from Camden Town
Charles Penrose, the music hall comedian whose Laughing Policeman became a national favourite, with Put Me in a Taxi and Laughing Brown from Camden Town on Duophone UB2007.AI summary
Duophone UB2007 Music Hall
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- ASanta Claus Workshop
- B(2 sides)
Charles Penrose was a British music-hall comedian best known for the novelty record 'The Laughing Policeman'; this HMV recording of 'Santa Claus Workshop' represents his comic song material from the late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1150 Music Hall
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- ASaturday Night at the Pig & Whistle
- Bpart 2
Charles Penrose's second appearance, recorded for Columbia DB-series with his characteristic music-hall novelty material and laugh-song comedy from the early 1930s.AI summary
Columbia DB949 Music Hall
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- ASeeing each other home
- BWhen You're Blotto
Charles Penrose, the music hall comedian behind The Laughing Policeman, with Seeing Each Other Home and When You're Blotto on Homochord H645.AI summary
Hom H645 Music Hall
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- ASimpering Susie and a Sousaphone
- BLaughs and Liberties
Charles Penrose, famous as 'The Laughing Policeman', recorded numerous novelty and comedy sides; this Decca pressing pairs two of his comedy routines ('Simpering Susie and a Sousaphone', 'Laughs and Liberties').AI summary
Decca F2463 Music Hall
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- ASquire's Christmas Party
- BAn old Couple's Christmas Eve
Charles Penrose, a British music-hall entertainer, recorded two comedy sketches for Curry's label.AI summary
Curry's 31 Music Hall
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- ASquire's Xmas Party
- BXmas Goose Club
Charles Penrose, the music hall comedian behind The Laughing Policeman, with The Squire's Xmas Party and Xmas Goose Club on Pilgrim 5685.AI summary
Pilgrim 5685 Music Hall
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- AThat Awful Joke
- BI think I could Laugh all Day
Charles Penrose, the music hall comedian behind The Laughing Policeman, with That Awful Joke and I Think I Could Laugh All Day on Invicta 108.AI summary
Invicta 108 Music Hall
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- AThat Ticklish Laugh
- BThat Laughing Crazy Coon
Charles Penrose, the comedian of 'The Laughing Policeman', with two laughing songs on Homochord.AI summary
Hom H495 Comic
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- AThe artful Verger
- BThe Giddy Curate
Charles Penrose, the music hall comedian behind The Laughing Policeman, with The Artful Verger and The Giddy Curate on Ariel 2182.AI summary
Ariel 2182 Music Hall
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- AThe awful Joke
- BI tried to keep from Laughing
Charles Penrose, known as 'The Laughing Policeman', recorded comic material for Opera Records, a small British label. This pressing captures his comic laughing sketches from the early period of his career. Opera was a minor imprint, making Penrose recordings on this label less common than his more widely-distributed sides.AI summary
Opera 121 Music Hall
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- AThe Bloke wot's left behind
- BMindin' the 'ole in the road
Charles Penrose, a British comedian and entertainer, recorded 'The Bloke Wot's Left Behind' and 'Mindin' the 'Ole in the Road' for Jumbo 1247. These are comic or novelty numbers from the early 1920s.AI summary
Jumbo 1247 Music Hall
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- AThe Bloke wots left behind
- B(B Whitlock)Billy Whitlock as a Special Constable
Charles Penrose, the celebrated British comedic singer and music hall star, on Scala Records with two comic novelty songs; Penrose is best remembered for 'The Laughing Policeman', one of the most famous comic recordings of all time.AI summary
Scala 639 Music Hall
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- AThe Cigar Girl
- BI burst out laughing
Charles Penrose on Polyphon 5537, performing comic speciality songs. Penrose was a British comic singer known for novelty and dialect pieces from the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Polyphon 5537 Comic
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- AThe Cigar Girl
- B(B Whitlock)Snowdrops
Charles Penrose, the music hall comedian behind The Laughing Policeman, with The Cigar Girl and, by B. Whitlock, Snowdrops on Meloto 1043.AI summary
Meloto 1043 Music Hall
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- AThe Laughing Blacksmith
- BLaughing Brown of Camden Town
Charles Penrose, the comedian of 'The Laughing Policeman', with 'The Laughing Blacksmith' and 'Laughing Brown of Camden Town' on Guardsman.AI summary
Guardsman 2083 Comic
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- AThe Laughing Curate
- BThe Laughing Major
Charles Penrose recorded 'The Laughing Curate' and 'The Laughing Major' for Columbia, catalogue 4117, in the early 1920s. Penrose's 'laughing' novelties, recorded in various comic characters, remain among the most distinctive British comedy records of the acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia 4117 Comic
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- AThe Laughing Family
- BThat awful Joke
Charles Penrose, the British music-hall and pantomime performer best known for his distinctive 'laughing song', recorded on the Polyphon label. 'The Laughing Family' and 'That awful Joke' are typical of his novelty repertoire.AI summary
Polyphon 5531 Music Hall
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- AThe Laughing Tinker
- BFelix keeps on laughing
Charles Penrose, the British music-hall performer famous for 'The Laughing Policeman' recording, recorded 'The Laughing Tinker' and 'Felix Keeps on Laughing' for Winner, catalogue 4277.AI summary
Winner 4277 Music Hall
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- AThe Laughing Tinker
- BFelix keeps on laughing
Charles Penrose was a British music-hall comedian and singer, famous for 'The Laughing Policeman'; these Winner sides show his comic novelty material from the early 1920s. Winner was a cheap British marque.AI summary
Winner 4277 Music Hall
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- AThe Laughing Widow
- BThe Laughing Monk
Charles Penrose, the British character comedian and musical-hall entertainer famous for his laughing songs, performing 'The Laughing Widow' and 'The Laughing Monk' on Winner. Penrose recorded many variations of his signature laughing routine.AI summary
Winner 4084 Comic
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- AThe old couples Christmas eve
- BGood King Wenceslas
Charles Penrose recorded 'The Old Couple's Christmas Eve' and 'Good King Wenceslas' for Alb Records (1375). Penrose was a British music hall comedian and singer; Alb was a small British imprint.AI summary
Albion 1375 Music Hall
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- AThe Waif and the Wizard
- BJohnnie! Me and You
Charles Penrose, the music hall comedian behind The Laughing Policeman, with The Waif and the Wizard and Johnnie! Me and You on Ariel 4286.AI summary
Ariel 4286 Music Hall
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- AThey all laugh like this
- BJolly old Farmer
Charles Penrose, the British music-hall comedian famous for his laughing songs, recorded two comic novelties for Zonophone in the 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 1312 Music Hall
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- AThey all laugh like this
- BJolly old Farmer
Charles Penrose, the British comedian and singer best known for his barnyard novelty 'The Laughing Policeman', singing comic songs on early Zonophone.AI summary
Zonophone 1312 Music Hall
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- AXmas at Sea
- BAn old time Xmas Party
Charles Penrose recorded comic Christmas novelties on Imperial (catalogue 1525). Penrose was a minor British performer.AI summary
Imperial 1525 Comic
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- AYodelling Laughter & Love
- BDiscord & the Laughing Lady
Imperial 2229 Dance