Tom Foy
36 records in the collection· mostly on Zonophone, His Master's Voice, Empire
Tom Foy was an English music-hall comedian whose Yorkshire character songs and monologues were popular in the late Victorian and Edwardian halls. His act drew heavily on northern dialect and everyday comic situations, and his surviving recordings preserve a distinctly regional strand of early British popular entertainment.
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Records by Tom Foy
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- AAh'm disguised
- BAll through t'black Horse
Tom Foy, a Scottish dialect comedian and music-hall performer, recorded comic songs in Scots dialect for Zonophone, a major label of the 1920s. Foy was a theatrical figure of some local standing, and his Zonophone recordings are among the surviving examples of Scottish comic material from that era.AI summary
Zonophone 1816 Music Hall
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- AAll through t' Black Horse
- BAh'm disguised
Tom Foy on His Master's Voice B1629, a character comedian performing sketches in broad Yorkshire dialect.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1629 Music Hall
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- ACoronation
- BScouting
Zonophone 620 Personalities (Prs)
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- ACourting
- BMy girl's promised to marry me
Tom Foy on His Master's Voice B1601, a dance and novelty comedy side from the early 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1601 Music Hall
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- ADonkey & me
- BFool of the Family
Tom Foy on Zonophone 636, a British singer performing comic or novelty material of the 1920s-30s.AI summary
Zonophone 636 Music Hall
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- ADonkey & me
- BFool of the Family
Tom Foy, a British music-hall comedian, on Zonophone 636, performing comic novelty songs 'Donkey & Me' and 'Fool of the Family'.AI summary
Zonophone 636 Music Hall
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- AFirst Time that I come up to London
- BLive & learn
Tom Foy, an unidentified performer, recorded 'First Time That I Come Up to London' and 'Live & Learn' for Zonophone, catalogue 1233, in the early 1920s. Zonophone issues of this era are moderately scarce.AI summary
Zonophone 1233 Music Hall
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- AI'm excited
- BI've had some Money left me
Tom Foy performing 'I'm excited' and 'I've had some Money left me' on Autograph 2109. An unidentified performer on Autograph, a reissue label.AI summary
Ariel 2109 Voice
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- AI'm in Trouble again
- B(H Foy)Playing the Game in the West
Tom Foy on Bell label, this pressing of 'I'm in Trouble Again' and '(H Foy) Playing the Game in the West' is an unidentified artist's vocal or comic song.AI summary
Bell 204 Voice
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- AI'm upset
- BI'm excited
Tom Foy was a British music-hall or vaudeville performer active in the 1920s–1930s. This Zonophone recording of 'I'm Upset' and 'I'm Excited' reflects the comic novelty song tradition.AI summary
Zonophone 883 Music Hall
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- AI'm upset
- BI'm excited
Tom Foy on Zonophone 883, a British imprint of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Zonophone 883 Music Hall
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- AI'm Upset
- BI'm excited
Tom Foy was credited on the scarce British label Ar, recording "I'm Upset" and "I'm Excited". Ar was a minor short-lived imprint; Foy's recording career is not established in standard discographies.AI summary
Ariel 9270 Voice
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- AI've been to China
- BAmateur Theatricals
Tom Foy recorded 'I've been to China' and 'Amateur Theatricals' for Zonophone 764, a comic or novelty vocal record from the early 1910s.AI summary
Zonophone 764 Comic
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- AI've had some Money left me
- BNineteen bright Pounds
Tom Foy, a Yorkshire comedian and music-hall performer, performs 'I've had some Money Left Me' and 'Nineteen Bright Pounds' on Zonophone — early acoustic comedy recording on a sought-after British label.AI summary
Zonophone 1191 Music Hall
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- AI've had some Money left me
- BNineteen bright Pounds
Tom Foy performing comic novelty songs 'I've Had Some Money Left Me' and 'Nineteen Bright Pounds' on His Master's Voice B1600, from the early 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1600 Music Hall
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- AIn trouble again
- BMuch obliged to me
Tom Foy on Zonophone performing comic music-hall novelties from the 1920s.AI summary
Zonophone 593 Music Hall
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- AMary Ellen
- BLizzie
Zonophone 666
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- AMore Trouble
- Bpart 2
Tom Foy, a Yorkshire-dialect comedian and music-hall artist, performs 'More Trouble' and its part two on Zonophone — a rare acoustic recording of a minor but real figure in early British variety.AI summary
Zonophone 1694 Music Hall
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- AMy Aunt Martha Ann
- BI've been to America
Tom Foy on Zonophone 1308, a British singer of the 1920s-30s recording light comedy songs.AI summary
Zonophone 1308 Music Hall
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- AMy Aunt Martha Anne
- BI've Been to America
Tom Foy, a British variety entertainer, singing two comic Irish-themed songs on HMV in the 1920s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1609 Music Hall
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- AMy Farewell to Sarby Brig
- BA little Shepherd
Zonophone 1678 Music Hall
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- AMy farewell to Sarby Brig
- BA little shepherd
Tom Foy, the Yorkshire dialect comedian, offers 'My Farewell to Sarby Brig' and 'A Little Shepherd' on a later Zonophone pressing.AI summary
Zonophone 1678 Music Hall
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- AMy Girl's promised to marry me
- BCourting
Tom Foy on Zonophone 578, performing novelty vocal material. Foy appears to have been a minor vocalist recorded by Zonophone in its early years.AI summary
Zonophone 578 Voice
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- AMy Girl's promised to marry me
- BCourting
Tom Foy, a Yorkshire dialect comedian popular on the halls, performs two comic monologues, 'My Girl's Promised to Marry Me' and 'Courting', on an early Zonophone disc with a low catalogue number pointing to the pre-First World War era.AI summary
Zonophone 578 Music Hall
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- ANearly wedded
- BAh've been to a Wedding
Tom Foy on Zonophone 1118, performing comic novelty 'Nearly Wedded' and 'Ah've Been to a Wedding'.AI summary
Zonophone 1118 Music Hall
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- AOur Straits Canal
- BWales Whales & Weals
Tom Foy, a Scottish music-hall comedian, recorded 'Our Straits Canal' and 'Wales Whales & Weals', novelty and dialect songs, for Zonophone. Foy was a theatrical performer of the 1920s–1930s, and his recordings for this major label reflect the comic and topical material he performed on stage.AI summary
Zonophone 1519 Music Hall
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- AOur Straits Canal
- BWales & Whales & Weals
Tom Foy performing 'Our Straits Canal' and 'Wales & Whales & Weals' on His Master's Voice B1574, comic novelty songs from the early 1930s.AI summary
His Master's Voice B1574 Music Hall
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- ATh' Yorkshire lad i' Lundun
Tom Foy, credited on Empire label 1801, singing 'Th' Yorkshire lad i' Lundun' (The Yorkshire Lad in London), a regional novelty or comic song; Empire was a small British marque.AI summary
Empire 1801 Music Hall
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- ATh' Yorkshire Lad i'Lundun
- Bpart 2
Tom Foy, a British dialect comedian and folk performer, recorded Yorkshire dialect songs for Empire Records. 'Th' Yorkshire Lad i'Lundun' is a regional character piece from the music hall tradition.AI summary
Empire 1801 Music Hall
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- ATh' Yorkshire Lad i'Lundun
- Bpart 2
Tom Foy recorded 'Th' Yorkshire Lad i'Lundun' and its sequel for Empire, a small British label, in the early 1920s. A dialect comedy piece capturing the voice of a Yorkshire character adrift in London.AI summary
Empire 1801 Music Hall
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- AThe Yorkshireman in London
- Bditto
Ariel 910 Music Hall
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- AWot's t'time
- BMy bunker Bump
Tom Foy on Zonophone 963, performing comic music-hall numbers 'Wot's t'Time' and 'My Bunker Bump'.AI summary
Zonophone 963 Music Hall
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- AYorkshire Lad in London
- Bpart 2
Tom Foy recorded 'Yorkshire Lad in London' parts 1 and 2 for Bell, a small British label, probably in the early 1920s. This is the same Yorkshire dialect comedy piece as his Empire recording (id 16557), here pressed on a different imprint.AI summary
Bell 203 Music Hall
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- AYorkshire Lad in London
- B(part 2)
Tom Foy performing 'Yorkshire Lad in London' and its sequel on Dip C label, catalogue 33, in two parts. Artist and label are not established in standard reference.AI summary
Diploma C33 Music Hall
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- AYorkshireman in London
- Bpart 2
Tom Foy on Zonophone 1010, 'Yorkshireman in London'; a music-hall novelty side from a secondary British label of the late 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
Zonophone 1010 Music Hall
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- AYorkshireman in London part 3
- Bpart 4
Zonophone 1098 Music Hall