Will Terry
24 records in the collection· mostly on Cinch, Columbia, Pathé
Will Terry was a British music-hall comedian and singer active in the early twentieth century, recording comic and popular songs for labels including Columbia and Pathé. His repertoire ranged from topical numbers to familiar favourites such as "It’s a Long Way to Tipperary", placing his records firmly in the world of pre-war and wartime British variety.
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Records by Will Terry
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- ACome over to Hanover
- BShip Ahoy
Will Terry with Come Over to Hanover and Ship Ahoy on John Bull 40804.AI summary
John Bull 40804 Music Hall
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- ACome Round and Hear the Gramophone
- B(Pierce) When you're far from the Old Folks at Home
Will Terry, credited on Fest 7075, with 'Come Round and Hear the Gramophone' and a cover of Pierce's 'When you're far from the Old Folks at Home'.AI summary
Festival 7075 Voice
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- ADance your Troubles away
- BJerry Jeremiah
Will Terry singing 'Dance Your Troubles Away' and 'Jerry Jeremiah' on Cinch 5162, from a small British label of the early 1900s.AI summary
Cinch 5162 Voice
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- ADon't go Home until Morning
- BGobble'ums will get you
Will Terry performs 'Don't go Home until Morning' and 'Gobble'ums will get you' on the Cinch label, catalogue 5338.AI summary
Cinch 5338 Voice
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- ADon't stick it out like that
- BWould you like to save my life? (Phil Ray)
Will Terry on Twin T 2013/4, performing 'Don't stick it out like that' and 'Would you like to save my life?'. Twin Records was a small British label; no reliable information available about this artist.AI summary
Twin T2013/4 Music Hall
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- ADon't take me home
- B(L Morgan)I'm afraid to go Home in the Dark
Will Terry on Gramophone Electrical, performing 'Don't take me home' and 'I'm afraid to go Home in the Dark'.AI summary
Grammavox E8 Music Hall
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- AEverybody's two step
- BCock-a-doodle do
Will Terry with Everybody's Two Step and Cock-a-Doodle Do on Palladium 114.AI summary
Palladium 114 Dance
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- AFarmyard Ragtime
- BEverybody's Two Step
Will Terry performing ragtime piano pieces 'Farmyard Ragtime' and 'Everybody's Two Step' on Beatall 356, an obscure British label from the early 1920s.AI summary
Beatall 356 Instrumental
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- AI do like to be beside the Seaside
- B(L Morgan)I've been out with Charlie Brown
Will Terry performing the music-hall standards 'I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside' and 'I've Been Out with Charlie Brown' on Gram E1 (Gramophone label E series).AI summary
Grammavox E1 Music Hall
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- AI do love my Wife
- BShe pushed me into the Parlour
Cinch 5105 Music Hall
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- AI shan't go back to Aldershot
- BWhen George the Fourth was king
Will Terry performing 'I Shan't Go Back to Aldershot' and 'When George the Fourth Was King' on Cinch, a British budget label — comic or novelty songs, likely from the 1920s or 1930s.AI summary
Cinch 5054 Comic
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- AIf the World were ruled by Girls
- BGoodnight Mr Brown I'm out
Will Terry recorded 'If the World Were Ruled by Girls' and 'Goodnight Mr Brown I'm Out' for Pathé. These are light novelty and comic songs from the 1910s–1920s music hall period.AI summary
Pathé 60330 Music Hall
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- AIt's the only Bit of England that we've got
- BOh the Steamer oh the Sea
Will Terry sang 'It's the Only Bit of England That We've Got' and 'Oh the Steamer, Oh the Sea' on Columbia D126. These are patriotic or sentimental songs of the 1920s-30s on a major label.AI summary
Columbia D126 Voice
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- AMysterious Moon
- BSpaniard that blighted my Life
Will Terry, a minor British or American singer, recorded 'Mysterious Moon' and 'The Spaniard that Blighted my Life' (a novelty ballad) for Op, an unidentified British budget label. Artist and label are both obscure.AI summary
Opera 110 Voice
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- AOh the Merry Widow
Will Terry is not identified in standard discographies. 'Oh the Merry Widow' was recorded on Columbia 26184, a catalogue number consistent with early-to-mid 1920s release.AI summary
Columbia 26184 Voice
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- AOh the Steamer oh the Sea
- BWe all came into the World with Nothing
Will Terry recorded two sentimental or novelty songs for J. Bull, a small British label, with titles about travel and hardship.AI summary
John Bull 40269 Voice
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- AOh you must have had a Night last Night
- BIt was a jolly good Job that I was married
Will Terry on Cinch 5348 recorded 'Oh You Must Have Had a Night Last Night' and 'It Was a Jolly Good Job That I Was Married'; Cinch was a small British label.AI summary
Cinch 5348 Music Hall
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- AOn the Isle of Anglesey
- BMother
Will Terry, a British male vocalist, recorded 'On the Isle of Anglesey' and 'Mother' for Pathé, catalogue 60332.AI summary
Pathé 60332 Voice
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- APut me amongst the girls
- BOh the Merry Widow
Will Terry, a British vocalist of the 1920s–30s, recorded 'Put Me Amongst the Girls' and 'Oh the Merry Widow' for Columbia in the early acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia D125 Voice
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- AThat old Waltz Tune
- BThe Countryman's Holiday
Will Terry recorded on Fest, a small British imprint, performing two light instrumental pieces.AI summary
Festival 7093 Instrumental
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- AThere's a Gentleman here tonight
- BBeware of the Widow
Two comic novelty songs by Will Terry on Cinch, a short-lived British label of the 1920s and early 1930s.AI summary
Cinch 5129 Comic
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- AThere's something merry and bright about a Sailor
- BPucker Up your Lips Miss Lindy
Will Terry performing two comic music-hall numbers on the Pavilion label, catalogue 115. Pavilion is an obscure British imprint not readily identified in standard references; the artist is also not widely documented. An unrecognised artist on an obscure label warrants investigation.AI summary
Pavilion 115 Music Hall
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- AWhat a Game it is wow wow
- BIt's a long Way to Tipperary
Will Terry on Cinch, a small British label, with novelty and music-hall material from the 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Cinch 5160 Music Hall
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- AWhere oh where
- B(Owen Way)Jolly Jarge
Will Terry, a British vocalist of the 1920s–30s, recorded 'Where Oh Where' and 'Jolly Jarge' for Columbia in the early acoustic era.AI summary
Columbia D96 Voice