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Charles Penrose The Laughing Policeman

  1. AThe Laughing Policeman
  2. BYou've got to laugh
Label
Regal
Catalogue number
7816
Genre
Comic
Format
78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference
#19322

Charles Penrose, the 'Laughing Policeman', on Regal 7816, performing his signature novelty recording 'The Laughing Policeman' and 'You've Got to Laugh'. Penrose's laughing policeman routine was a popular music-hall and recording act of the 1920s–30s.

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