Harry Bluff

AI saw 6 short soldiers
BWhich Switch is the Switch Miss for Ipswich

Label: Scala
Catalogue number: 709
Genre: Comic
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #9454

Harry Bluff recorded 'I saw 6 short soldiers' and 'Which Switch is the Switch Miss for Ipswich' for Scala, a minor British label. Both are comic or novelty titles typical of the 1920s–30s, with the second a phonetic pun or tongue-twister novelty.

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1. AAll clear out of the park
2. B(C Denton)Why do you think I look so gay
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1. ACohen phones his Typist
2. BCohen phones his Tailor
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Winner 2773 Comic
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1. ACohen phones his typist
2. BCohen phones his tailor
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Winner 2773 Comic
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1. ACome & have a Drink with me
2. B(Band)Waldmere
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1. ACountry Curate
2. BThere are nice Girls everywhere
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1. AI wouldn't mind waltzing the waltz dream
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1. AI'll be out in the lifeboat
2. B(Naish)Mary Ann she's after me
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1. AI'm the Baliff to the Caliph
2. BFishing
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Favorite 67238/9 Music Hall
Harry Bluff
1. AI've got rings on my fingers
2. BFlanagan
Harry Bluff on J Bull B, a short-lived British label, with comic material 'I've got rings on my fingers' and 'Flanagan'.AI summary

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Harry Bluff
1. ALa la la la
2. B(L Leigh)Yip-I-addy-I-ay
Harry Bluff performing 'La la la la' and 'Yip-I-addy-I-ay' (a popular song by Jack Drislane and John H. Flynn) on the Champ label, catalogue 42. The artist Harry Bluff is not a known major recording name.AI summary

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1. ALiving Animals
2. BI pity myself I do
Harry Bluff recorded 'Living Animals' and 'I Pity Myself I Do' for Columbia D264. Bluff appears to have been a British entertainer, possibly music hall.AI summary

Columbia D264 Music Hall
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1. ANobody's satisfied
2. BThere are nice girls everywhere
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1. AOh Joe I want to go the Picture Show
2. BArchibald certainly not
Harry Bluff with Oh Joe I Want to Go to the Picture Show and Archibald Certainly Not on John Bull 40911/2.AI summary

John Bull 40911/2 Music Hall
Harry Bluff
1. AOh Joe I want to go to the Picture Show
2. BI wish I lived next door to you
Harry Bluff on the Invicta label, a minor British imprint of the 1920s. The titles 'Oh Joe I want to go to the Picture Show' and 'I wish I lived next door to you' suggest popular dance or novelty numbers of the period, but neither artist nor recordings are established in discography.AI summary

Invicta 72 Music Hall
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1. AOh Joe I want to go to the picture show
2. BArchibald certainly not
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1. AOh the Girls I left behind me
2. B(Denton/ Scott) We don't want a Girl
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1. AOh the Girls I left behind me
2. B(C Denton/H Scott)We don't want a Girl
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John Bull H29 Music Hall
Harry Bluff
1. AOther department please
2. BOur wedding
Harry Bluff is credited on this Winner label pressing from the early 1930s; Winner was a cheap British marque and little is known of this artist or these titles.AI summary

Winner 2004
Harry Bluff
1. AOur Stores
2. BThe Huntsman
Harry Bluff on Winner label performing comic recitations, a British budget imprint of the 1920s-30s.AI summary

Winner 2610 Comic
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1. ASalvage Man
2. BBuying a House
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Winner 2669 Comic
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1. ASalvage man
2. BHuntsman
Harry Bluff with Salvage Man and Huntsman on Favorite 361.AI summary

Favorite 361 Music Hall
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1. AShe only started giggling
2. BOther department please
Harry Bluff with She Only Started Giggling and Other Department Please on Favorite 338.AI summary

Favorite 338 Music Hall
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1. AShe only started giggling
2. BOther department please
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1. AShip Ahoy
2. BI've got rings on my Fingers
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