Harry Bluff

ALiving Animals
BI pity myself I do

Label: Columbia
Catalogue number: D264
Genre: Music Hall
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #12150

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.

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Harry Bluff
1. AAll clear out of the park
2. B(C Denton)Why do you think I look so gay
Harry Bluff with All Clear Out of the Park and, by C. Denton, Why Do You Think I Look So Gay on John Bull 5328.AI summary

John Bull 5328 Music Hall
Harry Bluff
1. ACohen phones his Typist
2. BCohen phones his Tailor
Harry Bluff on Winner 2773, with two sketches featuring Cohen making phone calls to his typist and tailor — Jewish-themed comedy monologues on a cheap British label, late 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary

Winner 2773 Comic
Harry Bluff
1. ACohen phones his typist
2. BCohen phones his tailor
Harry Bluff on Winner, catalogue 2773. 'Cohen phones his typist' and 'Cohen phones his tailor' are Jewish comic-novelty pieces typical of the 1930s British music-hall tradition. Winner was a cheap British label.AI summary

Winner 2773 Comic
Harry Bluff
1. ACome & have a Drink with me
2. B(Band)Waldmere
Harry Bluff recorded 'Come and Have a Drink with Me' and 'Waldmere' for Bell, an obscure British label; the titles suggest music-hall or novelty comedy from the 1920s–1930s.AI summary

Bell 42 Music Hall
Harry Bluff
1. ACountry Curate
2. BThere are nice Girls everywhere
Harry Bluff performing 'Country Curate' and 'There Are Nice Girls Everywhere' for Polyphon, a minor British label of the early 1930s—likely novelty or music-hall material.AI summary

Polyphon 8642 Music Hall
Harry Bluff
1. AI saw 6 short soldiers
2. BWhich Switch is the Switch Miss for Ipswich
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.AI summary

Scala 709 Comic
Harry Bluff
1. AI wouldn't mind waltzing the waltz dream
2. BKing Ki-Ki
Favorite 1-67098/9
Harry Bluff
1. AI'll be out in the lifeboat
2. B(Naish)Mary Ann she's after me
Harry Bluff recorded two sea shanties or nautical songs for J. Bullough (JBullH), a tiny British label: 'I'll Be Out in the Lifeboat' and 'Mary Ann She's After Me' (credited to Naish). The artist is obscure and the label extremely rare.AI summary

John Bull H33/32 Music Hall
Harry Bluff
1. AI'm the Baliff to the Caliph
2. BFishing
Harry Bluff with I'm the Bailiff to the Caliph and Fishing on Favorite 67238/9.AI summary

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

John Bull B14 Comic
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

Champion 42 Voice
Harry Bluff
1. ANobody's satisfied
2. BThere are nice girls everywhere
Opera 23 Music Hall
Harry Bluff
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
Harry Bluff
1. AOh Joe I want to go to the picture show
2. BArchibald certainly not
Harry Bluff recorded two comic novelty pieces, 'Oh Joe I want to go to the Picture Show' and 'Archibald Certainly Not', for JBull, an unidentified British label.AI summary

John Bull 40910/1 Comic
Harry Bluff
1. AOh the Girls I left behind me
2. B(Denton/ Scott) We don't want a Girl
John Bull H29 Music Hall
Harry Bluff
1. AOh the Girls I left behind me
2. B(C Denton/H Scott)We don't want a Girl
Harry Bluff with Oh the Girls I Left Behind Me and, by C. Denton and H. Scott, We Don't Want a Girl on John Bull H29.AI summary

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
Harry Bluff
1. ASalvage Man
2. BBuying a House
Harry Bluff on Winner 2669, performing comic or novelty songs 'Salvage Man' and 'Buying a House'. Winner was a cheap British imprint of the 1920s–30s, often used for budget or fill-in material.AI summary

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

Favorite 361 Music Hall
Harry Bluff
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
Harry Bluff
1. AShe only started giggling
2. BOther department please
Harry Bluff recorded 'She Only Started Giggling' and 'Other Department Please' for Fav, an obscure British label; likely a novelty or comic piece from the early twentieth century.AI summary

Favorite 338
Harry Bluff
1. AShip Ahoy
2. BI've got rings on my Fingers
Harry Bluff with Ship Ahoy and I've Got Rings on My Fingers on Klingsor 8641.AI summary

Klingsor 8641 Music Hall

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