April 12, 2024
Signed Henry Hall 1898-1989 Actor Bandleader BBC Radio Dance Band Era 1920s 30s
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Henry Hall Signed Card Henry Hall Birth nameHenry Robert Hall Born May 2, 1898 (1898-05-02 ) Peckham , England, UK Died October 28, 1989 (1989-10-28 ) (aged 91) Eastbourne , Sussex, UK Genres British dance band Occupations Bandleader , Composer , Arranger, Actor Associated acts the New BBC Dance Orchestra Henry Hall (1898-1989) was a popular English bandleader who performed regularly on BBC Radio during the British dance band era of the 1920s and 1930s, through to the 1960s. Early life and career Henry Hall was born in Peckham , South London , and served in both the Salvation Army and the British Army . His early musical career was slow to start but eventually he was engaged by the London Midland and Scottish Railway to be in charge of the music throughout their then large chain of hotels. This included Gleneagles , where he had formerly led the band. The 1930s It was from Gleneagles that the BBC took him in 1932 to succeed Jack Payne as band leader of the BBC Dance Orchestra . At 5.15pm each weekday, Hall's radio programme from Broadcasting House gathered a huge following across the nation. His signature tune was It's Just the Time for Dancing , and he usually concluded with Here's to the Next Time .In 1932 he recorded the songs Here Comes the Bogeyman and Teddy Bears' Picnic with his BBC Orchestra, featuring singer Val Rosing
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