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JOHN HENRY'S WIRELESS ELEPHANT
(Clapham)
REGAL G8059 recorded September 1923
(Clapham)
REGAL G8059 recorded September 1923
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A CURTAIN LECTURE
(with 'BLOSSOM') (Henry)
HMV B2120 recorded 31 August 1925
(with 'BLOSSOM') (Henry)
HMV B2120 recorded 31 August 1925
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He became very popular: the Daily Sketch newspaper ran a cartoon strip of his character's adventures, and a rose was named after him. He made a number of gramophone records, which give a good idea of his style, and two examples are provided here.
You can hear another John Henry recording in Episode 2 of my podcast.
(Mouse over the details for notes on each record)
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