The String Section
Harry Berly had been with Jack Hylton - I have found his name with violin,viola,sax,oboe,ocarina and clarinet. He was a student of renowned violist Lionel Tertis. I heard many years ago that the air pressure a musician had to attain to play the oboe could cause mental issues - and this seems to be the case. Berly had become obsessed with playing classical viola and had become despondent, feeling he couldn't grasp his dream, resulting in insomnia. It seems that he jumped in front of a train in the London tubes - committing suicide. He was playing with Lew Stone at the time. He recorded with the Durium Dance Band-with Al Bowlly vocals ,Roy Fox, Nat Gonnella,Arthur Lally, Philip Lewis, The Million-aires (boasting a number of musicians from the NMDO) and with Arthur Young's band. Jean Pougnet-vn-v was born in 1907 in the Republic of Mauritius - an island nation in the Indian Ocean about 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) off the southeast coast of the African continent. He had a string quartette which augmented Hylton's ensemble in 1926 at the Kit Kat Club. In October 1928 Jean Pougnet and his Orchestra (a Jack Hylton unit) performed at the Green Park Hotel Piccadilly. Just after the mid thirties, he appears playing and singing with Ambrose. Alan Ferguson played guitar backing up American vocalist Lou Abelardo along with Sylvester Ahola, Danny Polo or Arthur Lally. Rust states that Abelardo recorded "copiously" in both the USA and Britain - but his records don't show up at all - and he is not included in the Ruse Personality book - just a few entries in Rust's jazz discography. Ferguson recorded with Una Mae Carlisle and her Jam Bandin the late thirties. About the same time, he recroded with George Chisholm and His Jive Five. He can be found on records that duettists Cavan O'Connor and Maurice Elwin waxed, under various pseudonyms incuding 'Bert and Bob', 'Creighton and Laughton", and backed up Jimmy Dorsey in a session where he was playing with 'Spike Hughes and his Three Blind Mice' in 1930. In 1938 he played with Leonard Feather in a London session for Decca. Ferguson had been present in number of larger sessions with Spike Hughes from 1930 - 1932. Philip Lewis had included him in sessions along with many other players from the NMDO. 1935 saw him in sessions with Billy Mason and Vaiaida Snow. He was a member of 'Fats Waller and his Continental Rhythm' in 1938. Trumpeter Duncan Whyte had his back up for at least one record in 1935. see also -Bert Thomas-g/Al Bowlly-Pat O'Malley-g-v
Ray Noble and the New Mayfair Dance Orchestra Disc 6 CD352F
MADEMOISELLE AL BOWLLY VIC 24624 09/18/33 OB5084 NESBITT
TIGER RAG VIC 24577 10/04/33 OB5119 LA ROCCA
PAUL ROBESON MEDLEY HMV C-2631 09/20/33 2B5095-2/2B5096-2 VARIOUS
JAPANESE SANDMAN VIC 24577 10/04/33 OB5120 EGAN-WHITING
HOW COULD WE BE WRONG? GERTRUDE LAWRENCE HMV B8030 10/11/33 OEA5381 COLE PORTER 33 NYMPH ERRANT
SNOWBALL AL BOWLLY HMV B6408 10/12/33 OB4672 CARMICHAEL
EXPERIMENT AL BOWLLY HMV B6408 10/12/33 OB4674 PORTER
LOVE LOCKED OUT AL BOWLLY VIC 24485 10/12/33 OB5134 NOBLE-KESTER 59 NYMPH ERRANT
HAPPY AND CONTENTED AL BOWLLY-EVE BECKE HMV B6407 10/12/33 OB5135 NOBLE-KESTER
WHO'S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD WOLF? CHARLES PENROSE HMV B6411 10/12/33 OB5148 CHURCHILL-RONELL
I WAS IN THE MOOD EVE BECKE HMV B6411 10/12/33 OB5149 POLA-PARR
MY HAT'S ON THE SIDE OF MY HEAD AL BOWLLY VIC 24599 10/27/33 OB4700 WOODS-HULBERT 59
SONG WITHOUT WORDS AL BOWLLY VIC 24555 11/29/33 OB5200 VENNING
MY SONG GOES ROUND THE WORLD AL BOWLLY VIC 24555 12/07/33 OB5821 KENNEDY-MAY
OCEANS OF TIME AL BOWLLY HMV B6450 12/07/33 OB5822 GREY-NEWMAN-FURBER-GREEN 59
ON A STEAMER COMING OVER AL BOWLLY VIC 24575 12/20/33 OB5833 GOODMAN-BERGMAN-HANDMAN 59
YOU OUGHT TO SEE SALLY ON SUNDAY AL BOWLLY VIC 24575 12/20/33 OB5835 WOODS 59
SUN IS AROUND THE CORNER INST HMV B6450 01/11/34 OB4756 GREY-NEWMAN-FURBER-GREEN 59
MIDNIGHT,THE STARS AND YOU AL BOWLLY VIC 24700 02/16/34 OB5900 CAMPBELL-CONNELLY-WOODS
WAGON WHEELS PAUL ROBESON VIC 24635 02/16/24 OB5903 BILLY HILL-DE ROSE
ST.LOUIS BLUES PAUL ROBESON VIC 24635 02/20/34 OB5905 HANDY
OVER ON THE SUNNY SIDE AL BOWLLY HMV B6463NC 02/21/34 OB4791 EGAN-FLYNN-NICHOLS 59
IN TOWN TONIGHT INST HMV B6463NC 02/22/34 OB5912 E.COATES
I'LL FOLLOW MY SECRET HEART VIC 24749 02/22/34 OB5913 COWARD CONVERSATION PIECE Available Options:
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