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"Happy as the day is long !" ... Harry Roy & his Orchestra (1933)

Please activate the HD function(1080/720p) before watching the video or watch it with a larger type player (in 480p) This video features another very popular English bandleader from the 1930s : Harry Roy (1900-1971)... After studying the clarinet and saxophone in his teens and playing in several bands, he fronted his own band from the early 1930s onwards. In 1931 he wrote and sang "My girl's pussy"... which became very popular... His band played at fahionable London venues such as the Café Anglais and the Mayfair Hotel... During the War he toured with his band however as the big band era drew to a close so did Harry Roy's career... He died in 1971. More info can be found here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Roy "Happy is the day is long" is a very popular tune from the era of the Great Depression composed by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler... More info about this happy song can be found here : http://www.virtualvictrola.com/2008/1... The video has a "summer" theme.... About the record : Odeon (Dutch pressing ?) A.221.631 / mx. E.6157 London, ca. 1933 The record is in quite used condition.... This record was recorded with an Ortofon Om78cartridge and stylus as well as 78rpm phono preamp. The restoration was done as truthfully as possible.