Al Bowlly
The most popular vocalist in Britain during the 1930s, Al Bowlly showcased a range of material unsurpassed by any contemporary other than Bing Crosby. He was also a true international recording artist: born in Mozambique to Greek and Lebanese parents, he was raised in Johannesburg, but gained his musical experience singing for a dance band led by Jimmy Liquime in India and Singapore during the mid-'20s. Just one year after his 1927 debut recording date in Berlin, Bowlly arrived in London for the first time, as part of Fred Elizalde's orchestra. That year, "If I Had You" became one of the first popular songs by an English jazz band to become renowned in America as well, and Bowlly had gone out on his own by the dawn of the '30s. During the next three years, he recorded over 500 songs and appeared with orchestras led by Ray Noble and Lew Stone. A visit to New York in 1934 with Noble resulted in more success; he appeared at the head of an orchestra handpicked for him and Noble by Glenn Miller (the band included Claude Thornhill, Charlie Spivak, and Bud Freeman, among others).
During the mid-'30s, such songs as "Blue Moon," "Easy to Love," "I've Got You Under My Skin," and "My Melancholy Baby" were sizable American successes -- so much so that Bowlly gained his own radio series on NBC and traveled to Hollywood to film The Big Broadcast of 1936, which also starred one of his biggest competitors, Bing Crosby. He was back in England that same year, appearing with his own band, the Radio City Rhythm Makers, as well as the orchestras of Sydney Lipton, Geraldo and Ken Johnson. Partnered with Jimmy Messini, Bowlly also branched out onto the London stage during the early '40s with an act called Radio Stars with Two Guitars. It was his last venture before his death in 1941, the victim of a German bomb exploded outside his apartment. Fifty years after his death, a British musical named Melancholy Baby toured the country with much success.
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1930s Classics
Pop - Erschienen bei Master Classics Records am 01.08.2011
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The Very Thought Of You
Pop - Erschienen bei Parlophone UK am 28.11.2008
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Greatest Hits (2022 Remaster)
Lounge - Erschienen bei In Vinyl We Trust am 03.06.2022
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The HMV Sessions 1930 - 1934 Volume One
Ray Noble Orchestra, Al Bowlly
Jazz - Erschienen bei MVE am 16.08.2011
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Fabulous British Dance Bands: Ray Noble, Vol.1 (Recordings 1931-1935) Featuring Al Bowlly
Klassik - Erschienen bei Jube am 04.06.2013
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Big Bands Of The 30s, Vol. 2
Al Bowlly, The Ray Noble Orchestra
Klassischer Jazz & New-Orleans-Jazz - Erschienen bei Planet Blue Records am 01.07.1984
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The Al Bowlly Collection 1927-40, Vol. 1
Pop - Erschienen bei ACROBAT am 16.12.2013
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Al Bowlly - ХX Век Ретропанорама
Jazz - Erschienen bei RDS Records am 01.12.2015
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Centenary Celebrations
Pop - Erschienen bei Parlophone UK am 28.11.2008
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Greatest Hits
Jazzgesang - Erschienen bei Master Classics Records am 01.03.2010
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Al Bowlly: Love Is the Sweetest Thing
Jazz - Erschienen bei Retrospective am 01.01.2010
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The Al Bowlly Story
Pop - Erschienen bei Avid Entertainment am 07.06.2005
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The Very Best of Al Bowlly
Jazzgesang - Erschienen bei Past Classics am 26.07.2012
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The Melancholy Mr Bowly
Jazzgesang - Erschienen bei Excess Music am 04.06.2020
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My Funny Valentine
Lounge - Erschienen bei Retrospective am 01.01.2012
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Love Is the Sweetest Thing: Magic Of
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei Warner Music Group - X5 Music Group am 21.02.2020
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Ray Noble & Al Bowlly, Vol. 2
Jazz - Erschienen bei CoolNote am 01.01.2000
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A Simpler Time: 1940s Collection
Pop - Erschienen bei Music Today Records am 23.06.2015
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Al Bowlly Sings Again
Jazz - Erschienen bei Al Bowlly am 12.12.2022
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