| Harry Champion | ||
| Background information | ||
| Birth name(s): | William Crump | |
| Date of birth: | 1866 | |
|---|---|---|
| Birth location: | Shoreditch, London | |
| Date of death: | January 1942 (age 76) | |
| Death location: | Tottenham, London | |
| Other name(s): | Will Conray (to 1888) | |
| Genre(s): | singer, composer | |
William Crump (1866 – January 14, 1942), better known by the stage name Harry Champion, was a famous British music hall composer and star. Shoreditch is an area of London within the London Borough of Hackney. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Tottenham (pronounced "tot-num" by locals is an urban area of north London, England in the London Borough of Haringey, situated north-east of London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. A genre (ˈʒɑːnrə also /ˈdʒɑːnrə/ from French "kind" or "sort" from Latin: genus (stem gener-) is a loose set Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1129 - Formal approval of the Order of the Templar at the Council of Troyes. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Music hall is a form of British theatrical Entertainment which was popular between 1850 and 1960 Born in Shoreditch, London, he first appeared in a music hall at the age of 15, at the Queens Hall, Poplar[1]. Shoreditch is an area of London within the London Borough of Hackney. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Poplar is an area of the East End of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. In 1888 he changed his stage name from Will Conray, and with a wide repertoire of songs, many of them sung at breakneck speed and often about the joys of food[2], he became one of music hall's most successful artists. His songs became some of the most famous cockney songs[3]. The term Cockney has both geographical and linguistic associations
Harry Champion continued working into his seventies. In January 1942 he died at Tottenham, aged 76, where he had lived for more than thirty years. Tottenham (pronounced "tot-num" by locals is an urban area of north London, England in the London Borough of Haringey, situated north-east of He is buried in East Finchley Cemetery[4].
Songs
- A Little Bit Of Cucumber (1915) [1]
- Any Old Iron
- End of my Old Cigar
- Cover it Over Quick
- Old Red Lion
- Best that Money Can Buy
- Boiled Beef and Carrots
- Cockney Bill of London Town
- I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am (1910) (signature tune/song)[2]
- I Want Meat
- My Old Iron Cross (1915) [3]
- My Wife's Sister's Pussy-Cat
- It's Cold Without My Trousers
- I'm proud of my old bald head
- I shan't mend your waistcoat any more
- Beaver (Here comes old Beaver)
- In my old white spats (For Pauline Munro)
References
- ^ The Artists of the Music Hall accessed 24 Oct 2007
- ^ Harry Champion Biography (The English Music Hall) accessed 24 Oct 2007
- ^ Harry Champion: Music Hall star accessed 24 Oct 2007
- ^ Music Hall burials (Arthur Lloyd) accessed 29 Oct 2007
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Champion, Harry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Crump, William |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Music hall, singer and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shoreditch, London |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1942 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Tottenham |
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