Top of the Music Hall Pops - The Top 10 Music Hall Songs as voted by the British Music Hall Society

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  • Опубликовано: 19 июн 2024
  • To celebrate the inaugural Music Hall and Variety Day (16th May 2020) Tom Carradine was pleased to round off the celebrations with a sing-a-long of the Top Ten Music Hall songs as voted by the BMHS members back in 2011.
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    SONG LIST
    10. 'Arry, 'Arry, 'Arry (Alec Hurley)
    9. Down At The Old Bull And Bush (Florrie Forde)
    8. Lily Of Laguna (Eugene Stratton)
    7. On Mother Kelly's Doorstep
    6. Daisy Bell (Katie Lawrence)
    5. It's A Great Big Shame (Gus Elen)
    4. If It Wasn't For The 'Ouses In Between (Gus Elen)
    3. Burlington Bertie From Bow (Ella Shields)
    2. The Boy In The Gallery (Marie Lloyd)
    1. Don't Dilly Dally On The Way (Marie Lloyd)
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    ABOUT TOM CARRADINE
    Coventry-born, Tom’s higher education was attained at South Kensington; not in the Victorian red brick and weldon stone of the Royal College of Music, but the brutalist concrete of Imperial College, where he completed a degree in Biochemistry. Finding himself completely unemployable, the theatre took him to its generous bosom and as Musical Director and keyboard player he toured, in quick succession, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Scrooge, Cabaret and The Sound of Music. But before long his lifelong love of Music Hall and old-time music led him down the paths he treads nowadays: currently musical director at Brick Lane Music Hall and pianist with Champagne Charlie and the Bubbly Boys - a 1920/30s style dance band - he has been entertaining audiences across the country with Carradine’s Cockney Sing-a-long. A regular attraction at Wilton’s Music Hall, and every Thursday at Mr Fogg’s Tavern in Covent Garden, Tom was also a winning team’s treat on BBC One’s The Apprentice.
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  • @tomcarradine
    @tomcarradine  4 года назад +15

    Do you think this top 10 was correct? What would be in your top 10 of Music Hall songs?

    • @uranrising
      @uranrising 3 года назад

      2 others in my top 10:-
      When Father Papered the Parlour, and
      The Fountain in the Park/While Strolling Through the Park.
      Greetings from East Anglia.

    • @chrisnorton4382
      @chrisnorton4382 3 года назад +2

      So many to choose from but - I live in Trafalgar Square (my favourite), The Honeysuckle and the Bee, Any Old Iron, The Man who broke the Bank at Monte Carlo.

    • @KIM-bt7my
      @KIM-bt7my 3 года назад

      👍😊👍.
      All of your songs are tops TOM.

    • @Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo
      @Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo 2 года назад +1

      definitely the marrow song (oh what a beauty) such a funny double entendre song.
      ALso ANYTHING of Dr Evadne Hinge and dame Hilda Bracket. they are not music hall era ofcourse but a lot of songs they perform are from th music hall era and i absolutely love their style. besides that they are awfully funny.
      Cheerio.

    • @chrisnorton4382
      @chrisnorton4382 2 года назад +1

      @@Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo - the Marrow song, although written in a music hall style, only dates from the 1950s, so doesn't really qualify.

  • @jontalbot1
    @jontalbot1 8 месяцев назад +3

    If l could travel back in time a music hall would be my first stop. We can never recreate it but at least we have the songs. They are an undercurrent in British culture, present but barely noticeable. Written for the moment, deeply unfashionable and never played on the radio, they endure. To hear them is to enter a vanished world.

  • @daveteves
    @daveteves 3 года назад +35

    If it hadn't been for Paul McCartney's "Martha My Dear", and other "grannie music" he made back in the 60s, I wouldn't have known about music hall.

    • @mahdi8835
      @mahdi8835 2 года назад

      same here.

    • @henryhinge7686
      @henryhinge7686 2 года назад

      Funny you should say that
      I’ve just rocked us here after watching a tutorial for Martha

    • @starrynight1657
      @starrynight1657 2 года назад +3

      I love that one. When I'm 64 is of course a classic too, maybe more famous even.

    • @kirkwahmmett1666
      @kirkwahmmett1666 2 года назад +2

      Him and Queen are why I've discovered this music.

    • @user_27357
      @user_27357 2 года назад

      @@kirkwahmmett1666 those songs always stood out to me (before I even knew what music hall), what a wonderful treat

  • @keithnaylor1981
    @keithnaylor1981 2 года назад +6

    Before Covid I was regularly going to a UK care home in Edwardian gear and getting the residents to sing some of these.
    We also liked:
    I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles,
    By the Light of the Silvery Moon
    Hold Your Hand Out You Naughty Boy
    When You’re Smiling
    On Moonlight Bay
    Roaming in the Gloaming
    Ain’t She Sweet
    Let me call you Sweetheart I’m in Love with You
    Hello Hello Who’s Your Lady Friend
    and others. Whatever hardships come your way singing can bring such pleasure!

  • @Danny-hp9fx
    @Danny-hp9fx Год назад +3

    Loved it……..part of our culture that needs preserving 😊

  • @MrCrowebobby
    @MrCrowebobby 2 года назад +5

    7. "On Mother Kelly's Doorstep" brings a tear to my eye.

  • @beanie1792
    @beanie1792 2 года назад +4

    Reminds me of when I was young and we did a Victorian assembly and sang loads of these songs it was really good. I love the style of the music

  • @lindamanas6735
    @lindamanas6735 Год назад +4

    Mother Kelly’s Doorstep is brilliant. The chord structure of these songs was brilliant. My Old Man is another classic

  • @darrylwhittle4337
    @darrylwhittle4337 3 месяца назад +1

    I love LP The Queen is Dead by The Smiths. That is very music hall in parts . I love the lyrics and simplicity of these original music hall songs.

  • @user-yz8pw9dv2n
    @user-yz8pw9dv2n 5 месяцев назад

    I am so thankful that I knew and remember with love my mum and dad's parents.And this is how I do know and love all of these wonderful old music hall songs.My dear grandparents went to these music halls when they were so popular.They were all born In the last part of Queen Victoria's reign.I was born in December 1949.

  • @antoniogarcia634
    @antoniogarcia634 Год назад +4

    Thank you very much for delighting us with these beautiful songs. These songs convey joy. Great professional singing. Congratulations

  • @margaretrobertson558
    @margaretrobertson558 2 года назад +3

    Well that was a real tonic Tom, always love the Music Hall songs and the era, sure I had a previous life in the Victorian times...thank you lots

  • @1599maybole
    @1599maybole 5 месяцев назад +1

    Sergeant Pepper is pure Music Hall. Love this

  • @johngalvin3124
    @johngalvin3124 3 года назад +3

    I've seen the most sophisticated successes remember where they came from and sing along...you just can't beat the good old songs, they're a part of you...

  • @lynnk8291
    @lynnk8291 2 года назад +10

    Just discovered your channel, and thrilled to realise I can remember so many of these old songs my grandma used to sing, she was born 1903, and lived in Bethnal Green. Thanks for a good old knees up and sing along!.

  • @dragondreamjln
    @dragondreamjln Год назад +5

    This is so amazing!
    Your Singing is incredible!
    Hat's Off!

  • @samsum3738
    @samsum3738 3 года назад +3

    Marvellous . I like to thinkmy own grandmother , who was born in 1876 and married in 1898 went to her local music halls , around the Elephanr And Castle at the end of the 19th century .

  • @janmcdonald3896
    @janmcdonald3896 2 года назад +2

    Thank u, fabulously performed

  • @davidhotchkiss8766
    @davidhotchkiss8766 4 года назад +5

    Brilliant brings back lovley memories of my past that i used to listen to as a child

    • @tomcarradine
      @tomcarradine  4 года назад +1

      So glad it brings back memories. That's what it's all about.

  • @oldmisterhoward1913
    @oldmisterhoward1913 2 года назад +2

    Bravo Mister Carradine!

  • @user-nq7yx7dg1w
    @user-nq7yx7dg1w 3 года назад +2

    How lovely¡ Thank you very much for your art and dedication. Thanks for being there ( here). Take care😷😷😷

  • @MrGrumpyoldmen
    @MrGrumpyoldmen 4 года назад +5

    Thank you for this - I love music hall

  • @kupus6622
    @kupus6622 3 года назад +3

    Really enjoyed this. Lovely songs you do em honour by letting them out again to be found by people like me. Thank you.

  • @fortissimo49
    @fortissimo49 3 года назад +2

    What a fantastic way to brighten a dull day in Dorset! STumbled across this wonderful compilation whilst looking for Florrie Forde singing. I have many 78rpm records handed down from my Grandparents, so I was brought up on these wonderful songs. Thank you, so much, for such polished performances.

    • @tomcarradine
      @tomcarradine  3 года назад

      Glad you stumbled across me and enjoyed the songs. There are plenty more where those came from on my channel. Enjoy!

  • @JOOLZBRUTNELL
    @JOOLZBRUTNELL 3 года назад +3

    Thank you for sharing this , found myself tapping my foot to the music - excellent :)

  • @shinywarm6906
    @shinywarm6906 2 года назад +2

    My grandfather - long dead, of course - used to play violin in a music hall orchestra, and taught us his favourites. As well as the ones in this list, I remember She Was One of the Early Birds and The Moon Shines Bright on Charlie Chaplin.

  • @taybak8446
    @taybak8446 Год назад

    Wonderful stuff! Thank you!

  • @robinrubendunst869
    @robinrubendunst869 3 года назад +3

    I adore this!! Thank you for posting!!

  • @susankromer4430
    @susankromer4430 Год назад

    Thanks for that! Brilliant performance 🤗

  • @gerardmurphy8797
    @gerardmurphy8797 2 года назад +1

    Absolutely brilliant.
    I've been obsessed with The Gilded Age/Edwardian music hall for years. Something about these songs is very moving....
    Just watched the marvellous film 'Trottie True' starring Jean Kent and the great Bill Owen set during the period and she does a fantastic rendition of 'When I take my morning promenade.' Love it. Subscribed 👍

  • @syntheticvisionsmusic
    @syntheticvisionsmusic 3 года назад +1

    Brilliant stuff well done loved this..a favourite of mine was an album called Alf Larkin Singin' from 1960... Has Old Kent Road, I'm Shy Mary Ellen, It's a Great Big Shame, Palour, Mrs Moore, Houses in Between, Over Westmisinster Bridge....fantastic.

  • @Mickeyoldkent
    @Mickeyoldkent 4 года назад +3

    Love this ! I have an autographed photograph of Marie Lloyd !

    • @tomcarradine
      @tomcarradine  4 года назад +1

      Wow! What a lovely thing to have.

  • @franciscomarco2906
    @franciscomarco2906 2 года назад +2

    Bella música ¡Gracias!

  • @JohnDoe-yr4wc
    @JohnDoe-yr4wc 3 года назад +1

    That was great!

  • @chrissomerville
    @chrissomerville 4 года назад +1

    Thanks, a brilliant effort. Great Fun!

    • @tomcarradine
      @tomcarradine  4 года назад

      Cheers Chris. Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @madwhitehare3635
    @madwhitehare3635 Год назад

    Just delightful. If only it would all return…..😍

  • @AH-cu1kj
    @AH-cu1kj 2 года назад +1

    Brilliant! Really interestin! enjoyed this :D

  • @viktorgencur7019
    @viktorgencur7019 3 года назад +2

    exelent

  • @davidfox3258
    @davidfox3258 3 года назад +2

    Absolutely superb entertainment.

  • @written12
    @written12 4 года назад +1

    Wonderful, Tom.
    A question- do you any advice on how to accompany oneself on piano as you do?
    That is, how does one spruce up the sheet music version or flesh out a chord/melody sheet?
    Again, a delightful video.

  • @Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo
    @Herr_Flick_of_ze_Gestapo 2 года назад +1

    Lol that was great fun. I did had to change the playing speed to 1.25 tho. the songs sound so much better and funnier when they are at a good firm tempo.

  • @alanwann9318
    @alanwann9318 3 года назад +2

    I play "all the nice girls love a sailor"" bunch of coconuts " who,s your lady friend? Waiting at the church.She was one of the early birds.Ido like to be beside the sea.on my penny whistle.

  • @philliphamilton3591
    @philliphamilton3591 2 года назад +1

    Wonderful. Remember many of these from my childhood. My grandparents used to play old 78s on their windup gramophone. Great memories. Thank you for posting.

  • @johnsharples1291
    @johnsharples1291 2 года назад +1

    Very nicely done. I enjoyed your video immensely. One point however, it was just the choruses. I would love to have heard the full songs.

    • @tomcarradine
      @tomcarradine  2 года назад +1

      Unfortunately time wouldn't allow for the full versions for this video specially commissioned by the British Music Hall Society. There are versions of many of these songs in full on my RUclips channel but they're probably buried within my live stream shows. Perhaps at some point I'll record them seperately.

    • @johnsharples1291
      @johnsharples1291 2 года назад

      @@tomcarradine Thank you so much for the reply

  • @hazelholmshaw9415
    @hazelholmshaw9415 3 месяца назад

    I have really enjoyed this,in bed and sang everyone of them ,thank you.

  • @jamielowrie5076
    @jamielowrie5076 3 года назад +1

    trigger warning 4:48 - haha. Great collection! But i would also add "Percy from Pimlico"!

    • @tomcarradine
      @tomcarradine  3 года назад

      A great song, though unfortunately not popular enough to make the Top Ten. I'll do a cover of it in another video soon.

  • @treedriller
    @treedriller 8 месяцев назад +1

    Where's "When I'm Sixty-Four" by the Beatles? 😁

  • @tintomara6209
    @tintomara6209 3 года назад +1

    Love the Led Zep intro lol

  • @Niko_Zidnesser
    @Niko_Zidnesser 2 года назад +1

    💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

  • @lindamanas6735
    @lindamanas6735 Год назад +1

    I agree with No 1. Don’t Dilly Dally on the Way is so fantastic. People don’t realise how beautifully written these songs are. Shame you missed out the verse of this one!

    • @tomcarradine
      @tomcarradine  Год назад +1

      I'll have to do a full version with all 3 verses.

  • @blueninety4393
    @blueninety4393 2 года назад +1

    cool stache, lad

  • @joline2730
    @joline2730 9 месяцев назад

    Sadly, with about half of these songs you did not mention the owner - that's the writer, of the songs. The singer is usually just that. I would really like to know, if you know, who actually wrote them.
    Your singing and playing were both brilliant, indeed ‼️💯💯
    I think Daisy Belle should be No 1

    • @tomcarradine
      @tomcarradine  9 месяцев назад +1

      Good point. My mistake for the omission. Will rectify on any future videos.

  • @MrJacobs55
    @MrJacobs55 Год назад

    Have you recorded any CD of this music?

    • @tomcarradine
      @tomcarradine  Год назад

      I have indeed. Take a look at www.carradinescockneysingalong.co.uk/album-1

  • @diannemcnaughton1907
    @diannemcnaughton1907 11 месяцев назад

    can anyone help me please, what is the name of the song something about they catch a bus to go to the sea and she sits in the back hugging jack drinking cider. it rains when they are at the beach and have to go home and the wheels went round and round. . Many thanks

    • @tomcarradine
      @tomcarradine  11 месяцев назад +1

      Hi Dianne. It's "Day Trip to Bangor (Didn't We Have a Lovely Time)" by Fiddler's Dram, released in 1979.

    • @diannemcnaughton1907
      @diannemcnaughton1907 11 месяцев назад

      @@tomcarradine thank you so much, yes that's the song. Just love it. I appreciate you taking the time to help me out. Keep up with these incredible songs.

    • @tomcarradine
      @tomcarradine  11 месяцев назад

      @@diannemcnaughton1907 My pleasure. It's a great song. Reminds me of childhood car journeys.

  • @David-mg1yj
    @David-mg1yj 9 месяцев назад

    This is a real long shot. I'm trying to track down a Music Hall (sounding) song that appeared briefly in an episode of Ripper Street. I've no idea what it's called, but the lyrics go...
    Shall we never meet again, luv,
    As we used to in the past?
    And the bright links in love's chain, luv,
    Be rudely snapped at last?
    Yet my heart will still be thine, luv.
    And its thoughts still cling to thee,
    Like the tendrils of the vine, luv,
    Around the old oak tree.
    If anyone recognises it, I'd eternally grateful if you could name it below.
    Of course it may not be genuine at all. It might have been written for the series.

    • @tomcarradine
      @tomcarradine  9 месяцев назад

      Hi David. It's not one I know. My gut reaction (looking at the lyrics) is to say that it's a modern song written in the style of a music hall hit. Doesn't sound genuine to me - lots of music hall tropes - but just doesn't ring true to me.

    • @David-mg1yj
      @David-mg1yj 9 месяцев назад

      @@tomcarradine Thanks for getting back to me, Tom, that's really appreciated. You're probably correct, which is a pity because it's a really beautiful tune and very nicely sung. Oh well. Thanks again.

    • @christopherlawley1842
      @christopherlawley1842 5 месяцев назад

      Try contacting the British Music Hall Society, if anyone knows, they will! (They have a website)

    • @David-mg1yj
      @David-mg1yj 5 месяцев назад

      @@christopherlawley1842 Thank you Christopher. I shall do.

    • @margaretdrysdale7402
      @margaretdrysdale7402 6 дней назад

      It might be a verse from Just like the ivy...

  • @nicolahacking2623
    @nicolahacking2623 Год назад

    My old man...written in 1990 !?!!?

    • @tomcarradine
      @tomcarradine  Год назад

      Haha. Apologies for my awful diction! 1919!

  • @rizmark5522
    @rizmark5522 Год назад +1

    I cant find any songs from 1888

    • @tomcarradine
      @tomcarradine  Год назад

      None in this selection - but there are some great songs from 1888 including "Where Did You Get That Hat?"

  • @kupus6622
    @kupus6622 3 года назад +1

    Berlingtin Bertie

  • @jonathonqualls7338
    @jonathonqualls7338 2 года назад +1

    Does Bert Kreisher know he has a song written about him in the 1800's? time stamp 6:31

  • @ColtraneTaylor
    @ColtraneTaylor 2 года назад +1

    Came here because I liked Your Mother Should Know. These are completely lacking in warmth or melody. More suited for pub drinking types.

  • @rexgeorg7324
    @rexgeorg7324 3 года назад +1

    Tom the bull and bush is a German drinking song .. stop selling pork pies

    • @tomcarradine
      @tomcarradine  3 года назад

      As far as I'm aware it's not a German drinking song. It's adapted from the American drinking song "Under the Anheuser Busch" (1903) which was picked up by Florrie Forde, who asked the American composers / lyricists to write her an Anglicised version. It does quote musically "Oh de Liebe Augustin" as the "dah dah dah dah dah dah" which IS a German drinking song. But in itself it's not a German drinking song - though I'm happy to stand corrected if you could send me over some evidence to the contrary.