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Harry Tilsley (né Henry Bailey Tilsley; July 1897 Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England – 6 December 1934 Lambeth, South London, England) was a British entertainer, comedian, lyricists, and composer.^[1] He was one of the founders of Cecil Lennox, Ltd., a London-based publisher of popular music. He published music in 1925 under the pseudonyms Cub Chester.^[2][3] and Henry Bailey.^[4][5]

Tilsley, with Everett Lynton (pseudonym of Lawrence Wright; 1888–1964), co-wrote the song, "I Never See Maggie Alone," published in 1926 by Cecil Lennox, Ltd. Country music singer Kenny Roberts recorded it in 1949 and – on September 10, 1949, when it reached no. 9 – is believed to the first British tune to make the Country Top 10 in the United States.^[6][7]

His more famous songs include:

1. "I Never See Maggie Alone," recorded by:
   1. Bert Ralton and His Havana Band, sung by Ralton (aka Bert Louis Ralton; né Albert Lewis Ralton; ca. 1885–1927) (Columbia 4092; mx A 3829; 1926)
   2. Billy Mayerl and His Orchestra (Vocalion X 9843; mx M 07-1; 1926)
   3. Clarkson Rose (né Arthur C. Rose; 1890–1968) and/or Olive Fox (
      Hayes, Middlesex
      )
   4. Harry Bidgood's Orchestra, sung by John Thorne (Little Marvel 1051-A mx S-2198)
   5. Victor 20473-B; matrix 37410-3; 1927) (hit)^[8]

      ---

   6. Hot Lips Page (Harmony HL1077; matrix CO41731; 1949)
   7. Honey Duke & His Uke (aka Johnny Marvin; né John Senator Marvin; 1887–1944) (Edison 3108; mx 31942-2 & Bell 479; 1927)
   8. Rosemary Clooney & Betty Clooney (vocalist) with Tony Pastor and His Orchestra (Col 38609; matrix C041726-1A; 1949)
   9. Kenny Roberts (Coral 64012; matrix runout 74894; 1949),
   10. Art Mooney and His Orchestra, sung by Tex Fletcher and the Art Mooney Choir (MGM 10548-B; 1949),
   11. RCA Victor
       label & run-out mx 54-0005-A (30-0010-A); 1949),
   12. Ernie Lee (1916–1991) and His Southerners (
       RCA Victor Catalog, label & mx
       21-0023-B; 1949)
   13. Benny Strong and His Orchestra, sung by Benny Strong (Capitol 57-750; mx 4955; 1949)
   14. Nancy Lee^[b] with the The Hilltoppers and Kenny Roberts (London L.506; matrix U-8838; 1949),

       ---

   15. Bob Hannon (né Lacy Rutherford Bohannon, Jr.; 1912–1993) and Johnny Ryan (Brunswick 04352; 1950)
   16. Max Miller (HMV BD9878; 1950)
   17. London & Imperial IF 795; matrix X8320; 1958/1959),^[9]
   18. Ray Charles and Betty Carter (1961),
   19. Have a Smile With Me; ABC-Paramount
       ABC495; 1963)
2. "Maggie's Cold"
1. Jack Payne and his B.B.C. Dance Orchestra (CB-1; matrix WA 9972; 1930)
3. "I Wonder Why"
1. Jack Payne and his B.B.C. Dance Orchestra (CB-55; matrix WA10245; 1930)
4. "Fire! Fire!! Fire!!!"
1. Jack Payne and his B.B.C. Dance Orchestra (CB-123; matrix WA10603; 1930)
5. "Day By Day"
1. Jack Payne and his B.B.C. Dance Orchestra (CB-151; matrix WA10750; 1930)
6. "Pass! Shoot! Goal!"
1. Debroy Somers Band (CB-238; matrix CA11251; 1931)
7. "Bells of Normandy"
1. Jack Payne and his B.B.C. Dance Orchestra (CB-2242; matrix WA11278; 1930)
8. "Tell Me a Tale of Old Virginia"
1. Jack Payne and his B.B.C. Dance Orchestra (CB-2242; matrix WA11278; 1931)
9. "That's Somerset" (1931)
1. Debroy Somers Band (CB-303; matrix CA11679; 1931)
10. "If I Had My Time Over Again"
1. Billy Cotton and His Band (CB-323; matrix CA11788; 1931)
11. "Waiter's on Parade"
    1. The B.B.C. Dance Orchestra, directed by Henry Hall (CB-616; matrix CA13653; 1933)
12. "Let's Have a Basinful of the Briny"
    1. The B.B.C. Dance Orchestra, directed by Henry Hall (CB-765; matrix CA14537; 1933)
13. "Let's All Go to the Music Hall"
1. The B.B.C. Dance Orchestra, directed by Henry Hall (CB-795; matrix CA14702; 1934)

Discography references

Selected audio

• I Never See Maggie Alone on
  YouTube; Irving Aaronson and His Commanders
  , Vocal by Phil Saxe (1927)

• Cub Chester → cited in the 1925 copyright of "A Message From Missouri" (1925), Cub Chester (words), Evans (music); Copyright renewed 16 May 1952 by Phyllis Douglas (widow of Tilsley); R97402. "Copyright Cards, 1946–1954." Library of Congress – via Internet Archive.

• Trevor Huntley → Huntley Trevor → Trevor Tilsley, H.B. Tilsley.

• Henry Bailey.

?? His father was from Manchester?

• Heaven and Herbert Common.

  OCLC 23162299 (all editions)

  .

[10]

Captain Davey's 1924 production, The Merrymakers, featured Harry Tilsley. Tilsley's son, Reg Tilsley, adopted the name for his dance orchestra, "Reg Tilsley and His Merrymakers." Reg's wife, Maisie Tilsley, won the Castlebar Song Contest.

Photo of Reg Tilsley.

Photo of Maisie Tilsley.

• Newspapers.com
  .

British Armed Forces

Regtl. No. 377592

Units: 2/10th Manchester R.

377592 Pte.

1/10th Manchester R.

377592

• British War Medal
• Victory Medal

• "Henry Bailey Tilsley". UK, World War I Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914–1920 → British War Medal and Victory Medal, Manchester Regiment, Piece 1567. Company WO 329, Manchester Regiment (Regiment No. 377592). Rank: Private. Piece 1567. Digital image no. 6 (of 313) – via Ancestry.com.

1. Original Source: The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; War Office and Air Ministry: "Service Medal and Award Rolls, First World War". WO329; Ref: 1567
2. Digital Archive: Ancestry.com. UK, World War I Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
3. Original Data: War Office and Air Ministry: Service Medal and Award Rolls, First World War. WO329. The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey, England.

Musical works

• "Let's All Go to the Music Hall" (1934),
  Horatio Nicholls (music). Denmark Street, London: Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd. → Variety Artistes' Federation
  .

• Catalog of Copyright Entries. "Part 3: Musical Compositions." "New Series." Vol. 29. No. 10 (October 1934) – via Google Books (University of California Libraries) .

1. "Let's All Go to the Music Hall".

   Horatio Nicholls (music); © 4 October 1934; Class E (musical composition) for. 36793; Lawrence Wright Music Co., Ltd.

   p. 964.

• Henry B. Tilsley (artist no. 1073209). Discography – via Discogs.

• Roy Leslie: "Let's All Go to the Music Hall" / "Ain't It Grand to Be Pleased With Yourself" (release no. 19833943). Discography – via Discogs.

• Discography: "Harry Tilsley". Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 30, 2022.

Cecil Lennox Limited

CECIL LENNOX LIMITED was incorporated on Saturday, May 23, 1925 as a Private Limited Company with registered address in FULHAM. CECIL LENNOX LIMITED has the status: Active and it's listed in the following category: Sound recording and music publishing activities. This Private Limited Company has been operating for 97 years 4 months and 2 days.

Cecil Lennox, Ltd., was acquired by the Kassner Group Company.

Kassner Associated Publishers, Ltd.. Discogs Label No. NO. 290968.

Cecil Lennox Ltd. (aka Lennox Cecil, Ltd.). Discogs Label ID No. 481612.

Statements

for the year ended

December 31, 1994

• Lindsey & Co.
• Cecil Lennox Limited

Directors

D. Kassner

Edward Kassner

V.S. Haslam

Secretary

B. M. D. Seed

Business Address

Exmouth House

11 Pine Street

London

Registered Office

31, Great Queen Street

London

Auditors

Lindsey & Co.

The Chapel

Milton Lilbourne

Wiltshire

CECIL LENNOX LIMITED

• Billboard (March 31, 1951). "'Desire' Overwhelms Pubber and Diskery". 63 (13): 15 – via Google Books. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

1. "Desire," as recorded by
   London Records and issued in March of 1951, was, as claimed by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., was a possible copyright infringement of a song by Irving Berlin

• Billboard (March 24, 1951). "English Pubber Kassner Moves to U.S., Canada". 63 (12): 11, 18 – via Google Books. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

• Cash Box (May 12, 1951). "Edward Kassner, English Publisher of 'If,' Starts New American Music Firm Acquires English Rights to 'Mr. & Mississippi'" (PDF). 12 (33): 16. Retrieved September 20, 2022 – via worldradiohistory.com; David Frackelton Gleason (born 1946), Cleveland. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

• Billboard (August 30, 1952). "Kassner, Bron Spit; Set Up Own Firms". 64 (35): 20 – via Google Books. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

• Who Owns Whom, 2015/16 – UK & Ireland → "Evengral Investments, Ltd., London". Vol. 1 (of 2).
  OCLC 1280726493 (all editions)
  .

1930s

1940s

1950s

Affiliations

• Member, Ancient Order of Druids
• Member, Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes
• Member, Thornton Heath Bowling Club (past president)

Family

Tilsley, in July of 1924 in Cardiff, married "Phyl" Longville (née Beatrice Phyllis Longville; 1903–1988).^[11] Copyright renewals for Tilsley's works, in the 1950s, were filed by his widow under the name, Phyllis Douglas, who, in 1942, married Fred ("Buck") Douglas (aka Arthur Edward Clifton, né Arthur Edwin Clifton; 1885–1955), known in connection to the 1939 British TV series, Western Cabaret.^[12] Henry Tilsley was a first cousin of Frank Tilsley (1904–1957), British novelist, broadcaster, and television dramatist. Harry Tilsley's son, Reg Tilsley (né Reginald Longueville Tilsley; 1926–1987) was a British composer and band leader.

Buck Douglas

"Fred Douglas (1885–1955) – The Jobbing Singer-Entertainer," By Hector J. Hill

If asked to name a vocalist who recorded with (amongst others) Wag Abbey,

Savoy Hotel Orpheans, George Scott Wood, Nat Star, Hal Swain, Jay Whidden and Jay Wilbur, would Fred Douglas have come to mind? His distinctive recorded voice conveys a man experienced in stage-craft. The internet has little about him; photographs are few; and his biography in This England's Second Book of British Dance Bands (2001) is just forty-six words, and twenty-seven of those are bandleaders names. The fourth of six surviving children, he was born on 18th April 1885 at 89 Pratt Street Camden Town; and baptised on 28th June. Father, Arthur Bruce Clifton, was a house painter from Leeds; mother, Jane Elizabeth née Jobling, from Newcastle. With their first child, Emily, they had moved to London in the late 1870s. Arthur Edwin Clifton is the name on Fred s birth and baptism documents; but, when twenty-five, he wrote Arthur Edward Clifton, Music Hall Artiste in neat backwardsloping script below his mother s details on their 1911 census form. On leaving school he worked briefly as a printer or painters assistant (the document is unclear probably it was 'painter' assisting father). By August 1902, aged seventeen, he was Fred Douglas humorist with the Clifford Essex

Pierrots, touring south coast resorts. In the summer of

1905 he toured with Miss Ines Howard's Company as a humorous actor, working hard and successfully to keep the audience in good humour. By early 1906 he was a variety turn; and when at the New Parthenon in Liverpool The Era reported him to be a comedian and mimic with many good points. His billmatter, the descriptive remark below artistes' names on posters and programmes, was (with my apologies) The Versatile Coon (1910), The Famous Chocolate Coon (1912), The Popular Coon Impersonator (1914), and The Versatile Coon Impressionist (1917). Of his June 1926 performance at the Pavilion in Liverpool The Stage wrote The Coon character studies of Fred Douglas possess merit. Such routines were in his repertoire into the 1930s. Around the time he entered show business, there already was an Arthur Clifton actor and an Arthur Clifton the unique swell comedian. Also confusing the research, when he launched himself as Fred Douglas, a sixty-strong African-American troupe came to London to perform the musical In Dahomey at the Shaftesbury theatre in 1903 and on tour in One of the troupe was a Fred Douglas, who went into partnership with a Will Garland and toured Trip to Coontown in Fred married Winifred Thomson in Fulham around May They had two sons: Leslie D Clifton, 1 st May 1914; and Philip N. Clifton, 1st August Leslie became the bandleader Leslie Douglas. Fred was not in the armed forces in World War One. He can be traced working in theatres, halls and recording studios during the conflict. From 11 th November 1913 to 10 th November 1914 he cut thirty-three sides for the Gramophone Co Ltd. They were issued on seventeen 10 inch records, priced 1/1. By early 1915 he had begun his long association with Regal, the Columbia Graphophone Company's cheaper label. According to Rust, from October 1920 to November 1936 Fred recorded with thirty-one dance bands for Stan Greening s Band at Columbia

twenty-seven labels. This is but part of his discography, since

Regal Zonophone in Bertha joined him and son Leslie on British

Homophone Co. Ltd.'s Sterno and Solex labels in 1933 and Fred was on the radio from its early days. He partnered Harry Elliott in Turned Up, a two-man show on the eight month old 6BM-Bournemouth in June They were back there in July with Plantation Songs, then Ten Minutes in Coon Land, and an unspecified programme in September. He migrated to the National Programme and did many light entertainment and variety shows (one as Fred Barmy 'Descriptive Vocalist' on 1 st December 1932); and presented some programmes of themed records. In 1934 he appeared in seven Henry Hall broadcasts, partnering song-writer Harry Tilsley. Fred s radio career lasted until September 1950: of which more later. Throughout 1932 and 1933, he performed frequently in studio BB doing: Song and Dance; Pantomime Songs; Clown Songs; and Duets. One duo was with nineteen year-old son Leslie singing Hill-billy Songs and Spirituals. The halfhour broadcasts were at 11 pm after radio had closed, when the experiment could use the transmitters. On 17th January 1933 Fred was the Cat and the Cook in Dick Whittington, with music by Mr. Harry Bidgood's Instrumental Quartet ; and he was in Cinderella on 27th December In February 1934 He features in television history. Just after 11 pm on 22nd August 1932, with face and hands blacked-up and wearing a light hat, check shirt and lighttoned trousers, he performed in the very first BBC experimental television broadcast, which used Baird s thirty vertical lines mechanical scanning system. His co-artistes were vocalists Betty Bolton and Betty Astell, and comedienne Louie Freear. The TV studio was improvised in the art-deco dance-band Radio Studio BB in the subbasement of the recently-opened Broadcasting House. One newspaper mentioned Fred juggling; another commented that the blacking obscured his facial details on the receiving sets. Fred Douglas in a Baird TV experiment

Studio BB at Broadcasting House Studio BB was returned to its intended radio use; and Baird s equipment was moved to 16 Portland Place; where Fred apparently did not perform. This low-definition experiment ended in September. The Alexandra Palace 'high definition' ones began in November 1936. In a stage career lasting until 1953, Fred was a turn in variety shows,

revues, summer shows and cine-variety. In the latter he was the live act before the silent films; and was doing it as early as He was not a West End performer or a bill-topper; and his appearances before the late-1930s were in lower-rank theatres. From early 1919 he performed in variety as 'Stewart Morton' with a 'clever lady' assistant doing 'coon studies'. As Fred Douglas, in 1920 he toured in Busybodies, the Show with the Vim. In 1925 he toured with The Q's, a concert-party; and The Stage declared (he) is a splendid baritone and his Coon studies are artistic. In December 1925 he was with The Q's in revue in Worthing, doing comedy, 'coon-work', and singing. The Worthing Herald referred to him as 'Stewart Morton, a fine basso, of gramophone record fame'. In 1926 and 1927 he toured in the revue Stuff and Nonsense saw a series of cinevariety appearances such as in September at the Stoll Picture Theatre in Bedminster which billed Fred Douglas and assistant in Coon Studies at 5:20 and 7:55 pm, each just fifteen minutes before the films. The assistant was billed as

Joyce for the March appearances at the Gaiety in Belfast; a cinema for the lower end of the market according to Culture Northern Ireland. In 1929 he did a week at each of the fourteen cinemas of the United Picture Theatres circuit around London. For the 1930 summer season, he was with the Jacks and Jills pierrot troupe at the Beach Pavilion Great Yarmouth. In March 1935, he advertised for work in the Wanted Engagements – Variety Artists column in The Stage as Fred Douglas, the original television croon [sic] and hill-billy singer who could also produce and stage-direct. 18 Manor Road, Wallington, Surrey was his address. He later moved house along that road. Like many entertainers, Fred performed at private functions for wellheeled associations, Masonic lodges and the like. The troupes assembled for some of those evenings could involve several significant names. Fred never recorded with Marius B. Winter s band, but was their vocalist in a 1931 Pathétone short film. Lean, with sharp facial features, he sang "A Farmyard Symphony" whilst dressed as a bewhiskered old country-character Fred, left, with Marius B. Winter

beyond his forty-six years. Available at BritishPathe.com, it is a glimpse of Fred the stage performer. Otherwise, he seems not to have had a film career. His career changed in late 1938 when, aged fifty-three, he joined a troupe supporting

ITMA. The radio show s format was exploited in the stage show. Fred played Buck Douglas an Old Cow Puncher who sang prairie songs, and was billed (and even signed autographs ) as Buck Douglas. The Stage reviewer commented on his noticeable stage experience and repose; and one local newspaper described him as 'tough and wiry'. He stage-managed and led when Campbell was indisposed. The troupe did five shows of the Western Cabaret at Alexandra Palace on the 405-lines, London-only, BBC television service in 1939; and another two each of Rocky Mountain Rhythm and Way Out West in They recorded for Decca's Rex in the early 1940s, including Der Fuehrer's Face with vocal by Buck Douglas (R-7087). Fred is on Bill Campbell CD compilations. In the breaks between Campbell s troupe's tours, Fred made solo variety appearances as Buck Douglas. After Campbell s death on 25 th April 1952, his widow Peggy Bailey led the troupe; and sixty-seven year-old Fred continued touring as Buck Douglas for about another year in a new second-half show called The Golden Prairie. From the late 1930s Fred and Winifred s home was 32 Manor Road, Wallington, Surrey (octogenarian Leslie Douglas s address in The International Who's Who in Popular Music ). Winifred died in 1942 aged fortyeight and Fred married widow Beatrice Phyllis Tilsley née Longville. He died peacefully at home on 1st March 1955, aged sixty-nine, and is buried in Mitcham Road Cemetery Croydon. The family announced his death in The Stage on 3rd March as Fred (Buck) Douglas. His death was registered as Arthur E. Clifton. Widow 'Phyl' posted an In Memoriam to 'Fred (Buck) Douglas' annually in The Stage until 1978. (The image of Fred in pierrot costume is reproduced by kind permission of This England magazine. Mike Thomas supplied details of The Two Gilberts, and the Columbia studio photograph of Fred with Stan Greening, Nat Star, Ted Heath

, Wag Abbey etc.)

• Whitehouse, Edmund (2001). This England's Second Book of British Dance Bands: The Singers and Smaller Bands. Cheltenham: This England Books (publisher).
  OCLC 48195235 (all editions)
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• Keefe, Thomas M. (Fall 2002). "This England's Book of British Dance Bands: From the Twenties to the Fifties". IAJRC Journal (book review). 35 (4). Dayton: 48–49.

• Keefe, Thomas M. (November 1983). "Carroll Easton, Straight Ahead: The Story of Stan Kenton". IAJRC Journal (book review). 15. Dayton: 29.

• Berresford, Mark, ed. (Winter–Spring 2019). Front Matter. Vol. Issue 183. p. 2. Retrieved October 10, 2022 – via
  ISSN 2516-807X
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