Harry Roy

Harry Roy
Wills's Cigarettes No. 47
Harry Roy, circa 1934.
Background information
Birth nameHarry Lipman
Born(1900-01-12)12 January 1900
Stamford Hill, London, England
Died1 February 1971(1971-02-01) (aged 71)
London
InstrumentClarinet

Harry Roy (12 January 1900 – 1 February 1971)[1][2] was a British dance band leader and clarinet player from the 1920s to the 1960s. He performed several songs with suggestive lyrics, including "My Girl's Pussy" (1931),[3] and "She Had to Go and Lose It at the Astor" (1939) and "When Can I have a Banana Again?" (1943) [4][5][6]

  1. ^ St. Pierre, Roger. Hotcha-Ma'Cha-Cha! (sleeve notes). EMI. MFP 1135.
  2. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. pp. 2154/5. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  3. ^ Chris Han (16 August 2013). "8 Sexually Explicit Songs From the 1930s - CollegeHumor Post". Collegehumor.com. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Harry Roy & his Mayfair Hotel Orchestra – She had to go and lose it at the Astor (1939)". Internet Archive. Archived from the original on 30 January 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2009.
  5. ^ Leigh, Spencer (2008). This Record Is Not to Be Broadcast: 75 Records Banned by the BBC 1931–1957 (liner notes). Acrobat Music Group. ACTRCD9015.
  6. ^ "Harry Roy - She Had To Go And Lose It At The Astor, 1939". YouTube. 28 December 2007. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.