• Stompin' at the Savoy
  Chick Webb’s recording rose to number ten on the charts in 1934. Two years later the piece charted by [[w:Ozzie Nelson|Ozzie Nelson]] and b * [[w:Chick Webb|Chick Webb]], 1934<ref name="Gioia" />
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• Flanagan and Allen
  ...Miss You" sang of missing one's sweetheart during enforced absences. Other songs, such as their most famous, "[[Underneath the Arches (song)|Underneath the ...2 095), in which they performed some of the earlier team's more best known songs in their own style, without attempting to imitate the originals.
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• Chesney Allen
  ...Miss You" sang of missing one's sweetheart during enforced absences. Other songs such as their best-known "[[w:Underneath the Arches (song)|Underneath the A * ''[[Wild Boy (film)|Wild Boy]]'' (1934)
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• Leslie Fuller
  ...ibed himself as a "bad [[baritone]]"), and with a repertoire of only three songs, he joined a troupe playing on [[Brighton]] beach. He then moved on to join * ''[[Lost in the Legion]]'' (1934)
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• Songs and monologues of Stanley Holloway
  ...of one of his 1957 albums containing recordings of his old "concert party" songs commented, "what a fine voice he has and how well he can use it – diction |1934
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• Max Kester
  ...inger with [[Ray Noble]]'s Orchestra, and wrote the lyrics for a number of songs composed and recorded by Noble. Most successful was "Love Locked Out", fir ...ved 7 April 2021</ref> These included ''The Air-Do-Wells'', introduced in 1934, devised and produced by Kester and [[Bryan Michie]], and for which Kester
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• Billy Bennett (comedian)
  ...d performed others written for him by [[T. W. Connor]]. He also performed songs, many written for him by [[Bert Lee]] and [[R. P. Weston]], such as "She Wa ...red at four [[Royal Variety Performance]]s &ndash; in 1926, 1931, 1933 and 1934. In three of those, he gave his usual repertoire, but in 1931 he appeared
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• Millicent Martin
  | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1934|06|08|df=y}} ...ebsite=Filmreference.com}}</ref> She was the lone female singer of topical songs on the weekly [[BBC Television]] [[satire|satirical]] show ''[[That Was the
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• Lionel Bart
  ...ss Conway]], and several songs recorded by [[Tommy Steele]] ("A Handful of Songs", "Butterfingers" and "[[Little White Bull]]").<ref name="nyt"/> By the mid ...Roper's book, and some of it in Colin Chambers'</ref> He also wrote comedy songs for the Sunday lunchtime BBC radio programme ''[[Billy Cotton|The Billy Cot
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• Douglas Byng
  ...as "Bawdy but British", Byng was famous for his female impersonations. His songs are full of sexual innuendo and double entendres. Due to the prejudices of ...ef name=baker/> where he first performed the cabaret [[w:Drag queen|drag]] songs for which he is best remembered, described by the critic [[w:Sheridan Morle
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• Haver and Lee
  ...about the lives of theatrical professionals in London, first broadcast in 1934. It also featured Tully and other performers including [[Charles Hawtrey ( ...rs sent in joke questions, the answers to which were the titles of popular songs. If the band failed to guess the correct answer, there was a call of "Penn
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• Ronald Frankau
  ..., this flavour in his songs, Frankau sold over 100,000 records in 1932. In 1934, Frankau began a comedy duo with [[Tommy Handley]] called '[[Murgatroyd and
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• George Grossmith Jr.
  Grossmith was known for "speaking" songs and for his easy comic grace on stage.<ref name=obit>Obituary in ''The Time ...eventually appeared in some 20 Edwardes shows, often interpolating his own songs into the shows.<ref name=Berger/>
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• Arthur Lucan
  ...y continued to perform as 'Lucan and McShane'. The act was featured in the 1934 [[Royal Command Performance|Royal Command Performance]] at the [[London Pal ...[[On Your Way, Riley|On Your Way]]'', about the life of Arthur Lucan, with songs by [[Alex Glasgow|Alex Glasgow]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.queens-thea
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• Nicholas Phipps
  ...films between 1940 and 1970. He wrote [[West End theatre|West End]] plays, songs and sketches for [[revues]], and film scripts. ...1934–35 he was co-director of the Imperial Institute Theatre. He toured in 1934 in [[P. G. Wodehouse]]'s ''[[Good Morning, Bill]]'' and was a member of the
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• Lili Damita
  ...Opéra de Paris]].<ref name=hs>{{cite book|last1=Tyler|first1=Don|title=Hit Songs, 1900-1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-Rock Era|date=2007|publisher= |1934
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• Stanley Holloway on stage and screen
  ...ost notably, [[Ealing Studios]]. He started his association with Ealing in 1934, appearing in the fifth [[Gracie Fields]] picture, ''[[Sing As We Go]]''.<r | {{Dts|format=dmy|1934|April|19}} –
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• Ted Ray (comedian)
  | children = [[Robin Ray]]<br>(1934-1998)<br>[[Andrew Ray]]<br>(1939-2003) ...new characters included Mrs Dipper and Roger Curfew, the paying guest with songs by [[John Hanson]] and the King's Men.
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• Marty Feldman
  | birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|7|8|df=yes}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|1982|12|2|1934|7|8|df=yes}}
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• Gracie Fields
  ...ds and Holloway first worked together on her film ''[[Sing As We Go]]'' in 1934 and the two remained close friends for the rest of their lives.<ref>{{cite ...r with the aspidistra on top!", a reference to two other of her well-known songs, "Walter, Walter", and "[[The Biggest Aspidistra In The World]]".<ref>{{cit
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