Elsie Carlisle

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Elsie Carlisle (born January 28, 1896 in Didsbury , † September 5, 1977 in London ) was a British singer who had her greatest popularity in England in the era of dance orchestras and swing bands of the 1930s.

Live and act

Originally from Manchester , Carlisle enjoyed great popularity in England in the 1920s and 30s when she performed with popular dance bands of the era such as the Jack Hylton and Jack Harris orchestras . In March 1929, Cole Porter performed the world premiere of the musical Wake Up and Dream by Cole Porter , in which she performed the later jazz standardWhat Is This Thing Called Love? “Sang. She also worked in music films such as Radio Parade (1933) and took records from 1927 onwards. a. for Columbia , Worldecho, Dominion, Rex, Imperial and Decca Records . From the 1930s she also took part in the recordings of Spike Hughes and Ray Starita . Her well-known tracks for the singer, who was nicknamed Radio Sweetheart Number One , included " A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square "; other titles were "Whisper Sweet" (Decca 5436), "She Had Those Dark and Dreamy Eyes" (Rex 10021), "You've Got Me Crying Again" (1933), "Pardon Me, Pretty Baby" (Imperial 2532) , " I Poured My Heart Into a Song " and "The Clouds Will Soon Roll By", with the Bert Ambrose Orchestra. She also sang a variety of humorous material; in a duo with Sam Browne at Bert Ambrose ("Home James and Don't Spare the Horses"). Your song “Pu-leeze! Mister Hemingway ”was deposed by the BBC ; She also caused a stir with the song "My Man o 'War" (1930, Dominion C 307) by Andy Razaf / Spencer Williams . After Tom Lord , she participated in 28 recording sessions between 1927 and 1935. After the end of World War II her success waned and she seldom recorded; In 1946 she retired from the music business. From then on she worked as an entrepreneur in the catering trade. She lived in Mayfair, London , from 1939 until her death in 1977 .

Discographic notes

  • Radio Sweetheart # 1 (ASV Living Era, 1999)
  • Volume One: My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes (Dutton-Vocalion)
  • Volume Two: I Poured My Heart Into a Song (Dutton-Vocalion, 2005)
  • And the Band Played On (Pegasus, 2002)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed November 13, 2014)