Thorpe Bates (1883-1958)
Last updated: 30.03.24
It is surprising that so little is known about this performer considering the large number of recordings located. All that can presently (January 2024) be gleaned about Thorpe Bates by Internet searching is that he was an English actor/singer who recorded at least 93 works for Columbia and Gramophone between 1911 and 1924 He performed in a few films in the 1920s and 1930s as well as acting in Ferencz Lehár and Ben Travers's musical, The Three Graces, at the Empire Theatre in Leicester Square, London.
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DAHR: Thorpe Bates | List of 93 historic recordings from 1911 to 1924. |
Thorpe Bates (1883-1958) has at least 1 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.
 Bachelor Gay, AMusic by: James W. Tate. Words by: Clifford Harris, Valentine Performed by: Thorpe Bates
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Till the Sands of the Desert Grow Cold (1911) | E.R. Ball | Thorpe Bates | Columbia: 35775 |
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When the Joy Bells Ring (1915) | L. Barnes | Thorpe Bates | Columbia: 35769 |
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If You Only Knew (1920) | M. Darewski | Thorpe Bates | Columbia: 74045 |
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My Shy Love (1920) | M. Darewski | Thorpe Bates Nancie Lovat |
Columbia: 74043 |
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Even Bravest Heart (1914) | C. Gounod | Thorpe Bates | Columbia: 6417 |
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Prologue From ''Pagliacci'' (1945) | R. Leoncavallo | Thorpe Bates | Columbia: 6418 |
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We're All Plain Civilians (1914) | E.W. Hastings (music) Foden Williams (words) Thorpe Bates (perf.) |
Piano, Voice | IMSLP |  |
The peformer is featured on 12 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)
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Pæn (1918) | Leslie Aldrich | Robert Browning (words) | |
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When the Joy Bells Ring (1915) | Lewis Barnes(w&m) | |
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My Shy Love (1920) | Max Darewski | Arthur Wimperis (words) | |
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If You Only Knew (1920) | Max Darewski | Arthur Wimperis (words) | |
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Even Bravest Heart (1914) | Charles Gounod | |
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We're All Plain Civilians (1914) | Ernest W. Hastings | Foden Williams (words) | |
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Prologue From ''Pagliacci'' (1945) | Ruggiero Leoncavallo | R. Leoncavallo (words) | |
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Little Grey Home in the West - Song (1911) | Hermann Löhr | D. Eardley Wilmot (words) | |
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Fishermen of England (?) | Montague F. Phillips | ||
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Bachelor Gay (1917), A | James W. Tate | Clifford Harris (words) Valentine (words) |
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⇑Paradise For Two (1917), A | James W. Tate | Clifford Harris (words) Valentine (words) |
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Pearl of Malabar (1926) | Lawrence Wright | Ray Morelle (words) |