Thorpe Bates (1883-1958)
Last updated: 17.03.25
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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Grey Watch, The (1917) | M. Brahe | Thorpe Bates | Columbia: 75442 |
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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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Lighterman Tom (1919) | W.H. Squire | Thorpe Bates | Columbia: 76587 |
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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 15 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)
Thorpe Bates (perf.) |
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Till the Sands of the Desert Grow Cold (1911) | Ernest Roland Ball | George Graff Jr. (words)
Thorpe Bates (perf.) |
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When the Joy Bells Ring (1915) | Lewis Barnes(w&m) | Thorpe Bates (perf.) |
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Grey Watch (1917), The | May H. Brahe(w&m) | Thorpe Bates (perf.) |
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My Shy Love (1920) | Max Darewski | Arthur Wimperis (words)
Thorpe Bates (perf.) Nancie Lovat (perf.) |
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If You Only Knew (1920) | Max Darewski | Arthur Wimperis (words)
Thorpe Bates (perf.) |
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Even Bravest Heart (1914) | Charles Gounod | Thorpe Bates (perf.) |
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We're All Plain Civilians (1914) | Ernest W. Hastings | Foden Williams (words)
Thorpe Bates (perf.) |
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Pagliacci - Prologo (1945) | Ruggiero Leoncavallo | R. Leoncavallo (words)
Thorpe Bates (perf.) |
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Little Grey Home in the West - Song (1911) | Hermann Löhr | D. Eardley Wilmot (words)
Thorpe Bates (perf.) |
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⇑Fishermen of England (?) | Montague F. Phillips | Thorpe Bates (perf.) | |
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Lighterman Tom (1919) | William Henry Squire | Thorpe Bates (perf.) |
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Bachelor Gay (1917), A | James W. Tate | Clifford Harris (words) Valentine (words) Thorpe Bates (perf.) |
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Paradise For Two (1917), A | James W. Tate | Clifford Harris (words) Valentine (words) Thorpe Bates (perf.) |
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Pearl of Malabar (1926) | Lawrence Wright | Ray Morelle (words)
Thorpe Bates (perf.) |