Violet Loraine (1886-1956)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, Violet Loraine [née Violet Mary Tipton] was an English musical theatre actress and singer born in Kentish Town, London.
Her stage career began as a chorus girl aged sixteen before becoming a star together with George Robey in the musical revue The Bing Boys Are Here at the Alhambra Theatre in 1916. Their duet If You Were the Only Girl in the World (1916: music Nathan D. Ayer words Clifford Grey published by B. Feldman & Co.) became an enduring pop standard.
Her portrait on the left is from a bromide print by Bassano Ltd dated 3 August 1912.
She died in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.

Websites:
	Violet Loraine	Biography by wikipedia.org.

	Title (Release Year)	Composer	Performers	Issue


	Historic Records
	Dear Old Saturday Night (1915)	N.D. Ayer	Violet Loraine	Columbia: 6508

Monologues

This list is derived from information provided by Monologues.co.uk which went down sometime in 2023.
The loss of this valuable resource is very sad and a mystery.

	Title	Attribution	Remarks


	Gypsy Warned Me, The	Robert P. Weston (words & music) Violet Loraine (perf.)
	Let the Great Big World Keep Turning	Nathan D. Ayer (music) Clifford Grey (words) Laddie Cliff (perf.) Violet Loraine (perf.)

Music Hall

Works

The peformer is featured on 5 sheet music/recording covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)

	Title	Composer	Attribution	Items


Dear Old Saturday Night (1915)	Nathan D. Ayer	Violet Loraine (perf.)
If You Were the Only Girl in the World (1916)	Nathan D. Ayer	Clifford Grey (words) Violet Loraine (perf.) George Robey (perf.)
Let the Great Big World Keep Turning (1917)	Nathan D. Ayer	Clifford Grey (words) Laddie Cliff (perf.) Violet Loraine (perf.)
How'd You Like to Float Me? (1908)	Orlando Powell	J. P. Harrington (words) Dolly Denton (perf.) Violet Loraine (perf.)
Gypsy Warned Me (1920), The	Robert P. Weston(w&m)	Violet Loraine (perf.)