Noel Gay (1898-1954)
Last updated: 01.10.20
According to the Internet source given below, Noel Gay (born Reginald Moxon Armitage) was a successful composer of songs as well as the music for films and London shows. He used the name Stanley Hill as a for some sentimental lyrics.
He studied at the Royal College of Music, London and at Christ's College, Cambridge.
He best known musical Me and My Girl (1937) opened at the Victoria Palace Theatre, London and ran for 1,646 performances despite being bombed out of two theatres.
Gay went on to write songs for revues by The Crazy Gang, and for star artists like Gracie Fields, Flanagen & Allen and George Formby, as well as writing popular World War II songs such as Run Rabbit Run! (1939 - words by Ralph Butler).
He studied at the Royal College of Music, London and at Christ's College, Cambridge.
He best known musical Me and My Girl (1937) opened at the Victoria Palace Theatre, London and ran for 1,646 performances despite being bombed out of two theatres.
Gay went on to write songs for revues by The Crazy Gang, and for star artists like Gracie Fields, Flanagen & Allen and George Formby, as well as writing popular World War II songs such as Run Rabbit Run! (1939 - words by Ralph Butler).
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Noel Gay (1898-1954) has at least 44 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.
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All For a Shilling a Day Words and Music by: Noel Gay. Words by: Clifford Grey.
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 All Over the PlaceBy: Noel Gay. Words by: Frank Eyton. Sung by : Tommy Trinder.
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Chérie, C'est Vous Words and Music by: Noel Gay.
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Come Happy Day By: Noel Gay. Co-Author: Bill Hutter.
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 Ev'rything Will Come Right in the EndBy: Noel Gay. Words by: John Sheeman, Craig Stevens.
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 First Waltz, TheBy: Noel Gay. Co-Author: Ralph Butler.
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 Fleet's in Port Again, TheWords and Music by: Noel Gay.
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Girl of a Million Dreams By: Noel Gay. Words by: J.G. Gilbert.
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Girl Who Loves a Soldier, The Words and Music by: Noel Gay. Words by: Ralph T Butler.
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 Happy Days Happy Months Happy YearsWords and Music by: Noel Gay. Co-Author: Frank Eyton.
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Happy! Words and Music by: Noel Gay. Co-Author: Stanley Lupino. Sung by : Stanley Lupino.
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 Hey! Little Hen!By: Noel Gay. Words by: Ralph Butler.
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 I Don't Want to Go to BedBy: Noel Gay. Words by: Stanley Lupino.
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 I Took My Harp to a PartyBy: Noel Gay. Words by: Desmond Carter.
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I'd Never, Never, Fall in Love Again Words and Music by: Noel Gay. Co-Author: Ralph Butler.
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 I'll Always Love YouWords and Music by: Noel Gay. Words by: Frank Eyton. Sung by : Gracie Fields.
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I'm Sending My Blessings By: Noel Gay. Words by: Joe Lubin, George Gilbert.
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 If Only You Had Cared For MeBy: Noel Gay.
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 King's Horses and the King's Men, The Fox Trot SongBy: Noel Gay. Co-Author: Harry Graham.
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 Lambeth WalkBy: Noel Gay. Words by: Douglas Furber.
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 Let the People SingBy: Noel Gay. Words by: Frank Eyton, Ian Grant.
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 Let's All Be Good ElizabethansWords and Music by: Noel Gay. Words by: Ralph Butler.
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 Let's Have a Tiddley at the Milk BarBy: Noel Gay.
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 Letting in the SunshineWords and Music by: Noel Gay. Sung by : Renée Gadd.
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 Love Nest, TheBy: Noel Gay. Words by: Ralph Butler. Sung by : Donald Peers.
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 Love's ArithmeticBy: Noel Gay. Words by: Ralph Butler, Michael Littman.
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 Moon Remembered But You Forgot, TheBy: Noel Gay. Co-Author: Frank Eyton. Sung by : Betty Driver.
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 My Thanks to YouBy: Noel Gay. Words by: Norman Newell.
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 One Little Kiss From YouBy: Noel Gay. Words by: Clifford Grey. Sung by : Jessie Mathews.
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 Only a Glass of ChampagneBy: Noel Gay. Words by: Arthur Wimperis.
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Red, White and Blue By: Noel Gay.
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 Round the Marble ArchWords and Music by: Noel Gay. Words by: Ralph Butler.
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 Run, Rabbit, Run! Fox TrotWords and Music by: Noel Gay. Words by: Ralph Butler.
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 Sitting on a CloudBy: Noel Gay. Co-Author: Ralph Butler.
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 Song of the Free French Paris will be Gay AgainWords and Music by: Noel Gay. Co-Author: Ralph Butler.
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Sun Has Got His Hat on, The He's Coming Out To-Day By: Noel Gay. Co-Author: Ralph Butler.
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There's Something About a Soldier By: Noel Gay.
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 TondeleyoWords and Music by: Noel Gay.
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 Too-Rie on His Bonnet, TheBy: Noel Gay. Words by: George Brown.
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 We Don't Know Where We're GoingBy: Noel Gay. Co-Author: Ralph Butler. Sung by : Tommy Handley.
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 We Mustn't Miss the Last Bus HomeBy: Noel Gay. Words by: Ralpah Butler. Sung by : Bunny Doyle.
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 Whose Little What's-It Are You ?By: Noel Gay. Co-Author: Frank Eyton. Sung by : Bunny Doyle.
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Windsor Melody, The By: Noel Gay.
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 Won't You Buy My Pretty Flowers?By: Noel Gay. Words by: Jack Meskill.
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Various Performers | Lambeth Walk - The Music of Noel Gay |        |
This list is arranged by title and contains 2 lyrics written by Noel Gay. The lyrics/monologues and *.pdf files have been kindly compiled by monologues.co.uk/musichall
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Lambeth Walk, The | Lupino Lane (sung by) | |
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Let's Have a Tiddley at the Milk-Bar | N. Wallace (sung by) |
This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 159 works by Noel Gay (1898-1954).
It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: ER
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| My Shingled Baby (w&m) | 1925 |  |
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| Charlot Show of 1926, The | 1926 | Richard Addinsell (words) Arthur Wood (words) |
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| When the 'ansom Cab Was Lined Up on the Rank (w&m) | 1926 | ||
| Clowns in Clover. - Revue (w&m) | 1927 | |
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| Clowns in Clover | 1928 | Donovan Sarsons (words) | |
| I Can't Get the Rhythm (w&m) | 1928 | from: Clowns in Clover | |
| Ladies Are Running Wild (w&m) | 1928 | From: Clowns in Clover | |
| Tondeleyo (w&m) | 1929 | as Stanley Hill; From: "White Cargo" |  |
| King's Horses and the King's Men, The (w&m) | 1930 | Harry Graham (co-author) | |
| Love's Arithmetic | 1930 | Ralph Butler (words) Michael Littman (words) |
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| Playing With Fire (w&m) | 1930 | |
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| ⇑ Ali Baba's Camel (w&m) | 1931 | |
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| Chérie, C'est Vous (w&m) | 1931 | |
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| Dearest, It's You | 1931 | J.G. Gilbert (words) Benny Davis (words) |
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| Desert Lover (w&m) | 1931 | |
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| Girl of a Million Dreams | 1931 | J.G. Gilbert (words) | |
| Goddess of the Moon (w&m) | 1931 | from: "The Chinese Bungalow" | |
| Hold My Hand (w&m) | 1931 | Maurice Elwin (co-author) Harry Graham (words) From: "Hold My Hand" |
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| Hold My Hand - Musical Comedy (w&m) | 1931 | Desmond Carter (words) Stanley Lupino (sung by) |
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| I Never Knew That Daddy Had a Sweetheart (w&m) | 1931 | |
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| I Want the World to Know | 1931 | J.G. Gilbert (words)
From: "On with the Show" |
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| Laughing at the Rain | 1931 | J.G. Gilbert (words) | |
| Miss Elizabeth Brown | 1931 | J.G. Gilbert (words) | |
| ⇑ Nobody's Baby Is Somebody's Baby Now | 1931 | G. Kahn (words) | |
| Pied Piper of Hamelin, The | 1931 | Desmond Carter (words) | |
| Pied Piper of Hamelin, The (w&m) | 1931 | Desmond Carter (words) | |
| Rosie Lee (w&m) | 1931 | |
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| Tell Me, Are You From Georgia? (w&m) | 1931 | |
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| What's a Little Kiss (w&m) | 1931 | From: "Hold My Hand" | |
| When You Were My Sweetheart and I Was the Kid Next Door (w&m) | 1931 | |
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| All For the Love of a Lady. (w&m) | 1932 | A. Gottler (words) | |
| I Don't Want to Go to Bed | 1932 | Stanley Lupino (words) | |
| I've Found The Right Girl (w&m) | 1932 | Stanley Lupino (co-author) | |
| Jolly Sailor, The (w&m) | 1932 | |
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| Land of Love and Laughter | 1932 | A. Gottler (words) | |
| ⇑ Lovely Little Silhouette | 1932 | A. Gottler (words) | |
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| Monkey. | 1932 | Ralph Butler (words) | |
| Round the Marble Arch (w&m) | 1932 | Ralph Butler (co-author) | |
| Sun Has Got His Hat on, The (w&m) | 1932 | Ralph Butler (co-author) | |
| Thou Shalt Not | 1932 | A. Gottler (words) | |
| Turn on the Music | 1932 | Desmond Carter (words) | |
| I Took My Harp to a Party | 1933 | Desmond Carter (words) | |
| I'm Hitching My Wagon To You | 1933 | Desmond Carter (words)
From: That's A Pretty Thing |
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| La Di Da Di Da | 1933 | Desmond Carter (words)
From: "That's A Pretty Thing" |
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| Letting in the Sunshine | 1933 | Renée Gadd (sung by) | |
| Meet the Navy (w&m) | 1933 | |
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| Miss What's-Her-Name | 1933 | Stanley Lupino (words) Hap Hadley (words) |
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| ⇑ Moment I Saw You, The | 1933 | Clifford Grey (words)
From: "Soldiers of the King" |
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| No Funny Business. (w&m) | 1933 | |
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| Oh! How Wonderful (w&m) | 1933 | |
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| One Little Kiss From You | 1933 | Clifford Grey (words) Jessie Mathews (sung by) |
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| Soldiers of the King | 1933 | C Grey (words) | |
| Song You Gave to Me, The (w&m) | 1933 | Clifford Grey (words) | |
| Sunrise to Sunset | 1933 | Clifford Grey (words) H. Nicholls (words) |
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| That's a Pretty Thing (w&m) | 1933 | |
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| There's Something About a Soldier | 1933 | From: "Soldiers of the King" | |
| Why Can't We? | 1933 | Clifford Grey (words)
From: "You Made Me Love You" |
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| Fit For Anything. | 1934 | Desmond Carter (words) | |
| Happy! (w&m) | 1934 | Stanley Lupino (co-author) Stanley Lupino (sung by) From: Happy |
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| ⇑ I'll Pray For You | 1934 | J.G. Gilbert (co-author) Roy King (words) as Stanley Hill |
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| Jack O'Diamonds | 1934 | Clifford Grey (words) | |
| No One Believes I'm a Mermaid (w&m) | 1934 | |
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| Things Are Looking Up (w&m) | 1934 | |
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| Who's Been Polishing the Sun (w&m) | 1934 | Drom: "The Camels Are Coming" | |
| All For a Shilling a Day (w&m) | 1935 | Clifford Grey (words)
From: "Where's My Man?" |
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| Love Laughs. | 1935 | M. Wayne (words) | |
| Someone to Sew Your Buttons On | 1935 | Clifford Grey (words) | |
| Thick, Thick Fog on London, A (w&m) | 1935 | |
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| Time | 1935 | Desmond Carter (words)
From: "Love Laughs!" |
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| Cause of All the Trouble Is the Income Tax, The | 1936 | Greatrex Newman (words) | |
| Cause of All the Trouble Is the Income Tax, The (w&m) | 1936 | |
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| ⇑ Fleet's in Port Again, The | 1936 | from: "O-Kay For Sound " | |
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| Getting on Nicely, Thank You (w&m) | 1936 | |
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| Let's Have a Tiddley at the Milk Bar | 1936 | Nellie Wallace (sung by) |  |
| Fleet's Not in Port Very Long, The (w&m) | 1937 | |
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| Lambeth Walk | 1937 | Douglas Furber (words) Lupino Lane (sung by) From: "Me and My Gal" |
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| Leaning on a Lamp Post (w&m) | 1937 | George Formby (sung by) | |
| Me and My Girl | 1937 | Douglas Furber (words) | |
| Red, White and Blue | 1937 | |
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| So It Goes On (w&m) | 1937 | |
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| Won't You Buy My Pretty Flowers? (w&m) | 1937 | Jack Meskill (words) | |
| Between You and Me, and the Gatepost (w&m) | 1938 | |
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| Fall in and Fly (w&m) | 1938 | |
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| ⇑ Hear All, See All, Say Nowt (w&m) | 1938 | |
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| Love Makes the World Go Round (w&m) | 1938 | as Stanley Hill; From "These Foolish Things" | |
| Wild Oats | 1938 | Kenneth Leslie Smith (words) | |
| After Dark (w&m) | 1939 | |
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| Birthday of the Little Princess (w&m) | 1939 | |
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| Did You Go Down Lambeth Way? (w&m) | 1939 | |
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| Fare Thee Well (w&m) | 1939 | Jimmy Campbell (co-author) Frank Eyton (co-author) |
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| Girl Who Loves a Soldier, The (w&m) | 1939 | Ralph T Butler (words) | |
| Glorious Wine of Mexico, The (w&m) | 1939 | |
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| I Ran Into Love (w&m) | 1939 | |
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| Let the People Sing | 1939 | Frank Eyton (words) Ian Grant (words) From: "Lights Up" |
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| Let's All Go to the Radio Show (w&m) | 1939 | |
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| ⇑ Lonely (w&m) | 1939 | |
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| Melody Maker (w&m) | 1939 | |
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| Moon Remembered But You Forgot, The (w&m) | 1939 | Frank Eyton (co-author) Betty Driver (sung by) |
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| Off We Went to Sea (w&m) | 1939 | |
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| Only a Glass of Champagne | 1939 | Arthur Wimperis (words) | |
| Only One Who's Difficult Is You, The (w&m) | 1939 | |
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| Run, Rabbit, Run! (w&m) | 1939 | Ralph Butler (words) Max Bygraves (sung by) H. Roy (sung by) From: "The Little Dog Laughed" |
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| Whistle if You Want Me (w&m) | 1939 | |
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| You're Lucky to Me (w&m) | 1939 | |
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| You've Done Something to My Heart | 1939 | Frank Eyton (words) Ian Grant (words) From: "Lights Up" |
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| All Over the Place | 1940 | Frank Eyton (words) Tommy Trinder (sung by) From: "Sailors Three" |
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| C'est La Guerre (w&m) | 1940 | |
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| ⇑ Moonlight Avenue (w&m) | 1940 | J.G. Gilbert (co-author) Jimmy Campbell (co-author) |
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| Oh What a Wonderful Night We've Had Tonight (w&m) | 1940 | Ralph Butler (words) | |
| Oh! Buddy, I'm in Love (w&m) | 1940 | Ralpah Butler (words) | |
| Swan, The (w&m) | 1940 | Ralph Butler (co-author) | |
| Whose Little What's-It Are You ? (w&m) | 1940 | Frank Eyton (co-author) Bunny Doyle (sung by) |
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| Come Happy Day (w&m) | 1941 | Bill Hutter (co-author) | |
| He Wants To Be A Pilot (w&m) | 1941 | Muriel Watson (co-author) Jack Denby (co-author) |
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| Hey! Little Hen! (w&m) | 1941 | Ralph Butler (co-author) Harry Roy (sung by) |
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| I'd Never, Never, Fall in Love Again (w&m) | 1941 | Ralph Butler (co-author) | |
| Mister Brown of London Town (w&m) | 1941 | Reginald Arkell (co-author) | |
| Oh! How He Misses His Missus (w&m) | 1941 | Ralpah Butler (co-author) | |
| Oh! Johnny, Teach Me How to Dance (w&m) | 1941 | |
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| ⇑ She's in Love With a Soldier (w&m) | 1941 | David Heneker (co-author) | |
| Song of the Free French (w&m) | 1941 | Ralph Butler (co-author) | |
| Who Are You A-Shovin' Of? (w&m) | 1941 | Raymond Moore (co-author) | |
| You'll Be Happy With Somebody -- Someday (w&m) | 1941 | |
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| Are We Happy? | 1942 | A Gottler (words) | |
| First Waltz, The (w&m) | 1942 | Ralph Butler (co-author) | |
| Just a Little Fond Affection (w&m) | 1942 | From: Twenty to One | |
| Love Nest, The | 1942 | Ralph Butler (words) Donald Peers (sung by) |
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| There's Something About Town (w&m) | 1942 | |
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| We Mustn't Miss the Last Bus Home | 1942 | Ralph Butler (words) Bunny Doyle (sung by) |
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| Happy Days Happy Months Happy Years (w&m) | 1943 | Frank Eyton (co-author) | |
| I'm Mad at Myself (w&m) | 1943 | Joe Lubin (co-author) | |
| ⇑ Sitting on a Cloud (w&m) | 1943 | Ralph Butler (co-author) | |
| Why Say Goodbye (w&m) | 1943 | Tommy Angel (co-author) Joyce Cochrane (co-author) |
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| I'm Sending My Blessings | 1944 | Joe Lubin (words) George Gilbert (words) |
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| We Don't Know Where We're Going (w&m) | 1944 | Ralph Butler (co-author) Tommy Handley (sung by) |
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| Down-Town East of Broadway (w&m) | 1945 | |
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| Scuse My Little Trumpet | 1945 | David Wilson (words) | |
| Too-Rie on His Bonnet, The | 1945 | George Brown (words) | |
| When Alice Blue Gown Met Little Boy Blue | 1946 | Ralph Butler (words) | |
| There's a Lovely Little Lady (w&m) | 1947 | |
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| Bye Bye For Now (w&m) | 1948 | |
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| Harringay Racers, The (w&m) | 1948 | |
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| It Happens That Way | 1948 | Ralph Butler (words) Mitchael Littman (words) |
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| ⇑ Windsor Melody, The | 1948 | |
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| I'll Always Love You (w&m) | 1949 | Frank Eyton (words) Gracie Fields (sung by) |
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| Oh! Little Fish | 1949 | Frank Eyton (words) Dave Foster (words) |
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| Within This Heart of Mine (w&m) | 1949 | |
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| Colonel Chinstrap (w&m) | 1950 | |
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| My Thanks to You | 1950 | Norman Newell (words) | |
| Let's All Be Good Elizabethans (w&m) | 1952 | Ralph Butler (words) | |
| Ev'rything Will Come Right in the End | 1953 | John Sheeman (words) Craig Stevens (words) |
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| Queen's Horses and the Queen's Men, The | 1953 | Harry Graham (words) Vere Barker (words) |
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| That's Where My Journey Ends (w&m) | 1953 | |
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| Bob's Your Uncle | 1954 | Frank Eyton (words) Austin Melford (words) Leslie Henson (words) |
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| Tortoise and the Hare, The (w&m) | 1954 | |
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| ⇑ Love Me Now (w&m) | 1955 | |
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| Lambeth Walk Twist | 1962 | Douglas Furber (words) | |
| He Loves Me | 1978 | Frank Eyton (words) | |
| If Only You Had Cared For Me | ? | |
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Lambeth Walk Me and My Girl 1939 | 5:05 | From "Me and My Girl" | |
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Run Rabbit Run | 4:54 | Max Bygraves | Run Rabbit Run! |
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Leaning on a lamppost | 2:30 | George Formby | Leaning on a lamppost |
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Hey Little Hen | 3:03 | Harry Roy | |
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Run Rabbit Run | 2:18 | Harry Roy | Run Rabbit Run! |
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Let's Have a Tiddley at the Milk Bar | 3:13 | Nellie Wallace |