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In 1898 Champion ceased his style of alternating songs and patter and instead adopted a quick fire delivery in order for him to perform as many songs as he could during his act. He retained this style of delivery for the remainder of his career, remarking, "At one time I used to sing songs with plenty of patter but I changed the style for a new idea of my own, and started "quick singing". I think I am the only comedian who sings songs all in a lump, as you may say".
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Somebody gave it to me. It was all through a dislike the manager of the
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Champion decided not to try anything new because he recognised the fact that audiences liked the nostalgia surrounding his act. On stage, his appearance did not change. He was the embodiment of the spirit of the poorer parts of London, wearing shabby, ill-fitting clothes, old work boots and a frayed
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wrote, "Champion is a comic singer who is endowed with genuine humour, which is revealed in his several songs, of which the audience never seems to get enough". His earliest known recording success was in 1896 with "In the World Turned Upside Down", followed by "Down Fell the Pony in a Fit" in 1897.
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In 1889, Champion gave up the blackface part of his act. He bought the performing rights to the song "I'm
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305:" was written by the composer T. W. Conner and was first performed by Champion in 1915. The song is about a working-class man who enjoys eating cucumbers. He later compares them to other types of food, before eventually deciding that it is cucumber he prefers. Champion later took part in the first
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Some biographies have a different birth date of 8 April and a different father and mother. But research of birth records, the 1881 census data and marriage records, together with personal recollections of his
Grandson Steve Crump, including dated photographs of birthday celebrations, show this is
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Champion's songs, supplied mainly by professional writers, centred around various types of food, consumed, chiefly by the working class community of East London. Food became an essential part of his repertory, so much so that during the
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top hat. One critic noted "Like music hall itself, Harry
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to fellow performers. This evolved into a coach business in the late 1920s which became known as
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Champion as a leading member. Critics hailed Champion as a success stating "He almost brought the house down with three of his typical ditties".
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in 1910. The song is a playful reworking of the life and times of Henry VIII, in this case not the monarch, but the eighth husband of the "widow next door. She'd been married seven times before." "
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and Fred Murray. The song depicts the joys of the well known Cockney dish of the same name which was eaten frequently in London's East End community at the turn of the 20th century. "
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on BBC TV, with a chorus of singers from the Players Theatre Company and featured his songs at the Villiers Street theatre, home of The Players Theatre for many years.
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806:Earliest mention of a Harry Champion record
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623:David Lodge
516:Harem skirt
385:During the
275:Fred Murray
152:" (1910), "
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766:required.)
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681:References
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424:Crazy Gang
375:war effort
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160:" (1915).
134:music hall
60:1865-04-17
1362:Biography
829:, p. 35,
827:0143-8867
794:Entr'Acte
698:The Times
625:in 1962.
422:with the
366:Broughams
313:in 1912.
255:Entr'Acte
210:blackface
184:Biography
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111:1882-1942
1291:Archived
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100:composer
97:comedian
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