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View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2003 CD release of "The Al Bowlly Story - UK To The USA And Back Again (Recordings 1932-1938)" on Discogs.
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Jazz, vocal. Occupation (s) Singer, bandleader. Years active. 1927–1941. Albert Allick Bowlly (7 January 1898 [1] – 17 April 1941) was a South African-British vocalist and dance band guitarist who was popular during the 1930s in Britain. [2] [3] He recorded upwards of 1,000 songs that were listened to by millions.
By the end of 1936, at the end of the Rainbow Room contract, Ray Noble had been offered work on a radio show and Al Bowlly decided to head back to England. Then Bowlly did a few trips back and forth across the Atlantic: 12 August 1936, back in England, he recorded a second film clip, Pathé New Sound Pictorial No. NS25, released September 17, 1936.
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Al Bowlly starb nach einem auswärtigen Auftritt, bei dem er die angebotene Übernachtungsmöglichkeit abgelehnt hatte, während eines der schwersten deutschen Luftangriffe auf London (dem in England so genannten 'The Wednesday' des Blitz) durch eine Luftmine, die bei seinem Wohngebäude explodierte.
26. Mai 2014 · Bowlly was South African (although born in Mozambique) yet he became a great star in both the UK and America during the 1930’s. Al Bowlly enjoyed over 15 big hits from 1935 to 1941, acquiring a mass radio following of millions. Tragically he was killed in the Blitz, when his home in St. James was bombed in 1941. He was 43 years old ...
14. Jan. 2013 · In 1938, he finally returned to the USA to undergo successful major throat surgery for the removal of his vocal wart, but still had difficulties later in his career. His absence from the UK when he moved to the States in 1934 damaged his popularity with British audiences.
