"Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" is the eighth track from the #British #rock band #Queen's 1976 album #ADayAtTheRaces, written by #FreddieMercury. It was also released as a single in 1977 on 7-inch vinyl. It was one of several British #musicHall-inspired songs composed by members of the band. It reached number 17 on the #UKSinglesChart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTLme8Vqxu4

"Winchester Cathedral" is a song by #theNewVaudevilleBand, a #British novelty group established by the song's composer, #GeoffStephens, and was released in late 1966 by #FontanaRecords. It reached number 1 in Canada on the #RPM 100 chart, co-charting with the Dana Rollin version, and shortly thereafter in the U.S. on the #Billboard Hot 100 chart. Stephens was a big fan of tunes from the British #musicHall era (or what #Americans would call "vaudeville").
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GcPYzYYM9M

New Episode

We had an absolutely fabulous time romping through the history and cultural significance of the Music Hall. It's such a fascinating tangible piece of history. We hope you enjoy listening!

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New Episode We had an absolutely fabulous time romping through the history and cultural significance of the Music Hall. It's such a fascinating tangible piece of history. We hope you enjoy listening! media.rss.com/the-shropshi... #History #Victorians #Shropshire #Musichall

One of my favourite Victorian photographs, depicting Lottie Collins. Lottie was a singer and dancer. Her signature song was Ta-ra-ra-Boom-de-ay!, a risqué number that made her an icon of the “Naughty Nineties”.

"Winchester Cathedral" is a song by #theNewVaudevilleBand, a #British novelty group established by the song's composer, #GeoffStephens, and was released in late 1966 by #FontanaRecords. It reached number 1 in Canada on the #RPM 100 chart, co-charting with the Dana Rollin version, and shortly thereafter in the U.S. on the #Billboard Hot 100 chart. Stephens was a big fan of tunes from the British #musicHall era (or what #Americans would call "vaudeville").
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKc1OCJ7iXk

In April 1922, music hall star Marie Lloyd (pictured) collapsed in her dressing room after singing "The Cosmopolitan Girl" at the Gateshead Empire in Cardiff. Her doctor diagnosed exhaustion. After a period of rest, she returned to the stage in August, and reduced the running time of her act.

"Her Majesty" is a song by the English rock band #theBeatles, from their 1969 album #AbbeyRoad. Written by #PaulMcCartney and credited to #LennonMcCartney, it is a brief #tongueincheek #musicHall song. McCartney is the only musician to appear on the track. "Her Majesty" is the final cut on the album and appears 14 seconds after the previous song "#TheEnd", but was not listed on the original sleeve. Some observers consider it the first example of a #hiddenTrack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhmyhwszSWA

"I Want You to Want Me" is a song by the American rock band Cheap Trick. It is originally from their second album #InColor, released in September 1977. It was the first single released from that album, but it did not chart in the United States in its original studio version, which was influenced by #musicHall styles. Eleven months later, a more rock-oriented live version from the band's successful #CheapTrickAtBudokan album was released as a single.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er9HDEq3YIY

"A Well Respected Man" is a song by the British band #theKinks, written by the group's #leadSinger and #rhythmGuitarist #RayDavies, and originally released in the United Kingdom on the #EP #KwyetKinks in September 1965. It was also released as a single in the US and Continental Europe. Written as a satire on the British upper class, the song was inspired by Ray Davies's interest in #musicHall and scorn for wealthy tourists he encountered on a 1965 vacation.
https://youtu.be/N8LFXEfbxdw

"Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" is the eighth track from the #British #rock band #Queen's 1976 album #ADayAtTheRaces, written by #FreddieMercury. It was also released as a single in 1977 on 7-inch vinyl. It was one of several British #musicHall-inspired songs composed by members of the band. It reached number 17 on the #UKSinglesChart.
https://youtu.be/PuYOV2VjHaA

Currently reading this history of the music hall, the British counterpart of vaudeville and precursor to variety. My favourite RPGs tend to be things like "Call of Cthulhu" and "Forgotten Futures" with a strong Victorian to Georgian (George V, that is) tone and history, but I often feel that the popular culture of the time is ignored when it should be a vital part of the world and the characters. NPCs ought to be playing records, going to the pictures, whistling the latest hits, referencing movie stars and stage actors, encouraging the PCs to read a new novel they're enamoured with—or recommending they avoid one they dislike.

A few sentences here and there, a name dropped, an encounter when shopping for sheet music or looking at the posters advertising coming acts… it doesn't take much to add to a great deal of flavour to the world and make it feel alive, rather than like those cheap cartoons where the only people moving or even present in a scene are the PCS.

Delighted to have my lovely friends Jassy and Ted Swingletree round for the first recording session of their new album. All acoustic, all live, 100% awesome.