Harry Roy
Sign in to saveBritish dance band leader and clarinet player (1900-1971)
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Harry Roy, born Harry Lipman (January 12, 1900, in Stamford Hill, London –February 1, 1971, in London) was a British dance band leader and clarinetist from the 1920s until the 1960s. Harry and his brother Syd formed a band which they called The Darnswells. When the Original Dixieland Jazz Band left the Hammersmith Palais, they were replaced by the Roy Brothers Original Lyrical Five. They again changed name, becoming the Original Crichton Lyricals. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Harry+Roy">
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Harry
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- clarinet
- Record label
- Parlophone
- Image
- Harry Roy.jpg
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- place of burial
- Golders Green Crematorium
- date of death
- 1971-02-01
- date of birth
- 1900-01-12
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- Harry Roy
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