Harry Hopkinson

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Harry Hopkinson
Also known asAustin Layton, Harry Torrani
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North Wingfield
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OccupationTemplate:Pluralize from textMusic Hall performer, singer, songwriter
LabelTemplate:Pluralize from textRegal Zonophone

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Harry Hopkinson (8 June 1902 – 4 March 1979), known professionally as Harry Torrani, was a British music hall performer, singer and songwriter who has been credited as one of the world's greatest yodelers. He was billed as the "Yodeling Cowboy from Chesterfield".

Biography

Hopkinson came from a family of coal miners in North Wingfield, Chesterfield, England, and started singing in the North Wingfield Church choir. After a spell working in the local colliery, cut short due to an accident, he entered show business performing with a troupe of traveling entertainers. Initially Hopkinson used the stage name Austin Layton. The yodelling part of Hopkinson's act was expanded, and it was then he adopted the more commercial and continental sounding name Harry Torrani.[1][2]

Hopkinson recorded his first yodelling song in 1931 for the Regal Zonophone label, "Honeymoon Yodel" coupled with "Happy and Free". His recording career continued for c. 10 years, and he recorded 25 records and 51 tracks. Hopkinson performed extensively on radio and in music halls, and was billed as the "Yodeling Cowboy from Chesterfield". He earned the nickname "The Singing Puzzle" due to his falsetto performances behind a curtain which had audiences guessing at his gender.[1][2] Hopkinson's yodelling style has been cited as a significant influence on subsequent generations of yodellers worldwide, including Rex Dallas.[3][4]

Hopkinson was married to wife Joy and had a daughter Dawn, he retired from show business during the late 1940s. In his retirement he worked as a watch repairer, after entering a nursing home and having suffered a stroke he died on 4 March 1979 at the age of 76.[citation needed]

Discography

  • "Honeymoon Yodel" / "Happy and Free" (1931)[1]
  • "Mississippi Yodel" / "Mammy's Yodel" (1932)[5]
  • "Yodel All Day" / "Yodeller's Dream Girl" (1932)[6]
  • "Dan, Dan, the Yodelling Man" / "Sitting In a Jail House" (1933)[7]
  • "Gambling Darkie" / "Yodelling Rag Man" (1933)[8]
  • "Mexican Yodel" / "My Swiss Miss Yodel" (1933)[9]
  • "The Yodelling Monster" / "The Yodelling Hobo" (1934)[10]
  • "Log Cabin" / "Lancashire Yodelling Lass" (1935)[11]
  • "Yodel and Smile" / "My Guitar and Me" (1937)[12]
  • "Mockingbird Yodel" / "The Prairie Yodel" (1937)[13]
  • "Scottie the Yodeller" / "Nursery Rhyme Yodel" (1938)[14]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Plantenga, Bart (2012). Yodel in hi-fi : from kitsch folk to contemporary electronica. University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 195–197. ISBN 9780299290542.
  2. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Heathcote, Ktima (19 February 1988). "Why They're Still Wild About Our Harry". Derbyshire Times. pp. 8–9.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Smith, Graeme (2003). Continuum encyclopedia of popular music of the world. Continuum. pp. 176–177. ISBN 9781441160782.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.The Virgin encyclopedia of fifties music. Virgin. 1998. p. 101. ISBN 0753502682.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Beanos" (PDF). The Gramophone. June 1932.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Regal". Sound Wave. 1 September 1932.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Choosing Your Records" (PDF). Wireless Magazine. May 1933. p. 401.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Miscellany". The Gramophone. Vol. 11, no. 124. September 1933.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Recent Record Releases" (PDF). Modern Wireless. March 1933. p. 220.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gray, Aural (October 1934). "MISCELLANEOUS". The Gramophone. Vol. 12, no. 137. p. 184.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."MISCELLANEOUS". The Gramophone. Vol. 13, no. 149. October 1935.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Humour and Hill-Billies". The Gramophone. Vol. 15, no. 173. October 1937.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tales from Hunter's early country stars". Newcastle Herald. 24 May 2023. Template:Proquest.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Humour, Hill Billies and Yodellers". The Gramophone. Vol. 15, no. 179. April 1938.

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