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  23rd May 2024, 2:36 PM#1  REPORT  
Mike Wilson1

Musicologist
Member since Dec 2019
26 Points
In the Cavendish Three hit song "Eadie Was A Lady" who is the voice of the character Lola Tickle, I think it is definitely a woman but it has been suggested it is Maurice Denham.....Anybody now ?


  23rd May 2024, 4:21 PM#2  REPORT  
danceband91

Member since Nov 2020
119 Points
Yes, it is Maurice Denham. Lola Tickle was the name of a character he played in the radio series ITMA. The Cavendish Three also appeared regularly on the show. From the review in The Gramophone May 1940:
"The Cavendish Three are joined by Maurice Denham (Funf of "Itma") as "Lola Tickle" in Eadie was a lady, which is good fun, backed by the second Memory Corner (My heart stood still, I'm forever blowing bubbles and The man I love) on Col. FB.2400."

The Cavendish Three comprised Kay Cavendish, Pat Rignold and Joy Worth (replaced by Dorothy Carless in 1939), and released five records in total (all in 1940):

Col. FB-2379 - released March 1940
Daisy Bell (In Swing)
Memory Corner [Say It With Music; Blue Skies; Whispering]

Col. FB-2400 - released April 1940
Eadie Was A Lady [w/ Maurice Denham]
Memory Corner No. 2 [My Heart Stood Still; I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles; The Man I Love]

Col. FB-2416 - released May 1940
I Gotta Robe
Southern Songs Medley [Carry Me Back To Old Virginny; When It's Sleepy Time Down South; Swanee River]

Col. FB-2456 - released July 1940
Paris To Piccadilly (A Medley of British and French tunes)
Memory Corner No. 3 [Blue Moon; Darktown Strutters Ball; Can't Help Lovin' That Man] [w/ Bruce Campbell]

Col. FB-2472 - released September 1940
The Last Rose Of Summer
Shakespeare In Rhythm

The group also provided a few vocal refrains on dance band records by Jay Wilbur and Scott Wood's Six Swingers. Kay Cavendish herself released a number of solo piano records and also one solo vocal record in 1949:

HMV B-9810 - released September 1949
0EA-14102-1 How It Lies, How It Lies, How It Lies
0EA-14103-1 Psychology
(recorded 15 July 1949)


  23rd May 2024, 4:49 PM#3  REPORT  
mister_tmg

Also on 78rpm
Member since Apr 2012
1118 Points
Thanks for the record listing! Not an act I’m familiar with, just know the name.


  23rd May 2024, 6:04 PM#4  REPORT  
Mike Wilson1

Musicologist
Member since Dec 2019
26 Points
Do you not think he 100% sounds female !!!!!
danceband91 wrote:
Yes, it is Maurice Denham. Lola Tickle was the name of a character he played in the radio series ITMA. The Cavendish Three also appeared regularly on the show. From the review in The Gramophone May 1940:
"The Cavendish Three are joined by Maurice Denham (Funf of "Itma") as "Lola Tickle" in Eadie was a lady, which is good fun, backed by the second Memory Corner (My heart stood still, I'm forever blowing bubbles and The man I love) on Col. FB.2400."

The Cavendish Three comprised Kay Cavendish, Pat Rignold and Joy Worth (replaced by Dorothy Carless in 1939), and released five records in total (all in 1940):

Col. FB-2379 - released March 1940
Daisy Bell (In Swing)
Memory Corner [Say It With Music; Blue Skies; Whispering]

Col. FB-2400 - released April 1940
Eadie Was A Lady [w/ Maurice Denham]
Memory Corner No. 2 [My Heart Stood Still; I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles; The Man I Love]

Col. FB-2416 - released May 1940
I Gotta Robe
Southern Songs Medley [Carry Me Back To Old Virginny; When It's Sleepy Time Down South; Swanee River]

Col. FB-2456 - released July 1940
Paris To Piccadilly (A Medley of British and French tunes)
Memory Corner No. 3 [Blue Moon; Darktown Strutters Ball; Can't Help Lovin' That Man] [w/ Bruce Campbell]

Col. FB-2472 - released September 1940
The Last Rose Of Summer
Shakespeare In Rhythm

The group also provided a few vocal refrains on dance band records by Jay Wilbur and Scott Wood's Six Swingers. Kay Cavendish herself released a number of solo piano records and also one solo vocal record in 1949:

HMV B-9810 - released September 1949
0EA-14102-1 How It Lies, How It Lies, How It Lies
0EA-14103-1 Psychology
(recorded 15 July 1949)



  24th May 2024, 1:23 PM#5  REPORT  
danceband91

Member since Nov 2020
119 Points
Mike Wilson1 wrote:
Do you not think he 100% sounds female !!!!!
Not really, but I'm used to hearing that type of female impersonation on old radio shows such as ITMA and Ray's A Laugh. It was a fairly easy way to get a laugh I suppose!


  24th May 2024, 5:53 PM#6  REPORT  
mister_tmg

Also on 78rpm
Member since Apr 2012
1118 Points
Peter Sellers played Crystal Jollibottom on RAL. Mind you, it’s done in such a camp way.


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