Henry Robert Hall Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Henry Hall was born on May 2, 1898 in Peckham, London, England as Henry Robert Hall. He is known for his work on Jeepers Creepers (2001), Music Hath Charms (1935) and Face the Music (1953). He died on October 28, 1989 in Eastbourne, England.
He was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1970 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to music.
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Replaced Jack Payne as leader of the BBC Dance Orchestra, making daily broadcasts for the BBC between 1932 and 1937. Hall consequently became Britain's number one radio star. Recording for Columbia, his band had their first million-selling hit with "Teddy Bear's Picnic".
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By March 1936, Hall's orchestra amounted to 27 musicians and vocalists. The American Benny Carter at one time contributed arrangements to the band.
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Started as a pianist in silent picture theatres. From 1922, worked as a pianist for the LMS Railway Hotel Chain, eventually becoming musical director for the hotels, with 32 bands under his control.
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Trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Trinity College.
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Dance band impresario who controlled 32 dance bands at a time, and also worked as Director of the B.B.C. Dance Orchestra
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Face the Music
1953-1955
TV Series orchestra director - 17 episodes
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Neighbors
2013
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Chemical Wedding
2008
performer: "Hush Hush Here Comes the Bogie Man"
Being Julia
2004
performer: "I Get a Kick out of You"
Jeepers Creepers
2001
performer: "Hush Hush Here Comes the Bogey Man"
Cold Lazarus
1996
TV Mini-Series performer: "HERE COMES THE BOOGEYMAN"
The Singing Detective
1986
TV Mini-Series performer - 2 episodes
A Zed & Two Noughts
1985
"The Teddy Bear's Picnic", "An Elephant Never Forgets"
writer: "Music Hath Charms", "Many Happy Returns of the Day", "I'm Feeling Happy", "There's No Time Like the Present", "Ju-Ju", "Here's to the Next Time", "East Wind", "Just Little Bits and Pieces"