Whit Cunliffe
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Whit Cunliffe was an English
comic singer known for the outfits worn during his stage performances and his World War I
song "Hoch, Hoch Der Kaiser" and other songs including "What Does it Matter to Me?" (1906) and "A Different Girl Again". Cunliffe was described as being a bit of a dandy.
Like a number of other Music Hall stars, he chose to sing slightly risqué songs (like "Tight skirts have got to go" or "Let's have free trade amongst the girls"). His songs often also referred to political questions of the day and have a generally conservative tone ("Do you believe in women's rights?" "Blame it on poor old lloyd George." "You'll get on in England if you're not an Englishman".) Generally, his political songs were conservative in outlook. His 1914 song "Tow the row row" for example both laughs at the forced feeding in prison of suffragettes a couple of years earlier, and denounces the Social Insurance laws put in place by Lloyd George's government in 1911.
Cunliffe was an enthusiastic supporter of the First World War and was involved in a great many concerts raising money to help the war drive.
Cunliffe was referred to as the last surviving member of the Lions Comiques, the first great music hall singers,. "Whit Cunliffe and Charles Whittle were indeed great singers of great songs and the epitome of what made Music Hall
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England
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comic singer known for the outfits worn during his stage performances and his World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
song "Hoch, Hoch Der Kaiser" and other songs including "What Does it Matter to Me?" (1906) and "A Different Girl Again". Cunliffe was described as being a bit of a dandy.
Like a number of other Music Hall stars, he chose to sing slightly risqué songs (like "Tight skirts have got to go" or "Let's have free trade amongst the girls"). His songs often also referred to political questions of the day and have a generally conservative tone ("Do you believe in women's rights?" "Blame it on poor old lloyd George." "You'll get on in England if you're not an Englishman".) Generally, his political songs were conservative in outlook. His 1914 song "Tow the row row" for example both laughs at the forced feeding in prison of suffragettes a couple of years earlier, and denounces the Social Insurance laws put in place by Lloyd George's government in 1911.
Cunliffe was an enthusiastic supporter of the First World War and was involved in a great many concerts raising money to help the war drive.
Cunliffe was referred to as the last surviving member of the Lions Comiques, the first great music hall singers,. "Whit Cunliffe and Charles Whittle were indeed great singers of great songs and the epitome of what made Music Hall
Music hall
Music Hall is a type of British theatrical entertainment which was popular between 1850 and 1960. The term can refer to:# A particular form of variety entertainment involving a mixture of popular song, comedy and speciality acts...
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Other songs
- "I will! I won't! As Soon as the Girl Gets you Home" (wrote)
- "Women get the Best of it; Poor Old Father" (composer)
- "Hallo Hallo Hallo, It's a Different Girl Again!"