Singers by County: Difference between revisions

From Folkopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search
m (→‎[[Oxfordshire]]: added Son Townsend)
 
(25 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
The thrust of this section is to identify what we might call 'traditional' singers. These are distinct from the singers who have learned via the folk revival initiated in the 1950s and continuing today.
Which singers should go in this category? That's open to discussion. The starting point is the era of recording, ie. those singers who sang into the cylinder machines of the early collectors, followed by the early reel-to-reel tape machines and then the newer technologies, probably as far as the turn of the millenium. What we include before and after that is open to discussion and interpretation of what constitutes a 'traditional singer'
They are more likely to have learned their songs within the family or the community rather than off recordings but even this factor is fraught with difficulty. Probably the best approach is to take a stab at it and accept the flaws.
Classifying singers by County is probably as good an approach as any. That's often how the collectors did it.  
Classifying singers by County is probably as good an approach as any. That's often how the collectors did it.  


But some of the Counties have changed! Let's include them anyway, for a while at least!
But some of the Counties have changed! Let's include them anyway, for a while at least!
Which singers should go in this category? That's open to discussion. Hit the discussion tab above, read what others say and express your own opinion.


==North East==
==North East==
Line 61: Line 64:


===[[Lincolnshire]]===
===[[Lincolnshire]]===
[[Joseph Leaning]]


[[Joseph Taylor]]
[[Joseph Taylor]]
[[George Wray]]


==East Anglia==
==East Anglia==
Line 70: Line 77:


[[Harry Cox]]
[[Harry Cox]]
[[Sam Larner]]


[[Walter Pardon]]
[[Walter Pardon]]


[[Sam Larner]]
===[[Suffolk]]===
 
[[Alec Bloomfield]]
 
[[George Bloomfield]]
 
[[Harry Bloomfield]]
 
[[Jumbo Brightwell]]
 
[[Velvet Brightwell]]
 
[[Ted Chaplin]]
 
[[Hubert Freeman]]
 
[[Bob Hart]]
 
[[Tony Harvey]]
 
[[Ben Hurr]]
 
[[Robert Hurr]]
 
[[William Hurr]]
 
[[Roy Last]]
 
[[Fred Ling]]
 
[[Geoff Ling]]
 
[[Percy Ling]]
 
[[Fred List]]
 
[[Harry List]]
 
[[Cyril Poacher]]
 
[[Bob Roberts]]
 
[[Phoebe Smith]]
 
[[Fred Whiting]]


===[[Suffolk]]===
===[[Cambridgeshire]]===


==South Midlands==
==South Midlands==
Line 86: Line 139:


===[[Oxfordshire]]===
===[[Oxfordshire]]===
[[Joseph Alcock]]
[[Bob Arnold]]


[[Shadrack Hayden|Shadrack 'Shepherd' Hayden]]
[[Shadrack Hayden|Shadrack 'Shepherd' Hayden]]
Line 92: Line 149:


[[Freda Palmer]]
[[Freda Palmer]]
[[William Pratley]]
[[George Rimell]]


[[Francis Shergold]]
[[Francis Shergold]]


[[Charles Tanner]]
[[Charlie Tanner]]


[[Son Townsend]]
[[Son Townsend]]


[[William Walton]]
[[William Walton]]
[[Fred Webb]]
[[Henry Webb]]


===[[Berkshire]]===
===[[Berkshire]]===
Line 114: Line 180:


===[[Kent]]===
===[[Kent]]===
[[Ethel Apps]]
[[Frances Baker]]
[[Harry Baker]]
[[Charles Barling]]
[[Charles Barling]]
[[Harry Barling]]
[[Batt Family]]


[[Albert Beale]]
[[Albert Beale]]
Line 121: Line 197:


[[George Benstead]]
[[George Benstead]]
[[Charles Boulding]]


[[Charlie Bridger]]
[[Charlie Bridger]]
[[Ted Briggs]]
[[William Crampton]]
[[Bill Epps]]
[[Tim Fidler]]


[[Jack Goodban]]
[[Jack Goodban]]
[[Henry Greengrass]]


[[Alice Harden]]
[[Alice Harden]]
[[William Harding]]
[[Samuel Holdstock]]
[[John Johnson]]
[[John Lancefield]]
[[Ted Lancefield]]


[[Clarke Lonkhurst]]
[[Clarke Lonkhurst]]


[[Frances Lurcock]]
[[Frances Lurcock]]
[[Fred Mannering]]
[[Jim Mannering]]
[[Millen Family]]
[[William Newport]]
[[Kate Oliver]]
[[Fred Ring]]
[[Bill Rolph]]
[[Will Sawkins]]
[[Charlie Scamp]]
[[Phoebe Smith]]


[[George Spicer]]
[[George Spicer]]


[[Ted Wanstall]]
[[Fred Wanstall]]


[[Chris Willett]]
[[Chris Willett]]
Line 144: Line 262:
===[[Sussex]]===
===[[Sussex]]===


[[Rabbidy Baxter]]
* [[George Attrill]]
 
* [[Rabbidy Baxter]]
 
* [[George Belton]]
 
* [[Bob Blake]]
 
* [[Henry Burstow]]
 
* [[Lily Cook]]
 
* [[The Copper Family]]
 
* [[Johnny Doughty]]
 
* [[Louie Fuller]]
 
* [[Noah Gillette]]


[[Bob Blake]]
* [[Gordon Hall]]


[[Henry Burstow]]
* [[Mabs Hall]]


[[The Copper Family]]
* [[Mary Ann Haynes]]


[[Johnny Doughty]]
* [[John Johnson]]


[[Louie Fuller]]
* [[Bob Lewis]]


[[Mary Ann Haynes]]
* [[Pop Maynard|George 'Pop' Maynard]]


[[Bob Lewis]]
* [[Cyril Phillips]]


[[Pop Maynard|George 'Pop' Maynard]]
* [[George Spicer]]


[[George Spicer]]
* [[Ron Spicer]]


[[Ron Spicer]]
* [[Jim Swain]]


[[Scan Tester]]
* [[Scan Tester]]


[[Harry Upton]]
* [[Harry Upton]]


===[[Hampshire]]===
===[[Hampshire]]===
see list at http://www.forest-tracks.co.uk/hampshirevoices/pages/singers.html


===[[Dorset]]===
===[[Dorset]]===
Line 177: Line 314:


===Gloucestershire===
===Gloucestershire===
* [[Mildred Akers]]
* [[Henry Charles Albino]]
* [[Ann Aston]]
* [[Henry Barrett]]
* [[William Baylis]]
* [[Frederick Bee]]
* [[Danny Brazil]]
* [[Harry Brazil]]
* [[Hyram Brazil]]
* [[Lemmy Brazil]]
* [[Tom Brazil]]
* [[William Hedges]]
* [[George Hill]]
* [[Daniel Morgan]]
* [[C S Neal]]
* [[Thomas Lanchbury]]


===Avon===
===Avon===

Latest revision as of 15:51, 22 September 2021

The thrust of this section is to identify what we might call 'traditional' singers. These are distinct from the singers who have learned via the folk revival initiated in the 1950s and continuing today.

Which singers should go in this category? That's open to discussion. The starting point is the era of recording, ie. those singers who sang into the cylinder machines of the early collectors, followed by the early reel-to-reel tape machines and then the newer technologies, probably as far as the turn of the millenium. What we include before and after that is open to discussion and interpretation of what constitutes a 'traditional singer'

They are more likely to have learned their songs within the family or the community rather than off recordings but even this factor is fraught with difficulty. Probably the best approach is to take a stab at it and accept the flaws.

Classifying singers by County is probably as good an approach as any. That's often how the collectors did it.

But some of the Counties have changed! Let's include them anyway, for a while at least!

North East

Northumberland

County Durham

Jack Elliott

Yorkshire

North West

Cumbria:Cumberland:Westmorland

Lancashire

Greater Manchester

Merseyside

West Midlands

Cheshire

Staffordshire

Shropshire

Fred Jordan

West Midlands County

Cecilia Costello

George Dunn

Herefordshire

Warwickshire

Worcestershire

East Midlands

Derbyshire

Nottinghamshire

Leicestershire

Rutland

Humberside

Lincolnshire

Joseph Leaning

Joseph Taylor

George Wray

East Anglia

Norfolk

Harry Cox

Sam Larner

Walter Pardon

Suffolk

Alec Bloomfield

George Bloomfield

Harry Bloomfield

Jumbo Brightwell

Velvet Brightwell

Ted Chaplin

Hubert Freeman

Bob Hart

Tony Harvey

Ben Hurr

Robert Hurr

William Hurr

Roy Last

Fred Ling

Geoff Ling

Percy Ling

Fred List

Harry List

Cyril Poacher

Bob Roberts

Phoebe Smith

Fred Whiting

Cambridgeshire

South Midlands

Northamptonshire

Bedfordshire

Buckinghamshire

Oxfordshire

Joseph Alcock

Bob Arnold

Shadrack 'Shepherd' Hayden

Tom Newman

Freda Palmer

William Pratley

George Rimell

Francis Shergold

Charlie Tanner

Son Townsend

William Walton

Fred Webb

Henry Webb


Berkshire

London and South East

London

Middlesex

Surrey

Essex

Kent

Ethel Apps

Frances Baker

Harry Baker

Charles Barling

Harry Barling

Batt Family

Albert Beale

James Beale

George Benstead

Charles Boulding

Charlie Bridger

Ted Briggs

William Crampton

Bill Epps

Tim Fidler

Jack Goodban

Henry Greengrass

Alice Harden

William Harding

Samuel Holdstock

John Johnson

John Lancefield

Ted Lancefield

Clarke Lonkhurst

Frances Lurcock

Fred Mannering

Jim Mannering

Millen Family

William Newport

Kate Oliver

Fred Ring

Bill Rolph

Will Sawkins

Charlie Scamp

Phoebe Smith

George Spicer

Fred Wanstall

Chris Willett

Tom Willett

South

Sussex

Hampshire

see list at http://www.forest-tracks.co.uk/hampshirevoices/pages/singers.html

Dorset

South West

Gloucestershire

Avon

Somerset

Devon

Cornwall