Harry Fryer BBC Radio WW2 Big Band Leader Old Hand Signed Photo

PFAS195  A rare 5.5" x 3.5" antique hand signed photo for Harry Fryer whose career is detailed below.  It is personally autographed and bar very small places is outstanding condition.

Harry Fryer and his Orchestra is a combination whose broadcasts are probably only remembered by a few, although their records, many of which have been re-released on CD in recent years, are a testimony to their excellence

Harry Fryer was born in 1896 and started his musical career by playing the piano in a cinema in Sunderland. In 1923, he joined the Gaumont British Picture Corporation, for which he worked for over 12 years, ending up as Musical Director for the Tivoli Music Hall in Londons Strand. Here he adopted the signature tune 'I'll See You Again' from Noel Cowards 'Bitter Sweet', for which he was the conductor during its London run.Harry Fryer later succeeded Louis Levy at the Shepherds Bush Pavilion, from where he gave over 200 broadcasts. After touring various Paramount theatres for three years, he took his orchestra to the Chiswick Empire in the late thirties. He later broadcast frequently from the Tudor Restaurant, Kingston-on-Thames.Harry Fryer and his Orchestra made a number of records on the Decca Music While You Work label, and these complement Harry's 142 appearances on the series. It is probably true to say that the Harry Fryer Orchestra was on the air more than most during the war.