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Webster Booth
Webster Booth (21 January 1902 – 21 June 1984) was an English tenor, best remembered as the duettist partner of Anne Ziegler. He was also one of the finest tenors of his generation and was a distinguished oratorio soloist. He was a chorister at Lincoln Cathedral (1911–1915) and made his professional stage debut with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, where he performed from 1923 to 1927. He made his West End Debut in The Three Musketeers in 1930. He began recording for HMV in 1929 and made over 500 solo recordings and many duet recordings with Anne Ziegler. He and Ziegler embarked on their famous duettist variety act in 1940. They starred in three musical plays, "The Vagabond King" (1943), "Sweet Yesterday" (1945) and toured in "And so to Bed" (1953–1954) and appeared in several musical films in the 1940s. They made frequent broadcasts together. In 1948 they went on a successful concert tour of New Zealand and Australia. When musical tastes changed in the 1950s they decided to emigrate to South Africa in 1956 where they continued their stage work as well as teaching singing in their Johannesburg studio. They returned to the United Kingdom in 1978 where they broadcast on BBC radio, appeared on television in the Russell Harty Show and made personal appearances throughout the United Kingdom in "An Evening with Anne Ziegler and Webster Booth". Booth died on 21 June 1984 at the age of 82. |
Birth and Death Data: Born January 21, 1902 (Handsworth), Died June 21, 1984 (Penrhyn Bay)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1930 - 1940
Roles Represented in DAHR: tenor vocal
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 26 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Gramophone | 0EA1174 | 10-in. | 9/12/1938 | When the stars were brightly shining | Webster Booth ; Warwick Braithwaite ; London Philharmonic Orchestra | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Gramophone | 0EA1175 | 10-in. | 9/12/1938 | Strange harmony of contrasts | Webster Booth ; Warwick Braithwaite ; London Philharmonic Orchestra | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Gramophone | 2B591 | 12-in. | 6/19/1931 | Chu Chin Chow : Vocal gems, part 2 | Light Opera Company [Gramophone Company] ; Ray Noble | Orchestra and vocalists | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Gramophone | 2B657 | 12-in. | 3/17/1931 | Chu Chin Chow : Vocal gems, part 1 | Light Opera Company [Gramophone Company] ; Ray Noble | Orchestra and vocalists | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Gramophone | 2B811 | 12-in. | 5/1/1931 | From Erik Charell's White Horse Inn : Vocal gems | Light Opera Company ; Ray Noble | Vocal soloists and vocal chorus, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Gramophone | 2B812 | 12-in. | 5/1/1931 | From Erik Charell's White Horse Inn : Vocal gems | Light Opera Company ; Ray Noble | Vocal soloists and vocal chorus, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Gramophone | 0EA6921 | 10-in. | 11/4/1938 | Woman is fickle | Webster Booth | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Gramophone | 0EA6980 | 10-in. | 12/9/1938 | This one or that one | Webster Booth ; Warwick Braithwaite | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Gramophone | 0EA7642 | 10-in. | 5/2/1939 | One day when we were young | Webster Booth | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Gramophone | 0EA7643 | 10-in. | 5/2/1939 | Sweethearts | Webster Booth | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Gramophone | 0EA7644 | 10-in. | 5/2/1939 | Because | Webster Booth ; Clifford Greenwood | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Gramophone | 0EA7645 | 10-in. | 5/2/1939 | For you alone | Webster Booth ; Clifford Greenwood | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Gramophone | 0EA8029 | 10-in. | 7/18/1939 | Macushla | Webster Booth ; Clifford Greenwood | Male vocal solo and harp, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Gramophone | 0EA8121 | 10-in. | 10/19/1939 | I'll see you again | Webster Booth ; Clifford Greenwood ; Anne Ziegler | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Gramophone | 0EA8122 | 10-in. | 10/19/1939 | Wanting you | Webster Booth ; Clifford Greenwood ; Anne Ziegler | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Gramophone | 0EA8397 | 10-in. | 3/28/1940 | I hear you calling me | Webster Booth | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Gramophone | 0EA8484 | 10-in. | 2/28/1940 | A kiss in the dark | Webster Booth | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Gramophone | 0EA8485 | 10-in. | 2/28/1940 | Indian summer | Webster Booth | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Gramophone | Cc19222 | 12-in. | 4/7/1930 | The three musketeers : Vocal gems | Light Opera Company ; Ray Noble | Vocal soloists and orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Gramophone | Cc19223 | 12-in. | 4/7/1930 | The three musketeers : Vocal gems | Artists vary | Vocal soloists and orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Gramophone | 2B3025 | 12-in. | 3/8/1932 | The cat and the fiddle : Selection | New Mayfair Orchestra ; Ray Noble | Jazz/dance band | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Gramophone | 2B3026 | 12-in. | 3/8/1932 | The cat and the fiddle : Selection | New Mayfair Orchestra ; Ray Noble | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Gramophone | 2EA7540 | 12-in. | 3/3/1939 | Quartet from Rigoletto : Fairest daughter of the graces | Webster Booth ; Edith Coates ; Noel Eadie ; Norman Walker | Vocal quartet (2 sopranos, tenor, and bass), with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Gramophone | 2EA7540 | 12-in. | 3/3/1939 | Trio from Faust : Then leave her! | Webster Booth ; Joan Cross ; Norman Walker | Vocal trio (soprano, tenor, and bass, and vocal chorus of 12, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Gramophone | 2EA8166 | 12-in. | 10/27/1939 | The Mikado: Vocal gems | Light Opera Company [Gramophone Company] | Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Booth, Webster," accessed September 3, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105962.
Booth, Webster. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 3, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105962.
"Booth, Webster." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 3 September 2024.
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LCNAR: Booth, Webster - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88603691
Wikidata: Webster Booth - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7978898
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/50798324
MusicBrainz: Webster Booth - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/17563e4a-6f8c-4109-b17e-01cce16d7fa0
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