Vince Courtney
Vince Courtney | |
|---|---|
 Vince Courtney 1914 | |
| Background information | |
| Born | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | January 1, 1951 |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, Singer, Ragtime Pianist |
| Years active | 1900-1951 |
Vince Courtney was an Australian songwriter,[1] entertainer, singer and radio personality during the vaudeville era. He was prominent in the early twentieth century.[2] [3] He was born in Newcastle, New South Wales.[4]
He often performed with his wife, Eva. For several years he was a key member of impersonator revue Stiffy and Mo, with fellow vaudeville personality Roy Rene. He contributed songs to pantomime Bunyip (1916). Many of his songs were written for other leading variety performers.[5]
Works
- The Silver in My Mother's Hair [6]
- Back to Virginia
- Dear Old Mother Machree
- The Cold North Sea
- There never was love like mother's love
- That little home among the hills – Orchestrated for sextet [7]
- She was like the blue in heaven
- Our flag never shall come down
- Boggabri
- Mexico
- Corroboree Rag (1916) in The Bunyip Pantomime
Recordings
- Isobel (1927) [8][9]
- That little home among the hills (1920) [10]
- My Home (1925) [11]
- Jane O'Hara (1925) [12]
References
- ^ "AT THE EMPIRE". Goulburn Evening Penny Post. New South Wales, Australia. 7 January 1935. p. 5 (DAILY and EVENING). Retrieved 18 January 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "TOPICAL THEATRICAL TALK". Truth. No. 1793. Sydney. 18 May 1924. p. 5. Retrieved 1 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "FINE RECEPTION". Goulburn Evening Penny Post. New South Wales, Australia. 11 January 1935. p. 3 (DAILY and EVENING). Retrieved 9 December 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "PLAYS AND PLAYERS". The Newcastle Sun. No. 471. New South Wales. 27 September 1919. p. 6. Retrieved 2 March 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Practitioners [C]". 20 February 2011.
- ^ Courtney, Vince (1922), The silver in my mother's hair, Nash's Limited, retrieved 1 March 2018
- ^ Courtney, Vince, That little home among the hills [music] / words and music by Vince Courtney, Nash's
- ^ Isobel mp3
- ^ Austlit. "Isobel : A Novelty Foxtrot Song - AustLit: Discover Australian Stories". www.austlit.edu.au.
- ^ That little home among the hills mp3
- ^ My Home mp3
- ^ Jane O'Hara mp3