Description: All recordings are from the original source material and digitally re-mastered to reduce surface noise. Billy Jones was born 3-15-1889 and died 11-23-1940. Ernest Hare was born 3-16-1883 and died 3-9-1939. They met in 1919 and formed a team at the suggestion of Brunswick recording executive, Gus Haenschen. Jones is the tenor; Hare, the bass/baritone. Jones and Hare were already established as soloists on phonograph records. They went on to do numerous recordings for Brunswick, Victor, Columbia, Edison and other companies. They began on radio October 18, 1921 on WJZ (Newark, New Jersey) , where they were sponsored by the chain of Happiness Candy stores. Listeners mailed in their comments about the singers on cards supplied to retailers by Happiness Candy. Beginning August 22, 1923, the Happiness Boys broadcast on New York's WEAF, moving to NBC from a run from 1926 to 1929. The duo sang popular tunes, mostly light fare and comic songs, and they engaged in humorous repartee between numbers. Dave Kaplan was usually the team's pianist on records. By 1928, Jones and Hare were the highest paid singers in radio, earning $1,250 a week. They also made highly successful personal appearances in the United States and Europe. Radio's "Happiness Boys" changed their identities and allegiance whenever they changed sponsors. For Taystee Bread, for example, Jones and Hare became "The Taystee Loafers," and for Interwoven Socks they became "The Interwoven Pair." Regardless of their affiliation, they continued with their songs and jokes through the 1930s. The partnership ended with Ernie Hare's death on March 9, 1939. This CD includes popular comic duets from their 1st group of Victor and Columbia recordings made at the peak of his recording career. Recorded between 1925 to 1926, these recordings feature much of their comic banter between verses. This format became their trademark and entertained their phonograph and radio audiences in the 1920's and 1930's. Billy Jones & Ernest Hare - The Happiness Boys Vol.1 Comic Jazz Duets (Recorded 1925-1926) 1-How’s Your Folks And My Folks? [Recorded July 1925] 2-Collegiate [Recorded June 1925] 3-I Miss My Swiss, My Swiss Miss Misses Me [Recorded June 1925] 4-As A Porcupine Pines For It Pork [Recorded July 1925] Your browser does not support the audio element. 5-I Miss My Swiss, My Swiss Mises Me - Alternate Version [Recorded July 1925] 6-There Ain’t No Flies On Auntie [Recorded September 1925] 7-Why Aren’t Yez Eating More Oranges? [Recorded November 1925] 8-That Certain Party [Recorded November 1925] 9-What! No Women? [Recorded January 1926] 10-The Village Blacksmith Owns The Village Now [Recorded January 1926] 11-Wimmin’ Aaah! [Recorded March 1926] 12-Poor Papa [Recorded March 1926] Your browser does not support the audio element. 13-My Cutey’s Due At Two To Two Today [Recorded July 1926] 14-How Many Times? [Recorded July 1926] 15-She Knows Her Onions [Recorded August 1926] 16-It Won’t Be Long Now [Recorded August 1926]
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Artist: Billy Jones & Ernest Hare, Billy Jones, Ernest Hare, The Happiness Boys
Format: CD
Release Title: Billy Jones & Ernest Hare - The Happiness Boys
Genre: Jazz
Sub-Genre: Vocal Jazz
