Guest bloodknock Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Hello, my old dad was telling me many years ago about his favourite regular act at the Empire Theatre. I remember part of the name but unfortunately he is now of a certain age where he can neither remember. Felix Mendelson and the Hawian Serenaders is, I think, what he said. His five minutes of fame came at the Empire, in the late '40's when he was asked to dance on stage with the Serenaders. Does anyone know anything of this act? It would make his day if I could find something about them for him? Thank you for reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Hello Bloodknock and Welcome to Sheffield History. Felix Mendelssohn & His Hawaiian Serenaders http://www.last.fm/music/Felix%2BMendelssohn%2B%2526%2BHis%2BHawaiian%2BSerenaders for starters ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 http://reverendfrost.blogspot.com/2007/06/felix-mendelssohn-his-hawaiian.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 …well, we like to call him a famous musician in that he was in Felix Mendelson and his Hawaiian Serenaders. He played Hawaiian guitar, piano before that, but eventually Hawaiian guitar. And they were very popular and I used to sit on the side of the stage and watch them and got to play when he had his own band going some evenings. We did a duet or two on the piano. http://www.procolharum.com/gb_barb-trans_2&99.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 1946 footage : http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=48425 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 No longer available, but, some song titles ... http://www.mele.com/music/artist/felix+mendelssohn/and+his+hawaiian+serenaders/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Part of V for Victory, 1941 ... http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=37751 That's more like it ! Bring on more dancing girls ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 String harmony 1940's ... http://www.youtube.c...feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 I got rhythm ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLMuMh23QoA&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Felix Mendelssohn and his Hawaiian Serenaders b. 1911 d. 1952 Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn, a direct decendant of the great composer, was born at Brondesbury Park, London. More : http://www.raretunes.org/performers/felix-mendelssohn-and-his-hawaiian-serenaders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bloodknock Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Part of V for Victory, 1941 ... http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=37751 That's more like it ! Bring on more dancing girls ... My word Richard, many many sincere thanks for all of this.My dad will be truly amazed will all of this, you will have made all of his Christmases come at once, really, he will be so thrilled. He has never seen a computer and has no concept of the internet as such. If I tell him 'I found it on the net' he cannot get his head around it one bit. Many thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 Note to self ... 27 minutes from question to first answer; not a bad effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted September 13, 2010 Share Posted September 13, 2010 I got rhythm ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLMuMh23QoA&feature=related A Gershwin tune, - brilliant!!! To quote a line from it "WHO COULD ASK FOR ANYTHING MORE" Or, to quote from another song, not by but about Gershwin, "I LIKE A GERSHWIN TUNE, HOW ABOUT YOU?" A sad loss to music that he died so young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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