Stanley Holloway - Old Sam & Young Albert

Two tracks from Classic Monologues, Old Sam and The Lion and Albert. East London-born Stanley Holloway (1890-1982) was a popular member of any entertainment for more than 50 years, as early as 1907, he could be found as a member of a pier-end concert-party troupe in one of England's east coast resorts. He remained with them for several years until snapped up by fellow-comedian Leslie Henson to feature in his rather more prestigious concert-party. During the war he enlisted in the Connaught Rangers. Immediately after World War One, he made his debut in West End musical comedy. Today most memories of him will be as Alfred P Doolittle in My Fair Lady singing Wiv a Little Bit Of Luck.