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. Born in Newcastle, New South Wales in 1887.[2] He was prominent in the early twentieth century.[3] [4] He was born in Newcastle, New South Wales.[5] Although it is unusual for an Australian artist, Courtney was regarded as universally published and a household word from his gramophone recordings and radio broadcasts [6]
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 The Bunyip (1916). Many of his songs were written for other leading variety performers.[7]
On 17 August 1951 he collapsed in a Dubbo hotel lobby and died suddenly. He is buried in Randwick, New South Wales.
Works
[edit]- The Silver in My Mother's Hair [8]
- 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 [9]
- She was like the blue in heaven
- Our flag never shall come down
- Boggabri
- Mexico
- Corroboree Rag (1916) in The Bunyip Pantomime
Recordings
[edit]- Isobel (1927) [10][11]
- That little home among the hills (1920) [12]
- My Home (1925) [13]
- Jane O'Hara (1925) [14]
- 1962 The Silver in My Mother's Hair [15] with Slim Dusty
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ Father: William P Courtney Mother: Annie J Courtney Birth Registration Number: 30188
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Mr. Vince Courtney". Goulburn Evening Penny Post. 14 January 1935.
- ^ "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
- ^ "Slim Dusty and His Bushlanders – Aussie Sing Song (1962, Vinyl)". Discogs.
- 1887 births
- 1951 deaths
- Australian male composers
- Australian composers
- Composers for piano
- Australian musical theatre composers
- Australian jazz musicians
- Australian male jazz musicians
- Australian male singer-songwriters
- Australian singer-songwriters
- Musicians from Sydney
- 20th-century Australian singer-songwriters