Al Bowlly - LOVABLE - THE ROY FOX BAND 1932 (COLORIZED & RELOADED)

"LOVABLE" was recorded by Roy Fox and his Band in 1932 with Al Bowlly on the vocals.

ORIGINAL VIDEO FOOTAGE:

Al Bowlly
   • Al Bowlly Sings 'The Very Thought of ...  

AND

   • Al Bowlly Sings 'Melancholy Baby' (19...  

Roy Fox & His Band (1932)

   • Douglas Byng And Roy Fox & His Band (...  

and here..

   • (1933) Roy Fox and his Band - Hunting...  



Bowlly was born in Lourenço Marques in the Portuguese colony of Mozambique. His parents were Greek and Lebanese. They met en route to Australia and moved to South Africa.

Bowlly was brought up in Johannesburg.After a series of odd jobs across South Africa, including barber and jockey, he sang in a dance band led by Edgar Adeler on a tour of South Africa, Rhodesia, India, and Indonesia during the mid-1920s. He was fired from the band in Surabaya, Indonesia.

Jimmy Liquime hired him to sing with the band in India and Singapore In 1927 Bowlly made his first record, a cover version of "Blue Skies" by Irving Berlin that was recorded with Adeler in Berlin, Germany. During the next year, he worked in London, England, with the orchestra of Fred Elizalde.

The onset of the Great Depression in 1929 resulted in Bowlly