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Huntley Trevor

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Percy Huntley Trevor (born Percy William Favatt; 8 April 1881 – 17 April 1943) was an English songwriter. Generally known as Huntley Trevor, he sometimes published music under the pseudonyms Raymond Wallace, Chester Wallace, and Slade Williams.[https://harant.co.uk/composers/display.php?letter=T 30501 Trevor (orig. Favatt), World Composers]. Retrieved 4 January 2021

Career

Born in Bethnal Green, London, he began writing lyrics, especially for comic and novelty songs, before the First World War, and continued with some success until the 1930s. His most successful songs included "When It’s Apple Blossom Time In Normandy" (written with Harry Gifford and Tom Mellor, 1913); "Your King and Country Need You" (1914, written with Henry E. Pether); "Give Yourself a Pat on the Back" (1929, written with Ralph Butler); "Jolly Good Company" (1931), for which he wrote both words and music; "Old Father Thames" (1933, written with Lawrence Wright, who used the pseudonym "Betsy O'Hogan"); "You Can't Do That There 'Ere" (1935, written with Jack Rolls); and "With My Shillelagh Under My Arm" (1936, written with Billy O'Brien).[http://www.dbopm.com/link/index/4401/1189 Songs written or co-written by Huntley Trevor, The Database of Popular Music]. Retrieved 4 January 2021[http://folksongandmusichall.com/index.php/im-a-lady-policeman/ "I'm a Lady Policeman", Folk Song and Music Hall]. Retrieved 4 January 2021

Trevor died in London in 1943, aged 62.

References

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{{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Copyright,|1949|p=204}} |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries |series="Musical Compositions." – Third Series |volume=Part 5 A, No. 1 (1949) |publisher=Library of Congress, Copyright Office |via=Google Books {{free access}} }}

  1. {{hanging indent |text={{cite book |title="Wallace, Chester" → "pseud. see Trevor, Huntley" |url={{GBurl |tlEhAQAAIAAJ |p=204 |dq="wallace, chester"+"trevor"+"huntley"}} |page=204 }} }}

{{cite book |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries |series="New Series." "Part 3 – Musical Compositions." Vol. 19. Nos. 11–12. November–December 1924}}

  1. {{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Copyright, December 23,|1924|p=1213}} |title="I've Married Sunnyside Sal." Slade Williams, Al Edwards (word & music); © 23 December 1924; Class E (musical composition) 599457|url={{GBurl |AE4cAQAAIAAJ |p=1213 |dq="slade williams"}} |page=1213 |via=Google Books (University of California Libraries) {{free access}} }}

{{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Copyright Renewal, December 28,|1951|p=38}} |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries |series="Third Series." "Renewal Registrations – Music." Vol. 6. Part 5C. No. 1. January–June 1952}}

  1. {{cite book |title="I've Married Sunnyside Sal." Slade Williams (pseudonym of Huntley Trevor), Al Edwards (pseudonym of Arthur Stroud) (word & music); © 23 December 1924; Class E (musical composition) 599457; renewed 28 December 1951 by Kathleen Trevor (widow of Trevor) and Arthur Stroud|url={{GBurl |7iwhAQAAIAAJ |pg=RA1-PA38 |dq="slade"}} |page=38 |via=Google Books (Stanford University Libraries) {{free access}} }}

  2. Library of Congress, Copyright Cards, 1946–1954 → {{cite book |title="I've Married Sunnyside Sal" (1924), Slade Williams (pseudonym of Huntley Trevor), Al Edwards (pseudonym of Arthur Stroud) (word & music); © 23 December 1924; Class E (musical composition) 599457; renewed 28 December 1951 by Kathleen Trevor (widow of Trevor) and Arthur Stroud |url=https://archive.org/details/CopyrightCards1946-1954_Part2/19461954TRES-TRIBZ/page/n475/mode/2up |via=Internet Archive {{free access}} }}

{{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Drone,|2007|p=378}} |last1=Drone |first1=Jeanette Marie (born 1940– ) |date=2007 |title=Musical akas: Assumed Names and Sobriquets of Composers, Songwriters, Librettists, Lyricists, Hymnists, and Writers on Music |url=https://archive.org/details/musicalakasassum0000dron/page/n3/mode/2up |url-access=registration |publisher= Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810857391 |via=Internet Archive Kahle/Austin Foundation}} {{LCCN|2006000542}}; {{ISBN|0810857391|9780810857391}}; {{OCLC|62858081|show=all}}.

  1. {{cite book |title="Huntley Trevor" | date=26 October 2023 |url=https://archive.org/details/musicalakasassum0000dron/page/168/mode/2up?q=%22huntley+trevor%22 |page=168| isbn=9780810857391 | last1=Drone | first1=Jeanette Marie | publisher=Scarecrow Press }}

  2. {{cite book |title="Huntley Trevor" | date=26 October 2023 |url=https://archive.org/details/musicalakasassum0000dron/page/120/mode/2up?q=%22ewing%2C+montague%22 |page=311| isbn=9780810857391 | last1=Drone | first1=Jeanette Marie | publisher=Scarecrow Press }}

  3. {{cite book |title="Trevor, Huntley" | date=26 October 2023 |url=https://archive.org/details/musicalakasassum0000dron/page/378/mode/2up?q=%22huntley+trevor%22 |page=378| isbn=9780810857391 | last1=Drone | first1=Jeanette Marie | publisher=Scarecrow Press }}

{{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Probate, "Trevor,"|1943}} |date=1943 |title=Probate: "Trevor, Percy Huntley (formerly Favatt, Percy William)" |publisher=Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England }}

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External links

  • [https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/154751 Huntley Trevor] at SecondHandSongs
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Category:1881 births

Category:1943 deaths

Category:English male songwriters

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