Harry Roy
Harry Roy, born Harry Lipman on January 12, 1900, in Stamford Hill, London, was
a British dance band leader and clarinet player. He started his musical career
at age seven with piano lessons, later studying clarinet and alto saxophone. In
the 1920s, Roy and his brother Sidney formed the Darnswells Dance Band,
performing at notable venues. By the early 1930s, Harry Roy fronted his own
band, the RKOlians, and released "My Girl's Pussy" (1931). During World War II,
Roy toured with the Tiger Ragamuffins and had a hit with "When Can I Have a
Banana Again?" (1943). When the big band er...
