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'''The Bill Hall Trio''' was a [[ | '''The Bill Hall Trio''' was a [[musical comedy|musical comedy]] act originally consisting of Bill Hall (violin), Johnny Mulgrew (double bass) and [[Spike Milligan]] (guitar). They met through the Combined Services Entertainment programme during World War II and the trio continued in its original form until 1947/8. They were featured on a Pathé newsreel of 1947.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIh05iNBHXM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/pIh05iNBHXM |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=Bill Hall Trio (1947)|publisher=[[YouTube|YouTube]]|accessdate=2020-07-01}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In the same year they appeared on television on the [[BBC|BBC]]'s Variety programme.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/499582/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Milligan, Spike (1918-2002) Biography|website=Screenonline.org.uk|accessdate=2020-07-01}}</ref> After Milligan left, the Bill Hall Trio obtained a new guitarist (who according to Mulgrew was like [[George Formby]]) and other new members whenever old members left or died. The group went on until the death (from throat cancer) of Johnny Mulgrew.<ref>Spike Milligan, ''Peace Work'', {{ISBN|9780718135331}}, 1992</ref> Johnny Mulgrew died on 1 August 1985. ''Peace Work'' was published in 1992, and in it Milligan stated that when Johnny Mulgrew died six years ago, the trio came to an end. | ||
In an interview with Tony Brown in 1970, Milligan mentioned that Bill Hall and Johnny Mulgrew were already dead then. "The trio I worked with was the Bill Hall Trio — which became Hall, Norman and Ladd eventually. Bill Hall died from consumption; Johnny Mulgrew who used to play bass with the Ambrose Octet before the war, he died — also from consumption. I think the act is still going."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nationaljazzarchive.org.uk/explore/interviews/1277285-spike-milligan |title=Archived copy |website=www.nationaljazzarchive.org.uk |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609145526/https://www.nationaljazzarchive.org.uk/explore/interviews/1277285-spike-milligan |archive-date=9 June 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | In an interview with Tony Brown in 1970, Milligan mentioned that Bill Hall and Johnny Mulgrew were already dead then. "The trio I worked with was the Bill Hall Trio — which became Hall, Norman and Ladd eventually. Bill Hall died from consumption; Johnny Mulgrew who used to play bass with the Ambrose Octet before the war, he died — also from consumption. I think the act is still going."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nationaljazzarchive.org.uk/explore/interviews/1277285-spike-milligan |title=Archived copy |website=www.nationaljazzarchive.org.uk |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609145526/https://www.nationaljazzarchive.org.uk/explore/interviews/1277285-spike-milligan |archive-date=9 June 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 11:46, 11 March 2023
The Bill Hall Trio was a musical comedy act originally consisting of Bill Hall (violin), Johnny Mulgrew (double bass) and Spike Milligan (guitar). They met through the Combined Services Entertainment programme during World War II and the trio continued in its original form until 1947/8. They were featured on a Pathé newsreel of 1947.[1] In the same year they appeared on television on the BBC's Variety programme.[2] After Milligan left, the Bill Hall Trio obtained a new guitarist (who according to Mulgrew was like George Formby) and other new members whenever old members left or died. The group went on until the death (from throat cancer) of Johnny Mulgrew.[3] Johnny Mulgrew died on 1 August 1985. Peace Work was published in 1992, and in it Milligan stated that when Johnny Mulgrew died six years ago, the trio came to an end.
In an interview with Tony Brown in 1970, Milligan mentioned that Bill Hall and Johnny Mulgrew were already dead then. "The trio I worked with was the Bill Hall Trio — which became Hall, Norman and Ladd eventually. Bill Hall died from consumption; Johnny Mulgrew who used to play bass with the Ambrose Octet before the war, he died — also from consumption. I think the act is still going."[4]
References
- ^ "Bill Hall Trio (1947)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Milligan, Spike (1918-2002) Biography". Screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
- ^ Spike Milligan, Peace Work, ISBN 9780718135331, 1992
- ^ "Archived copy". www.nationaljazzarchive.org.uk. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
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