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Happy Birthday, Harry!

Jamie MacDougall discovers the real Harry Lauder and how he become Scotland's first international superstar, in this 150th anniversary feature.

Who was Harry Lauder? How did he become a global success and what鈥檚 his legacy 150 years later? These are the questions Jamie MacDougall attempts to answer in this 150th anniversary celebration of Lauder's life and music.

Nowadays younger generations might be more familiar with Lauder's name due to the A199 Portobello bypass, named Sir Harry Lauder road in his honour. Yet in the early Twentieth Century, Harry Lauder was Scotland鈥檚 first international superstar and the highest paid entertainer in the world. He was also the first British artist to sell over a million records. He was friends with Charlie Chaplin and Churchill was a fan, along with several American presidents. He even had his own luxury train during tours to America. During the war, Lauder also made history, raising 拢1 Million for veterans of the first world war and became the first Knight of the Music Hall in the process.

In this 150th anniversary year of Lauder鈥檚 birth, we might think of Lauder as a Scottish icon, but perhaps it鈥檚 time to discover what lay beneath Lauder鈥檚 carefully crafted tartan persona, Jamie is on a mission to find out.

With contributions from Dr Paul Maloney, Research Fellow at Queen鈥檚 Uni Belfast and author of 'Scotland and the Music Hall, 1850-1914' and Mairi Buchananan from Forestry and Land Scotland.

Image courtesy of University of Glasgow Library, Scottish Theatre Archive.

28 minutes

Last on

Mon 28 Dec 2020 07:30
大象传媒 Radio Scotland

Music Played

  • Harry Lauder

    Portobello Lass

    • I Love A Lassie.
    • Platinum Music.
    • 19.

  • Harry Lauder

    I Love A Lassie

    • I Love A Lassie.
    • Platinum.

  • Harry Lauder

    Tobermory

    • The First Knight Of The Music Hall.
    • Acrobat.

  • Bing Crosby & Bob Hope

    Hoot Mon

    • Hit The Road With Bing And Bob.
    • Jasmin Records.
    • 20.

  • Harry Lauder

    Shouther To Shouther

    • Oh It's A Lovely War Volume 4 CD1.
    • CD41 Publishing.
    • 9.

  • Harry Lauder

    The Laddies Who Fought And Won

    • World War One Songs.
    • Yesterday's Music.

  • Harry Lauder

    Roamin' In The Gloamin'

    • The First Knight Of The Music Hall.
    • Acrobat.
    • 10.

  • Jamie MacDougall, 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra & Stephen Bell

    Keep Right On To The End Of The Road

Broadcasts

  • Christmas Day 2020 13:00
    大象传媒 Radio Scotland
  • Mon 28 Dec 2020 07:30
    大象传媒 Radio Scotland