Albert Allick "Al" Bowlly (7 January 1899 – 17 April 1941) was a Mozambican-born South African/British singer, songwriter, composer and band leader, who became Britain's popular singer and crooner during the British dance band era of the 1930s. He recorded more than 1,000 records between 1927 and 1941. His most popular songs include "Midnight, the Stars and You", "Goodnight, Sweetheart", "The Very Thought of You", "Guilty" and "Love Is the Sweetest Thing".
Discography of 78 rpm singles
DateSongApril 1926"House Where the Shutters Are Green" (vocal by Pete Harmon, Al Bowlly on banjo)April 1926"Soho Blues" (vocal by Pete Harmon, Al Bowlly on banjo)c. July 1927"Song of the Wanderer"c. July 1927"Muddy Water" (no vocal?)c. July 1927"Hallelujah" (no vocal. Al Bowlly on banjo)c. July 1927"Miss Annabelle Lee" (no vocal?)c. July 1927"Memphis" (no vocal?)c. July 1927"Rio Rita" (no vocal?)c. July 1927"I'm Looking for a Girl Named Mary" (no vocal?)c. July 1927"Cheritza" (no vocal?)c. August 1927"Ain't She Sweet"c. August 1927"Do the Black Bottom with Me"c. August 1927"Souvenirs"c. August 1927"Why Don't You?"c. August 1927"Since I Found You"c. August 1927"Who-Oo? You-Oo, That's Who!"c. August 1927"Rosy Cheeks"c. August 1927"Roses for Remembrance"c. August 1927"I'm Coming Virginia"c. August 1927"It All Depends on You"c. September 1927"Me and My Shadow"c. September 1927"Are You Happy?"c. September 1927"My Regular Girl"c. September 1927"I'm Walking on Air"c. September 1927"Sometimes I'm Happy"c. September 1927"Ain't That a Grand and Glorious Feeling?"c. September 1927"Sweet Marie"c. September 1927"Take Your Finger Out of Your Mouth"September 1927"Little White House"11 September 1927"Blue Skies"11 September 1927"Say, Mister! Have You Met Rosie's Sister?"12 September 1927"Ain't She Sweet"12 September 1927"In a Little Spanish Town"c. September 1927"All Day Long"c. September 1927"I'm Looking for a Bluebird (To Chase the Blues away)"22 September 1927"Muddy Water, A Mississippi Moan"22 September 1927"A Dream of You"23 September 1927"Because I Love You"23 September 1927"I'm Alone in Athlone"28 September 1927"Sunny Disposish"18 November 1927"When You Played the Organ and I Sang the Rosary"18 November 1927"Dear Little Gadabout"18 November 1927"Every Little Thing I Do"18 November 1927"Rosy Cheeks"18 November 1927"My Regular Girl"18 November 1927"Positively-Absolutely"c. December 1927"Dawn of Tomorrow"c. December 1927"While the Others Were Dancing"c. December 1927"Rio Rita"c. December 1927"Souvenirs"17 January 1928"I Love No-One but You"17 January 1928"My Blue Heaven"17 January 1928"Just Once Again"18 January 1928"A Shady Tree"18 January 1928"Are You Thinking Of Me Tonight?"18 January 1928"My Regular Girl"20 January 1928"Can't You Hear Me Say "I Love You"?"June–July 1928"Hallelujah"June–July 1928"Under the Moon" (with Billy Bartholomew)June–July 1928"A Little Girl, A Little Boy, A Little Moon"June–July 1928"C'est Vous"June–July 1928"Can't You Hear Me Say "I Love You"?"June–July 1928"After My Laughter Came Tears"June–July 1928"Changes"June–July 1928"Sweetheart of Sigma Chi"June–July 1928"I Wonder"June–July 1928"Beloved"June–July 1928"When"c. 25 July 1928"Just Imagine"c. 25 July 1928"Wherever You Are"c. 12 November 1928"Sometimes"c. 21 November 1928"If I Had You"December 1928"Misery Farm"December 1928"I'm Sorry, Sally"April 1929"When the Lilac Blooms Again"April 1929"Up in the Clouds"15 May 1929"Honeymoon Chimes"5 November 1929"Lay My Head Beneath a Rose"5 November 1929"Last Night I Dreamed You Kissed Me"c. November 1929"The Pagan Love Song" (with Les Allen)c. November 1929"This Is Heaven" (with Les Allen)c. November 1929"S'posin'" (with Les Allen)4 December 1929"After the Sun Kissed the World Goodbye"4 December 1929"If Anything Happened to You"24 January 1930"An Old Italian Love Song"24 January 1930"In The Moonlight"c. February 1930"Rio Rita" (with Cavan O'Connor)7 March 1930"Silvery Moon"c. March 1930"Silv'ry Moon"c. March 1930"Happy Days Are Here Again"c. March 1930"Gipsy Dream Rose"c. March 1930"Silv'ry Moon"c. March 1930"Land of the Might-Have-Been"c. March 1930"Somehow"c. March 1930"Lazy Lou'siana Moon"10 June 1930"Sy's in die Pad" (in Afrikaans)30 June 1930"Alleenig" (in Afrikaans)2 July 1930"Every Little Kindness (Makes an Angel Smile)"2 July 1930"My Angel Mother"2 July 1930"The Golden Gates of Paradise"2 July 1930"The Hymns My Mother Used to Sing"14 July 1930"Banditlied" (The Prisoner's Song) (in Afrikaans)14 July 1930"The Lonesome Road" (in Afrikaans)14 July 1930"Kleine Maat (Little Pal)" (in Afrikaans)14 July 1930"Ou Kaapstad is mijn Hemel-land" (in Afrikaans)2 August 1930"On the Sunny Side of the Street"2 August 1930"Sweepin' the Clouds Away"2 August 1930"Song of the Dawn" (with Hubert Wallace)2 August 1930"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes"early September 1930"Falling in Love Again" (with Les Allen)early September 1930"Say a Little Prayer for Me" (with Les Allen)early September 1930"One Night Alone with You" (with Les Allen)early September 1930"A Bench in the Park" (with Les Allen)early September 1930"Happy Feet" (with Les Allen)early September 1930"Blue Is the Night" (with Les Allen)early September 1930"Cheer up and Smile" (with Les Allen)19 September 1930"Rose Dreams"19 September 1930"Blue Pacific Moonlight"19 September 1930"Here in My Heart"19 September 1930"That Little Lock of Hair"24 September 1930"There's a Stranger in Heaven Tonight"24 September 1930"Aloha Oe" (with chorus)24 September 1930"Goodbye to All That" (with Les Allen)24 September 1930"Sleepy Head"24 September 1930"Golden Gates of Paradise"10 October 1930"Sal die Eng'le hulle Harpe speel vir mij? (Will the Angels Play Their Harps for Me?)" (in Afrikaans)10 October 1930"Voetslaan op oom Jacob se Leer" (in Afrikaans)10 October 1930"Daar is geen ron in die Hemel" (in Afrikaans)10 October 1930"Die ou lelie Vallei" (in Afrikaans)c. 17 October 1930"Great Day" (with Les Allen)c. 17 October 1930"Without a Song" (with Les Allen)c. 17 October 1930"Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight" (with Les Allen)c. 17 October 1930"You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me" (with Les Allen)c. 24 October 1930"Sleepy Head" (with Les Allen)c. 24 October 1930"That's My Song of Love" (with Les Allen)c. 24 October 1930"Waiting for That Thing Called Happiness" (with Les Allen)late October 1930"Adeline"3 November 1930"Lonely Little Vagabond"3 November 1930"She's My Secret Passion"early November 1930"That's My Song of Love" (with unknown)early November 1930"That Little Lock of Hair (My Mother Gave to Me)" (with unknown)early November 1930"She's My Secret Passion"early November 1930"Lonely Little Vagabond"early November 1930"There's a Stranger in Heaven Tonight"early November 1930"Sleepy Head"early November 1930"With My Guitar and You" (with Les Allen)early November 1930"Go Home and Tell Your Mother" (with Les Allen)13 November 1930"Old Spanish Moon"13 November 1930"Love Never Dies"13 November 1930"Why Did You Turn Me down?"13 November 1930"Lullaby Land"13 November 1930"Lovebirds Are Better than Bluebirds"13 November 1930"Headin' for Hollywood"November 1930"Moonlight on the Colorado" (with Les Allen)November 1930"Cuban Love Song" (with Les Allen)November 1930"The Kiss Waltz" (with Les Allen)November 1930"With My Guitar and You" (with Les Allen)November 1930"Bye Bye Blues" (with Les Allen)November 1930"Old New England Moon" (with Les Allen)November 1930"What a Perfect Night for Love"November 1930"Beware of Love"20 November 1930"I'm Telling the World She's Mine"20 November 1930"How Could I Be Lonely?"24 November 1930"Nigger Blues"24 November 1930"Frankie and Johnny" (with Ella Logan)24 November 1930"By the Old Oak Tree" (with Ella Logan)1 December 1930"What a Perfect Night for Love" (with Les Allen)1 December 1930"The "Free and Easy"" (with Les Allen)1 December 1930"My Cradle Is the Desert" (with Les Allen)1 December 1930"A Japanese Dream" (with Les Allen)December 1930"Never Swat a Fly"December 1930"Sunny Days" (with Marius B. Winter)December 1930"Roamin' Thru' the Roses"17 December 1930"There's a Stranger in Heaven Tonight"17 December 1930"Sleepy Head"17 December 1930"In an Old Churchyard"17 December 1930"The Silver-Toned Chimes of the Angelus"18 December 1930"That's What Loneliness Means to Me"18 December 1930"The Farmyard Symphony"18 December 1930"The Village Jazz Band"30 December 1930"My Sunshine Came on a Rainy Day" (with Les Allen)30 December 1930"Underneath the Spanish Stars" (with Les Allen)30 December 1930"A Little Love Song" (with Les Allen)30 December 1930"Okay, Baby" (with Les Allen)31 December 1930"Underneath the Spanish Stars"31 December 1930"Sunny Days"31 December 1930"Make Yourself a Happiness Pie"5 January 1931"Memories of You"5 January 1931"You're Lucky to Me"5 January 1931"Thank Your Father"c. 9 January 1931"Old-Fashioned Girl" (with Les Allen)c. 9 January 1931"Never Swat a Fly" (with Les Allen)c. 9 January 1931"Sweet Jennie Lee" (with Les Allen)c. 9 January 1931"You're Driving Me Crazy" (with Les Allen)16 January 1931"Can't We Be Friends?"January 1931"My Bluebird Was Caught in the Rain"January 1931"Somewhere in Old Wyoming" (with Les Allen)January 1931"Oh Donna Clara!" (with Les Allen)January 1931"Nobody Cares If I'm Blue" (with Les Allen)January 1931"There's Something About an Old-Fashioned Girl"January 1931"Okay, Baby" (with Marius B. Winter(?))January 1931"A Little Love Song"23 January 1931"Somewhere in Old Wyoming" (with Les Allen)23 January 1931"Oh! Donna Clara" (with Les Allen)23 January 1931"Hurt"24 January 1931"Wedding Bells Are Ringing for Sally"24 January 1931"Missouri Waltz"24 January 1931"Lady, Play Your Mandolin"28 January 1931"Hurt"28 January 1931"Writing a Letter to You"28 January 1931"A Peach of a Pair"9 February 1931"Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (with chorus)9 February 1931"The Peanut Vendor" (with chorus)9 February 1931"Maybe It's Love" (with chorus)9 February 1931"'Neath Hawaiian Skies"9 February 1931"Really Mine"February 1931"Tap Your Feet"February 1931"Makin' Wicki-Wacki down in Waikiki"19 February 1931"Time on My Hands"19 February 1931"Makin' Wickey-Wackey down in Waikiki"19 February 1931"Shout for Happiness"19 February 1931"Goodnight, Sweetheart"19 February 1931"I'm Glad I Waited"19 February 1931"Really Mine"19 February 1931"Puzzle Record No. 1 – Part 1" Al Bowlly sings a chorus of "You're Driving Me Crazy"26 February 1931"You're the One I Care For"26 February 1931"Overnight"26 February 1931"Shout! for Happiness"c. 3 March 1931"Sweet Jennie Lee" (with Les Allen)c. 3 March 1931"Ti-dle-id-idle-um-pum" (with Les Allen)5 March 1931"When Your Hair Has Turned to Silver"5 March 1931"Bathing in the Sunshine"5 March 1931"Reaching for the Moon"5 March 1931"All Through the Night"9 March 1931"Puzzle Record No. 2 – Part 1" Al Bowlly sings a chorus of "I'll Be Good Because of You"9 March 1931"Puzzle Record No. 2 – Part 2" Al Bowlly sings a chorus of "Goodnight, Sweetheart"10 March 1931"Them There Eyes" (with chorus)10 March 1931"That Lindy Hop"10 March 1931"Truly" (with chorus)13 March 1931"I'm Glad I Waited"24 March 1931"Rages of Radioland – Part 1" Al Bowlly sings a chorus of "Without a Song"24 March 1931"Rages of Radioland – Part 2" Al Bowlly sings a chorus of "Falling in Love Again"24 March 1931"We Two"24 March 1931"Lady of Spain"25 March 1931"One More Time"25 March 1931"Lady of Spain"25 March 1931"Time on My Hands"26 March 1931"Sunshine and Shadows"late March 1931"All Through the Night"late March 1931"Maybe It's Love" (with Les Allen)1 April 1931"Alma Mia" (with chorus)1 April 1931"Koppa-Ka-Banna"