Tom E. Leamore (1866-1939)

Overview

According to the Internet source given below, Thomas Leamore was an English popular variety comedian, dancer and singer.
He started his career in 1880 at the Rodney Music Hall and became a stage performer, singing comically and dancing eccentrically with clogs. In December 1905 he portrayed Ali Baba in the pantomime of The Forty Thieves at the Marlborough Theatre. His best known song was Percy from Pimlico which he composed and wrote
In November 1937 Leamore joined The Old Timers touring company with fellow artistes Tom Costello, George Mozart, Arthur Reece, James Stewart, Tom E. Finglass, Ada Cerito, Nell Calvert and Lottie Lennox. In December 1937 he took part in an early television programme for the BBC called Cavalcade of Music Hall which was broadcast from the Alexandra Palace. Other performers were George Mozart, Marie Kendall, Lizzie Collins, Talbot O'Farrell, Walter Williams, Charlie Lee and Sable Fern. At the end of the same month he also appeared in the television broadcast New Years Eve Party with Sam Mayo and Daisy Dormer.
He continued to tour with The Old Timers in early 1938 and appeared later on in the touring revue Time Marches On . His final public appearance was in August 1939 when he took part in Flashbacks of 30 Years Ago with Wilkie Bard, Ida Barr and Lillie Lassah.

Websites:
	Tom Leamore	Biography by wikipedia.org.

Tom E. Leamore (1866-1939) has at least 3 item(s) at the Amazons which you can order on-line by clicking the item's order icon.

Percy From Pimlico
Words and Music by: Tom E. Leamore.
Perf. by: T.E. Leamore

Publisher:	Howard & Co.
Suppliers:
Printed: 1898.	Sheet Music.

I'm Going to Sea (See)
Music by: Tom E. Leamore.

Publisher:	Francis, Day & Hunter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1904.	Sheet Music.

My Son! My Son!! My Son of a Gun
Words and Music by: Tom E. Leamore.

Publisher:	Francis, Day & Hunter
Suppliers:
Printed: 1899.	Sheet Music.

CDs

	Performer	CD Title	Supplier


	Folk Music CDs:
	Various Performers	Golden Voices of the Music Hall

Monologues

	Title	Attribution	Remarks


	Hundreds of Inches From Home	Unknown (words & music) T.E. Leamore (perf.)
	Lifeboat-Man's Story, The	Tom E. Leamore (music) Mark Lorne (words) T.E. Leamore (perf.)
	Married	Tom E. Leamore (words & music)
	Percy From Pimlico	Tom E. Leamore (words & music) T.E. Leamore (perf.)
	Serving 'em All Alike	Harry Wincott (music) Harry Castling (words) T.E. Leamore (perf.)
	Shipwrecked Captain, The	W.H. Wallis (words & music) T.E. Leamore (perf.)
	Sweet Little Rose of Persia	Charles Collins (music) Fred J. Barnes (words) T.E. Leamore (perf.)

Music Halls

Titles

This list is arranged by composer and contains 25 works performed by Tom Leamore who is featured on sheet music covers. It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)

	Title	Composer	Attribution	Remarks


Oh! Let Me Have Another, Georgie (1899)	Harry Castling(w&m)	T.E. Leamore (perf.)
Turn Back, Whittington (1899)	Charles Collins	N. Clifford (words) T.E. Leamore (perf.)	Pub.
Oui! Oui! Oui! (1900)	Charles Collins(w&m)	T.E. Leamore (perf.)	Pub.
Rip Van Winkle (1900)	Charles Collins	H. Castling (words) T.E. Leamore (perf.)	Pub.
Sweet Little Rose of Persia (1900)	Charles Collins	Fred J Barnes (words) T.E. Leamore (perf.)	Pub.
My Lovely Susie-Sue (1905)	Charles Collins(w&m)	T.E. Leamore (perf.)	Pub.
Tally Ho! (1905)	Charles Collins(w&m)	T.E. Leamore (perf.)
You Stick to the Ship, My Lads! (1905)	Charles Collins(w&m)	T.E. Leamore (perf.)	Pub.
Don't Cry, Daddy! (1907)	Charles Collins	N. Clifford (words) T.E. Leamore (perf.)	Pub.
I've Dodged the Undertakers Up Till Now (1890)	T.W. Connor	T.E. Leamore (perf.)
⇑Place They Call the ''Lump'' (1895), The	T.W. Connor	T.E. Leamore (perf.)	Pub.
Innocent Worm (1896), The	Charles Deane(w&m)	T.E. Leamore (perf.)
Sarah From the Bone-Yard (1899)	Carl Howard	G. Everard (words) T.E. Leamore (perf.)	Pub.
Percy From Pimlico (1898)	Tom E. Leamore(w&m)	T.E. Leamore (perf.)	Pub.
Lifeboat-Man's Story (1901), The	Tom E. Leamore	Mark Lorne (words) T.E. Leamore (perf.)
My Intended (1895)	Alan Macey	A.E. Ellis (words) T.E. Leamore (perf.)	Pub.
Baden Powell Scout (1900), The	Henry E. Pether	Paul Pelham (words) T.E. Leamore (perf.)	Pub.
I Never Hear From Them (1909)	Joseph Tabrar(w&m)	T.E. Leamore (perf.)
Hope For the Best (?)	Unknown	E. Shand (perf.)
Last Night (1896)	W.H. Wallis(w&m)	T.E. Leamore (perf.)	Pub.
Shipwrecked Captain (1898), The	W.H. Wallis	N. Clifford (words) T.E. Leamore (perf.)	Pub.
⇑Crossing-Sweeper (1899), The	W.H. Wallis	N. Clifford (words) T.E. Leamore (perf.)	Pub.
Terrible Things in the Papers (1899), The	W.H. Wallis	N. Clifford (words) T.E. Leamore (perf.)	Pub.
Serving 'em All Alike (1897)	Harry Wincott	Harry Castling (words) T.E. Leamore (perf.)	Pub.
Hundreds of Inches From Home (?)	Unknown	T.E. Leamore (perf.)

Works

This list is arranged in chronological order and contains 8 works by Tom E. Leamore (1866-1939). It does not claim to be complete and represents only the number of items located. Keys: (w&m)

Title	Year	Attribution	Remarks


Percy From Pimlico (w&m)	1898	T.E. Leamore (perf.)
My Son! My Son!! My Son of a Gun (w&m)	1899
Lifeboat-Man's Story, The	1901	Mark Lorne (words) T.E. Leamore (perf.)	Pub.
I'll Never Leave Home Any More (w&m)	1902
It's All Right in the Summer	1902
I'm Going to Sea (See)	1904		Pub.
Gold! Gold! Gold! (w&m)	1910		Pub.
Married (w&m)	1914		Pub.

Videos

	Title	Duration	Performer


	I Used to Be Poor Myself	2:54	T.E. Leamore
	Percy from Pimlico	4:19	T.E. Leamore