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HARRY
PARR
DAVIES
-
1914-1955
A
portrait
which
was
commissioned
by
Dame
Gracie
Fields
and
gifted
to
Harry.
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Born
in
Neath,
in
South
Wales,
in
1914,
Harry
Parr
Davies
was
to
become
a
Prolific
composer
and
accompanist.
By
the
time
he
was
13
he
had
already
composed
many
Songs
and
two
operettas.
His
work
was
performed
by
a
multitude
Of
household
names,
amongst
them
were
Richard
Tauber,
Flannagan
and
Allen,
George
Formby,
Evelyn
Laye,
Tommy
Trinder,
Arthur
Askey
and
his
Close
friend
Dame
Gracie
Fields
who
He
accompanied
for
many
years.
This
is
his
story……….
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