Ah the dear man was frey Derry as we say in my own county in North, (next door) a fantastic singer like Derry do give us the best like Phil and Dana !! Proud to and Irish man, but sub section it, even prouder to be an 9 county Ulster man, we didnt have many singers in my we glens county, just a few great actors like our Liam and yer man frey Nesbit, originaly from Broughshane the Coleraine, so we doing grand
@1276epr He was Irish,, born Joseph McLaughlin born in Derry, Northern Ireland now , and was not an American, or a German etc., his father was a Butcher, and he served in the Irish Guards, then worked as a Policeman, and went on stage in the UK as the "Singing Bobby". His stage name was billed by Jack Hylton to make it more recognisable.
Ah the dear man was frey Derry as we say in my own county in North, (next door) a fantastic singer like Derry do give us the best like Phil and Dana !! Proud to and Irish man, but sub section it, even prouder to be an 9 county Ulster man, we didnt have many singers in my we glens county, just a few great actors like our Liam and yer man frey Nesbit, originaly from Broughshane the Coleraine, so we doing grand
@1276epr He was Irish,, born Joseph McLaughlin born in Derry, Northern Ireland now , and was not an American, or a German etc., his father was a Butcher, and he served in the Irish Guards, then worked as a Policeman, and went on stage in the UK as the "Singing Bobby". His stage name was billed by Jack Hylton to make it more recognisable.
He was Irish indeed , his daughter was a teacher in my school
@anglerfly It was actually by a German guy by the name of Abe Holzmann in 1901
@jawalsh57 he was an American, actually.