Der Varietee-Künstler, Komödiant, Schauspieler und Sänger Max Bygraves wurde am 16. Oktober 1922 in Rotherhithe, London, als Walter William Bygraves geboren. Aufgewachsen in den Docklands in armen Verhältnissen, sein Vater war Profi-Boxer, wurde man schon in seiner Schulzeit auf sein Talent zum Singen und zur Darstellungskunst aufmerksam. Schon sehr früh entwickelt er ein Showkonzept mit Scatches, Entertainments, die durch Gesangseinlagen verbunden wurden.
Heute lebt er mit seiner Frau Blossom in Queensland, Australien.
Seine Singles bis 1962:
HIS MASTERS VOICE (GB)
03 53....7M112....MAX BYGRAVES..Cowpuncher's Cantata Intro; Cry Of The Wildgoose; Riders In The Sky; Mule Train; Jezebel
03 53....7M113....MAX BYGRAVES..Bygrave's Boogie/Little Sir Echo
03 53....7M114....MAX BYGRAVES with THE BLOSSOMS..The Travelling Salesman/MAX BYGRAVES..Ten Bottles Of Gin
07 53....7M134....MAX BYGRAVES with PETER BROUGH & ARCHIE ANDREWS..Lovely Dollar Lolly/MAX BYGRAVES..The Red Robin Cantata
08 53....7M145....MAX BYGRAVES with The Song Pedlars..Time To Dream/MAX BYGRAVES..The Queen Of Ev'ryone's Heart
11 53....7M154....MAX BYGRAVES with The Song Pedlars..Big 'Ead/MAX BYGRAVES with PETER BROUGH & ARCHIE ANDREWS..Say "Si, Si"
02 54....7M180....MAX BYGRAVES..She Was A Good Girl (As Good Girls Go)/The Jones Boy
03 54....7M194....MAX BYGRAVES..(The Gang That Sang) Heart Of My Heart/MAX BYGRAVES with THE TANNER SISTERS..Once She's Got You Up The Aisle
06 54....7M220....MAX BYGRAVES with THE TANNER SISTERS..Friends And Neighbours/MAX BYGRAVES..Chip Chopper Charlie
09 54....7M 237....MAX BYGRAVES with Children's Chorus..Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellenbogen By The Sea/MAXBYGRAVES..Third Little Turning (On The Right)
09 54....7M 238....MAX BYGRAVES..Bank Of Sunshine/Little Johnny Rainbow
01 56....7M 357....MAX BYGRAVES..The Ballad Of Davy Crockett/MAX BYGRAVES with Children's Chorus..A Good Idea - Son
02 56....7M 368....MAX BYGRAVES..Out Of Town/Fingers Crossed
03 56....7M 388....MAX BYGRAVES..Nothin' To Do/Lift Boy
06 56....7M 400....MAX BYGRAVES with Children's Chorus..Try Another Cherry Tree/MAX BYGRAVES..Seventeen Tons
?? 56....45-POP 262....MAX BYGRAVES..That Dear Old Gentleman/The Feather Song
?? 56....45-POP 277....MAX BYGRAVES.."SING WITH MAX"....Part 1/Part 2
DECCA (GB)
03 57....45-F 10862....MAX BYGRAVES..Heart/In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town
05 57....45-F 10894....MAX BYGRAVES..Just How Much I Love You/Don't You Worrie Your Pretty Little Head
07 57....45-F 10915....Lord's Taverners Record "All Star Hit Parade, No. 2"..JOHNSTON BROTHERS Around The World/BILLY COTTON Puttin' On The Style/JIMMY YOUNG When I Fall In Love / MAX BYGRAVES A White Sport Coat/BEVERLEY SISTERS Freight Train/TOMMY STEELE Butterfly
07 57....45-F 10917....MAX BYGRAVES..We're Having A Ball/The Cricket Song
09 57....45-F 10934....JOAN REGAN & MAX BYGRAVES..7½ Cents/Good Evening Friends
10 57....45-F 10937....MAX BYGRAVES..All At Once You Love Her/You Can't Lose The Blues With Colours
04 58....45-F.11004....MAX BYGRAVES with THE CLARKE BROTHERS and ERIC ROGERS AND HIS ORCHESTRA..You Need Hands/MAX BYGRAVES with ERIC ROGERS AND HIS ORCHESTRA..Tulips From Amsterdam
07 58....45-F 11046....MAX BYGRAVES..Little Train/Gotta Have Rain
11 58....45-F 11077....MAX BYGRAVES..(I Love To Play) My Ukulele/Come To Our Coming Out Party
03 59....45-F 11119....MAX BYGRAVES..Napoli-Napoli/(Moonlight Over) Old Tymes Square
07 59....45-F 11148....MAX BYGRAVES..Last Night I Dreamd/Bobbikin's Lullaby
11 59....45-F 11176....MAX BYGRAVES..Jingle Bell Rock/Who Made The Morning
02 60....45-F 11214....MAX BYGRAVES..Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be/When The Thrill Has Gone
06 60....45-F 11251....MAX BYGRAVES with Ted Heath and his Music..Consider Yourself/Tra-La-La I'm In Love
unveröffentlicht...45-F 11288....MAX BYGRAVES..When You Come To The End Of A Lollipop/Happy Days And Lonely Nights....siehe 11308
12 60....45-F 11308....MAX BYGRAVES..When You Come To The End Of A Lollipop/Underneath The Arches
05 61....45-F 11350....MAX BYGRAVES..The Bells Of Avignon/Tin Pan Alley
09 61....45-F 11382....MAX BYGRAVES..What's New At The Zoo? (From "Do-Re-Mi")/The Juke Box Is Broken
03 62....45-F 11438....MAX BYGRAVES..A Diabolical Twist/The Traditional Way
04 62....45-F 11457....MAX BYGRAVES..Down The Lane/Every Street's A Coronation Street
Keep Searchin'
Gerd.
Heute lebt er mit seiner Frau Blossom in Queensland, Australien.
Seine Singles bis 1962:
HIS MASTERS VOICE (GB)
03 53....7M112....MAX BYGRAVES..Cowpuncher's Cantata Intro; Cry Of The Wildgoose; Riders In The Sky; Mule Train; Jezebel
03 53....7M113....MAX BYGRAVES..Bygrave's Boogie/Little Sir Echo
03 53....7M114....MAX BYGRAVES with THE BLOSSOMS..The Travelling Salesman/MAX BYGRAVES..Ten Bottles Of Gin
07 53....7M134....MAX BYGRAVES with PETER BROUGH & ARCHIE ANDREWS..Lovely Dollar Lolly/MAX BYGRAVES..The Red Robin Cantata
08 53....7M145....MAX BYGRAVES with The Song Pedlars..Time To Dream/MAX BYGRAVES..The Queen Of Ev'ryone's Heart
11 53....7M154....MAX BYGRAVES with The Song Pedlars..Big 'Ead/MAX BYGRAVES with PETER BROUGH & ARCHIE ANDREWS..Say "Si, Si"
02 54....7M180....MAX BYGRAVES..She Was A Good Girl (As Good Girls Go)/The Jones Boy
03 54....7M194....MAX BYGRAVES..(The Gang That Sang) Heart Of My Heart/MAX BYGRAVES with THE TANNER SISTERS..Once She's Got You Up The Aisle
06 54....7M220....MAX BYGRAVES with THE TANNER SISTERS..Friends And Neighbours/MAX BYGRAVES..Chip Chopper Charlie
09 54....7M 237....MAX BYGRAVES with Children's Chorus..Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellenbogen By The Sea/MAXBYGRAVES..Third Little Turning (On The Right)
09 54....7M 238....MAX BYGRAVES..Bank Of Sunshine/Little Johnny Rainbow
01 56....7M 357....MAX BYGRAVES..The Ballad Of Davy Crockett/MAX BYGRAVES with Children's Chorus..A Good Idea - Son
02 56....7M 368....MAX BYGRAVES..Out Of Town/Fingers Crossed
03 56....7M 388....MAX BYGRAVES..Nothin' To Do/Lift Boy
06 56....7M 400....MAX BYGRAVES with Children's Chorus..Try Another Cherry Tree/MAX BYGRAVES..Seventeen Tons
?? 56....45-POP 262....MAX BYGRAVES..That Dear Old Gentleman/The Feather Song
?? 56....45-POP 277....MAX BYGRAVES.."SING WITH MAX"....Part 1/Part 2
DECCA (GB)
03 57....45-F 10862....MAX BYGRAVES..Heart/In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town
05 57....45-F 10894....MAX BYGRAVES..Just How Much I Love You/Don't You Worrie Your Pretty Little Head
07 57....45-F 10915....Lord's Taverners Record "All Star Hit Parade, No. 2"..JOHNSTON BROTHERS Around The World/BILLY COTTON Puttin' On The Style/JIMMY YOUNG When I Fall In Love / MAX BYGRAVES A White Sport Coat/BEVERLEY SISTERS Freight Train/TOMMY STEELE Butterfly
07 57....45-F 10917....MAX BYGRAVES..We're Having A Ball/The Cricket Song
09 57....45-F 10934....JOAN REGAN & MAX BYGRAVES..7½ Cents/Good Evening Friends
10 57....45-F 10937....MAX BYGRAVES..All At Once You Love Her/You Can't Lose The Blues With Colours
04 58....45-F.11004....MAX BYGRAVES with THE CLARKE BROTHERS and ERIC ROGERS AND HIS ORCHESTRA..You Need Hands/MAX BYGRAVES with ERIC ROGERS AND HIS ORCHESTRA..Tulips From Amsterdam
07 58....45-F 11046....MAX BYGRAVES..Little Train/Gotta Have Rain
11 58....45-F 11077....MAX BYGRAVES..(I Love To Play) My Ukulele/Come To Our Coming Out Party
03 59....45-F 11119....MAX BYGRAVES..Napoli-Napoli/(Moonlight Over) Old Tymes Square
07 59....45-F 11148....MAX BYGRAVES..Last Night I Dreamd/Bobbikin's Lullaby
11 59....45-F 11176....MAX BYGRAVES..Jingle Bell Rock/Who Made The Morning
02 60....45-F 11214....MAX BYGRAVES..Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be/When The Thrill Has Gone
06 60....45-F 11251....MAX BYGRAVES with Ted Heath and his Music..Consider Yourself/Tra-La-La I'm In Love
unveröffentlicht...45-F 11288....MAX BYGRAVES..When You Come To The End Of A Lollipop/Happy Days And Lonely Nights....siehe 11308
12 60....45-F 11308....MAX BYGRAVES..When You Come To The End Of A Lollipop/Underneath The Arches
05 61....45-F 11350....MAX BYGRAVES..The Bells Of Avignon/Tin Pan Alley
09 61....45-F 11382....MAX BYGRAVES..What's New At The Zoo? (From "Do-Re-Mi")/The Juke Box Is Broken
03 62....45-F 11438....MAX BYGRAVES..A Diabolical Twist/The Traditional Way
04 62....45-F 11457....MAX BYGRAVES..Down The Lane/Every Street's A Coronation Street
Keep Searchin'
Gerd.
