Fraser Hayes Four
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Fraser Hayes Four is an English close harmony
vocal group formed by musicians Jimmy Fraser, real name Frazer Potts, and Tony Hayes in the 1950s. While those two remained constant for the life of the group, the girl lead and the 4th (bass) voice changed periodically. Canadian Harry Currie became the 4th voice in 1962, appearing with the group during their 6-week headlining engagement at London's Latin Quarter and on several BBC broadcasts. They are best known for providing musical interludes on the BBC Radio
comedy
programmes Beyond Our Ken
and Round the Horne
.
Close harmony
Close harmony is an arrangement of the notes of chords within a narrow range. It is different from open harmony or voicing in that it uses each part on the closest harmonizing note , while the open voicing uses a broader pitch array expanding the harmonic range past the octave...
vocal group formed by musicians Jimmy Fraser, real name Frazer Potts, and Tony Hayes in the 1950s. While those two remained constant for the life of the group, the girl lead and the 4th (bass) voice changed periodically. Canadian Harry Currie became the 4th voice in 1962, appearing with the group during their 6-week headlining engagement at London's Latin Quarter and on several BBC broadcasts. They are best known for providing musical interludes on the BBC Radio
BBC Radio
BBC Radio is a service of the British Broadcasting Corporation which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a Royal Charter since 1927. For a history of BBC radio prior to 1927 see British Broadcasting Company...
comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
programmes Beyond Our Ken
Beyond Our Ken
Beyond Our Ken was a radio comedy programme, the predecessor to Round the Horne . Both programmes starred Kenneth Horne, Kenneth Williams, Hugh Paddick, Betty Marsden and Bill Pertwee, with announcer Douglas Smith. Musical accompaniment was provided by the BBC Revue Orchestra...
and Round the Horne
Round the Horne
Round the Horne was a BBC Radio comedy programme, transmitted in four series of weekly episodes from 1965 until 1968. The series was created by Barry Took and Marty Feldman - with others contributing to later series after Feldman returned to performing — and starred Kenneth Horne, with Kenneth...
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