Thorpe Bates
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1911 - 1924
Roles Represented in DAHR: baritone vocal
Notes: 1881-1958; British singer and actor; stage name: Thorpe Bates; real name Thomas T. Bates (BFI Film and Television Database, 032809)
= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia | 6388 | 12-in. | approximately 1913 | O flower of all the world | Thorpe Bates | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 6389 | 12-in. | approximately 1914 | Sincerity | Thorpe Bates | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 6[390 (approximately)] | 12-in. | approximately 1914 | The king's minstrel | Thorpe Bates | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 6[390 (approximately)] | 12-in. | approximately 1914 | If thou wert blind | Thorpe Bates | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 6401 | 12-in. | approximately 1914 | My heart still clings to you | Thorpe Bates | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 6407 | 12-in. | approximately 1914 | Charmed cup | Thorpe Bates | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 6417 | 12-in. | approximately 1914 | Faust : Even bravest heart | Thorpe Bates | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 6418 | 12-in. | approximately 1914 | Pagliacci : Prologue | Thorpe Bates | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 6839 | 12-in. | approximately May 1916 | Yours to the end | Thorpe Bates ; Daly's Theatre Orchestra ; Merlin Morgan | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 6840 | 12-in. | approximately May 1916 | Love and war | Thorpe Bates ; Daly's Theatre Orchestra ; Merlin Morgan | Male vocal solo, with orchestra and chorus | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 28767 | 10-in. | approximately 1914 | Youth | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 28768 | 10-in. | approximately 1914 | To Anthea | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 28769 | 10-in. | approximately 1914 | Songs of the fair : Fairings | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 28770 | 10-in. | approximately 1914 | The sea road | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 28880 | 10-in. | approximately 1914 | Glorious Devon | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 28881 | 10-in. | approximately 1914 | Ship o’ mine | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 28896 | 10-in. | approximately 1914 | How do I love thee? | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 28897 | 10-in. | approximately 1914 | The rani’s messenger | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 29003 | 10-in. | approximately 1914 | Off to Philadelphia | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 29004 | 10-in. | approximately 1914 | Father O’Flynn | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 29137 | 10-in. | approximately 1914 | Drake’s drum | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 29138 | 10-in. | approximately 1914 | Sons of London | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 29139 | 10-in. | approximately 1914 | There’s a land | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 29140 | 10-in. | approximately 1914 | The day (Britain’s answer) | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 29146 | 10-in. | approximately 1914 | La Marseillaise | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 29147 | 10-in. | approximately 1914 | God save the King | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 29175 | 10-in. | approximately 1914 | Maritana : Oh fairy wand I had the power | Thorpe Bates ; Rosina Buckman | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 29176 | 10-in. | approximately 1914 | We’re all plain civilians | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 29177 | 10-in. | approximately 1914 | Still as the night | Thorpe Bates ; Rosina Buckman | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 29178 | 10-in. | approximately 1914 | Fall in! | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 29214 | 10-in. | approximately 1914 | It’s a long way to Tipperary | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 29416 | 10-in. | approximately 1915 | Sussex by the Sea | Thorpe Bates | Male vocal solo, with band | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 29800 | 10-in. | approximately 1915 | The powder monkey | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 29801 | 10-in. | approximately 1915 | The midshipmite | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 29802 | 10-in. | approximately 1915 | Bedouin love song | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 29838 | 10-in. | approximately 1915 | The admiral's broom | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 29839 | 10-in. | approximately 1915 | The devout lover | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 29840 | 10-in. | approximately 1915 | Love bells | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 35767 | 10-in. | approximately 1915 | By the old quayside | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 35768 | 10-in. | approximately 1915 | Some day your voice will answer | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 35769 | 10-in. | approximately 1915 | When the joy bells ring | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 35774 | 10-in. | approximately 1915 | Three for Jack | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 35775 | 10-in. | approximately 1915 | Till the sands of the desert grow cold | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 35776 | 10-in. | approximately 1915 | Four jolly sailormen | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 35790 | 10-in. | approximately 1915 | Land of [the] long ago | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 35791 | 10-in. | approximately 1915 | Four songs of the fair : The ballad monger | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 65481 | 10-in. | approximately 1916 | The two grenadiers | Artists vary | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 65482 | 10-in. | approximately 1916 | Dorothy : Queen of my heart | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 65483 | 10-in. | approximately 1916 | Chorus, gentlemen | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 65517 | 10-in. | approximately 1916 | The floral dance | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 65518 | 10-in. | approximately 1916 | Shipmates o' mine | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 65582 | 10-in. | approximately 1916 | They all love Jack | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 65723 | 10-in. | approximately 1916 | God send you back to me | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 65730 | 10-in. | approximately 1916 | When the boys come home | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 65731 | 10-in. | approximately 1916 | The young warrior | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 65761 | 10-in. | approximately 1916 | Heroes of the Dardanelles | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 65762 | 10-in. | approximately 1916 | The windmill | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 65767 | 10-in. | approximately 1916 | By the old quayside | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 65925 | 10-in. | approximately 1917 | Trooper Johnny Ludlow | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 65926 | 10-in. | approximately 1917 | Round the galley fire | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 65968 | 10-in. | approximately 1917 | Plymouth Hoe | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 65969 | 10-in. | approximately 1917 | Your England and mine | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 69011 | 10-in. | approximately 1917 | The call | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 69036 | 10-in. | approximately 1917 | Joggin' along the highway | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 69037 | 10-in. | approximately 1917 | Maire, my girl | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 69774 | 10-in. | approximately 1920 | The carrier's courtship | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 71500 | 10-in. | approximately 1922 | A dream of Plymouth Hoe | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 71549 | 10-in. | approximately 1922 | A border ballad | Thorpe Bates | vocalist, baritone vocal | ||
| Columbia | 74043 | 12-in. | approximately 4/14/1920 | My shy love | Thorpe Bates ; Gaiety Theatre Orchestra ; Nancie Lovat ; Arthur Wood | Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 74045 | 12-in. | approximately 4/14/1920 | If you only knew | Thorpe Bates ; Gaiety Theatre Orchestra ; Arthur Wood | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 74304 | 12-in. | approximately 5/20/1921 | Now we stand on the summit | Thorpe Bates ; Clara Butterworth ; Empire Theatre Orchestra ; Montague Fawcett Phillips | Vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 74305 | 12-in. | approximately 5/20/1921 | Home again | Thorpe Bates ; Clara Butterworth ; Empire Theatre Orchestra ; Montague Fawcett Phillips | Vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 74307 | 12-in. | approximately 5/20/1921 | Fisherman of England | Thorpe Bates ; Empire Theatre Orchestra ; Montague Fawcett Phillips | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 75042 | 12-in. | 1/20/1922 | The trumpeter | Thorpe Bates | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 75046 | 12-in. | 1/26/1922 | The floral dance | Thorpe Bates | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 75064 | 12-in. | approximately 3/13/1922 | Land o' mine | Thorpe Bates ; Daly's Theatre Orchestra ; Merlin Morgan | Male vocal solo, with orchestra and chorus | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 75065 | 12-in. | approximately 3/20/1922 | Mariana | Thorpe Bates ; Daly's Theatre Orchestra ; Merlin Morgan | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 75066 | 12-in. | approximately 3/20/1922 | Call to arms | Thorpe Bates ; Daly's Theatre Orchestra ; Merlin Morgan ; Ivy Tresmand | Vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 75073 | 12-in. | approximately 3/31/1922 | A woman's no | Daly's Theatre Orchestra ; Phyllis Dare ; Merlin Morgan | Vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 75074 | 12-in. | approximately 3/31/1922 | I love you so | Thorpe Bates ; Daly's Theatre Orchestra ; Phyllis Dare ; Merlin Morgan | Vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 75433 | 12-in. | approximately March 1917 | A bachelor gay | Thorpe Bates ; Daly's Theatre Orchestra ; Merlin Morgan | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 75434 | 12-in. | approximately March 1917 | Live for to-day | Thorpe Bates ; Daly's Theatre Orchestra ; Merlin Morgan | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 75435 | 12-in. | approximately March 1917 | A paradise for two | Thorpe Bates ; José Collins ; Daly's Theatre Orchestra ; Merlin Morgan | Vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 75436 | 12-in. | approximately March 1917 | My life is love | Thorpe Bates ; José Collins ; Daly's Theatre Orchestra ; Merlin Morgan | Vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 75441 | 12-in. | approximately 1917 | Have you news of my boy Jack? | Thorpe Bates | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 75442 | 12-in. | approximately 1917 | The grey watch | Thorpe Bates | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 76099 | 12-in. | approximately 1918 | Watchman, what of the night? | Thorpe Bates ; Hughes Macklin | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 76100 | 12-in. | approximately 1918 | Excelsior | Thorpe Bates ; Hughes Macklin | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 76101 | 12-in. | approximately 1918 | Ah, Mimi, false fickle-hearted | Thorpe Bates ; Hughes Macklin | Vocal duet (tenor and baritone), with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 76102 | 12-in. | approximately 1918 | The battle eve | Thorpe Bates ; Hughes Macklin | Vocal duet (tenor and baritone), with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 76585 | 12-in. | approximately 8/23/1919 | Company sergeant major | Thorpe Bates | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Columbia | 76587 | 12-in. | approximately 8/23/1919 | Lighterman Tom | Thorpe Bates | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
| Gramophone | z5673f | 12-in. | 11/2/1911 | The conundrum | Thorpe Bates ; Joseph Cheetham ; Harry Fay | Male vocal trio, with orchestra | vocalist, baritone vocal |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bates, Thorpe," accessed April 26, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/303405.
Bates, Thorpe. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/303405.
"Bates, Thorpe." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 26 April 2024.
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