Happiness Boys (Musical group)

URI(s)

• http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2004121500

Variants

• Thomas & West (Musical group)

Identifies LC/NAF RWO

• http://id.loc.gov/rwo/agents/no2004121500

Identifies RWO

• https://isni.org/isni/0000000114850063

• Associated Locale

  Newark (N.J.)

• Field of Activity

  Popular music

  Humorous songs

Related Terms

• Jones, Billy, 1889-1940

Additional Related Forms

• Hare, Ernest
• Jones, Billy, 1889-1940

Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC%7Cno2004121500#skos:Concept

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

• Happiness Boys (Musical group)

Sources

• found: Play it again, Mr. Edison [SR] 1971:label (Happiness Boys) container (William Reese (Billy) Jones; b. 1889; d. 1940; Thomas Ernst Hare; b. 1883; d. 1938)
• found: Conrad, C. Barney Google [SR] 1923:label (Thomas and West)
• found: Turtleservices.com WWW site, Jan. 10, 2008:Jukebox selections (The Happiness Boys; also recorded as Thomas & West)
• found: AllMusic.com, Aug. 20, 2020,(The Happiness Boys; comedy singers Billy Jones and Ernest Hare; Jones and Hare met around 1920 and began singing together as a duo on radio; in 1923 they took the name the Happiness Boys in deference to their sponsor, Happiness Candy Stores; known later as The Interwoven Pair, The Taystee Loafers, and The Gillette Gentlemen) - https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-happiness-boys-mn0000075945

Instance Of

• MADS/RDF CorporateName
• MADS/RDF Authority
• SKOS Concept

Scheme Membership(s)

• Library of Congress Name Authority File

Collection Membership(s)

• Names Collection - Authorized Headings
• LC Names Collection - General Collection

Change Notes

• 2004-12-16: new
• 2021-02-10: revised

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