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Blue Moon - Al Bowlly 🫂
- Albert Allick Bowlly (7 Jan. 1898 – 17 April 1941) was a South African-British vocalist and dance band guitarist who was popular during the 1930s in Britain. He recorded upwards of 1,000 songs that were listened to by millions. His most popular songs include "Midnight, the Stars and You", "Goodnight, Sweetheart", "Close Your Eyes", "The Very Thought of You", "Guilty", "Heartaches" and "Love Is the Sweetest Thing". He moved to Britain, where in July 1928 he joined a band that played at the Savoy Hotel, London until 1930.
He went on to play with various bandson a temporary basis, before gaining more regular employment.. On April 16, 1941 Bowlly was killed by a Luftwaffe parachute mine that detonated outside his flat at ten past three in the morning. His body appeared unmarked. Although the explosion had not disfigured him, it had blown his bedroom door off its hinges, and the impact against his head was fatal. He was buried with other bombing victims in a mass grave at Hanwell Cemetery, Uxbridge Road, Hanwell, where his name is given as Albert Alex Bowlly...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Bowlly