Roy Fox

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Roy Clifton Fox was an American-born British dance bandleader born on October 25, 1901, in Denver, Colorado. He began playing the cornet at age eleven and joined Abe Lyman’s orchestra at sixteen, where his soft playing style earned him the nickname “The Whispering Cornetist”. Fox moved to London in 1930 to lead a band at the Café de Paris and recorded for Decca Records and the BBC. Following a period of convalescence for pleurisy in Switzerland in 1932, he returned to London to lead a new ensemble at the Café Anglais. Fox appeared in the films On the Air in 1934 and Radio Pirates in 1935. During World War II, he returned to the United States and led bands at venues including the Riobamba and the Savoy-Plaza Hotel. He returned to Britain in 1946 to lead a new orchestra before retiring in 1952. His autobiography, Hollywood, Mayfair, and All That Jazz, was published in 1975. Fox died in Twickenham, Middlesex, on March 20, 1982.

Top tracks

23	This Is Romance	Roy Fox	Roy Fox at the Kit Kat Club, Vol. 8 - My Hat's On the Side of My Head	03:13
09	Kiss By Kiss (1932)	Al Bowlly	Summer Swing Fling - Roy Fox & Al Bowlly Sunset Swing	03:17
	Composers: Abner - Davis
11	You're My Everything (1932)	Al Bowlly	Summer Swing Fling - Roy Fox & Al Bowlly Sunset Swing	03:17
	Composers: Dixon - Warren
12	When We're Alone (1932)	Al Bowlly	Summer Swing Fling - Roy Fox & Al Bowlly Sunset Swing	03:16
	Composers: Noble
06	Adios (1932)	Al Bowlly	Summer Swing Fling - Roy Fox & Al Bowlly Sunset Swing	03:05
	Composers: Madriguera
05	Love You Funny Thing (1932)	Al Bowlly	Summer Swing Fling - Roy Fox & Al Bowlly Sunset Swing	02:54
	Composers: Noble
01	Getting Sentimental (1932)	Al Bowlly	Summer Swing Fling - Roy Fox & Al Bowlly Sunset Swing	02:49
	Composers: Hart - Rodgers
04	Lovable (1932)	Al Bowlly	Summer Swing Fling - Roy Fox & Al Bowlly Sunset Swing	02:55
	Composers: Noble
03	Dinner at Eight	Roy Fox	Roy Fox at the Kit Kat Club, Vol. 8 - My Hat's On the Side of My Head	02:30
08	Echo Of A Song (1932)	Al Bowlly	Summer Swing Fling - Roy Fox & Al Bowlly Sunset Swing	03:23
	Composers: Noble
02	In London On A Night Like This (1932)	Al Bowlly	Summer Swing Fling - Roy Fox & Al Bowlly Sunset Swing	02:52
	Composers: Woods
03	Ooh That Kiss (1932)	Al Bowlly	Summer Swing Fling - Roy Fox & Al Bowlly Sunset Swing	02:51
	Composers: Noble
07	Night When Love Was Born (1932)	Al Bowlly	Summer Swing Fling - Roy Fox & Al Bowlly Sunset Swing	03:04
	Composers: Coots - Davis
10	There's Something In Your Eyes (1932)	Al Bowlly	Summer Swing Fling - Roy Fox & Al Bowlly Sunset Swing	03:17
	Composers: Whiting - Yellen
226	Thanks for the Memory	Roy Fox	A History of Jazz in Britain, Vol. 1 (…230 British Jazz Classics)	03:08

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Discography

Albums

2026 Gatsby's Jazz Nights: 13-03-2026

Gatsby's Jazz Nights, Vol. 23 - High Society Swing

01	In London on a Night Like This	Roy Fox	Gatsby's Jazz Nights, Vol. 23 - High Society Swing	02:52
	Composers: Arthur Young
02	Lullaby of the Leaves	Roy Fox	Gatsby's Jazz Nights, Vol. 23 - High Society Swing	03:01
	Composers: Bernice Petkere - Joe Young
03	If Anything Happened to You	Roy Fox	Gatsby's Jazz Nights, Vol. 23 - High Society Swing	03:20
	Composers: Arthur Young
04	Wherever You Are	Roy Fox	Gatsby's Jazz Nights, Vol. 23 - High Society Swing	03:25
	Composers: Harry Bidgood
05	Moon	Roy Fox	Gatsby's Jazz Nights, Vol. 23 - High Society Swing	03:10
	Composers: Michael Caleo
06	I Got Rhythm	Roy Fox	Gatsby's Jazz Nights, Vol. 23 - High Society Swing	02:48
	Composers: George Gershwin - Ira Gershwin
07	Jig Time	Roy Fox	Gatsby's Jazz Nights, Vol. 23 - High Society Swing	02:58
	Composers: Ted Weems - Joe Washburne

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2023 Stardom Records: 14-07-2023

Summer Swing Fling - Roy Fox & Al Bowlly Sunset Swing

01	Getting Sentimental (1932)	Al Bowlly	Summer Swing Fling - Roy Fox & Al Bowlly Sunset Swing	02:49
	Composers: Hart - Rodgers
02	In London On A Night Like This (1932)	Al Bowlly	Summer Swing Fling - Roy Fox & Al Bowlly Sunset Swing	02:52
	Composers: Woods
03	Ooh That Kiss (1932)	Al Bowlly	Summer Swing Fling - Roy Fox & Al Bowlly Sunset Swing	02:51
	Composers: Noble
04	Lovable (1932)	Al Bowlly	Summer Swing Fling - Roy Fox & Al Bowlly Sunset Swing	02:55
	Composers: Noble
05	Love You Funny Thing (1932)	Al Bowlly	Summer Swing Fling - Roy Fox & Al Bowlly Sunset Swing	02:54
	Composers: Noble
06	Adios (1932)	Al Bowlly	Summer Swing Fling - Roy Fox & Al Bowlly Sunset Swing	03:05
	Composers: Madriguera
07	Night When Love Was Born (1932)	Al Bowlly	Summer Swing Fling - Roy Fox & Al Bowlly Sunset Swing	03:04
	Composers: Coots - Davis

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: 01-07-2011

Presenting… Roy Fox

01	A Fine Romance	Roy Fox	Presenting… Roy Fox	03:23
02	A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody	Roy Fox	Presenting… Roy Fox	03:29
03	All I Do Is Dream of You	Roy Fox	Presenting… Roy Fox	02:48
04	Between the Devil & The Deep Blue Sea	Roy Fox	Presenting… Roy Fox	02:43
05	Corrine Corrina	Roy Fox	Presenting… Roy Fox	02:00
06	Drowsy Blues	Roy Fox	Presenting… Roy Fox	03:13
07	Howd'ya Like to Love Me	Roy Fox	Presenting… Roy Fox	03:28

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Crates Digger Music Group: 29-04-2011

(I've Got) Beginner's Luck (1936-1937)

01	Hit Parade of 1936: (Alone, the Music Goes Round and Round, Sweetheart Let's Grow Old Together, Cheek to Cheek) (Part 1)	Roy Fox Orchestra	(I've Got) Beginner's Luck (1936-1937)	04:11
	Writer: Nacio Herb Brown - Arthur Freed - Red Hodgson - Edward Farley - Mike Riley - J.W. Bratton - Leo Edwards - Irving Berlin / Composers: Nacio Herb Brown - Arthur Freed - Red Hodgson - Edward Farley - Mike Riley - J.W. Bratton - Leo Edwards - Irving Berlin
02	Hit Parade of 1936: (On Treasure Island, Poor Little Angeline, It's a Sin to Tell a Lie, Is It True What They Say About Dixie ?) (Part 2)	Roy Fox Orchestra	(I've Got) Beginner's Luck (1936-1937)	04:24
	Writer: Edgar Leslie - Joseph A. Burke - Jimmy Kennedy - Will Grosz - Billy Mayhew - Samuel Lerner - Irving Caesar - Gerald Marks / Composers: Edgar Leslie - Joseph A. Burke - Jimmy Kennedy - Will Grosz - Billy Mayhew - Samuel Lerner - Irving Caesar - Gerald Marks
03	Did Your Mother Come from Ireland?	Roy Fox Orchestra	(I've Got) Beginner's Luck (1936-1937)	03:05
	Writer: Michael Carr - Jimmy Kennedy / Composers: Michael Carr - Jimmy Kennedy
04	The Miller's Daughter Marianne	Roy Fox Orchestra	(I've Got) Beginner's Luck (1936-1937)	03:23
	Writer: Jimmy Kennedy - Will Grosz / Composers: Jimmy Kennedy - Will Grosz
05	When the Sun Says Goodnight to the Mountain	Roy Fox Orchestra	(I've Got) Beginner's Luck (1936-1937)	03:06
	Writer: Harry Pease - Larry Vincent / Composers: Harry Pease - Larry Vincent
06	Whispering (Concert Version, Part 1)	Roy Fox Orchestra	(I've Got) Beginner's Luck (1936-1937)	03:10
	Writer: John Schoenberger - Richard Coburn - Vincent Rose / Composers: John Schoenberger - Richard Coburn - Vincent Rose
07	Whispering (Concert Version, Part 2)	Roy Fox Orchestra	(I've Got) Beginner's Luck (1936-1937)	03:07
	Writer: John Schoenberger - Richard Coburn - Vincent Rose / Composers: John Schoenberger - Richard Coburn - Vincent Rose

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Crates Digger Music Group: 01-01-2011

What a Difference a Day Made (1937-1941)

01	One Morning In May	Roy Fox & His Band	What a Difference a Day Made (1937-1941)	03:03
	Writer: Mitchell Parish - Hoagy Carmichael / Composers: Mitchell Parish - Hoagy Carmichael
02	You Oughta Be In Pictures	Roy Fox & His Band	What a Difference a Day Made (1937-1941)	02:59
	Writer: Edward Heyman - Dana Suesse / Composers: Edward Heyman - Dana Suesse
03	Swaller Tail Coat	Roy Fox & His Band	What a Difference a Day Made (1937-1941)	02:43
	Writer: Miller / Composers: Miller
04	True	Roy Fox & His Band	What a Difference a Day Made (1937-1941)	03:09
	Writer: Walter G. Samuels - Leonard Whitcup / Composers: Walter G. Samuels - Leonard Whitcup
05	Drowsy Blues	Roy Fox & His Band	What a Difference a Day Made (1937-1941)	03:15
	Writer: Templeton / Composers: Templeton
06	Jungle Drums	Roy Fox & His Band	What a Difference a Day Made (1937-1941)	03:21
	Writer: Carmen Lombardo - Charles O'Flynn - Ernesto Lecuona / Composers: Carmen Lombardo - Charles O'Flynn - Ernesto Lecuona
07	Fair and Warmer	Roy Fox & His Band	What a Difference a Day Made (1937-1941)	02:46
	Writer: Al Dubin - Harry Warren / Composers: Al Dubin - Harry Warren

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Crates Digger Music Group: 01-01-2011

Love Is a Dancing Thing (1936)

01	Love Is a Dancing Thing	Roy Fox Orchestra	Love Is a Dancing Thing (1936)	02:47
	Writer: Howard Dietz - Arthur Schwartz / Composers: Howard Dietz - Arthur Schwartz
02	Moon for Sale	Roy Fox & His Orchestra	Love Is a Dancing Thing (1936)	03:12
	Writer: J Trevor - R Henderson - M Rosen / Composers: J Trevor - R Henderson - M Rosen
03	Bird On the Wing	Roy Fox & His Orchestra	Love Is a Dancing Thing (1936)	03:15
	Writer: Jimmy Kennedy - Wilhelm Grosz / Composers: Jimmy Kennedy - Wilhelm Grosz
04	Play, Orchestra Play	Roy Fox Orchestra	Love Is a Dancing Thing (1936)	03:05
	Writer: Noël Coward / Composers: Noël Coward
05	Quicker Than You Can Say Jack Robinson	Roy Fox & His Orchestra	Love Is a Dancing Thing (1936)	02:57
	Writer: David Mack - Peter Wendling / Composers: David Mack - Peter Wendling
06	The Star and the Rose	Roy Fox & His Orchestra	Love Is a Dancing Thing (1936)	03:16
	Writer: Joe Young - Arthur Schwartz / Composers: Joe Young - Arthur Schwartz
07	Saddle Your Blues to a Wild Mustang	Roy Fox & His Orchestra	Love Is a Dancing Thing (1936)	02:48
	Writer: Buddy Bernier - William Haid - Richard Whiting / Composers: Buddy Bernier - William Haid - Richard Whiting

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(P) 1934 Vocalion Ltd: 01-01-1934

Roy Fox at the Café de Paris, Vol. 9 - Spin a Little Web of Dreams

01	No More Heartaches, No More Tears (Roy Fox)	Roy Fox	Roy Fox at the Café de Paris, Vol. 9 - Spin a Little Web of Dreams	03:01
02	Midnight, the Stars and You (Roy Fox)	Roy Fox	Roy Fox at the Café de Paris, Vol. 9 - Spin a Little Web of Dreams	02:56
03	You Have Taken My Heart (Roy Fox)	Roy Fox	Roy Fox at the Café de Paris, Vol. 9 - Spin a Little Web of Dreams	03:18
04	Gee! Oh Gosh! I'm Grateful (Roy Fox)	Roy Fox	Roy Fox at the Café de Paris, Vol. 9 - Spin a Little Web of Dreams	02:32
05	Paddy (Roy Fox)	Roy Fox	Roy Fox at the Café de Paris, Vol. 9 - Spin a Little Web of Dreams	03:08
06	One Morning in May (Roy Fox)	Roy Fox	Roy Fox at the Café de Paris, Vol. 9 - Spin a Little Web of Dreams	02:59
07	Aloha Beloved (Roy Fox)	Roy Fox	Roy Fox at the Café de Paris, Vol. 9 - Spin a Little Web of Dreams	03:13

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(P) 1934 Vocalion Ltd: 01-01-1934

Roy Fox at the Kit Kat Club, Vol. 8 - My Hat's On the Side of My Head

01	At the Old Pig and Whistle	Roy Fox	Roy Fox at the Kit Kat Club, Vol. 8 - My Hat's On the Side of My Head	02:41
02	A Woman Should Stick to Her Man	Roy Fox	Roy Fox at the Kit Kat Club, Vol. 8 - My Hat's On the Side of My Head	03:05
03	Dinner at Eight	Roy Fox	Roy Fox at the Kit Kat Club, Vol. 8 - My Hat's On the Side of My Head	02:30
04	Oh! Johanna!	Roy Fox	Roy Fox at the Kit Kat Club, Vol. 8 - My Hat's On the Side of My Head	02:28
05	Everybody Loves My Marguerite	Roy Fox	Roy Fox at the Kit Kat Club, Vol. 8 - My Hat's On the Side of My Head	02:33
06	Goodnight, Llittle Girl of My Dreams	Roy Fox	Roy Fox at the Kit Kat Club, Vol. 8 - My Hat's On the Side of My Head	03:15
07	My Wild Oat	Roy Fox	Roy Fox at the Kit Kat Club, Vol. 8 - My Hat's On the Side of My Head	02:45

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(P) 1933 Vocalion Ltd: 01-01-1933

Night After Night, Vol. 7

01	Wheezy Anna	Roy Fox	Night After Night, Vol. 7	02:57
02	Night After Night	Roy Fox	Night After Night, Vol. 7	02:49
03	Till Tomorrow	Roy Fox	Night After Night, Vol. 7	02:54
04	Poor Me, Poor You	Roy Fox	Night After Night, Vol. 7	03:18
05	What a Perfect Combination	Roy Fox	Night After Night, Vol. 7	02:32
06	Look What You've Done	Roy Fox	Night After Night, Vol. 7	03:08
07	Sweetheart	Roy Fox	Night After Night, Vol. 7	03:07

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Singles

2026 Roy Fox: 24-04-2026

Fade (Extended Mix)

01	Fade (Extended Mix)	Roy Fox	Fade (Extended Mix)			04:07
	Writer: Wojciech Andrzejuk / Composers: Wojciech Andrzejuk

2025 Roy Fox: 23-05-2025

Push Pause

01	Push Pause	Roy Fox	Push Pause			03:46
	Writer: Wojciech Andrzejuk / Composers: Wojciech Andrzejuk

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: 31-07-2015

A History of Jazz in Britain, Vol. 1 (…230 British Jazz Classics)

01	Sweethearts on Parade	Humphrey Littelton	A History of Jazz in Britain, Vol. 1 (…230 British Jazz Classics)	03:16
02	Savoy Blues	Yorkshire Jazz Band	A History of Jazz in Britain, Vol. 1 (…230 British Jazz Classics)	02:57
03	Snag It	Ken Colyer's Jazzmen	A History of Jazz in Britain, Vol. 1 (…230 British Jazz Classics)	06:31
04	Mirage	Ronnie Scott	A History of Jazz in Britain, Vol. 1 (…230 British Jazz Classics)	05:28
05	Bobby Shaftoe	Chris Barber's Jazz Band	A History of Jazz in Britain, Vol. 1 (…230 British Jazz Classics)	02:48
06	Black and Blue	Terry Lightfoot's Jazzmen	A History of Jazz in Britain, Vol. 1 (…230 British Jazz Classics)	03:08
07	Chrysanthemum Rag	Ken Colyer's Jazzmen	A History of Jazz in Britain, Vol. 1 (…230 British Jazz Classics)	04:08

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: 09-03-2015

The Temperance Seven + 1 Music for Metro-Land / Music for Monitor - The Temperance Seven

01	Tiger Rag (From John Betjeman's Film, Metro-Land)	Temperance Seven LP 1	The Temperance Seven + 1 Music for Metro-Land / Music for Monitor - The Temperance Seven	02:52
02	Seven and Eleven (From Ken Russell's Monitor Film, Shelagh Delaney's Salford)	Temperance Seven LP 1	The Temperance Seven + 1 Music for Metro-Land / Music for Monitor - The Temperance Seven	04:52
03	The Eton Boating Song	Temperance Seven 1	The Temperance Seven + 1 Music for Metro-Land / Music for Monitor - The Temperance Seven	02:51
04	Laughing Blues	Temperance Seven LP 1	The Temperance Seven + 1 Music for Metro-Land / Music for Monitor - The Temperance Seven	04:00
05	Hard - Hearted Hannah	Temperance Seven LP 1	The Temperance Seven + 1 Music for Metro-Land / Music for Monitor - The Temperance Seven	03:06
06	When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam	Temperance Seven LP 1	The Temperance Seven + 1 Music for Metro-Land / Music for Monitor - The Temperance Seven	02:26
07	Yes Sir, That's My Baby	Temperance Seven LP 1	The Temperance Seven + 1 Music for Metro-Land / Music for Monitor - The Temperance Seven	02:20

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1998 Bilarm Music: 03-05-2019

Pete Smith Specialties, Vol. 1

01	The Music Goes 'Round and Around	Henry Hall	Pete Smith Specialties, Vol. 1	03:11
02	Midnight, The Stars and You	Al Bowlly	Pete Smith Specialties, Vol. 1	03:26
03	Please Don't Mention It	Al Bowlly	Pete Smith Specialties, Vol. 1	03:13
04	You Can't Pull The Wool Over My Eyes	Carroll Gibbons	Pete Smith Specialties, Vol. 1	03:13
05	I'd Rather Lead A Band	Harry Roy	Pete Smith Specialties, Vol. 1	03:06
06	Why Did She Fall For The Leader Of The Band	Jack Hylton	Pete Smith Specialties, Vol. 1	03:09
07	The Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo	Joe Daniels	Pete Smith Specialties, Vol. 1	02:30

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℗ 1936 G.O.P.: 31-03-2024

British Vintage Playlist - Music From The 1920s 1930s & 1940s

01	Did You Mean It	Jack Hylton And His Orchestra	British Vintage Playlist - Music From The 1920s 1930s & 1940s	02:57
	Writer: Jack Hylton / Composers: Jack Hylton
02	I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan	Ambrose & His Orchestra	British Vintage Playlist - Music From The 1920s 1930s & 1940s	03:05
	Writer: Robert Ambrose / Composers: Robert Ambrose
03	Got to Dance My Way to Heaven	Henry Hall	British Vintage Playlist - Music From The 1920s 1930s & 1940s	02:39
	Writer: Henry Hall / Composers: Henry Hall
04	You Go To My Head	Joe Loss	British Vintage Playlist - Music From The 1920s 1930s & 1940s	03:05
	Writer: Joe Loss / Composers: Joe Loss
05	One In a Million	Brian Lawrance	British Vintage Playlist - Music From The 1920s 1930s & 1940s	02:31
	Writer: Brian Lawrance / Composers: Brian Lawrance
06	I've Got Beginners Luck	Roy Fox	British Vintage Playlist - Music From The 1920s 1930s & 1940s	02:49
	Writer: Roy Fox / Composers: Roy Fox
07	From The Top Of Your Head	Carroll Gibbons	British Vintage Playlist - Music From The 1920s 1930s & 1940s	02:44
	Writer: Carroll Gibbons / Composers: Carroll Gibbons

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