Harry Roy, born Harry Lipman on January 12, 1900, in Stamford Hill, London, was a British dance band leader and clarinet player. He started his musical career at age seven with piano lessons, later studying clarinet and alto saxophone. In the 1920s, Roy and his brother Sidney formed the Darnswells Dance Band, performing at notable venues. By the early 1930s, Roy fronted his own band, the RKOlians, and released "My Girl's Pussy" (1931). During World War II, Roy toured with the Tiger Ragamuffins and had a hit with "When Can I Have a Banana Again?" (1943). When the big band era came to an end in the 1950s, Roy drifted in and out of the music scene and ran his own restaurant. In 1969, he returned to music, leading a quartet at London's Lyric Theatre. Roy passed away on February 1, 1971, in London.
