Bowlly, Al

Albert Alick Bowlly (1899-1941) was the most popular singer in Britain during the 1930s. He was born in South Africa, sang for a dance band in India and Singapore during the 1920s, made his first recording in Berlin in 1927, and moved on to London where he had an international hit with "If I Had You." During the early 1930s he recorded over 500 songs including "Blue Moon," "I've Got You Under My Skin" and "My Melancholy Baby." In the United States, he had his own radio series and appeared in the film The Big Broadcast of 1936.