Autographs of Harry Roy

Harry Lipman (12 January 1900 – 1 February 1971), known professionally as Harry Roy, was a British dance band leader and clarinet player from the 1920s to the 1960s. He performed several songs with suggestive lyrics, including "My Girl's Pussy" (1931), and "She Had to Go and Lose It at the Astor" (1939) and "When Can I have a Banana Again?" (1943)
Roy was born Harry Lipman in Stamford Hill, London, England to a Jewish family and after learning piano from the age of seven, went on to study clarinet and alto saxophone at the age of 16. He and his brother Sidney formed a band which they called the Darnswells Dance Band, with Harry on saxophone and clarinet and Sidney on piano. During the 1920s, they performed in several prestige venues, such as the Alhambra and the London Coliseum, in bands such as the Original Lyrical Five and the Crichton Lyricals. They had a three-year residency at the Café de Paris, and toured South Africa, Australia and Germany.
By the early 1930s, Harry Roy was fronting his own band, the RKOlians and broadcasting from the Café Anglais and the Mayfair Hotel. In 1931, he wrote and sang "My Girl's Pussy", which has since been the subject of many cover versions and remakes. In 1935, he married Elizabeth Brooke (stage name: Princess Pearl), daughter of the White Rajah of Sarawak, with whom he appeared in two musical films, Everything Is Rhythm (1936) and Rhythm Racketeer (1937). Appearing in the former film were Roy's two pianists, Ivor Moreton and Dave Kaye. They had originally been part of Harry Roy's Tiger Ragamuffins, a smaller outfit composed of members of the main band, which also included drummer Joe Daniels. Moreton and Kaye left Roy's band in early 1936, going on to a successful career as piano duettists in their own right.
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Traded items with a signature of Harry Roy

The most expensive item with a signature of Harry Roy (Harry Roy British dance band leader w clarinet hand signed antique phot pc) was sold in April 2026 for £58.91 while the cheapest item (Autograph of Harry Roy) found a new owner for £0.99 in February 2022. The month with the most items sold (4) was April 2014 with an average selling price of £3.00 for an autographed item of Harry Roy. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in November 2017 with £34.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was September 2012. In average, an autographed item from Harry Roy is worth £3.28.

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Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	DANCE BANDS HARRY ROY AUTOGRAPH & HARRY ROY DANCEBAND ALSO KEN STARKE DANCEBAND	£11.59
	DANCE BANDS HARRY ROY AUTOGRAPH & HARRY ROY DANCEBAND ALSO KEN STARKE DANCEBAND	£11.59
	HARRY ROY - BIG BAND LEADER - AUTOGRAPHED POSTCARD PHOTO	£22.99
	HARRY ROY - BIG BAND LEADER - AUTOGRAPHED POSTCARD PHOTO	£22.99
	HARRY ROY - BANDLEADER - AUTOGRAPHED POSTCARD PHOTO	£18.85
	HARRY ROY - BANDLEADER - AUTOGRAPHED POSTCARD PHOTO	£18.85
	Harry Roy - Clarinetist & Bandleader - Original Hand Signed Autograph	£6.75
	HARRY ROY - Dance Band Leader & Clarinettist - 1933 Signed Letter & Postcard	£33.96
	HARRY ROY - Dance Band Leader & Clarinettist - 1933 Signed Letter & Postcard	£33.96
	HARRY ROY DANCE BAND LEADER PLAIN BACK RADIO PICTORIAL PHOTO ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH	£7.05
	HARRY ROY DANCE BAND LEADER PLAIN BACK RADIO PICTORIAL PHOTO ORIGINAL AUTOGRAPH	£7.05
	old signed postcard Harry Roy orchestra	£18.84
	old signed postcard Harry Roy orchestra	£18.84
	VINTAGE 1930s GENUINE AUTOGRAPH: BRITISH DANCE BAND LEADER HARRY ROY (Orchestra)	£4.24
	VINTAGE 1930s GENUINE AUTOGRAPH: BRITISH DANCE BAND LEADER HARRY ROY (Orchestra)	£4.24