Autographs of Pearl Carr

Pearl Lavinia Carr (2 November 1921 – 16 February 2020) and Edward Victor "Teddy" Johnson (4 September 1919 – 6 June 2018) were English husband-and-wife entertainers who were best-known during the 1950s and early 1960s. They were the UK's Eurovision entrants at the 1959 contest with "Sing, Little Birdie", which came second.
Carr was born in Exmouth, Devon, and Johnson was born in Surbiton, Surrey. They were both successful solo singers before their marriage in 1955. Carr's mother, who had worked on the variety stage, taught her to sing and dance. She worked in a C.B. Cochran show, and later joined the Three in Harmony singing group, which appeared in the revue Best Bib And Tucker starring Tommy Trinder at the London Palladium in November, 1942. During 1944, she toured with Phil Green and his Basin Street Orchestra, and then she became a singer with various RAF Bands led by Leslie Douglas in 1945. By the late 1940s, she was singing with Cyril Stapleton and his Orchestra as they toured the UK's dance halls. Carr became the lead singer of a vocal quartet, The Keynotes, who recorded popular songs such as 1951's "There's a Harvest Moon Tonight". The Keynotes were regulars on the BBC radio show Take It from Here in 1949, whilst in 1950, Carr was a fixture on Breakfast with (Bernard) Braden, broadcast at 8:15 a.m. on the BBC Home Service. She moved with Bernard Braden to his programme Bedtime with Braden (9:30 p.m.) in September 1950. She was given her own BBC radio series, In the Blue of the Evening, commencing on 22 March 1951.
Johnson left school at 14 and initially worked in an office. Four years later, he obtained a first professional booking, as a drummer and assistant steward on the P&O liner SS Corfu. He made his first broadcast in 1939 for Radio Ceylon, which provoked a fellow musician to tell him: "You are a very good singer but a bloody awful drummer". During World War II, Johnson served in the merchant navy, working on the Queen Mary ship as a butcher on the transatlantic run. After the war, he was part of the resident band at the Locarno dance hall in Streatham, south London, and he also broadcast as a singer with the bandleader Jack Payne. In 1948, he was taken on as chief announcer for Radio Luxembourg and spent two years with them, presenting and compiling a range of shows, from request programmes to the first radio hit parade, compiled from British sales of sheet music. He was offered a recording contract by Columbia Records, and returned to London to begin a successful recording career. Johnson's first record was "Beloved, Be Faithful", a sheet music chart no. 1 hit. In total, he cut 60 sides for the Columbia label as a solo artist, including covers of hits including "Tennessee Waltz" and "I'll Always Love You". He was also a DJ on BBC Radio 2 as the first presenter of the popular programme All Time Greats.
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Traded items with a signature of Pearl Carr

The most expensive item with a signature of Pearl Carr (TEDDY JOHNSON & PEARL CARR ~ NICELY HAND SIGNED AUTOGRAPH VINTAGE POSTCARD) was sold in September 2016 for £25.00 while the cheapest item (Pearl Carr vintage signed album page AFTAL) found a new owner for £0.99 in June 2015. The month with the most items sold (3) was June 2015 with an average selling price of £0.99 for an autographed item of Pearl Carr. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2016 with £25.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was May 2015. In average, an autographed item from Pearl Carr is worth £2.99.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Pearl Carr were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	1950s eurovision PEARL CARR & TEDDY JOHNSON signed ALBUM PAGE	£0.99
	Eurovision Song Contest PEARL CARR hand signed page	£1.99
	Original Hand Signed Autograph - Pearl Carr - Singer	£4.95
	PEARL CARR - BRITISH SINGER - AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO	£13.99
	PEARL CARR & TEDDY JOHNSON ( SING LITTLE BIRDIE 1959 ) HAND SIGNED PHOTO CARD	£4.08
	PEARL CARR & TEDDY JOHNSON AUTOGRAPHED PHOTOGRAPH	£1.00
	PEARL CARR ( 1959 EUROVISION ) signed ALBUM PAGE	£0.99
	PEARL CARR + TEDDY JOHNSON( POPULAR SINGERS 1950s ) + 1 UNKNOWN HAND SIGNED PAGE	£1.00
	PEARL CARR - POPULAR SINGER & ENTERTAINER - SUPERB SIGNED VINTAGE PHOTO	£2.21
	PEARL CARR - Signed 6x4 Photocard - MUSIC - SINGER	£4.99
	Pearl Carr - Singer - Original Hand Signed Autograph - Candid Photo	£8.75
	Pearl Carr And Teddy Johnson Eurovision 1950's-60's Hand Signed Letter	£1.99
	Pearl Carr vintage signed album page AFTAL	£0.99
	Singers PEARL CARR & TEDDY JOHNSON (+BRIAN MARSHALL) hand signed page	£2.99
	TEDDY JOHNSON & PEARL CARR ~ NICELY HAND SIGNED AUTOGRAPH VINTAGE POSTCARD	£25.00