PIONEERRESPOND
Leonce Charles BLUFF 1869 - 1942
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| aka | Leonce C. Bluff, L. C. Bluff, Leonce Bluff, L. Bluff |
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| birth | .. Apr/May/June 1869, ......, Hoxton, Shoreditch, London, Middlesex |
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| death | .. 1942, .......... |
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| marriage | married on .. July/Aug/Sept 1900, Islington, Greater London, Middlesex:
 Theresa Grace KELLAWAY b. <1875>, Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales |
PARENTS
| father | Robert BLUFF b. Jan/Feb/Mar 1840, Colne, St Ives, Cambridgeshire/Huntingdonshire |
| mother | Mary Anne MUSTIEL/MUSTILL b. ....., Aldreth [Haddenham], Cambridgeshire |
| marriage | married in July/Aug/Sept 1868, City of London, London: |
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LIFE
In 1891 Census: vocalist music (or musn = musician?)
Used many aliases: Robert Na(i)sh,
pioneer recording expert (what company? Grammavox?)
comic
(source: Grammavox by Frank Andrews)
made the first known commercially made UK recordings, issued by the London Phonograph Company about 1892 (Guinness, p. 32)
see also: Joe Batten's Book, pp 44-46 (1956 edition, Rockcliff, London)
NOTES
- Mr. Harry Bluff, Humorist (in: The Talking Machine Review No 51, April 1978, pp 1302-1303, 1314)
- Joe Batten's Book, pp 44-46 (1956 edition, Rockcliff, London)
COMPANIES & LABELS
PHOTOS
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| Leonce Charles Bluff |
THANK YOU
Paul Cleary
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