- (This page is about the American radio program. For the American Avantgarde duo of the same name, see Happiness Boys(2)).
The Happiness Boys was an American popular radio program of the early 1920s. It featured the vocal duo of tenor Billy Jones (1889-1940) and bass/baritone Ernie Hare (1883-1939), who sang novelty songs. Jones and Hare were already established as soloists on phonograph records. One of Jones's better solos was "Mary Lou", while Hare scored with the Yuletide novelty "Santa Claus Hides in the Phonograph".
In 1920 recording executive Gus Haenschen had them sing an accompaniment on a Brunswick recording. They went on to do numerous recordings for Brunswick Records, Edison, and other companies. Similarities between the two singers were often noted: same height, same weight, birthdays a few days apart.
Links to Peel[]
Peel played their track, 'She Knows Her Onions', which was added to the Peelenium 1926. No other tracks from the artist seemed to have been played by Peel according to available tracklistings from this site.
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- 14 July 1999: She Knows Her Onions (Peelenium 1926)