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Ernest Pike

Ernest George Pike (1871 – 4 March 1936) was an English tenor of the early 20th century who made numerous recordings in the first decades of the 20th century. After studying at the Guildhall School of Music in London, he worked as a bank clerk and sang as a church tenor before making his first recording "Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes" for the Gramophone & Typewriter Company in 1904. He became the house tenor for HMV and made several hundred records in a career that spanned over twenty years.

Pike has been called "England's most recorded tenor", and his "silver voice" became a favourite in thousands of homes – remaining so until well into the 1920s. For a time his popularity was as great as that of the singer Peter Dawson. His repertoire was varied and included grand opera, light opera, oratorio, and ballads and popular songs of the Edwardian era, the First World War and the 1920s. He toured the British Isles giving concerts and was a favourite of royalty. He recorded under a number of pseudonyms – most commonly Herbert Payne.

Birth and Death Data: Born 1871, Died March 4, 1936

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1905 - 1923

Roles Represented in DAHR: tenor vocal

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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 54 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Columbia 73354 10-in. approximately 1923 I was dreaming (Mamie Rosetta) Ernest Pike vocalist, tenor vocal  
Columbia 73355 10-in. approximately 1923 My sweetheart, when a boy Ernest Pike vocalist, tenor vocal  
Columbia 73358 10-in. approximately 1923 My pretty Jane : The bloom is on the rye Ernest Pike vocalist, tenor vocal  
Columbia 73365 10-in. approximately 1923 There is a flower that bloometh Ernest Pike vocalist, tenor vocal  
Columbia 73366 10-in. approximately 1923 Come into the garden, Maude Ernest Pike vocalist, tenor vocal  
Columbia 73373 10-in. approximately 1923 Alice, where art thou? Ernest Pike vocalist, tenor vocal  
Columbia 73374 10-in. approximately 1923 The shores of Minnetonka Herbert Payne vocalist, tenor vocal  
Columbia 73381 10-in. approximately 1923 You remind me of my mother Herbert Payne vocalist, tenor vocal  
Columbia 73382 10-in. approximately 1923 Until my luck comes rolling along Herbert Payne vocalist, tenor vocal  
Columbia 73383 10-in. approximately 1923 Tom Bowling Ernest Pike vocalist, tenor vocal  
Columbia 76857 12-in. approximately 1923 My dreams Albert W. Ketelbey ; Ernest Pike Male vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Columbia 76858 12-in. approximately 1923 Parted Albert W. Ketelbey ; Ernest Pike Male vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Columbia 76868 12-in. 1/24/1923 Excelsior Eric Courtland ; Harold Williams Vocal duet, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Columbia 76869 12-in. 1/24/1923 Moon hath raised Eric Courtland ; Harold Williams Vocal duet, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Gramophone HO2769af 12-in. 7/30/1917 The Mikado D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; John Harrison ; Violet Oppenshaw ; Edna Thornton Operetta : Vocal soloist(s), and/or chorus/orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Gramophone HO2771af 12-in. 7/30/1917 The Mikado D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Violet Essex ; John Harrison ; Edna Thornton Operetta : Vocal soloist(s), and/or chorus/orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Gramophone HO2773af 12-in. 7/30/1917 The Mikado D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; John Harrison Operetta : Vocal soloist(s), and/or chorus/orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Gramophone HO2779af 12-in. 8/2/1917 The Mikado D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; John Harrison Operetta : Vocal soloist(s), and/or chorus/orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Gramophone HO2782af 12-in. 7/30/1917 The Mikado George Baker ; D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Edna Thornton Operetta : Vocal soloist(s), and/or chorus/orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Gramophone HO2806af 12-in. 8/2/1917 The Mikado George Baker ; D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Edna Thornton Operetta : Vocal soloist(s), and/or chorus/orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Gramophone HO2814af 12-in. 8/15/1917 The Mikado George Baker ; D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Ernest Pike ; Robert Radford Operetta : Vocal soloist(s), and/or chorus/orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Gramophone HO2915af 12-in. 10/16/1917 The Mikado D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Bessie Jones ; Ernest Pike ; Robert Radford ; Edna Thornton Operetta : Vocal soloist(s), and/or chorus/orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Gramophone 7203b 10-in. 9/4/1905 Old folks at home Nellie Melba Soprano vocal solo, with vocal trio and piano vocalist, tenor vocal  
Gramophone 7204b 10-in. 9/4/1905 Good night Nellie Melba Soprano vocal solo, with vocal trio and piano vocalist, tenor vocal  
Gramophone 10418e 10-in. 7/2/1909 Onward Christian soldiers Westminster Cathedral Choir Mixed vocal chorus, with band vocalist, tenor vocal  
(Results 26-50 of 54 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Pike, Ernest," accessed November 22, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/100361.

Pike, Ernest. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/100361.

"Pike, Ernest." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 22 November 2024.

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URI: https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/100361

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