Balmbra's Music Hall was an early Music Hall in the centre of Newcastle, England, in the middle of the 19th century.
John Balmbra (born c. 1811) was the owner, proprietor, manager and licensee of Balmbra's Music Hall in Newcastle, England, to which he gave his name. John Balmbra was born about 1811 in Alnwick, Northumberland.
Joe Wilson (29 November 1841 – 14 February 1875) was a Tyneside concert hall songwriter and performer in the mid-19th century. His most famous song is "Keep yor feet still Geordie hinny". He was a contemporary of George "Geordie" Ridley.
This is a list of songwriters in the Geordie dialect of English, spoken in Tyneside.
Songs of the Bards of the Tyne is a chapbook style songbook, giving the lyrics of local, now historical songs, with a few bits of other information. It was edited by Joseph Philip Robson and published by P. France & Co. in 1850.
George "Geordie" Ridley (1835–1864) was a Tyneside concert hall songwriter and performer in the middle of the 19th century. His most famous song is "Blaydon Races". He was a contemporary of Edward Corvan.
"Blaydon Races" (Roud #3511) is a Geordie folk song of 1862, with lyric by George Ridley written in a style deriving from music hall. It celebrates the horse races held at Blaydon in North East England that year, although mostly composed in advance...
Shoe-tie John Spencer John Stephenson Jacky Tate Whin Bob - an alias of and see Robert Cruddace John Wilson -better known as Cuckoo Jack Balmbras’ Music
Northumbria, in modern contexts, usually refers to the region of England between the Tees and Tweed, including the historic counties of Northumberland and Durham, but it is often taken to be a synonymous with North East England. The area corresponds...
Joshua L Bagnall was a Tyneside composer of the early and mid-19th century.