Harry Cox

Harry Fred Cox 27 March 1885 - 6 May 1971 Was A Norfolk Farmworker And One Of The Most Important Singers Of Traditional English Music Of The Twentieth Century On Account Of His Large Repertoire And Fine Singing Style. 'He Is Admired' Writes Roy Palmer In The DNB 'for The Breadth And Variety Of His Repertory Some 140 Items Ranging From Rough Bawdry To High Balladry But Above All For His Technique Based According To The BBC Producer Francis Dillon On ‘a Carefully Placed Decoration A Beautifully Judged Phrasing An Exact Control Of Highly Complex Rhythm And A Singing Tone Which Requires No Accompaniment’.' read less