Roaring 20s:Billy Jones, Ernest Hare- Don't Bring Lulu, 1925

BILLY JONES (born 1889, died 1940) and ERNEST HARE (born 1883, died 1939) met in 1919 and formed a team at the suggestion of Brunswick recording executive. They recorded for Brunswick and many other companies as Jones and Hare, The Happiness Boys. Jones is the tenor; Hare, the bass/baritone. When they performed on a network radio show for Interwoven Socks, they called themselves The Interwoven Pair. They also made theater and club appearances. They reached the height of their popularity in 1929-30 as The Happiness Boys, because as radio entertainers they were sponsored, beginning in August 1923 on Manhattan New York station WEAF, by the Happiness Candy Stores. By 1924 they adopted "How Do You Do?" as their radio theme song. In 1928, Jones and Hare became the highest paid singers in radio, $1,250 a week. Recording: Billy Jones & Ernest Hare, vocals -- Don't Bring Lulu, Victor 1925