Their style however was at odds with the honky-tonk sensibilities of the country music of the time and both brothers decided

Their style, however, was at odds with the honky-tonk sensibilities of the country music of the time and both brothers decided to pursue other careers, reuniting on stage only briefly. Joe returned to Asheville, where he opened a grocery store and eventually died in 1971. Bill remained in Dallas, where he ran a photographic business.Paul Wadey. Children today listen to the same records as their older brothers and sisters and it is not hard to find a 10-year-old who loves such controversial acts as Eminem or Limp Bizkit. But, before the Beatles, there was a separate record market for children and in the UK their records were played on a specialist programme on BBC Radio, Junior Choice.

The best children’s records had a long shelf-life, as they appealed to one generation after another. A perennial favourite was Tubby the Tuba, the concept of the New York actor Paul Tripp. Paul Tripp, television presenter, actor and writer: born New York 20 February 1911; married Ruth Enders (died 1999; one son, one daughter); died New York 29 August 2002. Although his father was a singer and an actor, he intended to be a lawyer, but he did not complete the course and went into show business. He made his d?t on Broadway in a small part in Cyrano de Bergerac in 1936 and worked in ghetto areas with children, passing on his love of the theatre.

His experiences inspired both Tubby the Tuba and a television series, Mr I. Magination.In 1940 Tripp was taking part in Victory Against Heaven, and he suggested to its composer, George Kleinsinger, that they develop the idea of Tubby the Tuba; Tripp would write the story and Kleinsinger the music. They saw it as a companion piece to Peter and the Wolf, which Prokofiev had written in 1936. Because Tripp was serving in China during the Second World War, they did not complete Tubby the Tuba until 1945.Tubby the Tuba does not have a melody of his own and is relegated to playing “oom-pah, oom-pah”. The other instruments mock him, but then he meets a friendly bullfrog and together they develop a tune. Tubby returns to the orchestra and the conductor is amazed because he has never heard a melody on a tuba before.