Hamilton Hill

Hamilton Hill (1869 – 1910) was a Light baritone prominent early Australian music hall, vaudeville and recording artist born in Gordons (near Ballarat, Victoria).
Hill began his stage career in Perth in the early 1890s with Charles Godfrey, before joining Henry Bracy’s opera company, and later touring with Harry Rickards.
In 1899 he left Australia for San Francisco where he opened at the Orpheum, then toured America for three years. 
Hill subsequently made his mark in England, performing at the Empire Theatre in London, before touring and recording many of his popular songs for The Gramophone Co., Edison, Nicole, Odeon, Columbia, Lambert, Sterling, Favourite, Beka, Jumbo, Clarion and Pathé.
Hill died at the age of 40 in Los Angeles in 1910.  
==Links to Peel==
Peel played Hamiltons 'A Bird In A Gilded Cage' track for the Peelenium 1903. No other tracks from the artist seemed to have been played by Peel according to available tracklistings on this site.
==Shows Played==
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*20 May 1999: A Bird In A Gilded Cage (Peelenium 1903)
==External Links==
*NFSA
*Discogs
Category:Artists