R. P. Weston

The Stage, 12 November 1936, published ‘Bob’ Weston’s obituary: ‘The death of Robert P. Weston at Twickenham last Friday [6 November 1936] at the age of 58 breaks up a famous partnership in writing for the stage, for R. P. Weston and Bert Lee wrote innumerable popular songs and provided many successful books for revues, musical plays, and other entertainments in the course of an association that lasted over twenty years. The present Palladium piece, “O Kay for Sound,” was from their joint pens, and was the last piece they completed together. The war-time “Good By-ee” and Stanley Holloway’s Tower number were two of the best known of their many song successes, but the Weston and Lee collaboration, which began in 1915 with “Cupid’s Alley,” provided many ditties for leading artists, including “Samoa,” “Fancy You Fancying Me,” “Paddy M’Ginty’s Goat,” “We’ll All Have a Holiday in the Summer-Time,” “The Gipsy Warned Me,” “Our Little Garden Suburb,” “When Paderewski Plays,” “Pennsylvania,” “Could Lloyd George Do It?” and “The Body in the Bag.” R. P. Weston was born at Islington, and was formerly an engineer. His son, Harris Weston, is to collaborate with his father’s old partner. The list of musical and other stage pieces with which the name of R. P. Weston was associated on the authorship side includes “The Queen of Clubs,” “Fanfare,” “News of the World,” “Blackpool Follies,” “Going Strong,” “Billy Blue,” “Lucky Girl,” “Virginia,” “Flying Colours.” “He Wanted Adventure,” “Miss 1933,” “Here Comes the Bride,” “The Reply to the Talkies,” “Little Tommy Tucker,” “Tell Her the Truth,” “ Merry Merry,” “Hold Everything,” “Smile and Be Bright,” “Yes, Madame,” “Leg Theory,” “Say It With Laughter,” “Certainly, Sir,” “Give Me a Ring,” “Please Teacher,” “The Girl Friend,” “Hit the Deck,” and “Round About Regent Street”’.