"The Lambeth Walk"
Cultural impact[edit]
"The Lambeth Walk" had the distinction of being the subject of a headline in The Times in October 1938: "While dictators rage and statesmen talk, all Europe dances – to The Lambeth Walk."[9]
In the film The Longest Day (1962), about the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944, this song is sung by glider troopers of Major John Howard in a glider on its way to capture Pegasus Bridge.
The composer Franz Reizenstein wrote a set of Variations on the Lambeth Walk, each variation a pastiche of the style of a major classical composer. Notable are the variations in the styles of Beethoven, Chopin, and Liszt.
1899 song by Alec Hurley[edit]
An earlier, different song titled "The Lambeth Walk" (composed in 1899 by Edward W. Rogers) was popularised by music hall singer Alec Hurley (1871–1913).[10]