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Singing and an imitation.
At the Brighton Sykes not only pleased but walked off with an early hit.
Harry Sykes is a youngster with an especially good voice, a rather neat style of delivery and a passable appearance, working in what might be termed a "street suit," his specialty being composed of numbers with a few stories. Opening with "Midnight Cakewalk Ball" which started him splendidly, he proceeded to an imitation of Bert Williams and then to the stories. He told three, the first two sounding familiar, but the closer is apparently new and accumulated the best returns. A descriptive melodramatic song was followed by two others, including a good comedy number. A present-day singers go, Sykes should qualify, but with a good partner, particularly if accompanied by a piano, Sykes should develop into a standard attraction.
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Variety, 40:1 (09/03/1915)