Henry Robert Hall, CBE (2 May 1898 – 28 October 1989)[1] was an English bandleader who performed regularly on BBC Radio during the British dance band era of the 1920s and 1930s, through to the 1960s.

[1] During World War I, Hall served with the Royal Field Artillery,[1] and played trumpet and piano in the regimental band.

[2] Hall describes in his autobiography, Here's to the Next Time, that in October 1923 he met a young woman, Margery Harker, while travelling by rail to Dartmoor.

Hall mentions that he and Margery were about the same age and had much in common, after discussing the C. B. Cochran production of the musical Little Nellie Kelly and Paul Whiteman's take on "Till My Luck comes Rolling Along", a number from the show.

In 1936, Henry Hall made his first feature film and in the same year he was guest conductor of the ship's orchestra on the Queen Mary's maiden voyage, where he wrote the song "Somewhere at Sea".

[1] His BBC work again blossomed as he hosted Henry Hall's Guest Night on the radio and later on television.

The former served in the Royal Navy, and later became one of the resident chairmen at the Players Theatre in London, founded by actor Leonard Sachs.

When he died, the local football club Frickley Athletic, who had close ties with the colliery, marked the occasion in their matchday programme with a page, dedicated to Hall, entitled "No More Henry's".