They travelled to England, where they toured widely, performing both popular songs and classical arias, and made recordings for the Zonophone label.

[1][2] The duo split up in 1930, and Carpenter returned to the United States where he reputedly played the piano part mimed by Dooley Wilson in Casablanca.

Hatch established himself as a regular performer in London nightclubs, and starred with Florence Mills in the touring stage musical Blackbirds, with a band that included pianist Will Vodery and saxophonist Rudolph Dunbar.

[2] He also contributed musical numbers to the popular and long-lasting BBC radio series The Kentucky Minstrels, starring comedians Scott and Whaley.

The Shim-Sham Club developed a reputation for hosting top jazz musicians, its openness to radical politics, and for its free and easy atmosphere in which white and black customers mingled, there was a casual attitude towards alcohol licensing laws, and there was tolerance of unconventional lifestyles.