Norman Stuart Long (26 March 1893 – 10 January 1951) was an English singer, pianist and comic entertainer, who was one of the earliest stars of BBC Radio.
Born in Deal, Kent, he moved to London as a child and worked as a clerk before joining Charles Heslop's Brownies concert party troupe.
After serving in the military in the First World War, he made his first stage appearance at the Lewisham Hippodrome in 1919, billed as "A song, a smile, and a piano".
[2] His billing was soon changed to "A song, a joke, and a piano" when it was realised that a smile could not be conveyed over radio,[3][4] and he described himself as "Norman Long - all teeth and trousers".
[7][8] Long continued to make regular appearances on BBC radio variety shows through the Second World War.