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The others were Cal & Nona Kay (billed as 'selling sunshine'), Japanese juggler Uno Togo, El Ray and Lady 'in unique ventriloquial offering \"The Hairdresser\"', burlesque comedian Peter Fannan, Will Power and Page ('stunts on unicycles'), Donald Stuart ('the longest laugh in variety'), and 'the famous revue stars' Tom Payne and Vera Hilliard.\n\nThe American songwriter and pianist Turner Layton (1894-1978) linked up with the vocalist Clarence 'Tandy' Johnstone (1885-1953) in New York in  1922 as Layton and Johnstone, and moved to England in 1924 where they became hugely popular, appearing in the theatre, clubs, films and on the  radio, and selling over ten million records between 1924 and 1935. 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