Lizbeth Webb


Elizabeth Sandra Holton , better known by her stage name, Lizbeth Webb, was an English soprano and stage actress. Known as the champagne soprano, she is remembered partly for originating the song This Is My Lovely Day.

Webb was born at Tilehurst near Reading, Berkshire, the last of three children of Frederick and Ethel Holton, who raised her. Her mother died in childbirth, and she was adopted by her aunt and uncle, Ethel and Alfred Wills Webber. Her sisters were adopted by other aunts. She attended E. P. Collier Primary School, where she was known as Betty Webber. She later went on to Hemdean House School and Queen Annes School, both in Caversham, Reading. As a child, she excelled at rowing, swimming and running. From an early age, she took singing lessons.

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