On 30 January 1912, Jack Judge, a native of Oldbury, Birmingham, Worcestershire, England (1872-1938) was performing at “The Grand Theatre”, Stalybridge, Cheshire, England with his younger brother Ted (Edward) Withey in a Music Hall production. After the evenings performance, he went to a club near the theatre. At the club, he was teased by his companions about a song he had written called “How are yer?”. As Judge and his friends left the club not long before 1 A.M. on the 31st January, someone challenged him with a bet that he could not write a new song that day and then perform it on stage during that evening’s performance.

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