 By the mid @-@ 19th century , the halls created a demand for new and catchy popular songs . As a result , professional songwriters were enlisted to provide the music for a plethora of star performers , such as Marie Lloyd , Dan Leno , Little Tich , and George Leybourne . Music hall did not adopt its own unique style . Instead all forms of entertainment were performed : male and female impersonators , lions comiques , mime artists and impressionists , trampoline acts , and comic pianists such as John Orlando Parry and George Grossmith were just a few of the many types of entertainments the audiences could expect to find over the next forty years . 
