Listings
: Stories in Song
Popular dance ballads recorded by popular dance bands.: Music by Ketelbey
on gramophone recordsAlbert Ketelbey's Concert Orchestra Overture: Chal Romano ("Gypsy lad") The clock and the Dresden figures Gnomes' march ("In a fairy realm")
: Light Music from Italy
by an E.I.A.R. Chamber OrchestraA Small Choir
Conductor, Tito Petralia
from Turin
Contributors
: Bill and Bob Somewhere in France
Parlez-vous francais? - maybe you do, maybe you would like to, maybe not. But in any case you may like to hear what happens to Bill and Bob of the B.E.F. when they try to make themselves understood.Listen to their adventures if you would like to pick up a little useful French or to know more about the French people and how they live.
: Take Your Choice
from an armful of records taken at random from the rack.: Alfredo Campoli
in a programme of popular violin pieces.: The New Hippodrome Orchestra
Conductor, William Pethers from the New Hippodrome Theatre, CoventryGive me my ranch - Uranza
Overture: Light Cavalry - Suppé
It's a lovely day tomorrow - Berlin
Gingham gownl and Charmeuse - from Suite My Lady's Dress Henman
Selection: Lights Up - Noel Gay
Spring fever - Bloom (Solo piano, Jack Wilson)
Manhattan serenade - Alter
Echoes of the ball - Willoughby
Rhythmic Round-Up No. 17 - arr. Pethers
Contributors
: Trans-Canada
Sandy Macpherson packs his theatre organ into his very special 'plane to take you on a musical flight across the Dominion of Canada.Among the passengers to be picked up en route are:
Stuart Barrie (Maritime Provinces)
Jack Penn (Quebec)
Gerry Fitzgerald (Ontario)
Inga Andersen (Western Provinces)
The flight personally conducted and arranged by Sandy Macpherson at the theatre organ
Contributors
: Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians
Fifteen minutes of sweet music on records: Play, Gypsy, Play
introducing The Caravan Players: Naval Log
a description of recent events at sea: Top of the Bill: George Formby
in an excerpt from 'Dick Whittington' presented by Tom Arnold from the Empire Theatre, Leeds.Here is the first of a weekly series in which top-notch stars of the entertainment world will beguile you with their acts. Usually the programmes will come to you direct from the theatres or music-halls in which the chosen stars are appearing.
Contributors
: Ice Hockey
Royal Canadian Horse Artillery v. Harringay GreyhoundsA commentary on the last period of the game, by Bob Bowman, from Harringay Arena
Contributors
: When You and I Were Dancing
A review of past ballroom successes by Dave Frost and his Band recalled by 'You and I'.Contributors
: Variety
From London's oldest music-hall-Collins, Islington GreenPresented by Lew Lake
Contributors
: Excerpts from Ivor Novello's Drury Lane Productions
'Glamorous Night', 'Careless Rapture', 'Crest of the Wave', and 'The Dancing Years'Recorded by the original artists - Mary Ellis, Trefor Jones, Dorothy Dickson, Olive Gilbert, and the Drury Lane Theatre Orchestra, conducted by Charles Prentice
Contributors
: Harry Roy and his Band
from the Cafe Anglais, London.About this project
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