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Ragtime to Rock V Roll

on BBC Radio 2

The story of 60 years of popular music. A 26-week series
' Benny Goodman made a quip to me one night and I thought he was trying to be funny, as funny as Benny Goodman can get. He said " What are you trying to do, take over the damn business, you damn singers? '" ' (DICK HAYMES ) IS: There'll Be Some Changes Made
Kenneth More continues the history of popular music from the beginning of the 20th century, with the help of: PRANKIE LAINE , ROSEMARY CI.OONEY DICK IIAYMES , GUY LOMBARDO SY OLIVER. NEIL HEFTt
ALEC WILDER , GEORGE T. SIMON and others
Written by PETER CLAYTON Research by BILL SULLIVAN
Producer JOHN BILLINGHAM

Contributors

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Benny Goodman
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Benny Goodman
Singers:
Dick Haymes
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Kenneth More
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Prankie Laine
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Ooney Dick Iiaymes
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Lombardo Sy Oliver.
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Neil Heftt
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Alec Wilder
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George T. Simon
Written By:
Peter Clayton
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Bill Sullivan

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