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Big Band Special

on BBC Radio 2

Sheila Tracy presents the 1,000th edition of the programme which started broadcasting in 1979. Conductor Barry Forgie and the BBC Big Band take a musical trip down memory lane to the early days of the programme, featuring many of the arrangers who have been a key part of the programme's success, including Dick Walter, Steve Gray, Alyn Ainsworth and Alan Roper.
Sheila Tracy's Kind of Day: page 130

Contributors

Presenter:
Sheila Tracy
Musicians:
The BBC Big Band
Conductor:
Barry Forgie

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