with the BBC Revue CHORUS and the BBC VARIETY ORCHESTRA
Conducted by CHARLES SHADWELL
The famous composer, Leslie Stuart (Thomas Augustine Barrett ), was born in Southport in 1864 and died in 1928. For fourteen years he was a church organist-seven. years at the Roman Catholic Cathedral, Salford, and seven at the Church of the Holy Name, Manchester.
He sprang into prominence as a composer of songs, came to London permanently in 1895, and wrote ' Lousiana Lou' for Ellaline Terriss in The Shop Girl. His songs in An Artist's Model won recognition, but it was with ' Soldiers of the Queen ', played on every barrel organ in 1895 and 1896, that he made his name. He wrote many of Eugene Stratton 's most popular songs-' Little Dolly Dayjdream ', ' I may be Crazy ', ' The Lily of Laguna '—and composed a number of musical comedy successes, among which was Florodora.