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The Seaside in Song '

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' loliday Ballads from the Old Music-
Halls in a setting devised by WILLSON DISHER and constructed by BRYAN MICHIE
The singers
RAY WALLACE
DAN LENO , JNR.
WALTER WILLIAMS
MARJORIE ESSEX
VERNON WATSON
Compere, Tom COSTELLO
THE BBC VARIETY ORCHESTRA and THE BBC REVUE CHORUS conducted by CHARLES SHADWELL
Although ' I do like to be beside the seaside 'is admittedly the supreme lassie of seaside hymnology, it is only the first among a multitude of songs of the beach. As Willson Disher shows in his article on page 15, the seaside has always been a potent source of inspiration to song-writers, and we know (from 1066 and All That) that even King Canute and his courtiers sang as they got their feet wet. But this evening's programme will not go so far into the past as that.

Contributors

Unknown:
Willson Disher
Unknown:
Bryan Michie
Singers:
Ray Wallace
Singers:
Dan Leno
Unknown:
Walter Williams
Unknown:
Marjorie Essex
Unknown:
Vernon Watson
Unknown:
Tom Costello
Conducted By:
Charles Shadwell
Unknown:
Willson Disher

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