A Programme By
THE B.B.C. DANCE ORCHESTRA, directed by HENRY HALL
Personally, introduced by CHARLES B. COCHRAN
The greatest showman in England celebrates his sixtieth birthday tonight at the microphone. With him at this very distinguishedl party will be Henry Hall , who has made a special orchestral arrangement of representative tunes from the many shows Mr. Cochran has presented in the last thirty-one years, and the B.B.C. Dance Orchestra.
Mr. Cochran will himself introduce many of these successes tonight. He will recall memories of such tunes and stars as ' Blue Boy,' his own favourite song. sung by Nellie Taylor in May fair and Montmartre at the Oxford in 1922; of Alice Delysia in ' Please Do It Again ' from the same show ; of Florence Mills singing ' Sleepy Hills of Tennessee,' from Blackbirds ; of such stars as June, Jessie Matthews. Elsie Carlisle , Peggy Wood , Mary Ellis , Noel Coward ,
Gertrude Lawrence , Elizabeth Welch , and Sonme Hale. Several of these stars will be heard in person, but it is impossible to say in advance which of them will be able to come to Mr. Cochran's s birthday party in the studio. Listeners may rely on an hour of memorable entertainment, and a few very pleasant surprises.