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The Vintage Years

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Desmond Carrington with Radio 2 All-Time
Greats
Your favourite tunes and performances on record. Producer Roy Oakshott
2.00pm
Benny Green
A weekly celebration of the art of the songwriter. Producer Ray Harvey
3.00pm
Alan Dell with Sounds Easy
Producer Ray Harvey
4.00pm
A Tenor Sang
Another chance to hear the three-part series in which presenter Robin Gregory pays tribute to three of the great tenors of this century. 2: Joseph Schmidt
The singer achieved a remarkable following in Germany in the 1930s.
He became known as "the invisible tenor", owing to his diminutive size and his reluctance to appear in public. Hounded out of Germany by the Nazis, he toured America billed as "the pocket Caruso", moving from one home to another until his early death at the age of 38. Producer Adrian Edwards
4.30pm
Sing Something Simple
The Cliff Adams Singers and the Jack Emblow Quartet. Producer Ray Harvey
5.00pm
Charlie Chester from Bomb Alley.
Charlie's annual reunion show for ex-service veterans, recorded at the Winter Gardens, Margate. Featuring Pianorama,
Ralph Meanley , Maurice Cheetham , Sweet
Substitute, Joan Hinde , Mike Redway and Joan Savage.
Producer David Welsby
(In association with The Monte Cassino Veterans Asssociation)

Contributors

Unknown:
Desmond Carrington
Producer:
Roy Oakshott
Unknown:
Benny Green
Producer:
Ray Harvey
Producer:
Ray Harvey
Presenter:
Robin Gregory
Unknown:
Joseph Schmidt
Producer:
Adrian Edwards
Singers:
Cliff Adams
Producer:
Ray Harvey
Unknown:
Charlie Chester
Pianorama:
Ralph Meanley
Pianorama:
Maurice Cheetham
Unknown:
Joan Hinde
Unknown:
Mike Redway
Unknown:
Joan Savage.
Producer:
David Welsby

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