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Boop-Boop-a-Doop!: Radio 2 Arts Programme

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Sex in Pop Music of the 1920s and 30s.
Record archivist and sound engineer Robert Parker examines early manifestations of the 20th century sexual revolution, as revealed in contemporary gramophone recordings, with particular emphasis on the original Boop-Boop-a-Doop! girl Helen Kane. With Ronald Pearsall, an authority on early popular music and author of "Worm in the Bud", the best-selling reference book on Victorian sexuality.

Contributors

Presenter:
Robert Parker
Speaker:
Ronald Pearsall
Producer:
Stella Hanson
Source: Radio Times

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