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Desert Island Discs

Castaway guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

Eight tracks, a book and a luxury: what would you take to a desert island? Guests share the soundtrack of their lives.

Desert Island Discs: Adelaide Hall

13/01/1991

Adelaide Hall

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Sue Lawley's castaway is jazz singer Adelaide Hall

Sue Lawley's castaway is jazz singer Adelaide Hall.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is jazz singer Adelaide Hall. Now in her 80s and still performing, she'll be talking to Sue Lawley about her days at the Cotton Club in New York, the Moulin Rouge in Paris and the secrets of her enduring popularity.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] 

Favourite track: Sophisticated Lady by Duke Ellington
Book: A book of American history
Luxury: Box of seeds

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Alistair Cooke’s weekly talks on American life, history and politics from 1946 – 2004.

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Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Gulf War begins, January 1991

The Gulf War begins, January 1991

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Aerial bombs dropping on Kuwait signal the start of the Gulf war.

Aerial bombs dropping on Kuwait signal the start of the Gulf war. Reports of Operation Desert Storm reveal how the age of the instant satellite communication affects broadcasting.

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