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Don Davis invites listeners by telephone to join in the national game of naming the tune.
If you would like to play this game, send a postcard giving your name. address and telephone number to: Beat The Record. BBC, London W1A4WW Devised by DON DAVIS Producer IAN FENNER

Contributors

Unknown:
Don Davis
Unknown:
Don Davis
Producer:
Ian Fenner

Fragrant memories from
Victorian and Edwardian times and a little later, with DOROTHY COPEI. AND
MICHAEL RIPPON
THE REGINALD LEOPOLD ORCHESTRA 1ST OLD BOYS ASSOCIATION
SILVER BAND
THE COLLEGIANS
Introduced by Alan Keith Producer ROBERT BOWMAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Dorothy Copei.
Unknown:
Michael Rippon
Unknown:
Reginald Leopold
Introduced By:
Alan Keith
Producer:
Robert Bowman

The 12th of a 25-part series.
Michael Craig continues the stories of the men who created entertainment in the USA.
This week: Billy Rose (part 1) The super-showman, barely over five feet tall, who amassed a staggering private fortune as a Broadway producer, night-club operator, newspaper columnist. Wall Street tycoon, art collector, and songwriter
' As long as a show is on. I'm a producer: as soon as it's off. I'm nothing but Fanny Brice 's husband again.'
BROOKS ATKINSON: Billy Rose. God knows he was no genius.' MILTON BERLE: Billy Rose was a genius. ' with HAL GALILI and the recorded comments Of SAMMY FAIN, JOHNNY GREEN STANLEY GREEN, JOHNNY MERCER and ARTHUR SCHWARTZ
Research by bill SULLIVAN Written by DICK VOSBURGH
Producer DAVID RAYVERN ALLEN

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Craig
Unknown:
Fanny Brice
Unknown:
Brooks Atkinson
Unknown:
Billy Rose.
Unknown:
Milton Berle
Unknown:
Billy Rose
Unknown:
Hal Galili
Unknown:
Sammy Fain
Unknown:
Johnny Green
Unknown:
Johnny Mercer
Unknown:
Arthur Schwartz
Producer:
David Rayvern Allen

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