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Tonight Jim Lloyd 's guests include Johnny Coppin ,
The Arizona Smoke Revue and Caroline Hutton from WRPM. Producer GEOFFREY HEWITT BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Unknown:
Jim Lloyd
Unknown:
Johnny Coppin
Unknown:
Caroline Hutton
Producer:
Geoffrey Hewitt

They started on the street and finished up in a studio.
Join the boys and their band for a session of hot jazz with special guest, leading British jazz artist Barbara Thompson.

Contributors

Musician:
Tony Swingmaster
Musician:
Stod Swingmaster
Musician:
Barbara Thompson
Writer:
Stuart Silver
Writer:
Malcolm Williamson
Producer:
Paul Spencer

Ivy Benson was the first to form an all-girls band in the late 30s. She went on to establish it at the top of the profession. She tells of the trials and tribulations of running a girls' band in a man's world with the help of Sheila Tracy, who once played trombone with the Ivy Benson Band.
BBC Birmingham
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Contributors

Subject:
Ivy Benson
Interviewee:
Sheila Tracy
Interviewer/Researcher:
David Lloyd
Producer:
Michael Ford

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