at the organ of the Paramount Theatre,
Tottenham Court Road, London
They're lov'ly-a medley including: Rainbow valley (Burke). Oh Johnny! (Olman). When you wish upon a star (Harline). When the Rose of Tralee met Danny Boy (Wallace). Mama mia (Grant). Dreaming (Pradl). Put that down in writing (Warren)
Some gramophone records
sung by the BBC Theatre Chorus conducted by Charles Groves with Gwen Williams at the piano
with Dorothy Carless, Betty Huntley-Wright, Gwen Lewis, Pat Rignold, Billy Ternent and the Band
Devised and produced by Tom Ronald
Today and yesterday
(All arranged by Arthur Dulay )
* Bill and Bob somewhere in France ' with John Glyn - Jones and Rollo Gamble
Devised by Evelyn Gibbs
Written by Spike Hughes and Maurice Thiery
Conducted by Harold Collins from the Lewisham Hippodrome,
London
with Jack Martin at the piano and drummer-boy Wally Banks
Popular dance music and songs on gramophone records
at the BBC Theatre Organ
Born at Sheffield thirty-five years ago, Reginald Dixon began his career as church organist at the Birley Carr parish church, near Sheffield, went to Chesterfield as a pianist, and on to Sheffield where he played, first the piano, and then the straight organ. He was solo organist for the first time in the Isle of Man.
But it was at the Tower Ballroom,
Blackpool, to which he went in 1930, that he made his name, and almost everyone must have heard him play his signature tune ' I do like to be beside the seaside He broadcast the other week with Reginald New, Reginald Foort, and Reginald Porter -Brown, in a programme compered by Sandy Macpherson called The Four Reggies
A musical train of thought devised and presented by Doris Arnold
Donald Edge (piano)
Leslie Lewis (xylophone)
Dorothy Paul (songs)
A description of recent events at sea
at the piano
Let the soldiers sing!
An impromptu entertainment in which listeners are irivited to take part
Devised by Hamish Luke and Jack House
Produced by Moultrie R. Kelsall
The ' Estaminet Ecossais' is, of course, imaginary, but it is hoped to reproduce faithfully the atmosphere of a typical sing song in any estaminet in the North of France. Lieutenant Hamish Luke , while in such an estaminet, found that musical accompaniment to which men could sing popular songs was in great demand. With this in mind the ' Estaminet Ecossais ' comes on the air, and it is hoped that your voices will not be idle.
A reminder of things seen and read
Sailors! Soldiers! Airmen! What's your favourite record?
Send us a postcard, saying what records you'd like to hear, and as many as can he got into half an hour will be played to you each week by John Glyn-Jones.
Mark your postcards 'Record Time' in the top left-hand corner, and address them to the BBC, [address removed]
in songs and stories for the Forces with The BBC Men's Chorus
Conductor, Leslie Woodgate Accompanist, Gerald Moore
In this programme, John McCormack , the famous tenor, will sing some popular songs, Irish and otherwise, and will share some anecdotes with F. H. Grisewood
Presentation by Leslie Baily and Leslie Woodgate
(See Home Service)
Variety from the Theatre Royal, Lincoln
from the Café de Paris, London
