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sung by James Topping (tenor)
This popular tenor, born in Lancashire, has broadcast regularly for the past 15 years and has appeared at the Proms. Many viewers will have seen him on the television screen and many listeners have heard him with the Alphas.
He served in the last war with the 2/23 London Regiment in Egypt and Palestine, and since the outbreak of the present one has been with the ENSA concert party 'Cock-a-doodle-doo ', not to be confused with Cochran's radio show of that name broadcast every Saturday.

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Sung By:
James Topping

at the piano
Arthur Sandford studied at the Royal Academy of Music, where he won many distinctions, including the coveted Mendelssohn Scholarship for composition, the first holder of which was Sir Arthur Sullivan.
A most versatile pianist, he has played on the music-halls and in Debroy Somers's Band. In 1934 he joined the staff of the BBC as pianist in the Variety Orchestra.
It was he who always played the tunes in the answers to Puzzle Corner in 'Monday Night at Eight'.

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Pianist:
Arthur Sandford

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More