A cheerful selection of gramophone records

Records of Florence Desmond in songs and impersonations

Popular artists and bands fall in for your entertainment on gramophone records

played by Percival Mackey and his Band

at the. theatre organ
Medley: Tunes I promised

Looking back on the best records of 1940, chosen and presented by Leslie Perowne

(tenor) sings
Four Popular Irish Songs

singing music by Edgar L. Bainton
Conducted by Trevor Harvey
Phyllis the fair (Scottish folk tune) I love the jocund dance
The ballad of Semmerwater The clown's courtship Night
A musical instrument
Edgar Bainton is well known in the North as Principal of the Newcastle Conservatoire of Music, a . position he has held for over a quarter of a century. He was a pupil of Stanford at the Royal College of Music, and at the age of twenty-one was appointed a professor at the Newcastle Conservatoire. He has written numerous compositions, several of which have been given their first performance at the Proms.

and his Orchestra
A recording made in America on May 28, 1940

A programme of listeners' requests arranged and presented by Sandy Macpherson at the theatre organ

with Beryl Orde , Derek Roy, and Billy Cotton and his Band

in 'BITTER BREVITIES'
' The Tomb of Napoleon '

played by Kenilworth Octet

Leader, Tate Gilder
Conducted by Harold Lowe
Francis Russell (tenor)
Francis Russell spent his early life in South Wales, starting work in a coal-mine at the age of twelve and remaining there for ten years. While singing at a village concert he was heard by Lewys James , a well-known Welsh baritone, who gave him a three years' contract with the Royal Carl Rosa Opera Company.
Later he studied in Italy, and in 1925 sang in his first International Season at Covent Garden, a performance that he- repeated every year until 1932.
ORCHESTRA

A commentary during the second half of the match by Raymond Glendenning.

A record entertainment featuring
Youth takes a record bow; Star's selection; Broken records ; On the Mat; Something sentimental;
Coming Shortly
Presented by the Gramophone Boys

Favourite pieces from the repertoire of BBC Orchestra
(Section A)
Leader, Paul Beard
Conducted by Basil Cameron
The programme will contain items requested by Service listeners

A programme of listeners' requests presented by R. E. Kingsley and played by the BBC Military Band
Conductor, P. S. G. O'Donnell

with Eddy Briant and Celia

with Evelyn Dove

with BBC Scottish Orchestra
Leader, J. Mouland Begbie
Conducted by Jan Whyte

featuring
Geraldo and his Concert Orchestra with Dorothy Carless , Len Camber , Margaret Eaves , Mervyn Saunders , and the Geraldo Chorus