A cheerful selection of gramophone records
Records of Vera Lynn, the Forces favourite
Born at East Ham in 1917, Vera Lynn has been voted Crooner No.1 by the Forces. She began singing in charity concerts at the age of seven; joined a juvenile troupe at eleven; appeared with Howard Baker's band at sixteen, with Billy Cotton at seventeen, and with Joe Loss at eighteen; then she was with Charlie Kunz for eighteen months.
Vera's hobbies are painting, gardening, and embroidery, and eating Hamburger steak with plenty of onions (but she hasn't had much opportunity of indulging in this last hobby lately!). She collects tons of silver paper for hospitals.
Popular artists and bands fall in for your entertainment on gramophone records
Details of some of today's broadcasts
played by The Irish Rhythms Orchestra, conducted by David Curry
Today's anniversaries, presented by Christopher Stone and S. P. B. Mais
with Dorothy Carless , Len Camber ,
Jackie Hunter , and George Evans
(' The Laird of Inversnecky opens a new road-house, The Silver
Sporran', somewhere m Scotland
Also engaged for the occasion: The Scottish Variety Orchestra, conducted by Ronnie Munro
Programme presented by Tom Dawson
An ENSA concert for war-workers with Mai Bacon
Billy Milton
Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel
Orpheans, with Ann Lenner
(A recording of last night's broadcast)
Frederick Ranalow will play records of your favourite tunes from
' Pagliacci '
Conductor, P. S. G. O'Donnell
played by George Scott-Wood and his Grand Accordion Band
Teams of Canadian soldiers, sailors, and airmen will again compete in a ' quiz ' competition conducted by Gerry Wilmot
A programme of gramophone records Alec Robertson will tell you some more about the brass instruments
with The Dance Orchestra, conducted by Billy Tement
Presented by Tom Ronald at 5.0
Wales
Ada Davies (soprano)
Idris Daniels (baritone)
The Lyrian Singers
Conductor, Idloes Owen
Presented by Philip Phillips and devised by Idris Lewis
followed by National and Regional announcements
Famous sporting occasions recalled
' From Putney to Mortlake ' the story of recent Boat Races told with the help of recordings by some Old Blues encouraged by John Snagge
A programme of requests designed to unite members of the Forces with their relatives and friends at home
by Norman Edwards
No. 6—'Twin twisters '
Cast
Produced by Howard Rose
Written and arranged by Mungo
Dewar
Come and join the ' Funny Men' aboard ' H.M.S. St. George', not forgetting Shorty, Lofty, Pincher,
Nobby, the Sergeant, and the Ship's
Band
Male Voice Chorus and BBC Variety Orchestra, conducted by Charles Shadwell. Chorus arrangements by Doris Arnold. Orchestrations by Wally Wallond
Produced by Harry S. Pepper
with The O'Gorman Brother *
Tessa Deane
Chick Elliott
Erik Ogden and the Palace Band
From a music-hall in the South
at the theatre organ
Come round London with me:
Come round London with me
(Ayer), The King is still in London (Charles), Give my regards to Leicester Square (Hargreaves), Round the Marble Arch (Trevor), Old Father Thames (Wallace), Till the lights of London shine again (Connor)
A gramophone programme devised and arranged by Leslie Rodger *
