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played by Mantovani and his Dance Orchestra
Mantovani, who is English in spite of his Italian name, has been broadcasting for many years now. At eighteen years of age he was leader of the Salon Orchestra at the Metropole Hotel, London, and broadcast from there for six years. He left the Metropole to form his own band at the Monseigneur Restaurant, Piccadilly, and it was thus that his Tipica Orchestra came into being. He so called it because whatever the nationality of the music played it always sounded typical of the country of its origin.

The BBC's twice-weekly feature for men and women of the Anti-Aircraft and Balloon Barrage units
Tonight : another visit to the Ack-
Ack, Beer-Beer Club
The Editors invite men and girls in uniform to the Ack-Ack, Beer-Beer Club to dance to a famous pianist, to have refreshments, and to enjoy a first-class West-End cabaret
If you can't come and dance, sit back and listen
You'll hear the dancers enjoying themselves as the wandering mike
. roves around and picks up snatches - of talk
Sit at the Editors' table with Bill Macl. urg and Howard Thomas

Contributors

Unknown:
Beer-Beer Club
Unknown:
Bill MacL.
Unknown:
Howard Thomas

presents Joe Marsala, the Clarinet King of the Hickory House
A gramophone programme, presented by James Cross

Joe Marsala has certainly earned his title of 'Clarinet King', for there are few who equal his virtuosity on this instrument. He began life as a Chicago truck driver with music as a spare-time hobby, but he was soon 'swinging it' full-time, both at Hickory House and in a jam group at that well-known New York resort, 'The Famous Door'. He was at one time a member of the Delta Four.

Contributors

Presented by:
James Cross

(Second series, No. 11)
A weekly gathering of famous folk
The regulars include:
Your Master of Ceremonies,
Clay Keyes
Richard Goolden as Old Ebenezer the Night Watchman, with Gladys Keyes as Martha, his daughter
' The musical newsreel'
This week's famous visitor :
Malcolm McEachem and 'Can you beat the band ? '
The Town Hall Orchestra under the direction of Billy Ternent
Weekly meetings organised by Gladys and Clay Keyes and presented by Eric Spear

Contributors

Unknown:
Clay Keyes
Unknown:
Richard Goolden
Unknown:
Gladys Keyes
Unknown:
Malcolm McEachem
Unknown:
Billy Ternent
Unknown:
Clay Keyes
Presented By:
Eric Spear

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