A cheerful selection of gramophone records
Records of Dick Powell, the popular Canadian singer and film star
Popular artists and bands fall in for your entertainment on gramophone records
Details of some of today's broadcasts
to records in dance time
BBC Singers
Conductor, Leslie Woodgate
and his Commanders with Rita Williams
and his Sextet with Mervyn Saunders
Life is nothing without music Hartley
F. H. Grisewood brings to the microphone people in the news, people talking about the news, and interesting visitors to Britain
(A recording of last night's broadcast)
Conductor, P. S. G. O'Donnell
sung by Essie Ackland (contralto)
at the theatre organ
Popular medley
A gramophone tribute to Al Bowlly
Written and presented by Reginald
Burston
From the moment he arrived in this country in 1928 to be vocalist in Fred Elizalde 's Savoy Hotel Band, Al Bowlly was destined for enormous popularity. He has sung with many dance bands, but listeners will best remember him for the long period during which he worked regularly with Lew Stone. His death by enemy action in April robbed British dance music of one of its most talented figures.
played by Jack Frere and his Orchestra
and his Orchestra with Dorothy Carless , Len Camber ,
Jackie Hunter , and George Evans
Radio Reconnaissance in its new form will bring each Thursday a varied programme containing from time to time despatches from the front, snapshots of people in the news, flashes from regimental and naval history, and other items of interest to the Armed Forces
Conductor, G. W. Hespe
4.40 North-East and Central Scotland
G. R. Harvey
4.50 From the West Country
' Billy Mayerl '
Played by Alan Paul and Ivor Dennis on two pianos
The BBC's twice-weekly feature for men and women of the Anti-Aircraft and Balloon Barrage unks
Today's edition includes:
Presentation of medals to the winners and runners-up of the R.A.F. Balloon
Command Darts Championship
Entertainment by the personnel of a Balloon Barrage centre in the North of England
The orchestra and concert party of an Ack-Ack Brigade in the East of England
The items from the North and East of England presented by Richard North and Edward Wilkinson
Guest stars, features, and other items of interest
Edited and produced by Bill Mac
Lurg and Howard Thomas
followed by National and Regional announcements
BBC Salon Orchestra
Leader, Jean Pougnet
Conductor, Leslie Bridgewater
Another novelty programme with the Scottish Variety Orchestra
Conducted by Ronnie Munro
The Snappers: Denis Emons and Tom Dawson
This listing contains language that some may find offensive.
with the R.A.F., somawhere in England, in a sing-song conducted by Leslie Woodgate
At the piano, John Wills
From a Northern theatre
A quarter-of-an-hour of music and reading
(Second series, No. 12)
A weekly gathering of famous folk
The regulars include
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 visitors:
Rawicz and Landauer and ' Can you beat the band ? '
The Town Hall Orchestra under the direction of Billy Tement
Weekly meetings organised by Gladys and Clay Keyes and presented by Eric Spear
and his Band with Harry Davis featuring Beryl Davis , Diane, Bob Dale , Jan Zalski (famous Polish tenor), and Eddie Palmer with his novachord
