to the Imperial and Allied Forces in Great Britain , followed by 'REVEILLE!'
Cheerful gramophone records
Records of Patricia Rossborough at the piano
Patricia Rossborough was born in Dublin, but spent her early childhood in Birmingham. There she studied for four years at the Midland School of Music, and won two scholarships. She came to London when she was seventeen, became interested in 'rhythm'. music, made a record, and secured a contract for eight years' recording. She has been broadcasting since Savoy Hill days and must have been on the air more than four hundred times.
Popular records of January 1940
Mixed choice of records. The high-spot is ' A Night with Paul White -man at the Biltmore '
Anona Winn , Australian radio star
at the theatre organ
with Helen Hill and David Lloyd , accompanied by the Revue Orchestra, conducted by Hyam Greenbaum. Presented by Michael North. (Recording of the programme broadcast on September 18-, 1941)
Sydney Kaplan and his Orchestra
Many listeners will remember Sydney Kaplan broadcasting last summer a series of memories of the Holborn Empire, of which he was musical director for some ten years. He learned the violin as a lad, and the first orchestra he played in was at the Victoria, Walthamstow (now the Granada), probably the first orchestra to accompany silent pictures. He used to be musical director of the Old London Music-Hall, Shoreditch, at which many famous Variety artists had their try-out.
Presented by Christopher Stone and S. P. B. Mais
Easy, breezy tunes on gramophone records
and his Orchestra, with Alan Kane and Edna Kaye -4
Presented by James Moody
or Music with an If '. Programme of gramophone records devised by Ronald Hilborne
This time the concert follows the annual children's party. Guest artists are expected to appear, and of course Mr. Mendelssohn Hughes , Mr. Jenkins (Emporium), Dai and Mwcyn, and Baden Haig Powell will be there. Script by W. P. Thomas. Produced by Mai Jones
BBC Scottish Orchestra. Conductor, Guy Warrack
at the theatre organ
Scottish Variety Orchestra, conducted by Ronnie Munro
Weekly regimental concerts presented by of the Canadian Army
Over stationed in Great Britain.
Arran and compered by Gerry Wilmot
More memories of the days when the silver screen first found its voice, revived with the aid of gramophone records by Roy Plomley
e Hurricaneers. Dance music, ayed by an R.A.F. Band from mewhere in the North of England at 5.0
Special twice-weekly radio magazine for men and girls in Anti-Aircraft and Balloon Barrage units. Entertainment, gossip, novelties, and special features of interest to the personnel of these units, edited by Bill MacLurg
National and Regional announcements
Members of an Army unit, Northern Command, come to the microphone to choose and discuss with Clifton Helliwell the music they would like to hear. It is played by the BBC Northern Orchestra, conducted by Richard Austin
Prepared by Neil Munro in aid of the Red Cross Penny-a-Week Fund, with Ronnie Waldman as Master of Ceremonies. Entire entry fees devoted to the Red Cross Penny-a-Week Fund.
Twelve simple and amusing problems : Get a load of ' black music', with Vic Oliver and Celia Lipton-Whipcrack v. wisecrack-Tauber or not Tauber ?-Look out in the black-out !-With a hundred pipers ?-Splitting a comedian in two — £250 in notes or waste paper -Penny tin-whistle — Locate that loco ! — Topsy-turvy singer — Bing Crosby sets a problem !-Tintack teaser. (Specially recorded programme)
Last day for posting your entries it Thursday, "January 15, and the address it £250 Red Cross Radio Contest, London, W.C.2
The correct answers to the twelve problems broadcast on December 13 and December 15 were :BCAC....BABA ... A B C C. A correct set of answers was received only from Mrs. Ethel Cross, * Demais ', 51, Clarence Avenue , Staple Hilt, Bristol, who accordingly wins outright the £250 prize-money offered in this contest.
with Geraldo, his Orchestra, Dorothy Carless , Len Camber , Jackie Hunter , Wally Patch , George Evans , and guest stars. Produced by David Miller
Weekly magazine for the W.R.N.S., A.T.S., W.A.A.F. Contributions by Audrey Lucas , Jenny Nicholson , and Robert MacDermot. Illustrations by Carroll Gibbons and his Band, with Leslie Douglas. Edited by Archie Campbell and Janet Quigley. Elizabeth Cowell comperes the programme
Wartime confessions of celebrities.
Forces' Forum. ' Brainteasers' Trust', with Roy Rich. Pamela Frankau. ' The canteen's open' : interlude by the W.R.N.S.
presents Harry Parry and his Radio Rhythm Club Sextet
Weekly summary of Canadian news, high lights, and sports, cabled from Canada by the CBC National News Service, and read by Gerry Wilmot
at the theatre organ Rudy's Rhythmic Rambles :
Rudy Lewis won an L.C.C. Scholarship at a very early age. He completed his musical education at the Royal Academy of Music under the tuition of G D. Cunningham , the famous Birmingham City Organist. He has met with unqualified success throughout his tours of the whole of the British Isles.
to the Imperial and Allied Forces in Great Britain , followed by 'UNDER THE STARS
BBC Variety Orchestra. Conductor, Charles Shadwell , with Mervyn Saunders
