Cheerful gramophone records

(Plymouth Division) conducted by Major F. J. Ricketts , on gramophone records

two years ago
Popular records of July 1940

The high spot is the Polovtsian Dance from Prince Igor, sung by the Leeds Festival Choir, with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham

and his Orchestra

Pat Taylor

at the organ of the Odeon Theatre, Manchester

Novelty numbers and solo pieces played by the BBC Variety Orchestra (conductor, Charles Shadwell ), with Clarence Wright

Harry Fryer and his Orchestra. From the Tudor Restaurant, Kingston-on-Thames

played by Lauri Blandford and his Band

Third of a series of gramophone programmes arranged and written by Alec Bristow

Jeanne Cooper-Foster tells the story behind this and other Ulster songs, sung by Afric McGinley and George Beggs

ENSA concert for war-workers. Jack Leon and his Dance Orchestra, with Gloria Kane and Johnny Green. Guest artists, Victoria Hopper and Vicki Bruce

at the theatre organ, in a programme of hits old and new

and his Georgians

Conductor, P. S. G. O'Donnell

Billy Ternent and the Dance Orchestra

Conductor, Guy Warrack

Programme of brief Variety by North-East-coast artists. Produced by John Polwarth

BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Mansel Thomas , plays half-an-hour of music dedicated to the English countryside

Presented by James Moody. (Recorded repeat of the broadcast on June 8)

Joint programme by combined Ack-Ack, Beer-Beer units in Scotland, presented by 2nd Lieut. Roland I. Smith, R.A., and Flt. Lt. G. Irving.

National and Regional announcements,' followed by Scottish News summary

Weekly summary of Australian news specially presented for Australians in this country, and read by Colin Wills

Week's news from home for New Zealanders in this country, read by R. E. Davie

The week's news especially for South Africans in this country, and for all interested in the events in the Union, read by Cyril Watling

Eleventh of the series organised by the Radio Section of the War Department in Washington for the entertainment of members of the United States Forces serving overseas. Recorded in the United States and edited for reproduction in this country by Basil Adams

Requests designed to unite members of the Forces with their relatives and friends at home

The Unfinished Symphony Military March in D played by the BBC Northern Orchestra, conducted by Warwick Braithwaite .

and his Orchestra from the Regal, Marble Arch

Talk by Hilde Marchant

Jackie Paterson (British and Empire Fly-weight Champion) v. Eddie Petrin (Canadian Forces Bantam-weight Champion). Commentary on the ten-round contest by Raymond Glendenning and W. Barrington Dalby, from the Queensberry All-Services Club, London

More gramophone records presented by Donovan Pedelty

at the theatre organ