Cheerful gramophone records
Conducted by Captain J. C. Windram. (Gramophone records)
two years ago
Popular records of August 1940
Mixed choice of records. The high spot is 'American Fantasy ' by Victor Herbert , . played by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
with his Quartet
Teddy Brown and Robin Richmond
at the organ of the Granada, Harrow
and the Sweet Rhythm Orchestra, with Paula Green , Sid Buckman , and Ken Beaumont
Jack Leon and his Orchestra
Conducted by Mr. B. H. Brown
sung by Margaret Bissett (contralto) and Norman Stone (tenor)
English
The Keeper (Warwickshire)
I will give my love an apple (Somerset) Ca' Hawkie (North Country) Oats and Beans (Lincolnshire)
Scandinavian
The Stepdaughter's Legacy Roselil and her Mother
with Herbert Wiseman and male voices
ENSA concert for war-workers. Arthur Salisbury and his Orchestra, with Renee Barr , and Johnny. Green. Guest artists, Gaye Nevard and
and his Orchestra, with Beryl Davis , Georgina, Len Camber , George Evans , Derek Roy , the Singing Sweethearts, Three Boys and a Girl
Conductor, Mr. Patrick Purcell
Victor Silvester and his Ballroom Orchestra
Gramophone programme showing how one popular song nearly always leads to another. Written and arranged by Alec Bristow
at the theatre organ, in a programme of contrasted selections
Revue Chorus and BBC Revue Orchestra, conducted by Mansel Thomas
Presented by James Moody
Twice-weekly radio magazine for men and girls on Anti-Aircraft and Balloon-Barrage sites. Today's edition comes from Northern Ireland and includes members of the United States Army, who collaborate in giving you news of the Province, music and song, and discussions on pre-war jobs, war-time jobs, sports, and entertainments. Editor, Bill MacLurg
National and Regional announcements, followed by Scottish News summary
For Australians in this country, read by Colin Wills
For New Zealanders in this country, read by a New Zealander
For South Africans in this country, read by Cyril Watling
Sixteenth 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
Conducted by Julius Harrison
Introduced by Jack Payne , with his Orchestra and artists
The fighting spirit of Britain.
Dramatic presentation of the British people at war, past and present.
'They Shall Not Kill': the fight to save life in the fire blitz, by Gordon Boshell. Produced by Brigid Maas
Ian Hay, Athene Seyler, Sonnie Hale, Henry Hall, Billy Milton, and Billy Ternent are some of the famous people who provide specially recorded problems for this contest, devised by Neil Munro and arranged and presented by Ronald Waldman and Audrey Cameron in aid of the Red Cross Penny-a-Week Fund. The entire entry fees are devoted to the fund. .
The last day for posting your entries it Thursday, August 27, and the address is £250 Red Cross Radio Contest, London, W.C.2.
The results of this contest will be announced after the 6.0 p.m. News on Sunday, September 13, and also in the Radio Times published September 18
The correct answers in the contest broadcast on July 25 and 27 were:
CCBA-BABA-CAAC
As no correct set of 12 answers was received, the £250 in prize-money has been equally shared between the 23 listeners who gave 11 correct answers. A full list of these winners may be obtained By postcard application (2d. stamp) to the address given above.
Records of armchair music
The Organolians.