from swing to classics
Records.of Jean Sablon
Recording of Jack Payne with his Orchestra, broadcast at 10.30 p.m. on December 38
with Dawn Davis , Haydn Adams , and Reginald Dixon at the theatre organ. Introduced- by Sandy Macpherson.
Conductor. Alan Crooks
and News read at dictation speed for Forces newspapers overseas -
On gramophone records.
Half-an-hour of music chosen by a member of the Forces overseas; today's choice is by Telegraphist K. Hilliger , R.N.V.R.
Coventry Hippodrome Orchestra: conductor, William Pethers
CBC Network Programme, originating in Vancouver, with Percy Harvey and the Golden Strings Orchestra, and songs by Anne Watt and Greg Miller. (CBC recording)
CBC Network programme, featuring popular tunes and cowboy songs, played by Cammie Howard and his
Quintet, and sung by Oral Scheer
.
Records of classical music chosen by civilian and. Forces listeners overseas
Conductor. William Haydock
and his Orchestra
with the Bachelor Girls, Peter Akis ter, and George Elliott. Directed by James Moody
Close-ups from the war-fronts
Weekly review of the music popular in Great Britain, the United States. and Canada, featuring the Brass Hats, the Singing Strings, the R.A.F. Dance Orchestra, and Beryl Davis. Produced by Pat Dixon. (Recording of a broadcast in the A.E.F. Programme)
Conductor, Charles Groves
Mrs. Ferguson introduces the John Macarthur Quintet ; Jae Fraser (soprano); Major Henry Douglas -Home in a recorded sound picture of some Scottish winter birds; Willie McCulloch (entertainer); sports news; ' Call Yourself a Scot? '—the weekly quiz. Programme produced by John Keir Cross
Novelty numbers and solo pieces, played by the BBC Variety Orchestra (conductor, Charles Shadwell ), with Gene Crowley
and reports from the battlefronts
Records chosen for themselves by British Forces overseas
and the Dance Orchestra, with Rita Marlowe. Sid Buckman , and the Prairie Boys
Weekly review of sporting topics past and present: ' Motor Racing Memories,' recalled by Captain George E. T. Eyston. ex-holder of the world's land speed record, Dr. J. D. Benjafield , who drove in the famous Bentley team at Le Mans. and F. J. Findon. editor of ' The Light Car.'
Followed at 8.10 by Home News from Canada cabled from the CBC News Rooms
with the Combined Stoll Theatres Orchestra.
Weekly broadcasts from well-known Variety theatres.
This week: Tom Arnold presents 'Robinson Crusoe,' with Will Fyffe, Harry Gordon, Betty Frankiss, Robert Wilson, and Edna Thomson. From the Alhambra Theatre, Glasgow
Recorded in America, and heard by arrangement with the American Forces Network followed at 9.58 by News Headlines
and his Band
John Blore and his Orchestra. (Recording of the broadcast on December 29)