from swing to classics
Records of Jessie Matthews
Recording of Primo Scala 's Accordion Band. directed bv Harry Bidgood. broadcast at 10.30 p.m. on January 7
Today's choice of records is by Will Hay
Conductor. Rae Jenkins
Castilian Revels - Charrosin
Pale Moon - Logan
Waltz: Village Swallgws Josef - Strauss
Slavonic Dance. No. 1 - Dvorák
Pearl o' Mine - Fletcher
The Seafarer - Haydn Wood
and News read at dictation speed for Forces newspapers overseas
and his Orchestra. Dance music, and songs with Joan Edwards , Frank Sinatra , and the Chorus.
with his Orchestra and artists
On gramophone records.
Jackie Hunter and the Dance Orchestra, conducted by Stanley Black
ENSA presents Geraido and his Concert Orchestra, and vocalists. Ruth Naylor in ' Love Songs that have Lived ' : ' The Aspidistras ' in Story In Song ' : ' Memories of a Star ' (Nelson Eddy), featured by Len Camber: this week's ENSA star, Leslie Henson
Conductor, Alan Crooks
Records chosen for themselves by British Forces overseas
Review of news and events of special interest for Forces in India
Close-ups from the war-fronts
Commentary by Raymond Glendenning during the first half of the International match.
From Villa Park, Birmingham
England v. Scotland. Commentary by Raymond Glendenning during the second half of the International match. From Villa Park, Birmingham
News, music, and entertainment for officers and men of the Merchant Navy, from their own Club in London's West End. Hostess, Doris Hare. Music by Debroy Somers and his Orchestra. Regular features include ' Ship's Newspaper,' clubroom talks on M.N. affairs, and guest artists. Produced by Alfred Dunning.
flashes between Britain and America. Famous artists on both sides of the-Atlantic, with Leslie Mitchell (by courtesv of British Movietonews, Ltd.) as Master of Ceremonies in London, and Ben Grauer in New York. Produced in New York by Ross Filion and in London by Jimmy Dyrenforth and Tom Ronald. (Joint BBC and NBC programme, heard simultaneously in both countries)
and reports from the battlefronts
Talk by Major Frank Hoppe, who has just returned to this country after five years in the Middle East
On gramophone records.
Conductor. Guy Warrack
Joan Griffiths replies to letters from Forces overseas, and plays her favourite records
Louis Levy and his Gaumont-British Studio Orchestra, with Beryl Davis.
.Benny Lee. Jack Cooper, 'and the Georgettes, including 'The Screen
. Presents,' bringing famous film stars to the microphone, introduced by Moore Raymond . Produced by Elisa beth Tyson
Followed at 8.10 by Home News from Canada cabled from the CBC News Rooms
read at dictation speed
Edited version of this afternoon's commentary by Raymond Glendenning
followed by News Headlines
from the world's repertoire of theatre music, with Laelia Finneberg (soprano). Dennis Noble (baritone). BBC Theatre Chorus and Orchestra: conductor. Stanford Robinson followed at 9.58 by News Headlines
with music by Captain Robert Farnon and the Canadian Band of the A.E.F. Songs by Canadian Forces entertainers, and contributions from the Dominion specially recorded for this programme.
Band of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment: conductor, Mr. J. B. H. Thorpe
