On this week’s show Nigel Ogden is back in his archive with some memories of music associated with VE Day. You will hear stalwart wartime broadcasts such as Sandy MacPherson, Reginald Foort and Reginald Dixon
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Music Played
Title | Artist | Organ | Info. | Year |
I’ll Play To You/Marche Militaire | Sandy MacPherson | Grand Theatre, Llandudno 5/27 Möller | Nigel Ogden Archive | 1945 |
21 Today/When They Sound The Last All Clear/Rule Britannia/I’m Going To Get Lit Up When The Lights Go On In London/Don’t Fence Me In | Sandy MacPherson & John Snagge | Gaumont State, Kilburn 4/16 Wurlitzer | His Master Voice (HMV) (XLP 50002) | 1966 |
I Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside | Reginald Dixon | Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/14 Wurlitzer | Nigel Ogden Archive | 1963 |
Forces Calling Broadcast Excerpt Including: Canadian Capers/Temptation Rag/I’m Just Wild About Harry | Reginald Dixon | Abbey Road EMI Studios 3/9 Compton | Nigel Ogden Archive | 1942 |
BBC AEF Signal – Oranges And Lemons | Harold Smart | Novachord | Coronet Sound Productions (NCM 210) | 1994 |
A Musical Tour Round The Forces: There’s Something About A Soldier/Tramp Tramp Tramp/The Boys Are Marching/Beer Barrel Polka/Old Soldiers Never Die/Lords Of The Air/Wings Over The Navy/The Fleets In Port Again/Ship Ahoy!/Hearts Of Oak/Sailors Hornpipe/Rule Britannia | Reginald Foort | Foort Touring Organ 5/27 Möller | Coronet Sound Productions (NCM 210) | 1994 |
Pedro The Fisherman | Sandy MacPherson | Grand Theatre, Llandudno 5/27 Möller | Nigel Ogden Archive | 1945 |