On this week’s show John Leeming has been looking through the Radio Times in March and April 1952 to see what people were listening to in theatre organ broadcasts at the time of the Queen’s accession to the throne.
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Music Played
Legend of the Glass Mountain | Robinson Cleaver | Granada, Tooting 4/14 Wurlitzer | President Records (PLCD544) | 1996 |
On a Spring Note | David Gray | Sanfilippo Foundation Collection 5/80 Wurlitzer | David Gray Records (DG0001) | 2018 |
September in the Rain | Robert Wolfe | Orion Centre, Campsie 3/17 Wurlitzer | Music Digital (CD6021) | 1996 |
September in the Rain | Reginald Dixon | Tower Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer | Sterndale Records (STE3101) | 2001 |
Montmartre | David Shepherd | Odeon, Leicester Square, London 5/17 Compton | John Leeming collection (BBC) | 1981 |
Leicester Square Looks Round | John Howlett | Odeon, Leicester Square, London 5/17 Compton | John Howlett collection (BBC) | 1965 |
Looking Around | Simon Gledhill & Richard Hills | David Shepherd Residence, Holbeach 4/22 Compton-plus | John Leeming YouTube | 2014 |
Belle of the Ball | Stanley Wyllie | Granada, Walthamstow 3/12 Christie | John Leeming collection | 1986 |
Dance of the Three Old Maids | John Mann | South Bank University 4/24 Wurlitzer | Odin Music (ODC012) | c1989 |
Dance of an Ostracised Imp | Reginald Dixon | Empress Ballroom, Blackpool 3/13 Wurlitzer | Damon Cox Records (DMCD03) | 2016 |
Memories of You | Eric Lord | Odeon, Manchester 4/20 Wurlitzer | LTOT Records (LTOT9510) | 1995 |