Tuesday 28 June 2022

Danny Kaye--Donald Peers--Orchestre Raymonde--W W Bennett & Ernst Slaney--Mario Lanza--Bob Crosby Orch--Beniamino Gigli


 With Dinah Minnie and Rose dancing round the world ending up in rampart street with Nina Nanna and the merry Middies & Mascots !

1. Dinah......Danny Kaye 
2. Minnie The Moocher.....Danny Kaye
3. A Rose In A Garden Of Weeds......Donald Peers
4. Rolling Round The World.....Donald Peers
5. Dance Of The Merry Mascots......Orchestre Raymonde
6. The Merry Middies......W W Bennett & Ernst Slaney
7. Be My Love......Mario Lanza
8. The Bayou Lullaby......Mario Lanza
9. South Rampart Street Parade......Bob Crosby & Orchestra
10. Song Of The Wanderer......Bob Crosby & Orchestra
11. Ninna Nanna Lullaby......Beniamino Gigli
12. Rievens Mon Amour ( So Deep Is The Night)......Beniamino Gigli

Donald Rhys Hubert Peers (10 July 1908 – 9 August 1973) was a popular Welsh singer. His best remembered rendition and signature song was "In a Shady Nook by a Babbling Brook".
He auditioned for the BBC and his first BBC Radio broadcast took place on 17 December 1927, with the London Radio Dance Band. One of the songs he sang was, "In a Shady Nook by a Babbling Brook", which became his most requested song and, later, his signature tune.
 His popularity was such that on May 9, 1949 he performed his two-hour one-man show at the Royal Albert Hall in front of an enthusiastic crowd of 8692.
 On May 31, 1954, he went to Australia to tour and remained there for two and a half years. 
During his absence in Australia, his fans had forgotten him and the pop music scene had changed dramatically with the arrival of rock 'n' roll. He returned to TV and radio work but eventually Peers found work via the club circuit which had taken over from the variety theatres. In May 1962, Peers was given his own BBC Wales television programme, Donald Peers Presents, and during the series he introduced Tom Jones.
Peers died from bronchial pneumonia in a Hove nursing home on 9 August 1973 at the age of 65.

George Robert Crosby (August 23, 1913 – March 9, 1993) was an American jazz singer and bandleader, best known for his group the Bob-Cats, which formed around 1935. The Bob-Cats was a New Orleans Dixieland-style jazz octet. He was the younger brother of famed singer and actor Bing Crosby. On TV, Bob Crosby guest-starred in The Gisele MacKenzie Show and was also seen on The Jack Benny Program. Crosby hosted his own afternoon TV variety show on CBS, The Bob Crosby Show (1953–1957). For its theme song, the band chose George Gershwin's song "Summertime." The band's hits included "South Rampart Street Parade", "March of the Bob Cats".
          
          9. South Rampart Street Parade

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