Jerry Allen & His Trio--The Skyliners--Eddie Fisher--Slim Whitman--Reginald Dixon--Tony Martin

 Another varied selection....Just like "Pick & Mix "

1. The Hat......Jerry Allen & His Trio

2. Golly......Jerry Allen & His Trio

3. The Happy Wanderer......The Skyliners

4. Silent Night......The Skyliners

5. I'm Yours......Eddie Fisher

6. That's The Chance You Take......Eddie Fisher

7. Wherever You Are......Slim Whitman

8. At The End Of Nowhere......Slim Whitman

9. Dixonland (No 1).Part 1......Reginald Dixon

10. Dixonland (No 1) Part 2......Reginald Dixon

11. Begin The Beguine......Tony Martin

12. Indian Summer......Tony Mart

                                                        Jerry Allen And His Trio

In 1943 he made his first recordings with his newly-formed trio, in the Decca 'Music While You Work' series. In addition to Jerry on the Hammond organ, the trio comprised Alan Grahame on vibes, Ken Ingarfield on bass and percussionist Lionel Rubin. Lionel had been the power-house drummer with the Nat Gonella band.

The group's big break came in 1956 when Lew Grade booked them to provide the musical backing on Associated Television's 'Lunch Box', the popular Monday-to-Friday midday show hosted by Noele Gordon. Lunch Box' enjoyed an eight year run, and the Jerry Allen trio were involved with several other television series, becoming one of the countries most televised groups.

In 1962 Allen formed his own big band, which included many of the Midlands' finest musicians.

Alvin Morris (December 25, 1913 – July 27, 2012), known professionally as Tony Martin, was an American actor and popular singer....His career spanned over seven decades, and he scored dozens of hits between the late-1930s and mid-1950s with songs such as "Walk Hand in Hand", "I Love Paris", "Stranger in Paradise" and "I Get Ideas". He was married to actress and dancer Cyd Charisse for 60 years, from 1948 until her death in 2008.

           6. That's The Chance You Take

Joe Fingers Carr--Gracie Fields--Miss Marie Hall--Richard Tauber--Slim Whitman--Edmund Hockridge

 All blacks ! except middle left , I wonder if the dogs named REX !!

1. Rocky's Rag......Joe Fingers Carr

2. Down Yonder......Joe Fingers Carr

3. Trees......Gracie Fields

4. Smilin' Through......Gracie Fields

5. Le Cygne (The Swan)......Miss Marie Hall

6. Humoreske......Miss Marie Hall

7. My Heart And I.......Richard Tauber

8. Dearly Beloved......Richard Tauber

9. Restless Heart......Slim Whitman

10. Song Of The Old Water Wheel.....Slim Whitman

11. Bang Your Dead......Edmund Hockridge

12. Lazy Day......Edmund Hockridge

 

Louis Ferdinand Bush (July 18, 1910 – September 19, 1979) was an American record producer, musician and songwriter, best known for performing as a pianist under the pseudonym Joe "Fingers" Carr.

His biggest hits from the 1950s include "Portuguese Washerwoman", "Sam's Song", a cover of Del Wood's version of "Down Yonder", and Bert Kaempfert's international hit "Zambesi".

Marie Pauline Hall (8 April 1884 – 11 November 1956) was an English violinist.

Hall played for the first time in Prague in November 1902, Vienna in January 1903, and made her London début on 16 February 1903 aged nineteen with Henry Wood at St James's Hall. The demanding programme included Paganini's first concerto, the Tchaikovsky concerto and Henryk Wieniawski's Fantaisie Brillante on themes from Faust. She scored a success in all these places. She made an international concert tour in 1904, playing in Germany, Canada, America and Australia, including an impromptu concert in a large marquee in Fiji with a particularly badly-

tuned piano.

Richard Tauber (16 May 1891 – 8 January 1948) was an Austrian tenor and film actor.

 He made his London operatic debut in Die Zauberflöte under Sir Thomas Beecham. Earlier that year, the Nazi government of Germany annexed Austria and Tauber left for good...Tauber applied for British citizenship. He was touring South Africa when World War II broke out, and returned to Switzerland until receiving the papers allowing him to enter the UK in March 1940.

Despite receiving lucrative offers from the United States, he remained in the UK for the entire war. There was little opera staged in wartime Britain so he made a living by singing, conducting and making gramophone records and radio broadcasts. He even composed English operettas, together with the lyric writer Fred S. Tysh, from one of which, Old Chelsea, the song "My Heart and I" became one of his most popular English recordings. +

Tauber made over 720 vocal recordings for the Odeon/Parlophone companies.

         5. Le Cygne (The Swan)