Sunday 9 April 2023

Jimmy Parkinson--Troise & His Mandoliers--Peter Sellers--Peter Dawson--Vera Lynn--Central Band Of The Royal Air Force


 Enjoy this selection of diverse musical tastes !!

1. The Great Pretender......Jimmy Parkinson
2. Hand In Hand......Jimmy Parkinson
3. Nights Of Gladness Waltz......Troise & His Mandoliers
4. Destiny Waltz......Troise & His Mandoliers
5. Any Old Iron......Peter Sellers
6. Boiled Bananas And Carrots......Peter Sellers
7. On The Road To Mandalay......Peter Dawson
8. Sylvia......Peter Dawson
9. Yours......Vera Lynn
10. We Both Told A Lie......Vera Lynn
11. The Dam Busters March......Central Band Of The Royal Air Force
12. Lilliburlero......Central Band Of The Royal Air Force
 
Peter Sellers CBE (born Richard Henry Sellers; 8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was an English actor and comedian. He first came to prominence performing in the BBC Radio comedy series The Goon Show, featured on a number of hit comic songs and became known to a worldwide audience through his many film roles, among them Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther series........During the early 1950s, Sellers, along with Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Michael Bentine, took part in the successful radio series The Goon Show, which ended in 1960.

The Central Band of the Royal Air Force is an RAF regular band and is part of Royal Air Force Music Services. The motto of the band is Aere Invicti (Latin for "Invincible with the Brass").The Central Band of the RAF was formed in 1920, shortly after the RAF had been formed in 1918. Their version of the theme from the Dam Busters reached No. 18 in October 1955, spending one week in the UK Top 20.The band has given performances on BBC Radio 2's Friday Night is Music Night in October 2010 and, to mark the 100th anniversary of the formation of the RAF, in April 2018.

          11. The Dam Busters March

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