Saturday 9 September 2023

Flanagan & Allen--Victor Silvester--Anne Ziegler & Webster Booth--Artie Shaw--Massed Bands--Mary Lou Williams


 All reds except 2 blacks....sounds like a Rugby Game but it ain't, just gentle songs !!

1. Home Town......Flanagan & Allan
2. Free Isn't It The Way It Ought To Be......Flanagan & Allan
3. Jealousy......Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra
4. Parana.....Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra
5. I'll See You Again......Anne Ziegler & Webster Booth
6. Wanting You......Anne Ziegler & Webster Booth
7. Back Bay Shuffle......Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
8. Jungle Drums......Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
9. William Tell Overture--Finale......Massed Bands
10. Tannhauser--March......Massed Bands
11. Laughing Rag......Mary Lou Williams
12. Rag Of Rags.......Mary Lou Williams

Flanagan and Allen were a British singing and comedy double act most active during the 1930s and 1940s. Its members were Bud Flanagan (1896 – 1968, born Chaim Weintrop) and Chesney Allen (1894–1982).They were first paired in a Florrie Forde revue, and were booked by Val Parnell to appear at the Holborn Empire in 1929.
As music hall comedians, they would often feature a mixture of comedy and music in their act; this led to a successful recording career as a duo and roles in film and television. Flanagan and Allen were both also members of the Crazy Gang and worked with that team for many years concurrently with their double-act career.The recordings of Flanagan and Allen and the duo are still impersonated by professionals and amateurs. Royal Variety Performances have sometimes featured people 'doing a Flanagan and Allen', notably Roy Hudd and Christopher Timothy, Bernie Winters and Leslie Crowther. 

Anne Ziegler (22 June 1910 – 13 October 2003) was an English singer, known for her light operatic duets with her husband Webster Booth. The pair were known as the "Sweethearts in Song" and were among the most famous and popular British musical acts of the 1940s.
Webster Booth (21 January 1902 – 21 June 1984) was an English tenor, best remembered as the duettist partner of Anne Ziegler. He was also one of the finest tenors of his generation and was a distinguished oratorio soloist.

Artie Shaw (born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky; May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004) was an American clarinetist, composer, bandleader, actor and author of both fiction and non-fiction.
Widely regarded as "one of jazz's finest clarinetists", Shaw led one of the United States' most popular big bands in the late 1930s through the early 1940s. Though he had numerous hit records, he was perhaps best known for his 1938 recording of Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine." 

          9. William Tell Overture

1 comment:

  1. Gentle till you get to Black Bay then whoosh ! a kaleidoscope of different sounds...enjoy the ride !!
    enjoy

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