Lots of colourful labels in this selection plus a ride on a train and a visit to a Blacksmith ! and a dance around the highlands !
1. Blacksmith Blues.....Ted Heath Band vocal by Lita Roza
2. Grand Central Station......Ted Heath Band Vocal By Dennis Lotis
3. Something To Dance About......Billie Worth
4. Your Just In Love......Jeff Warren & Billie Worth
5. Plain And Fancy. Part One.......Peggy Cochrane
6. Plain And Fancy. Part Two......Peggy Cochrane
7. Savoy Scottish Medley......Will Starr
8. Eightsome Reel......Will Starr
9. I'm Durante The Patron Of The Arts......Jimmy Durante
10. Start Off Each Day With a Song......Jimmy Durante
11. That Banjo Rag......The Banjo Kings
12. Stephan Foster Medley......The Banjo Kings
Margaret Tennant Cochrane (12 January 1902 – 9 August 1988) was an English musician, singer and composer. She played both violin and piano, and broadcast and performed successfully from the 1920s to the 1950s.She made her first broadcasts on BBC radio in 1924, in violin recitals.
In 1933, she gave her first performances on television, and the following year started a regular radio slot, "A Tune A Minute", in which she would play 15 tunes in 15 minutes.
She appeared in the films Radio Parade of 1935 (1934) and Rhythm in the Air (1936).In 1937, she began working regularly with bandleader Jack Payne, appearing together at the 1938 Royal Variety Performance.
Cochrane continued to perform, broadcast and record through the 1950s, releasing the EP Cocktails with Cochrane in 1958 and writing music for films and television. In 1959, she appeared as the guest on Desert Island Discs. (Revised info from Wikipedia )
Will Starr (27 April 1922 – 6 March 1976) was a Scottish solo accordionist.
At the age of thirteen, while making a solo guest appearance at a County Dinner in the Grand Hotel in Glasgow, Will was introduced by Sir Ian Colquhoun to Jock Kilpatrick, the manager of the Pavilion Theatre in Glasgow. Jock invited him to join the cast as a solo performer, and after being granted permission to take time off school, Will began his initially part-time professional stage career.
Will recorded his first 78 record for Parlophone at the age of 18. The music was of his own composition and was named "Jacqueline" (which is almost always referred to erroneously as "The Jacqueline Waltz") after his then girlfriend. (Revised Info Courtesy Of Wikipedia)
Will Starr was a virtuoso accordionist and consummate showman, regarded as “the king” by the likes of the great Jimmy Shand. A button-row player whose prowess is still venerated among today’s accordion fraternity, Starr took the sound of Scotland to international audiences while remaining firmly rooted in his native mining village of Croy, Lanarkshire. (Full Bio at..... https://projects.handsupfortrad.scot/hall-of-fame/will-starr/)
The Banjo Kings were one of the very few (if only) groups recorded by the Good Time Jazz label in the 1950s that could be considered a bit corny.
Formed by banjoists Dick Roberts and Red Roundtree in 1951, the band had either Joe Heimlich, Ernie Anderson or Vito Mumolo on third banjo, plus a three-piece rhythm section that usually included pianist Stan Wrightsman.
1. Blacksmith Blues
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