Bertha Willmott--Tex Beneke--Eddie Calvert--Victor Silvester--David Whitfield--Ted Heath

Back again now for a few more retro sounds and inane comments !

1. Look And Laugh......Bertha Willmott

2. Love Is Everywhere......Bertha Willmott

3. Texas Tex.....Tex Beneke With The Glenn Miller Orchestra

4. I'm Headin' For California......Tex Beneke with The Glenn Miller Orch

5. The Holy City......Eddie Calvert

6. O my Beloved Daddy......Eddie Calvert

7. The Tender Trap......Victor Silvester & His Ballroom Orchestra

8. I've Changed My Mind A Thousand Times.....Victor Silvester Orch

9. My One True Love......David Whitfield

10. Cry My Heart......David Whitfield

11. Drive in ......Ted Heath & His Music

12. Roo Roo Kangaroo.....Ted Heath & his Music

Bertha Mary Willmott (16 September 1894 – 3 June 1973) was a British actress, comedienne, singer and music hall performer.

In 1918 she met Reginald Thomas Bishop Seymour (1895-1962), a Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery. They married three months later at Romford in Essex. From about 1939 the couple ran the Spinney Hill Hotel in Northampton. 

Billed as "The Radio Comedy Girl with a Voice", she scored success after success, especially with her contributions to the Old Time Music Hall series. In 1931 she appeared in the BBC radio musical show The Ridgeway Parade, while in 1935 she was in the British musical film Variety. From the 1920s through to the 1940s Willmott released a number of recordings, including 'Maggie! - Yes, Ma!' (1923), 'Mum And Dad And The Nipper' (1932), 'No ! No ! A Thousand Times No !' (1935), 'Live And Love Another Day' (1937), 'Bless 'Em All' (1940) and 'You'll Be Far Better Off In A Home' (1942).

Gordon Lee "Tex" Beneke (February 12, 1914 – May 30, 2000 was an American saxophonist, singer, and bandleader. His career is a history of associations with bandleader Glenn Miller and former musicians and singers who worked with Miller. His band is also associated with the careers of Eydie Gormé, Henry Mancini, and Ronnie Deauville. Beneke also solos on the recording the Glenn Miller Orchestra made of their popular song "In the Mood" and sings on another popular Glenn Miller recording, "Chattanooga Choo Choo". Jazz critic Will Friedwald considers Beneke to be one of the major blues singers who sang with the big bands of the early 1940s.

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