Vera Lynn--Ray Burns--Kay Starr--Frank Sinatra--Harry Belafonte--

1. Doonaree......Vera Lynn

2. Show Me The Way......Vera Lynn

3. Blue Star......Ray Burns

4. Memory......Ray Burns

5. Side By Side......Kay Starr

6. Too Busy.....Kay Starr

7. In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning......Frank Sinatra

8. It Never Entered My Mind......Frank Sinatra

9. The Son Of Mary......Belafonte

10. I Heard The bells On Christmas Day......Belafonte

11. I'll See You Again......Vera Lynn

12. Christopher Robin Is Saying His Prayers......Vera Lynn

Ray Burns was a British singer, active in the 1950s, who had a top five hit single in 1955.

Burns entered showbusiness when a friend of the comedian Issy Bonn heard him singing in a barber shop. Bonn took Burns on as a dresser, taught him singing techniques, and had him perform a song during his stage shows. Burns' career took a step forward in 1949, when the orchestra leader Ambrose heard him sing at a London club and offered him a job.

Burns was a regular singer with the BBC Show Band, under the leadership of Cyril Stapleton, in the 1950s, and recorded a number of singles for Columbia Records between 1953 and 1958, two of which made the UK singles charts. The bigger hit, a cover of the Bob Holt/David Wells song "Mobile" (with the Eric Jupp Orchestra), which had been a hit in the United States for Julius La Rosa, reached number 4 in both the New Musical Express and Record Mirror charts in March 1955. The second, "That's How A Love Song Was Born" (with The Coronets), reached number 14 of the NME charts later in the year.

         5. Side By Side

Harry Belafonte--Jack Pleasants--Tom Foy--Jimmy Lloyd--Massed Bands Of Aldershot--Joan Regan--Winifred Atwell

Some colourful labels on this selection and the massed bands are making another appearance ending in a Boogie !

1. Mary's Boy Child.......Harry Belafonte

2. Eden Was Just Like This......Harry Belafonte

3. I'm Shy Mary Ellen I'm Shy......Jack Pleasants

4. I'm I Throuble Agean......Tom Foy

5. The Prince Of Players......Jimmy Lloyd

6. Ever Since I Met Lucy.......Jimmy Lloyd

7. Blaze Away......Massed Bands Of The Aldershot Command--1932

8. Marching Through Georgia...Massed Bands Aldershot Command--1932

9. Someone Else's Roses......Joan Regan

10. The Love I Have For You.....Joan Regan

11. The Poor People of Paris......Winifred Atwell

12. Piano Tuner's Boogie......Winifred Atwell

Jack Pleasants (1876-1924) was a music hall singer and comedian especially popular in the north of England. He played the part of a bashful lover, typified by his popular songs "I'm Shy, Mary Ellen, I'm Shy" (his biggest hit 1911), "I'm Twenty-one Today" and "I Just Got Married Today". His status as one of the top Northern dialect comedians grew. Billed as “The Bashful Limit”, he typically played the part of a "bashful fool",  He wore make-up, a black frock coat, trousers, and a bowler hat, and sported a large marguerite flower.

Thomas Foy (1866 – 7 August 1917) was an English music hall performer and comedian.

He trained as an acrobat and in his spare time, he joined a circus as a clown and scene designer, and made his first music hall performance in Manchester as a lightning cartoonist. He developed a song and dance act, and also joined a Wild West show, before becoming a comedian with a stage Irish persona. He appeared in pantomimes in the north of England before heading to London and finding fame as a comedian and pantomime performer.He was billed as "The famous Little Comedian". As a pantomime performer he specialised in "Idle Jack" and pantomime dames.

Jimmy Lloyd was a singer from Trinidad who came to England in 1956 and made his first appearance on the Six-Five Special on November 30th 1957. He also appeared on other British TV shows such as Oh Boy! and Drumbeat, and recorded several songs for the Philips label. He was known for his energetic and lively style of singing, influenced by rock and roll and calypso music. 

Joan Regan (born Joan Bethel or Siobhan Bethel; 19 January 1928 – 12 September 2013) was an English traditional pop music singer, popular during the 1950s and early 1960s.Her successful singing career began in 1953, when she made a demo record of "Too Young" and "I'll Walk Alone". The demo came to the attention of Bernard Delfont, and that helped her sign a recording contract with Decca Records.

She had a number of Top 40 hits for the label, many of them were cover versions of American hits. Among them were Teresa Brewer's "Ricochet", "Till I Waltz Again with You", and "Jilted", Doris Day's "If I Give My Heart to You" and Jill Corey's "Cleo and Me-O" and "Love Me to Pieces".

          3. I'm Shy Mary Ellen I'm Shy

           12. Piano Tuners Boogie