Black Diamonds Band--Primo Scala--Jean Sablon--Derek Olham--Felix King--Layton & Johnstone

 Anyone for a march ??...singing is optional with or without the rain all the way to Paris and then a visit to the Sphinx !

1. Wellington March.....Black Diamonds Band

2. Washington Grays March......Black Diamond Band

3. George White's Scandals Selection Part One......Primo Scala's Accordeon Band

4. George White's Scandals Selection Part Two......Primo Scala's Accordeon Band

5. Sur La Pont Avignon......Jean Sablon

6. Je Tire Ma Reverence......Jean Sablon

7. Love's Old Sweet Song......Derek Oldham

8. Parted......Derek Oldham

9. Bewitched......Felix King & His Orchestra

10. Once In A While......Felix King & His Orchestra

11. Singing In The Rain.....Layton & Johnstone

12. My Song Of The Nile......Layton & Johnstone

The Black Diamonds Band was one of the most popular British recording bands from about 1900 to the early 1930's. At least 270 records of this band's music are known to exist. The majority of these recordings were made for the Zonophone Company, but a few appeared on Gramophone Concert, Monarch, His Master's Voice, and possibly other labels.

Felix King was a British pianist and conductor born on March 27th, 1912 in Brighton. He formed a band in 1932 to play at the Gargoyle Club in London and spent much of his time as a pianist in leading dance bands in London, writing music for films and playing in them. In 1947, Felix King, his piano and orchestra opened at the Nightingale Club in Berkeley Square featuring two pianos for which Felix King composed the signature tune "The Night and the Nightingale".

          11. Singing In The Rain

Boston Promenade Orch--Elsie Carlisle--Jean Sablon--The Goons--Gracie Fields--Lew Sylva & His Band

 You could not get more diverse music than this lot !!

1. Lagoon Waltz Op 411 Part One......Boston Promenade Orchestra

2. Lagoon Waltz Op 411 Conclusion.......Boston Promenade Orchestra

3. Whisper Sweet......Elsie Carlisle

4. Dancing With My Shadow.....Elsie Carlisle

5. Paris You Have Not Changed.....Jean Sablon

6. The Cab......Jean Sablon

7. The Ying Tong Song......The Goons

8. Bloodnoks Rock'n Roll Call

9. Oh My Beloved Father......Gracie Fields

10. The Nuns Chorus......Gracie Fields

11. Out In The Cold Again......Lew Sylva And His Band

12. Freckle Face Your Beautiful......Lew Sylva And His Band

Elizabeth 'Elsie' Carlisle (28 January 1896 – 5 September 1977) was an English female singer both before and during the British dance band era of the 1920s and 1930s, nicknamed "Radio Sweetheart Number One"; according to AllMusic, she was "beyond a doubt the most popular radio performer in England in the '30s." Carlisle has also been described as "British radio's first woman crooner". She was prolific in the recording studio, and cut over 300 sides between 1926 and 1942.

Carlisle's earliest known recording was a test for the Gramophone Company, made in Hayes, Middlesex, in 1918. However, it was not until 1926 that she made her first commercially released recordings. On her earliest sessions, she was accompanied by Carroll Gibbons on piano, and began recording vocals for dance bands in 1929; she sang with several of the biggest dance bands of the era, including the famous Ambrose orchestra. Carlisle was also backed by Ambrose when she performed solo, and duetted with Sam Browne, being hailed as one of the band's best singers.

Her other most well-known song may be "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square". However, Carlisle's greatest claim to fame is that Cole Porter personally requested her to introduce his composition "What is This Thing Called Love?", which became a jazz standard.

The Goon Show is a British radio comedy programme, originally produced and broadcast by the BBC Home Service from 1951 to 1960, with occasional repeats on the BBC Light Programme. The first series, broadcast from 28 May to 20 September 1951, was titled Crazy People; subsequent series had the title The Goon Show.

The show's chief creator and main writer was Spike Milligan, who performed the series alongside Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers and (for the first two series) Michael Bentine. The scripts mixed ludicrous plots with surreal humour, puns, catchphrases and an array of bizarre sound effects. There were also light music interludes. 
The Goons made a number of records, including "I'm Walking Backwards for Christmas" (originally sung by Milligan in the show to fill in during a musicians' strike), and "Bloodnok's Rock and Roll Call", the B-side of which, the "Ying Tong Song", soon became more popular and was reissued as an A-side in the mid-1970s, becoming a surprise novelty hit. The last time all three Goons worked together was in 1978 when they recorded two new songs, "The Raspberry Song" and "Rhymes".

          7. The Ying Tong Song

Glenn Miller & His Orchestra--Sonny James--Pee Wee Hunt & His Orchestra--Jean Sablon--Primo Scala's Accordeon Band--Ethel Smith

 Accordions, Organs, Verdi swung and a French singer, even a whistling waltz,whatever that is in this crazy selection in the Snow !

1. Anvil Chorus Part 1......Glenn Miller And His Orchestra

2. Anvil Chorus Part 2......Glenn Miller and his Orchestra

3. Young Love......Sonny James

4. Your The Reason I'm In Love......Sonny James

5. Twelfth Street Rag......Pee Wee Hunt And His Orchestra

6. Somebody Else Not Me.......Pee Wee Hunt And His Orchestra

7. The Song From Moulin Rouge.......Jean Sablon

8. For Me......Jean Sablon

9. The Whistling Waltz......Primo Scala's Accordeon Band

10. At The Close Of A Long Day......Primo Scala's Accordeon Band

11. Sleigh Ride......Ethel Smith

12. Bring Her Out Again......Ethel Smith

Jimmie Hugh Loden (May 1, 1928 – February 22, 2016), known professionally as Sonny James, was an American country music singer and songwriter best known for his 1957 hit, "Young Love", topping both the Billboard Hot Country and Billboard's Disk Jockey singles charts. Dubbed the "Southern Gentleman" for his congenial manner, his greatest success came from ballads about the trials of love. In late 1956 James released "Young Love", a 45 rpm single for which he would forever be remembered. As the first teenage country crossover single, it topped both the US country and pop music charts in January to February 1957. Record sales could have been higher if Capitol Records had anticipated the exposure on popular-music charts; they had ordered only enough copies of the record to satisfy the anticipated country-music demand, and were therefore unable to supply most of the requests for records. The track peaked at No. 11 in the UK Singles Chart. It sold well over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.

Jean Sablon ( 25 March 1906 – Cannes 24 February 1994) was a French singer, songwriter, composer and actor. He was one of the first French singers to immerse himself in jazz. The man behind several songs by big French and American names, he was the first to use a microphone on a French stage in 1936. Star of vinyl and the radio, he left France in 1937 to take up a contract with NBC in the United States. His radio and later televised shows made him a huge star in America. Henceforth the most international of French singers among his contemporaries, he became an ambassador of French songwriting and dedicated his career to touring internationally, occasionally returning to France to appear on stage. His sixty-one year career came to an end in 1984.

         5. Twelfth Street Rag