Record

Performance TitleSelfridges Staff Carnival
Performance Date6 October 1947
Performance DayMonday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersTommy Trinder,
Bud Flanagan and Chesney Allen,
Wally Fryer and Violet Barnes,
Richard Bergman and Johnny Leach,
Raymond Mortlake Mann,
The Ben Hassan Troupe,
Janik and Christian Arnaut,
Desmond and Marks,
The Skating Avalons

Carole Carr,
Archie Lewis,
Denny Vaughan,
Peggy Reid,
Don Ensley - vocals
Orchestra or BandGeraldo and His Orchestra,
Billy Ternent and His Orchestra,
The Dagenham Girl Pipers
ChoirsThree Boys and A Girl
ConductorsGeraldo,
Billy Ternent
Set List'Benny Rides Again' (Geraldo and His Orchestra),
'People Will Say We're in Love' (Geraldo and His Orchestra),
'Speak To Me of Love' (Geraldo and His Orchestra),
'Always' (Geraldo and His Orchestra),
'Anniversary Waltz', Al Jolson (Geraldo and His Orchestra),
'Patience and Fortitude' (Geraldo and His Orchestra),
'Cocktails for Two' (Geraldo and His Orchestra),
'Fascinating Rhythm' (Geraldo and His Orchestra),
'Show Tunes Medley' (Geraldo and His Orchestra),
'Heartaches' (Geraldo and His Orchestra),
'In The Still of The Night' (Geraldo and His Orchestra),
Skyliner' (Geraldo and His Orchestra),
'Waltz Medley' (Geraldo and His Orchestra),
'Danse De Serpent' (Janik and Christian Arnaut),
'Amparito Roca - Spanish March', Aubrey Winter (Ben Hassan Troupe),
'Aeroplane Galop', Georges Lamothe (Ben Hassan Troupe),
'Feet' (Desmond and Marks),
'Cherokee', Ray Noble (Desmond and Marks),
'Avalon', Vincent Rose (The Skating Avalons),
'Shine', Bernie Green (The Skating Avalons),
'Nobody's Sweetheart', Stan Bowsher (The Skating Avalons),
'Margie', J Dale (The Skating Avalons),
'Military Dance' (The Skating Avalons),
'Bitter Sweet', Guy Jones (Wally Fryer and Violet Barnes),
'Time After Time', Jack Mason (Wally Fryer and Violet Barnes),
'La Cumparsita', Vincenzo Belli (Wally Fryer and Violet Barnes),
'A Gal in Calico', Arthur Schwartz (Wally Fryer and Violet Barnes),
'Athol Highlanders' (The Dagenham Girl Pipers),
'Road To The Isles' (Wally Fryer and Violet Barnes),
'The Barron of Aden' (Wally Fryer and Violet Barnes),
'Cock O' The North' (Wally Fryer and Violet Barnes),
'Seventy Ninth' (Wally Fryer and Violet Barnes),
'Farewell To Gibraltar' (Wally Fryer and Violet Barnes),
'Rose Among Heather' (Wally Fryer and Violet Barnes),
'Sleepy Maggie' (Wally Fryer and Violet Barnes),
'Blue Skies' (Billy Ternent and His Orchestra),
'The Gay Nineties' (Billy Ternent and His Orchestra),
'Coax Me' (Billy Ternent and His Orchestra),
'Was It The Orchids You Wore?', Tommy Connor (Billy Ternent and His Orchestra),
'Leap Frog', Joe Garland' (Billy Ternent and His Orchestra),
'Oh What a Beautiful Morning', Jack Mason (Billy Ternent and His Orchestra),
'Man With a Gun', Irving Berlin (Billy Ternent and His Orchestra),
'American Patrol', Jerry Gray (Billy Ternent and His Orchestra),
'The Boy Next Door', Hugh Martin (Billy Ternent and His Orchestra),
'Marcheta' (Billy Ternent and His Orchestra),
'Opus 1', Sy. Oliver' (Billy Ternent and His Orchestra),
'The Band Played On', Eddie Dee (Billy Ternent and His Orchestra),
'Palais Glide', Stan Bowsher (Billy Ternent and His Orchestra),
'Boomps A Daisy'', (Billy Ternent and His Orchestra),
Cokey Pokey', Les Vinall (Billy Ternent and His Orchestra),
'The Veleta' (Billy Ternent and His Orchestra),
'Tico Tico', Charles Hathaway' (Billy Ternent and His Orchestra),
'Walter Winchell Rhumba', Noro Morales (Billy Ternent and His Orchestra),
'Daisy' (Billy Ternent and His Orchestra),
'I Saw, I Saw I Conquered', Xavier Cogat', (Billy Ternent and His Orchestra),
'Blaze Away' (Billy Ternent and His Orchestra),
'Five Minutes More' (Billy Ternent and His Orchestra),
'Minnie' (Billy Ternent and His Orchestra),
'Otto Make That Riff Staccato', Milt Grant' (Billy Ternent and His Orchestra),
'Johnny Comes Marching Home' (Billy Ternent and His Orchestra),
'My Wonderful Let's Dance' (Billy Ternent and His Orchestra),
'Cherokee', Ray Noble' (Billy Ternent and His Orchestra),
'Falling In Love', Irving Berlin' (Billy Ternent and His Orchestra),
'April Blossom Wedding' (Billy Ternent and His Orchestra),
'Old Spanish Trail' (Billy Ternent and His Orchestra),
'Stompin' At The Savoy', Spud Murphy (Billy Ternent & His Orchestra),
'People Will Say' (Billy Ternent and His Orchestra),
'I Hear Bluebirds', Charles Hathaway (Billy Ternent and His Orchestra),
'I Can't Begin To Tell You' (Billy Ternent and His Orchestra),
'Sweet Fanny Adams', Tommy Trinder
'Underneath The Arches', Flanagan and Allen
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1947/220),
Setlist (RAHE/8/7/1947/6)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1947/220Selfridges Staff Carnival6 October 1947
RAHE/8/7/1947/6Selfridges Staff Dance set list6 October 1947
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
AihavievypifutSelfridges Staff Carnival [Private]1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1552Trinder; 'Tommy' Thomas Edward (1909-1989); CBE; English comedian
DS/UK/3739Flanagan and Allen (fl 1940s-1960s)
DS/UK/7300Carr; Carole (1928-1977); British singer
DS/UK/1470Bright; Gerald Walcan 'Geraldo' (1904-1974); English bandleader
DS/UK/6892Ternent; Billy (1899-1977); British orchestra leader
DS/UK/2818The Dagenham Girl Pipers; 1930-; English female bagpipe band
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