Record

Performance TitlePress Parade, in aid of The National Union of Journalists Widow and Orphan Fund
Performance Date27 July 1947
Performance DaySunday
Performance Time18:40
Main PerformersJohn Norman Evans,
Valentine Dyall,
Clapham and Dwyer,
Leon ''Shakespeare'' Cortez,
Noel Johnson,
Jean Kent,
Glynis Johns,
Douglass Montgomery,
Cairoli Brothers,
Arthur Askey - speakers,
Arthur Caiger,
Doreen Harris,
Harry Secombe,
Julia Bretton,
Bessie Love,
Boleslawski,
Tamara Chumakova - vocals,
Wilfred Worden - piano
Orchestra or BandJohn Blore and His Broadcasting Orchestra,
Metropolitan Police Central Band,
The Dagenham Girl Pipers
ChoirsThe Alexandra Choir
ConductorsRoger Barsotti,
Charles Proctor
Set List'God Save the King' (The National Anthem),
'The Man in Black' (Valentine Dyall),
'Dick Barton Special Agent' (Noel Johnson),
'Swanee', Gershwin (John Blore and His Broadcasting Orchestra),
'Jumping Bee', Farnam (John Blore and His Broadcasting Orchestra),
'Broadway Melody' (Bessie Love),
'Fuzzy Wuzzy', Milton Drake (Bessie Love),
'Laughing On The Outside', Raleigh, Wayne (Bessie Love),
'Oh! But I Do', Robin and Schwatz (Bessie Love),
'Evening Hymn', Purcell (Alexandra Choir),
'Tales of Vienna Forest', J Strauss, arr. Julius Harrison (Alexandra Choir),
'Celeste Aida' from Aida, Verdi (Boleslawski),
'Don Juan Serenade', Tchaikovsky (Boleslawski),
'Mattinata', Leoncavallo (Boleslawski),
'If You Were The Only Girl in The World' (Metropolitan Police Central Band),
'Jolly Good Company' (Metropolitan Police Central Band),
'My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean' (Metropolitan Police Central Band),
'Pack Up Your Troubles' (Metropolitan Police Central Band),
'Tipperary' (Metropolitan Police Central Band),
'Fanfare Brilliante', Jerome Kern (Metropolitan Police Central Band),
'Centennial Summer', Jerome Kern (Metropolitan Police Central Band),
'March Metropolitan', Barsotti (Metropolitan Police Central Band),
'Selection-Shaftesbury Theatre Memories', arr. Duthoit (Metropolitan Police Central Band),
'Oklahoma Selection', Rodgers (Metropolitan Police Central Band),
'Scottish Traditional Tunes' (The Dagenham Girl Pipers),
'April Showers' (Doreen Harris),
'The Man I Love' (Doreen Harris),
'Bless You' (Doreen Harris),
'Land of Beginning Again' (Doreen Harris),
'Lily Marlene' (Doreen Harris),
'Ah Sweet Mystery of Life' (Harry Secombe),
'I'm Just Wild About Harry' (Harry Secombe),
'Incidental Music -Harry Secombe', Ronald Bridges (Harry Secombe),
'One Fine Day' from Madam Butterfly, Puccini (Julia Bretton),
'Il Bacio', Arditi (Julia Bretton),
'None But The Weary Heart', Tchaikovsky (Tamara Chumakova),
'Deep is The Night', Chopin (Tamara Chumakova),
'Spring Waters', Rachmaninoff (Tamara Chumakova),
'Scherzo in B Minor', Chopin (Wilfred Worden),
'Invitation To The Waltz', Weber-Worden (Wilfred Worden),
'The Cowboy' (Arthur Askey)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1947/161)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1947/161Press Parade in aid of The National Union Of Journalists Widow and Orphan Fund27 July 1947
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OdorowxyvifoifPress Parade, in aid of The National Union of Journalists Widow and Orphan Fund1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/6513Dyall; Valentine (7 May 1908-24 June 1985); English actor
DS/UK/1897Clapham and Dwyer (c.1920)
DS/UK/7335Johnson; Noel (1916-1999); English actor
DS/UK/7336Kent; Jean (1921-); British film and television actress
DS/UK/7337Johns; Glynis (5 October 1923); South-African born British actress, dancer and musician
DS/UK/7338Montgomery; Robert Douglass (1907-1966); American film actor
DS/UK/2081Askey; Arthur (6 June 1900-16 November 1982); CBE; English comedian and actor
DS/UK/6512Caiger; Arthur (1890-1964); English conductor, teacher
DS/UK/7082Secombe; Sir; Harry (8 September 1921-11 April 2001); CBE; Welsh actor and comedian
DS/UK/7340Love; Bessie (10 September 1898-26 April 1986); American British actress
DS/UK/7341Boleslavsky; Richard (4 February 1889-17 January 1937); Polish theatre and film director aand actor
DS/UK/2192Worden; Wilfred (c 1917-?); English pianist
DS/UK/7342Metropolitan Police Central Band; fl 1940s-1970s; English band
DS/UK/2818The Dagenham Girl Pipers; 1930-; English female bagpipe band
DS/UK/2127Alexandra Choir; 1940-1990; British choir
DS/UK/7343Barsotti; Roger (17 September 1901-1 January 1986); English composer and flautist
DS/UK/2358Proctor; Charles (1906-1996); English conductor, choir master, composer
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