Record

Performance TitleBritish Legion Conference - Smoking Concert
Performance Date17 May 1948
Performance DayMonday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersRalph Reader,
Michael Howard,
Eddie Reindeer - speakers
Gladys Ripley - vocal
Orchestra or BandBand of HM Coldstream Guards
Choirs''D'' Division Metropolitan Police Male Voice Choir
ConductorsCaptain Douglas Pope
Set List'On Ilkly' Moor',
'Lambeth Walk',
'I Belong To Glasgow',
'Up From Somerset',
'Lassie From Lancashire',
'Two Dances' from Henry VIII, German,
'Passing of The Regiments', arr. Winter (Band of HM Coldstream Guards),
'Pilgrims Chorus' from Tannhauser, Wagner (Band of HM Coldstream Guards),
'Policeman's Chorus' from Pirates of Penzance, Sullivan (Band of HM Coldstream Guards),
'Jingle Bells' (Band of HM Coldstream Guards),
'The Mountains of Mourne' (Band of HM Coldstream Guards),
'Before You Break My Heart', Irwin Dash (Band of HM Coldstream Guards),
'Shuffling Along' (Band of HM Coldstream Guards),
'Goodbye Dolly I Must Leave You', Barnes (Band of HM Coldstream Guards),
'Ragtime Band', I Berlin (Band of HM Coldstream Guardss),
'If You Were The Only Girl in The World', Bing Boys (Band of HM Coldstream Guards),
'Margie' (Band of HM Coldstream Guards),
'Tomorrow is a Lovely Day', I Berlin (Band of HM Coldstream Guards),
'We're Riding Along on The Crest of a Wave' (Band of HM Coldstream Guards),
'Colonel Bogey on Parade', Alford (Band of HM Coldstream Guards),
'Radetzky March', Strauss (Band of HM Coldstream Guards),
'Out of The Blue' (Band of HM Coldstream Guards),
'The Fleets in Port Again', N Gay (Band of HM Coldstream Guards),
'There's Something About a Soldier', N Gay (Band of HM Coldstream Guardss),
'Up from Somerset', Sanderson (Band of HM Coldstream Guards),
'She's My Lassie From Lancashire' (Band of HM Coldstream Guards),
'On Ilkla Moor' (Band of HM Coldstream Guards),
'The Lambeth Walk', N Gay (Band of HM Coldstream Guards),
'When Irish Eyes Are Smiling', Ball (Band of HM Coldstream Guards),
'I Belong To Glasgow', Fyfe (Band of HM Coldstream Guards)
'Britons Sing' (Tune of Trumpet Voluntary), J Clarke (Band of HM Coldstream Guards)

'The Fishermen Of England', M.Phillips (''D'' Division Metropolitan Police Male Voice Choir),
'Love Could Only Tell Thee', Capel (''D'' Division Metropolitan Police Male Voice Choir),
'How Sweet the Answer Echo Makes' (''D'' Division Metropolitan Police Male Voice Choir)

'My Noble Lords' from Les Huguenots, Meyerbeer (Gladys Ripley),
'Softly Awakes My Heart' from Samson and Delilah, Saint-Saens (Gladys Ripley),
'O Peaceful England' from Merry England, German (Gladys Ripley),
'Dream O'Day Jill' from Merry England, German (Gladys Ripley),
'Largo', Handel (Gladys Ripley)
Performance NotesThe event was broadcast on BBC Radio Light programme from 21:00-21:30.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1948/141),
Setlist (RAHE/8/7/21)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/tQytQUPtU9SvOk
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1948/141British Legion Smoking Concert17 May 1948
RAHE/8/7/1948/5British Legion Concert set list17 May 1948
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Oraxoiscm_BobBritish Legion Smoking Concert1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/6867Reader; Ralph (1903-1982); CBE; British actor, director, producer
DS/UK/7987Howard; Sir; Michael (1922-); British military historian
DS/UK/1247Ripley; Gladys (1908-1955); English contralto
DS/UK/2429British Army; The Band of the Coldstream Guards; 1785-; British army band
DS/UK/7988Pope; Douglas (fl 1940s-1960s); Captain; British Director of Coldstream Guards band 1944
DS/UK/16683Reindeer; Eddie (fl 1950s-1960s); English comedian
DS/UK/11105Metropolitan Police Male Voice Choir; fl 1960s-; English choir
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