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Performance TitleSeventy Years of Song, in aid of Toc H War Services Fund
Performance Date16 June 1943
Performance DayTuesday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersLeslie Mitchell - narrator,
Esmond Knight - speaker

Phyllis Stanley,
Angela Braemar,
Vera Ellis,
Sheila Douglas Pennant,
Berangere Seton,
Air-Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory,
Lamar and Rosita,
Italia Conti School Pupils

Heddle Nash,
Joan Hammond,
Violet Loraine,
Beryl Davis,
Adelaide Hal,
Evelyn Laye,
Mary Ellis,
Doris Hare,
Vera Lynn,
Eva Turner,
Olive Groves,
Bill Stephens,
Stanley Holloway,
Bertha Willmott,
Roderick Jones,
Tessie O'Shea - vocals

John Rorke,
Ivor Novello,
Harry Hudson,
Bill, Bert and Alf,
Georges Rex,
Sylvia Marriott,
George Robey,
Joan Young

Reginald Foort - organ,
Thomas Beecham Jnr - cornet,
Toni - one man band,
George Murray - penny whistle,
Old Pat - pipes,
Richard Pasquali - barrel organ,
Edythe Baker,
Janet Howe,
Eileen Joyce - pianos
Secondary PerformersSydney Bright - piano
Orchestra or BandGeraldo and His Concert Orchestra,
Floradora Sextet,
Hutch and Orchestra
ChoirsBBC Chorus,
BBC Choral Society,
Quartette
ConductorsGeraldo
Set ListPART 1 - 1872-1916:
1. 'Overture' (Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
2. 'Street Music' (Thomas Beecham Jnr, Toni, Old Pat, George Murray, Richard Pasquali),
'In The Gloaming' (Janet Howe, Reginald Foort),
'Tritsch Tratsch', J Strauss (Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
3. Music Halls 1870-1889:
'Charlie Dilke' (Bill Stephens),
'La-Di-Da' (Bertha Willmott),
'Pulling Hard Against The Stream' (John Rorke),
'As I Walks Along My Beat' (Harry Hudson),
'The Earl of Fife' (George Baker),
4. The Ballad Concert:
'Come Into the Garden, Maud' (Heddle Nash, Sydney Bright),
5. Opera Bouffe:
'Can Can' from Orphee Aux Enfers, Offenbach (Can Can of the Late Eighties Afer Toulouse-Lautrec danced by Phyllis Stanley, Angela Braemar, Vera Ellis, Sheila Douglas Pennant, Berangere Seton),
'Czardas' from Fledermaus, J Strauss (Joan Hammond),
6. Gilbert and Sullivan:
March from 'Yeoman of The Guard', Sullivan (Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
'Take A Pair of Sparkling Eyes', Sullivan (Heddle Nash),
7. Memories of the Moore and Burgess Ministrels (BBC Chorus, BBC Choral Society, John Rorke),
8. Popular Songs of the 'Nineties:
'All Through The Motor Car' (Bill Stephens),
'Won't You Buy My Pretty Flowers' (Sylvia Marriott),
'Two Lovely Black Eyes' (Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
'Everything in The Garden's Lovely' (Joan Young),
'Little Annie Rooney' (Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
'Seventh Royal Fusiliers' (George Baker),
'Linger Longer, Lucy' (Olive Groves),
'Our Lodger's Such A Nice Young Man' (Bertha Willmott),
'Beer, Beer, Glorious Beer' (Bill Stephens),
'Get Your Hair Cut' (Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
'Dear Little Girly, Girly' (Harry Hudson),
'Two Little Girls In Blue' (John Rorke),
'At Trinity Church' (Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
'I Ain't A Goin' To Tell' (Stanley Holloway),
'The Man Who Broke The Bank of Monte Carlo' (Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
9. 'The Lost Chord', Sullivan, arr. D Arnold (Reginald Foort, BBC Chorus, BBC Choral Society),
10. 'Land of Hope and Glory' (Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
South African War:
'Goodbye, Dolly Gray' (George Baker),
'A Bicycle Made For Two' (John Rorke, Joan Young),
Oh! Listen to the Band:
'After The Ball Is Over' (Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
'Pas De Quatre' (Angela Braemar, Vera Ellis, Sheila Douglas Pennant, Berangere Seton),
'Skater's Waltz' (Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
'Lily of Laguna' (Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
'Soldiers of The Queen' (George Baker),
11. Musical Comedy:
'Under The Deodar' (Country Girl, Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
'The Merry Widow' (Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
'Pipes of Pan' (The Arcadians, Olive Groves),
'Yeomen of England' (Merrie England, Roderick Jones),
'Tell Me Pretty Maiden' (Floradora Sextet),
12. Edwardian Songs:
'Kelly From The Isle of Man' (Bertha Willmott),
'Knocked 'Em In The Old Kent Road' (John Rorke),
'Jolly Good Luck To The Girl' (Joan Young),
'Just Like The Ivy' (Olive Groves),
'Let'sAll Go Down The Strand' (Bill Stephens),
'Waiting At The Church' (Bertha Willmott),
'In The Shade of The Old Apple Tree' (Quartette),
13. The Bands Played (1910-11-12):
'In The Shadows',
'Visions of Salome',
14. Jazz arrives in the person of (Hutch),
'Alexander's Ragtime Band' (Hutch and Orchestra),
15. The Great WAR (1914-1916):
'Tipperary' (Chorus),
'I'll Make A Man of You' (Joan Young),
'Hullo, Who's Your Lady Friend?' (Chorus),
'We Don't Want To Lose You' (Olive Groves),
'Who Were You With Last Night?' (Chorus),
'Keep The Home Fires Burning' (Ivor Novello),
'Pack Up Your Troubles' (Chorus),
1916 'Jerusalem', Parry (Roderick Jones, Reginald Foort, Chorus, Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra)
INTERVAL
PART 2 - 1916-1943:
1. 'Overture'
'Plum And Apple' (Bill, Bert and Alf),
'Kissing Time' (Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
'Robber's Chorus' (Chu Chin Chow, Chorus),
'Love Will Find A Way' (Olive Groves),
'Roses Of Picardy' (Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
'For Me And My Gal' (Quartette),
'If You Could Care For Me' (Olive Groves),
'Fishermen of England' (Roderick Jones),
'Alice Blue Gown' (Sylvia Marriott),
'Madelon' (Georges Rex),
'Over There' (Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
2. 'If You Were The Only Girl In The World' (Violet Loraine, George Robey),
3. On With the Dance,
'Whispering' (Lamar and Rosita),
'Japanese Sandman' (Lamar and Rosita),
'What'll I Do?' (Lamar and Rosita),
'All Alone' (Lamar and Rosita),
'Kitten On The Keys' (Lamar and Rosita),
'The Sheik of Araby' (Lamar and Rosita),
4. 'Felix Kept On Walking' (Phyllis Stanley, Mr Chochran's Very Young Ladies - Pupils from Italia Conti School Pupils),
5. Music From America,
'Some of These Days' (Tessie O'Shea),
'Birth of The Blues' (Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
'Rhapsody In Blue' (Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
'Tea For Two' (Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
'Indian Love Call' (Mary Ellis),
'Riff Song' (Desert Song) (Chorus, Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
6. From The Revues,
'And Her Mother Came Too' (Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
'My Heart Stood Still' (Beryl Davis, Edythe Baker),
'Say It With Music' (Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
'Memories of Florence Mills' (Adelaide Hall),
'Limehouse Blues' (Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
'What Is This Thing Called Love' (Hutch, Phyllis Stanley),
7. Noel Coward,
'Bitter Sweet', Noel Coward (Evelyn Laye),
8. Old Drury,
'Ol Man River' (Roderick Jones, Chorus),
'Glamorous Night' (Mary Ellis),
9. From the Pictures and the Theatre,
'Sonny Boy' (Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
'Broadway Melody' (Beryl Davis),
'Wedding of The Painted Doll' (Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
'All The King's Horses' (Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
'One Night of Love' (Olive Groves),
'Night And Day' (Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
'Whistle While You Work' (Chorus, Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
'March Of The Grenadiers' (Chorus, Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
10. From the BBC,
'Roll Out The Barrel' (Bertha Willmott),
'Run, Rabbit, Run' (Doris Hare),
'Begin The Beguine' (Hutch),
'Yours' (Vera Lynn),
The Ballad in 1943,
'I'll Walk Beside You', arr. Woodgate (Heddle Nash With Chorus, Reginald Foort),
11. Swing,
'In The Mood' (Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra, USA Forces and Partners),
12. Opera,
'One Fine Day' from Madam Butterfly, Puccini (Eva Turner),
13. 'The Warsaw Concerto' (Eileen Joyce, Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
14. 'Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition' (Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
15. 'The Song of Stalingrad' (Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra),
16. 'Epilogue' (Esmond Knight),
Finale - 'Land of Hope And Glory' (Janet Howe, Geraldo and His Concert Orchestra, Reginald Foort, Chorus)
Royal PresenceHRH The Duke of Gloucester,
HRH The Duchess of Gloucester,
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands
Performance NotesThe first half of the concert was broadcast on the BBC Forces Programme.

Charles B Cochran who organised the event wrote an article about it for the BBC Radio Times.

Part 1 narrative written by Leslie Bailey.
Part 2 narrative written by W MacQueen Pope.

With the Duke and Duchess in the Royal box were the Earl of Clarendon and Sir Godfrey Thomas, Lord and Lady Louis Moountbatten, Mrs [Anthony] Eden, Mrs [Winston] Churchill, and the Reverend 'Tubby' Clayton.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1943/55A),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1943/2)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1943/55ASeventy Years of Song with Geraldo, in aid of Toc H War Service Fund16 June 1942
RAHE/6/1943/2'Seventy Years of Song', in aid of Toc H War Services Fund16 June 1943
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
OwbobiexearugavSeventy Years of Song, in aid of Toc H War Services Fund1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/6375Stanley; Phyllis (1914-1992); British actress
DS/UK/6348Knight; Esmond Penington (1906-1987); British actor
DS/UK/2681Howe; Janet (fl 1930s-1950s); English mezzo-soprano
DS/UK/6371Holloway; Stanley Augustus (1890-1982); OBE; English actor
DS/UK/3170Jones; Roderick (1910-1992); British baritone
DS/UK/3516Novello; Ivor (15 January 1893-6 March 1951); Welsh composer and actor
DS/UK/1360Nash; William 'Heddle' (1894-1961); English tenor
DS/UK/1553Hammond; Dame; Joan Hilda Hood (1912-1996); DBE, CMG; Australian operatic soprano, singing coach, champion golfer
DS/UK/1809Loraine; Violet (1886-1956); English musical theatre actress, singer
DS/UK/2899Robey; Sir; George (1869-1954); English music hall comedian
DS/UK/3863Foort; Reginald (fl 1920s-1930s); British organist
DS/UK/6376Baker; Edythe (25 August 1899-15 August 1971); American jazz pianist
DS/UK/1519Joyce; Eileen (1 January 1908-25 March 1991); CMG; Australian pianist
DS/UK/6377Davis; Beryl (1924-2011); British-American big band singer
DS/UK/6378Hall; Adelaide Louise (1901-1993); British-American jazz singer
DS/UK/6331Laye; Evelyn (1900-1996); CBE; British actress
DS/UK/6379Ellis; Mary (1897-2003); British actress
DS/UK/6380Hare; Doris (1 March 1905-30 May 2000); MBE; Welsh actress
DS/UK/3507Lynn; Dame; Vera (20 March 1917-18 June 2020); CH DBE OStJ; English singer
DS/UK/1262Turner; Dame; Eva (1892-1990); DBE; English dramatic soprano
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