Record

Performance TitleThe Gracie Fields' Tribute Performance, in aid of The London Hospital Bi-Centenary Appeal
Performance Date28 October 1938
Performance DayFriday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersHon. Sir William Goschen,
Sir Walter Layton,
Walter Widdop - speakers

Gracie Fields,
Harold Williams - vocals

Reginald Foort,
Roy Hurst - organ

Lance Dossor - piano
Secondary PerformersReginald Foort,
Harry Parr-Davies - piano
Orchestra or Band50 Coronation trumpeters from the Royal Military School of Music,
Kneller Hall Band (170 performers)
ConductorsMajor H E Adkins (Kneller Hall),
Louis Levy
Set ListOrgan Solo: 'Medley of Fan Mail Favourites' (Reginald Foort),
'Fanfare For Heroes' (Royal Military School Of Music Trumpeters),
'God Save The King' (The National Anthem) (Kneller Hall Band),
Overture: 'Solennelle 1812', Tchaikovsky (Kneller Hall Band, Roy Hurst),
'Passing By', Purcell (Walter Widdop),
'Trees', Rasbach (Walter Widdop),
'Maire, My Girl', Aitken (Walter Widdop),
'Consolation in D', Liszt (Lance Dossor),
'Fanfare No.1 For A Celebrity', Adkins,
Selection: 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' (Gracie Fields),
'Mrs Binns' Twins' (Gracie Fields),
'Little Lady Make Believe' (Gracie Fields),
'The Organ, The Monkey and Me' (Gracie Fields),
'Walter,Walter' (Gracie Fields),
'A May Morning' (Gracie Fields),
'Now It Can Be Told' (Gracie Fields),
'The Holy City' (Gracie Fields)
INTERVAL
Organ Solo:'Medley of Music By British Composers' (Reginald Foort),
'Fanfare For A Royal Occasion', Bantock,
'A Rhapsody in Blue', Gershwin (Kneller Hall Band),
'Joggin' Along The Highway', Harold Samuel (Harold Williams),
'Prologue' from Pagliacci, Leoncavallo (Harold Williams),
'On the Road to Mandalay', Oley Speaks (Harold Williams, Kneller Hall Band),
'Fanfare No.2 for a Celebrity', Adkins,
'The Sweetest Song in The World' (Gracie Fields),
''Fonso, My Hot Spanish Knight' (Gracie Fields),
'Dicky Bird Hop' (Gracie Fields),
'We've Got To Keep Up With The Jones's' (Gracie Fields),
'Music, Maestro, Please' (Gracie Fields),
'The Biggest Aspidistra in The World' (Gracie Fields),
'An Old Violin' (Gracie Fields),
Popular Choruses 'Little Old Lady' (Gracie Fields),
'My Blue Heaven' (Gracie Fields),
'Sally' (Gracie Fields),
'Land of Hope and Glory', Elgar (Gracie Fields),
God Save the King' (The National Anthem)
Royal PresenceHM Queen Mary,
HRH The Princess Royal
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1938/59),
Handbill (RAHE/6/1938/9)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1938/59The Gracie Fields' tribute on behalf of The London Hospital Bi-Centenary Appeal28 October 1938
RAHE/6/1938/9The Gracie Fields Tribute Performance 28 October 1938
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Uhadiefielif_KThe Gracie Fields' Tribute Performance, in aid of The London Hospital Bi-Centenary Appeal1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/1520Fields; Dame; Gracie (1898-1979); DBE; English actress, singer, comedienne
DS/UK/1219Widdop; Walter (1892-1949); British operatic tenor
DS/UK/1221Williams; Harold John (1893-1976); MBE; Australian baritone
DS/UK/2333Dossor; Lance (1916-2005); English pianist
DS/UK/2290Adkins; Hector Ernest (1885-1962); Lieutenant-Colonel; British former army officer and bandmaster
DS/UK/1116Mary of Teck (1867-1953); British Queen consort of King-Emperor George V
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