Record

Performance TitleRoyal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Command Reunion
Performance Date12 March 1949
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:15
Main PerformersDowney and Day,
Anita D'Ray with The Windmill Girls,
Sir A B Ellwood,
Air Marshal Sir Robert Saundby,
Lord Tedder,
Sir A T Harris,
Harry Alan Towers - speakers
Anne Shelton,
Stanley Holloway,
Anne Ziegler,
Webster Booth,
Tessie O'Shea - vocals,
Felton Rapley - organ
Orchestra or BandSquadronaires Dance Orchestra,
Central Band of The Royal Air Force (RAF),
Primo Scala
ChoirsRoyal Air Force (RAF) Chorus
ConductorsJimmy Miller,
A E Sims
Set List'Slow Boat To China' (Anne Shelton, Squadronnaires Dance Orchestra),
'My Happiness' (Berney Bergantine, Anne Shelton, Squadronnaires Dance Orchestra),
'Put Your Shoes On, Lucy' (Anne Shelton, Squadronnaires Dance Orchestra),
'It Had To Be You' (Anne Shelton),
'As Time Goes By' (Anne Shelton),
'Lords of The Air', North (Anne Shelton, Central Band of The Royal Air Force)

'Life Begins Anew', K Leslie Smith (Anne Ziegler, Webster Booth),
'Deep in My Heart', Romberg (Anne Ziegler, Webster Booth),
'We'll Gather Lilacs', Novello (Anne Ziegler, Webster Booth)

'Goodbye Sally', Riscoe, arr. Simms (Stanley Holloway, Central Band of The Royal Air Force),
'The Quartermaster's Store', arr. Simms (Stanley Holloway, Central Band of The Royal Air force),
'Bless 'Em All', Hughes-Lake (Stanley Holloway, Central Band of The Royal Air Force),
'Airman, I FelliIn Love With You' (Tessie O'Shea),
'Can You Look Me in The Eye?' (Tessie O'Shea),
'It's a Long Way To Tipperary' (Tessie O'Shea, Central Band of The Royal Air Force),
'Fanfare', O'Donnell (Central Band of The Royal Air Force),
'Fanfare', A E Simms (Central Band of The Royal Air Force),
'Air Crew On Parade', Haywood, arr. Field (Central Band of The Royal Air Force),
'Only a Rose' from The Vagabond King (Central Band of The Royal Air Force)

'On the Air' (Squadronnaires Dance Orchestra),
'Skyliner' (Squadronnaires Dance Orchestra),
'Maharajah of Mogador' (Squadronnaires Dance Orchestra),
'Orpheus in The Underworld Overture', Offenbach (Squadronnaires Dance Orchestra),
'Chloe' (Squadronnaires Dance Orchestra)

'Dream of Olwen' (Primo Scala),
'Gay Nineties Medley' (Primo Scala),
'Deep in The Heart of Texas' (Primo Scala),
'Comedy Selection' (Primo Scala),
'On a Slow Boat to China' (Primo Scala),
'Give Me Five Minutes More' (Primo Scala),
'Cuckoo Waltz' (Primo Scala),
'Easter Parade Selection' (Primo Scala),
'Show Boat Selection', Kern (Primo Scala),
'Oklahoma Selection', Rodgers (Primo Scala)
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1949/71),
Setlist (RAHE/8/7/33)
URLhttps://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx/ajTasbSasJnJwy
Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1949/71Royal Air Force Bomber Command Reunion12 March 1949
RAHE/8/7/1949/2Royal Air Force Bomber Command Reunion set list12 March 1949
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Ionavolcv_BowlRoyal Air Force Bomber Command Reunion1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/6573Windmill Girls; 1932-1964; English nude 'tableaux vivants' performers
DS/UK/8372Ellwood; Aubrey (1897-1992); Royal Air Force commander
DS/UK/8373Saundby; Sir; Robert (1896-1971); KCB KBE MC DFC AFC; Royal Air Force officer
DS/UK/8374Tedder; Arthur (1890-1967); 1st Baron, GCB; British air force commande, aristocrat
DS/UK/6585Harris; Sir; Arthur Travers (1892-1984); 1st Baronet; English Air Marshal
DS/UK/8375Towers; Harry Alan (1920-2009); British radio, independent film producer, screenwriter
DS/UK/6440Shelton; Anne (10 November 1923-31 July 1994); OBE; English vocalist
DS/UK/6371Holloway; Stanley Augustus (1890-1982); OBE; English actor
DS/UK/6329Ziegler; Anne (22 June 1910-13 October 2003); English popular singer
DS/UK/3387Booth; Leslie 'Webster' (1902-1984); British tenor
DS/UK/8376O'Shea; Tessie (1913-1995); Welsh entertainer, actress
DS/UK/2967Royal Air Force; RAF Squadronaires; 1939-; British big band
DS/UK/2432Royal Air Force; Central Band of the Royal Air Force; 1920-; British military band
DS/UK/8377Primo Scala; fl 1940s; English light music orchestra
DS/UK/5850Royal Air Force Choir; 1918-; British military choir
DS/UK/7604Miller; Jimmy (fl 1940s); British conductor
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