Performance TitleA Century of Song (1881-1981) - Celebration of the Centenary of Music Publishers' Association of Great Britain
Performance Date5 October 1981
Performance DayMonday
Performance Time19:30
Main PerformersVera Lynn,
Frankie Vaughan,
Marti Webb,
Anne Shelton,
Vince Hill,
Joan Savage,
Lena Zavaroni,
Hubert Gregg - vocals,
Acker Bilk - clarinet
Julian Lloyd Webber - cello
Semprini - piano
Orchestra or BandBucks Fizz,
BBC Radio Orchestra
ChoirsMike Sammes Singers
ConductorsHarry Rabinowitz
Set List'633 Squadron', Goodwin (BBC Radio Orchestra),
'Victorian Music Hall Medley', arr. Langford (Joan Savage, BBC Radio Orchestra),
'Variation 23', Paganini (Julian Lloyd Webber),
'Puppet on a String', Martin, Coulter (Mike Sammes Singers),
'Congratulations', Martin, Coulter (Mike Sammes Singers),
'Making Your Mind Up', Hill, Danter (Bucks Fizz),
'Medley 'Sounds Familiar'', arr. Farnon (BBC Radio Orchestra),
'Don't cry for me Argentina' from Evita, Lloyd Webber (Marti Webb),
'Medley of World War One Songs' (Mike Sammes Singers),
'Hit' Medley, arr. Hilton (Frankie Vaughan),
'Heart of a Man', arr. Hilton (Frankie Vaughan),
'That Lovely Weekend', arr. Price (Anne Shelton),
'A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square', arr. Price (Anne Shelton),
'Lili Marlene', Connor, Schultze (Anne Shelton)
INTERVAL
'British Dance Bands Medley', arr. Innes (BBC Radio Orchestra),
'Les Reed Hit Songs Medley', arr. Coleman (Lena Zavaroni),
'I'm Gonna Get Lit Up', arr. Gregg (Hubert Gregg),
'Maybe it's Because I'm a Londoner', arr. Gregg (Hubert Gregg),
'Your Song', Elton John (Mike Sammes Singers),
'How Deep is Your love', The Gibbs (Mike Sammes Singers),
'Ivor Novello Selection', Novello (Semprini),
'Beatles Medley', Lennon, McCartney, arr. Richardson (Semprini),
'Roses of Picardy', Weatherly, Wood (Vince Hill),
'Stranger on the Shore', Bilk, arr. Young (Acker Bilk),
'Red Sails in the Sunset', Kennedy (Vera Lynn),
'Caravan Song', Batt (Vera Lynn),
'We'll Meet Again', Parker, Charles (Vera Lynn),
'Land of Hope and Glory', Elgar
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/1981/150)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/1981/150A Century of Song 1881 - 1981 - Celebration of the Centenary of Music Publishers' Association of Great Britain5 October 1981
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
CsiekuhekiomorA Century of Song (1881-1981) - Celebration of the Centenary of Music Publishers' Association of Great Britain1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/3507Lynn; Dame; Vera (20 March 1917-18 June 2020); CH DBE OStJ; English singer
DS/UK/10829Vaughan; Frankie (3 February 1928-17 September 1999); CBE DL; English singer
DS/UK/6440Shelton; Anne (10 November 1923-31 July 1994); OBE; English vocalist
DS/UK/59Webber; Julian Lloyd (14 April 1951); British cellist
DS/UK/10830Bilk; Acker (28 January 1929-2 November 2014); MBE; English clarinetist and vocalist
DS/UK/9069Jacobs; David Lewis (1926-2013); British broadcaster
DS/UK/10831Bucks Fizz (1981-2018)
DS/UK/10832Rabinowitz; Harry (1916-); MBE; South African conductor, composer
DS/UK/893British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO); 1930-; British radio orchestra
DS/UK/10833Zavaroni; Lena (4 November 1963-1 October 1999); Scottish singer and television presenter
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