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Topic Started: Mar 3 2013, 11:37 AM (1,182 Views)
waiting4atickle
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My brother and I made a list of my sister's record collection yesterday. Most of the records weren't really my sister's: she had possession of the family collection as it was about 35 years ago. This included about 70 old 78's. Amongst these were a few names with which I'm familiar - such as Gracie Fields, George Formby, Jimmie Rogers, Reg Dixon, Victor Sylvester, Frank Chacksfield, Sandy Powell - but the majority were unknown to me. I was wondering if any of our senior members remember any of these...

ALOIS MELICHAR
JEAN LENSEN
BARRINGTON HOOPER
EDGAR TREVOR
CECIL COOPER
LUCY GREY
STANLEY KIRKBY
HARRY WELCHMAN
BENTAMINO GIGLI
VASA PRIHODA
KATHLEEN LAFLA
SANDY POWELL
TAYLOR AND BENNETT
THE OKLAHOMA COWBOYS
ROSSINI'S ACCORDION BAND
JACK DALY
HAL SWAIN AND HIS BAND
BUD AND JOE BILLINGS
ED MORTON AND REGAL MALE QUARTETTE
WALTER VAN BRUNT
MR ERNEST PIKE
RENA MALE QUARTETTE
LOU PREAGER'S ORCHESTRA
THE SENTIMENTALISTS
THE GRENADIERS
DEAUVILLE DANCE ORCHESTRA
EDGAR COYLE
JACK BLAKE
MAURICE GUNSKY
JACK PAYNE
MR HATHERLEY CLARKE
THE ROOSTERS CONCERT PARTY
TOM FOY
LEONARD HUBBARD
MURRAY AND MARKS
DAVE HOGAN
CLARKSON ROSE
THE GROSVENOR LIGHT ORCHESTRA
GERALDO AND HIS GAUCHO TANGO ORCHESTRA
BUDDY PRINCE
ALBERT WHELAN
GERALD GRIFFIN
DILLY MERRIN AND HIS COMMANDERS
EDITH DAY
GEORGE BOLTON
E BURGER
DIE 8 ACCORDION BABIES
RUDI SCHURICKE
JOHN CURTIS
GUY LOMBARDO AND HIS ROYAL CANADIANS
BROADWAY NITELITES
ANTON WALBROOK
MINNA REVERELLI
SALON ORCHESTRA
DAVID DE GROOT
ALFONSO GIBILARO
J PACEY
PAUL VAN KEMPEN
THE KOLOA GUITAR BAND
THE CHERNIAVSKY TRIO
THE VAN RYDER BROTHERS
THE J H SQUIRE CELESTE OCTET

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rumbaba
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I know someone called Tom Foy. He was from Cowdenbeath but now lives in Inverness. Don't think he made any records though :)
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Norm Deplume
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Hello Tick,

A few of the names are planted in my grey matter:-

Harry Welchman...An actor of some note in the 30s

Sandy Powell..A very popular comedian of his time. I remember him from pre-war up to probably the mid to late 60s. He had a radio catchphrase...probably one of the first.. which was "Can You hear Me Mother"?

Hal Swain and His Swinging Sisters, was a well known Music Hall act

Ernest Pike...I can remember hearing his recordings rather than anything 'live' about him.

Lou Praeger...One of the big Dance Bands of the 40s to the 60s. Broadcast a lot and had the residency at the Hammersmith Palais for a number of years

Jack Payne...Another big Dance Band of the 30s 40s. I believe but I'm not sure, that he was the director of the BBC Dance Orchestra for a while

Clarkson Rose...The name simply rings a bell, can't remember anything about him

Albert Wheelan... Singer and general music hall entertainer,I remember he whistled a lot and always had a dog on stage with him.

Guy Lombardo...A very well respected conductor of a popular Dance Band in the 30s and 40s in the USA and this side of the pond

Anton Wallbrook...A very famous stage and screen actor of his time
Edited by Norm Deplume, Mar 3 2013, 04:08 PM.
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dai Cottomy
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Beniomino Gigli - 1890 - 1957 World famous operatic tenor, (the Pavarotti of his day)

Sandy Powell - Music Hall and radio comedian. He sometimes included an incompetent ventriloquist act, in which the dummy ended up falling to bits.

Clarkson Rose played refined pantomime dames

Anton Walbrook was an Austrian born film actor. He played the impresario in the Powell Pressburger film The Red Shoes starring Moira Shearer. He also played the Polish composer in Dangerous Moonlight, for which The Warsaw Concerto was written.
Edited by dai Cottomy, Mar 4 2013, 10:39 PM.
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Mobson
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I know a Sandy Powell but she's a 3-time oscar winning costume designer...definitely heard of Anton Walbrook - think everyone knows The Red Shoes...he was also in the 1940's version of Gaslight and The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. <ok>
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becky sharp
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Anton Walbrook is a familiar name to me also..Red Shoes etc and Geraldo's name is familiar but not his Gaucho Tango Orchestra... :)
Edited by becky sharp, Mar 3 2013, 10:50 PM.
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Some great names there though .... :)
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Caro

The only ones I seem familiar with is Guy Lombardo and perhaps Sandy Powell. It's a bit odd how some names stay in the public mind and some don't. Maybe something to do with quality, but probably not in these cases.
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Thanks for the responses. I thought that list might stir a few memories. Some of the records would probably be worth a few bob in good condition, but, sadly, the majority of them are scratched to glory.

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Norm Deplume
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Bex,
Geraldo(Gerald Bright) formed the Gaucho Tango band in the 30s when Latin dance music first became popular. At the end of the 30s he started his regular orchestra which quickly became very well recieved and they were, in fact, one of the best in the business during the 40s/50s.
Not many people know that he could not play any instrument and could not read a note of music!
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Norm Deplume
Mar 4 2013, 05:24 PM
Bex,
Geraldo(Gerald Bright) formed the Gaucho Tango band in the 30s when Latin dance music first became popular. At the end of the 30s he started his regular orchestra which quickly became very well recieved and they were, in fact, one of the best in the business during the 40s/50s.
Not many people know that he could not play any instrument and could not read a note of music!
Hi Norm <seeya>

I was looking for something and saw this post by you....I missed it first time round....sorry ....thanks for the information! <ok>
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