Hi folks, As Peter correctly identified - our mystery personality for March was – Woolf Phillips. The photo comes from ‘Fanfare’ Magazine – March 1946. I’m pleased that our photo took some a while to

Hi folks Apologies for the lateness of this month's mystery photo. See attached. Let's hope this personality is not so easy a last month! I hope there is still some interest in the competition. If so,

Serenade Radio will repeat Saturday’s broadcast of an hour of music from the Dance Band Days, at 9:00pm this evening presented by Roger Williams. The music includes:

A question for the group. Is Dennis Lotis featured as vocalist on any of Ted Heath's Swing Music Sessions that were recorded at the London Palladium and issued on LP?

Hi folks, Can anyone confirm, in the scene Little Bits and Pieces, it is Len Bermon who played drums - on the milk bottles, and the trumpeter who rushes in, is Frank Wilson. Thanks Tony https://www.yo

Serenade Radio will repeat Saturday’s broadcast, of an hour of music from the Dance Band Days, at 9:00pm this evening presented by Roger Williams. The music includes:

Hello Folks, Just heard that singer Dennis Lotis died on 8th February at the grand old age of 97. He was one of the trio of leading singers who sang with the post-war Ted Heath and his Music, the othe

Hi folks, Our mystery personality for February was bandleader – Maurice Winnick. An easy spot for some, a surprise identification for one, without clues! The image of Maurice featured on the cover of

Did anyone see the repeat of Glimpses featuring Nat Gonella, the Mills Brothers and Evelyn Dall? She was singing and talking to a band leader whom I didn’t instantly recognise, nor the band. Any ideas

Hi folks Another mystery personality for Feb. I imagine very easy for some, not for others. Judging by previous comments. Whatever the outcome we all learn something about the personality. Ask questio

I'm sad to inform the group that Brian Willey passed away last Tuesday. Some members will have met him at ML get-togethers; others will know of his ML feature "Caught in the Web".

Hi folks, Our January mystery personality is – Len Bermon. I have trawled through a lot of 1930s magazines and the BBC Genome, and he was a regular name throughout most of the period to the end of the

Hi folks, As many of you know I have been presenting my dance band radio show for many years. One station, KTCRFM, has a listen again facility. They used to leave one show, but it seems there are seve

Serenade Radio will repeat Saturday’s broadcast, of an hour of music from the Dance Band Days, at 9:00pm this evening presented by Roger Williams. The music includes:

Hi folks Can I ask what might seem a silly question, in that I feel I should know. Why did Jack Hylton make no commercial recordings during 1934? According to R+F. He also moved from Decca to HMV, is

Hi Peter, Albert Can we re-title future posts on the Talk TV thread - not photo comp Thanks Tony On Monday, 9 January 2023, 22:15:57 GMT, Peter Worsley via groups.io <peterworsley@...> wrote: Albert.

Hi If we are too proceed - could we ascertain the following? How many are left in our small group? (It's hard work running a quiz, and we need people to - have a go!) How many want a continued quiz? (

Hi folks. Let's have a quiz! I have attached a photo of a well known music / dance band personality of the 1930s. I hope the photo has not come up before! As always - ask questions to get the ball rol

Hi John Happy New Year to you, and all the group. I am happy to do / continue with the mystery photo if members wish it. I'm not sure how many of us there are left on the group, or if anyone would wan

Barry McCanna was kind enough to point out to me that Retrospective has released a new CD of songs with Anne Lenner vocals: https://www.wyastone.co.uk/anne-lenner-with-carroll-gibbons-the-savoy-orphea