Ambrose Anniversary Special - Alan Dell's Dance Band Days - 1981

Dance Band Days Presented by Alan Dell
Ambrose Anniversary Special
BBC Radio 2 - 10th June 1981
This programme remembers Ambrose ten years after his passing, featuring his recordings and the voice of pianist/arranger Bert Read, who worked for Ammie from 1928 until 1934 and then again in 1938/39, recalling his boss.
Recordings played are:
When Day Is Done
Mean To Me - v. Phil Arnold
Stop The Sun, Stop The Moon - v. Sam Browne
Goopy Geer - v. Sam Browne
Dames - v. Sam Browne
My Own - v. Vera Lynn
Ain't Cha Coming Out - v. Evelyn Dall
Stormy Weather - v. Anne Shelton
When Day Is Done - v. Sam Browne

[@raymondwaterson4657]

Thanks
Love Alan Dell

[@essexpeter6116]

Thanks for these splendid uploads with great photos. I suppose Anne Shelton's register and style might not be so popular as some but to me she had one of the most outstanding voices of the era.

[@ianhampton417]

Brilliant to hear Alan Dell again. Fabulous music and the best speaking voice on radio.

[@martinharrison7927]

Wow! I just saw all the Alan Dell stuff on your channel. What gems, many happy nights listening ahead. Thanks for uploading these I only just got the tail end of Alan Dell’s career but was a regular listener to Malcolm Laycock. How much Radio 2 has changed.

[@paulkate72]

Thanks Panachord. Your posts are always top class. Same Browne on display here was an excellent vocalist. In my view, second only to the incomparable Al Bowlly.

[@horemheb904]

genial..je suis collectionneur de phonographes et je possede quelques disques d 'Ambrose,entre autres.Je suis heureux de voir qu'il n'est pas tombe dans l'oubli.C'est bien que des gens et des radios fassent connaitre cette magnifique epoque : les annees 20 et 30 avec des orchestres extraordinaires.Un veritable age d'or.merci.

[@1NOgl]

Thanks for sharing

[@Cool2BCeltic]

I remember listening to this when it was first broadcast and recording it. I had just sat my O Grades and everybody was talking about a royal wedding that was due to take place the following month.

[@essexpeter6116]

@Panachord have you ever listened to the earlier 1970s Alan Dell radio programs with extended tributes to bands and their leaders? May have been under the title of ''The golden age of dance bands''. I am not sure who uploaded them, but they included Harry Roy, Lew Stone and Carrol Gibbons, with quite a lot of conversation with past musicians. I just cannot find them now. Thanks Peter

[@Panachord]

Yes, I remember them well. I have them on tape too

[@essexpeter6116]

@@Panachord They have been on RUclips but I cannot find them now.
Thanks

[@patrickdcyau]

00:09 When Day Is Done
00:55 Mean To Me - v. Phil Arnold
04:16 Stop The Sun, Stop The Moon - v. Sam Browne
09:18 Goopy Geer - v. Sam Browne
12:19 Dames - v. Sam Browne
14:48 My Own - v. Vera Lynn
18:22 Ain't Cha Coming Out - v. Evelyn Dall
21:12 Stormy Weather - v. Anne Shelton
24:48 When Day Is Done - v. Sam Browne