Im 74 and i remember when i was about ten in the 1950s , and my grandad used to lie on his bed in the kitchen and we all had to be quite when the billy cotton band show came on the bbc t v he loved it
Nice version of this classic song by Billy Cotton very nice although the song belongs to Gracie, its nice to hear this superb version. I wonder what other dancebands covered this and other Gracie Songs. thanks for this the scenery is brill.
Very sad and haunting piece when set to film of departing Lancasters - 55,000 RAF Bomber Command aircrew left our island and found that their 'luck' had run out - they did not come home.
Vocal Alan Breeze .... Who played opposite Hylda Baker ,, In John Taylors musical Mr and Mrs ... A combination of two Noel Coward one act plays ,, Fumed oak .. And the classic brief encounter .. Alan Breeze not singing had a stammer .. It vanished when he sang .
As a Brit I hesitate to say this - but I smiled inwardly at the sight of Avro Lancasters (with carefully selected shots of the personification of a wicked grin on their faces/noses) off to bomb the "1000 year reich" while British babies sleep soundly in the London Underground secure in the knowledege that whatever is meted out to them above ground will be returned a thousand times by RAF Bomber Command. The message is quite clear - we adhere to the rules of Cricket & Ballroom Dancing but if you break those rules and piss us off then the gloves come off and the wrath of our highly industrialised nation is controlled, total, and unlimited.
Im 74 and i remember when i was about ten in the 1950s , and my grandad used to lie on his bed in the kitchen and we all had to be quite when the billy cotton band show came on the bbc t v he loved it
Nice version of this classic song by Billy Cotton very nice although the song belongs to Gracie, its nice to hear this superb version. I wonder what other dancebands covered this and other Gracie Songs. thanks for this the scenery is brill.
Reminds me of times when we all really had something to worry about, but just got on with it!
Very sad and haunting piece when set to film of departing Lancasters - 55,000 RAF Bomber Command aircrew left our island and found that their 'luck' had run out - they did not come home.
RIP PER ARDUA AD ASTRA
Thank you!
Great version of this poignant song.
Thank you for sharing and thanks to meehall121 for sending.
Vocal Alan Breeze .... Who played opposite Hylda Baker ,, In John Taylors musical Mr and Mrs ... A combination of two Noel Coward one act plays ,, Fumed oak .. And the classic brief encounter .. Alan Breeze not singing had a stammer .. It vanished when he sang .
As a Brit I hesitate to say this - but I smiled inwardly at the sight of Avro Lancasters (with carefully selected shots of the personification of a wicked grin on their faces/noses) off to bomb the "1000 year reich" while British babies sleep soundly in the London Underground secure in the knowledege that whatever is meted out to them above ground will be returned a thousand times by RAF Bomber Command. The message is quite clear - we adhere to the rules of Cricket & Ballroom Dancing but if you break those rules and piss us off then the gloves come off and the wrath of our highly industrialised nation is controlled, total, and unlimited.
Vocal: Alan Breeze.