Today we devote the entire show to the Great British Dance Bands of the 1930s, and discuss the characters who made the UK dance scene so special, with Roy Fox, Lew Stone, Al Bowlly, Elsie Carlisle, Hutch, Vera Lynn, Carroll Gibbons, Ray Noble and many more…

Five of the songs today are from our first Featured Album of the Week:  The Great British Dance Bands and you can buy it either as a CD or as mp3 downloads at pastperfect.com

The Great British Dance Bands – Hot Ginger Radio Show #8

Hot Ginger Radio Show no. 8 – Great British Dance Bands Special
TX date: 18 April 2010

Track listing:

01 – Orlando And His Orchestra (v. Phylis Robbins) – Love Is Good For Anything That Ails You
02 – Teddy Joyce And His Orchestra (v. Eric Whitley) – March Winds And April Showers
03 – Ambrose & His Orchestra (v. Elsie Carlisle) – My Kid’s a Crooner [1935]
04 – Ray Noble & the New Mayfair Dance Orchestra (v. Al Bowlly) – Shout For Happiness
05 – Roy Fox and his Orchestra (voc. Mary Lee) – I’ve Got Beginner’s Luck
06 – Charlie Kunz and his Orchestra (v. Vera Lynn) – I’m In The Mood For Love
07 – Ray Noble Orchestra (v. Al Bowlly & Dawn Davis) – When You Were the Girl on the Scooter
08 – Lew Stone and his Band – That’s A Plenty
09 – Hutch – Two Sleepy People
10 – Carroll Gibbons & his Boy Friends (v. George Melachrino) – The Way You Look Tonight
[intro: extract from I Wish That I Were Twins]
11 – Lew Stone and his Band (v. Alan Kane) – Stay As Sweet As You Are
12 – Joe Loss and his Band (v. Chick Henderson) – You Go To My Head
13 – Jack Hylton and his Orchestra (v. The Swingtette) – Did You Mean It?
14 – Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra – Radio Times
15 – Oscar Rabin (v. Dinah Miller) – Woe is Me
16 – Sid Phillips and his Orchestra – Palais de Dance