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Clare commemorates the Battle of Britain with the big bands, swing bands, dance bands and the band singers. There's a chance you picked the music in Something Old Something New Something Borrowed Something Blue and there's more from the British dance bands and trad bands.

1 hour, 57 minutes

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Sun 20 Sep 201521:00
BBC Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Glenn Miller Army Air Force Band

    Peggy, The Pin-Up Girl

    • Army Air Force Band.

  • Sky Rockets Dance Band & Beryl Davis

    The Rhythm Of The Jeep

    • The Service Bands.

  • No.1 Balloon Centre Dance Band & Leslie Douglas

    A Stairway To The Stars

    • The Service Bands.

  • The Squadronaires

    Jumpin' Jiminy

    • There's Something In The Air.

  • Ted Heath

    The Champ

    • Swing Session Palladium Revisited.

  • New York Voices

    Almost Like Being In Love

    • New York Voices Live with The WDR Big Band Cologne.
    • Palmetto Records.

  • Glenn Miller

    Anvil Chorus

    • The Best Of The Glenn Miller Orchestra.

  • Count Basie

    Blee Blop Blues

    • The Complete Clef and Verve Count Basie Fifties Studio Recordings.

  • The Squadronaires

    Tuxedo Junction

    • There's Something In The Air.

  • Ambrose and His Orchestra & Anne Shelton

    Coming In On A Wing And A Prayer

    • We Are At War Songs and Speeches Of World War 2.

  • Glenn Miller

    Over There

    • Keep Em Flying.

  • Eric Winstone & Julie Dawn

    Time On My Hands

    • The War Years The Sings And The Songs.

  • Skyrockets

    Saturday Night Jump

    • Stairway To The Stars.

  • Sky Rockets Dance Band

    It Jumps Like Mad

    • Hot Dance Bands 1920-1940.

  • Squadronaires

    Flying Home

    • There's Something In The Air.

  • Billy May

    For Dancers Only

    • Jimmie Lunceford In Hi-Fi.

  • Mads Mathias

    Favourite Kind Of Girl

    • Free Falling.
    • Calibrated.

  • Duke Ellington

    The Tattooed Bride

    • Masterpieces.

  • Irene Kral & The Herb Pomeroy Orchestra

    Comes Love

    • The Band And I.

  • Lyle Lovett and His Large Band

    Tickle Toe

    • It's Not Big It's Large.
    • Universal.

  • Al Bowlly & Ray Noble and His Orchestra

    Midnight, The Stars And You

    • The HMV Sessions 1930 - 1934.

  • Billy Eckstine

    My Foolish Heart

    • Classic Crooners.

  • Alan Elsdon

    Johnson Rag

    • At The Jazz Band Ball.

  • CAB CALLOWAY

    A Ghost Of A Chance

    Performer: Cozy Cole. Performer: CAB CALLOWAY. Performer: Quentin Jackson. Performer: Andy Brown. Performer: Jerry Blake. Performer: Tyree Glenn. Performer: Danny Barker. Performer: Mario Bauzá. Performer: Dizzy Gillespie. Performer: Keg Johnson. Performer: Walter Thomas. Performer: Leon "Chu" Berry. Performer: Lammar Wright. Performer: Milt Hinton. Performer: Hilton Jefferson. Performer: Benny Payne.
    • Cab Calloway & His Orchestra 1935 - 1940.

  • The Royal Air Force Squadronaires & Imelda May

    Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

    • In The Mood.
    • Decca.
    • 006.

  • Thilo Wolf

    Take The A Train

    • Mr Grooverix.
    • Mons.

Broadcast

  • Sun 20 Sep 201521:00
    BBC Radio 2