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Roy Plomley's castaway is jazz singer Annie Ross.

Favourite track: Good Morning, Heartache by Billie Holiday
Book: The Sun is My Undoing by Marguerite Steen
Luxury: False eyelashes

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Mon 26 Jul 196513:10
Home Service

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Music Played

  • The Count Basie Orchestra

    Teddy the Toad

  • Charlie Parker

    Just Friends

  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    Bachianas brasileiras No. 5

    Soloist: Bidu Sayao

  • Duke Ellington and His Orchestra

    Chelsea Bridge

  • Judy Garland

    Last Night When We Were Young

  • Georgia Brown

    Surabaya Johnny

  • Mein Herr Marquis (Laughing Song)(from Die Fledermaus)

    Soloist: Florence Foster Jenkins, Cosmo McMoon

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Billie Holiday

      Good Morning, Heartache

  • Book Choice

    • The Sun is My Undoing - Marguerite Steen

  • Luxury Choice

    • False eyelashes

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestAnnie Ross

Broadcast

  • Mon 26 Jul 196513:10
    Home Service

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