Music Feature

Painting the Clouds with Sunshine

Tuesday 19 September 2006 13:30-14:00 (Radio 4 FM)

Humphrey Lyttelton presents a series exploring the fascinating world of the early British bandleaders.

After the Second World War times were changing. Many Bandleaders had lost their musicians to the ranks of the armed services, vocalists were becoming the new celebrities and the advent of television would take people away from the Dancehalls.

By the mid fifties, many Bandleaders had managed to adapt to these changes, but that was before a man from Michigan by the name of Bill Haley, and others of his ilk, arrived from America to provide their greatest challenge yet.

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