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Frankie Vaughan and Eve Boswell

Celebrating stars whose records were first heard in the 1950s, using Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Light Programme and Radio Luxembourg archive. Desmond remembers Frankie Vaughan and Eve Boswell.

Desmond Carrington continues to celebrate icons of the 50s, using words and music from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ and Radio Luxembourg archives.

Each one-hour programme features stars interviewed by John Hannam, among them Nat Gonella, Edmund Hockridge, Russ Conway, Lonnie Donegan, Lionel Bart and Al Martino. This week, he remembers the English singer Frankie Vaughan and Eve Boswell, who performed with the popular bandleader Geraldo before launching her solo career.

Throughout the series, Desmond's guest is the veteran singer and broadcaster Teddy Johnson who, 60 years ago, was the first British presenter of the first-ever radio series of Top Twenty record programmes.

1 hour

Last on

Tue 8 Feb 2011 22:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • New Philharmonia Orchestra

    Music Music Music

    • Best Of Teresa Brewer.
    • SPECTRUM: 544 262.

  • Crickets

    That'll Be The Day

    • Musical Memories Of The Fifties.
    • MARKS AND SPENCER: MS 4901J.

  • Doris Day

    Deadwood Stage

    • Que Sera Sera.
    • MARKS AND SPENCER: MS 4805Y.

  • Leroy Anderson

    Blue Tango

    • Leroy Anderson Collection.
    • MCA: MCAD2 9815.

  • Elvis Presley - Loving You

  • Eve Boswell

    Pickin' A Chicken

    • Best Of The Fifties.
    • EMI: 72435 82558.

  • Eve Boswell

    Blue Star

    • Hits Of 1955.
    • MEMOIR: CDMOIR 593.

  • Liberace

    Beer Barrel Polka

    • Golden Age Of Television.
    • CURB: 1015480 -.

  • The Platters

    Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

    • Greatest Hits Of 1959.
    • GREAT VOICES...: GVC 1959.

  • Frankie Vaughan

    Garden Of Eden

    • Best Of Frankie Vaughan.
    • SPECTRUM: 554 317.

  • Frankie Vaughan

    Green Door

    • Best Of Frankie Vaughan.
    • SPECTRUM: 554 317.

  • The Weavers

    Tzena Tzena Tzena

    • Golden Age Of Radio.
    • READERS DIGEST: RDCD.

  • Jimmy Young

    Man From Laramie

    • Best Of Jimmy Young.
    • SPECTRUM: 544 201.

  • Humphrey Lyttelton

    Bad Penny Blues

    • Just About As Good As It Gets.
    • SMITH & CO: SCCD 1143.

  • Les Paul & Mary Ford

    Vaya Con Dios

    • Best Of The 50's.
    • EMI: 7243 5 82554.

Broadcast

  • Tue 8 Feb 2011 22:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2