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Thanks For The Memory

There's a theme of unashamed nostalgia as Nigel revisits the first edition of The Organist Entertains. Broadcast on 11 June 1969, the presenter was organist Robin Richmond.

There's a theme of unashamed nostalgia for this special hour long edition as Nigel Ogden revisits the first edition of The Organist Entertains. Broadcast on 11 June 1969, the presenter was organist Robin Richmond who was the show's regular host until 1980. Included in the very first show were session performances from Gerald Shaw on the Leicester Square Odeon Compton, Harold Smart on electronics and Bryan Rodwell at the Davenport Theatre in Stockport featuring the solo trumpet of Syd Lawrence. Also featured on that first show was Len Rawle who had recently rescued the Wurlitzer organ from the Empire Cinema, Leicester Square and re-installed it at his home in Chorleywood. 49 years later, both the organ and its organist are still very much together as Nigel discovers when he catches up with Len to reflect on that first show from the summer of '69.

57 minutes

Last on

Tue 6 Mar 2018 23:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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Music Played

  • Robin Richmond

    Mack The Knife/Poor People Of Paris

    • More Hits From The Organist Entertains.
    • Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ RECORDS.
    • 3.

  • Robin Richmond

    Something's Gotta Give/Ain't She Sweet

    • The Hammond Organ Entertains.
    • Castle Communications.
    • 5.

  • Robin Richmond

    Broadway Melody

    • The Original Organist Entertains.
    • CINEMA ORGAN SOCIETY.
    • 20.

  • Geroge Wright

    There's No Business Like Showbusiness (opening sig tune)

    • George Wright's Showtime.
    • Vogue.
    • 1.

  • Gerald Shaw

    Spanish Gypsy Dance

  • Jackie Brown

    Love In Bloom

  • Harold Smart

    Get Me To The Church On Time

  • Len Rawle

    Ecstacy

  • Reginald Foort

    Grand Waltz from Giselle

    • Reginald Foort Plays.
    • MIXA.
    • 2.

  • Bryan Rodwell & Syd Lawrence

    Thanks For The Memory

  • Harold Smart

    Tico Tico

  • Jackie Brown

    Kiss Me Again

  • Gerald Shaw

    Ritual Fire Dance

  • Geroge Wright

    There's No Business Like Showbusiness (closing sig tune)

    • George Wright's Showtime.
    • Vogue.
    • 1.

  • Len Rawle

    Funiculi Funicula

    • One More Time.
    • TONAWANDA SOUND.
    • 9.

  • Robin Richmond

    The Sidewalks Of New York/The Bowery/Give My Regards To Broadway

    • Majesty Of The Organ.
    • CBS.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Tue 6 Mar 2018 23:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2