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Artist:Grand Celebrity Concert
Title:Grand Celebrity Concert
Venue:Royal Albert Hall
City:  London, England, UK
Date:Sunday, 20 Jun 1943
Collection:  Attended     Wishlist 
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 LineupRating
1Grand Celebrity ConcertRate
2Tommy HandleyRate
3Arthur RiscoeRate
4Jessie MatthewsRate
5The Western BrothersRate
6Renee Houston And Donald StewartRate
7Wylie Watson With Theodore Guitter And Earry LauretteRate
8Gold And CordellRate
9Clarence WrightRate
10Heddle NashRate
11Richard TauberRate
12Dennis NobleRate
13Anne SheltonRate
14Nancy EvansRate
15Pattman - OrganRate
16Rawicz And Landauer - PianosRate
17Percy KahnRate
18Ivor NewtonRate
19Stanley Black - PianosRate
20Petula ClarkRate
21Harry Fryer And His Broadcasting OrchestraRate
22Massed BandsRate
23HM Grenadier BandRate
24HM Scots BandRate
25HM Welsh Guards BandRate
26HM Scots Guards Drums And PipersRate
27HM Irish Guards Drums And PipersRate
28London Fire Force Broadcasting Dance OrchestraRate
29Ivy Benson And Her Ladies BandRate


Notes

In aid of London Fire Service Benevolent Fund

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Number: 3364707  THUMBNAIL
Uploaded By: Steven Warner
Description: Programme cover


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Steven Warner
28th Aug 2023
 The concert, billed as GRAND CELEBRITY CONCERT, was in aid of the London Fire Service Benevolent Fund, with Dennis Noble, the Western Brothers, Anne Shelton, Renee Houston and Donald Stewart, Rawicz and Landauer, and Harry Fryer and his Orchestra. The concert was introduced by Gerry Wilmot and broadcast live on the B.B.C. Forces Programme. Petula is not credited as appearing, but in the first chapters of her life story Petula refers to the concert and the date:

I shall never forget how scared I was before I was due to go on to the vast stage at the Royal Albert Hall, and where under the great dome I sang before 8000 people. I was barely ten years old! I'll never forget the occasion, as Pop was on duty that night and couldn't be with me to cheer me up. But the following morning Mr. Harry Fryer with whose orchestra I was then singing, wrote to Pop:

"She was a sensation, and I thought you would like to know this. I am only sorry you weren't able to be there to see how she stole the show".

The day that letter was written – 21st June 1943 – was certainly a red-letter day for me. By the same post came a letter asking me to go to Elstree Studios for my first screen test!

The concert was broadcast on the BBC's Forces Programme : https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/30d7102250514f71afed96f9a47b4f67
 

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