45worlds Forum - View Single Post - British Dance Bands On Record 1911 To 1945

15th Feb 2019, 8:37 PM
	Railmaster London Member since Feb 2019 68 Points	Does the first book draw on Rust or do they have access to additional resources - I always thought Brian was pretty close to completist of the genre. I have a few of the LBC/Capital Radio Broadcasts I taped to cassette - wish I had done many more. It is interesting as to why Dance Band era - on disc at least - finished in 1945(ish). Was it the coming of the 45, the rise of Entertainment on the Radio - and Then TV, so that people went out less. Ted Heath somewhat ended up paying his band members from his own pocket by the 1960s as the venue revenues did not cover costs. Although the 'Group Combo' for want of a better term probably started to rise from the mid 1950s, the ballroom dance bands locally probably carried on, but were they semi-professional where they would have a day job as the evenings didn't pay (enough). Yet the BBC kept space within its Comedy, say, schedules for slots for the dance band type leaders etc. I suppose there was a move to Jazz orientation and fandom ( modern and trad ) that was less universal, and the WW2 death of some of the key singers and band members must have contributed to changes. (comment also overlaps to/from http://www.45worlds.com/topic/100284) Edited by Railmaster London on 15th Feb 2019, 8:52 PM

: Like us on Facebook

Latest » Items : Comments : Price Guide : Reviews : Ratings : Images : Lists : Videos : Tags : Collected : Wanted : Top 50 : Random

45worlds for music, movies, books etc : 45cat for 7" singles : 45spaces for hundreds more worlds