45worlds Forum - View Single Post - Squadronaires or RAF Dance Band ??

23rd May 2024, 4:39 PM
	danceband91 Member since Nov 2020 118 Points	The title is indeed "The Man Who Comes Around", but I'm not so sure of the artist credit. It is often stated that the group did not officially become known as The Squadronaires until after the war and instead recorded as The RAF Dance Orchestra (I seem to remember saying this myself in a previous thread!). However, the first recording session of the group (in May 1940) was directed by Leslie Holmes, as opposed to Jimmy Miller, who directed the recordings from Jan 1941 onwards. The Leslie Holmes sessions resulted in two records (the one you mention on Decca F-7480 and also Decca F-7572). The Gramophone reviews both of these and states the artist as "The RAF Squadronaires", while it refers to "The RAF Dance Orchestra" for reviews of all subseqeuent wartime releases. I suspect therefore that the first two records were indeed credited to "The RAF Squadronaires", and the name was only changed when Jimmy Miller took over. Unfortunately I can't find any pictures of the two records to verify this.

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