 Vivien Lambelet.
Vivien Lambelet found fame as an actress, singer and composer. She was the daughter of a
Greek composer who revelled in the name of Napoleon Lambelet. She was intending to be a pianist, but overworked.
She turned in stead to acting. Her first broadcast was in 1925 when she sang some of her own songs on Children's
Hour. |
 The Two Leslies.
Leslie Sarony was the man who wrote "Ain't it Grand to be Bloomin' well Dead". He began song
writing while he was convalescing after being wounded in the first world war. His first real hit was "If You Knew
Susie". Leslie Holmes showed signs of being musical as soon as he could toddle, and as a boy he could play on the
piano a tune he heard whistled in the street. After the first world war, he joined Henry Hall's band and
broadcast with them in 1925. He later became a composer. |
 Joseph Lewis.
Joseph Lewis was the senior conductor of the BBC. Born in Staffordshire, he became famous
as the conductor of the City of Birmingham Choir, and was invited to conduct one of the leading choirs of Vienna.
His first broadcast was from Birmingham in 1923. His early BBC career was based in Birmingham, but as the top of
the tree was to be found in London, that is where he ended up working. |
 Norman Long.
Norman Long started out as an insurance agent, but while involved in the first world war,
he discovered that he could amuse his comrades, singing his funny songs at the piano. He was the first
entertainer to broadcast from Marconi House, and he was back again at the opening of the Savoy Hill studios.
Another first came his way when he performed at the Royal Variety Performance of 1927, which was the first to be
broadcast.
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