... PETRMA JOHNS The Talk of London. Drury Lane. WC2 BIG' JOE JOHNSON The Cambrian Vaults. Wrexham. Clwyd (7) JUBILEE Tewkesbury Park Golf Country Club, Gloucestershire (Private Function) (11) SZARAKING The Talk of London, Drury Lane. WC2 DENNY LEE Soolev Mill ...

... Conifer's Happy Days release (CDHD 233) brings a selection of numbers, all sung by the original artists, of the great pre-war Drury Lane musicals. This means rich slices of Ivor Novello (Glamorous Night, Careless Rapture. Crest of the Wave and The Dancing Years) ...

... professionalism in lyric writing, it is difficult to beat Alan Jay Lemer, whose memory was honoured several years ago at Drury Lane by an all-star concert in his memory, now trans ferred to CD by First Night (OCD CD12), in which his best numbers were performed ...

... Evangelimann, By Kienzl, and two Wagner operas, of which she was a noted exponent. GRAND AFFAIR The Sondheim tribute staged at Drury Lane in 1998 was one of the most significant events ever presented in honour of a composer and lyricist who has reigned supreme ...

... ity and attack of Valerie Walsh. Kelly Wilson and Judy Cannon as the trio of strippers. In contrast, the CBS recording of Drury Lane's No. No. Nanette shows up the woeful lack of vocal quality in the London cast. Only Anne Rogers, as Lucille, is com pletely ...

... world in 1951. Part of this time was occupied in theatre work-he was the musical director for Pacific 1860, which reopened Drury Lane-pan by leading a big wartime dance band, fea tured on this compilation. Ihere are some lesser-known songs included, among ...