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Presenter：Colin Aitchison
Music aficionado and band leader Colin Aitchison presents the musicians who were the huge, million-selling recording stars of an often forgotten era.
Before Bruno Mars, there was Bing Crosby, before the likes of Adele, there was Billie Holiday ... and before Justin Bieber ... well, where to start!?!
There’s some terrific music and stories from the '20s, '30s, '40s and '50s, plus a few laughs!
Every Sunday, 8.30am-9am
This week Colin explores the effects of the musicians' strike of 1942, which meant a two year ban on commercial recording, with jukeboxes and radio broadcasts taking over from musicians, leading to the rise of the vocalists. Acapella recordings became a big, big thing. The Bunny Banks Trio, The Pied Pipers, Dick Haymes, and the very first recording by a young Perry Como.
