Cat No:
STAGE2330
Release Date: 26 February 2016
Label: Stage Door
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5055122153405
Genres: Easy Listening Nostalgia
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Description
Although most audiences associate Betty Driver with her Coronation Street character Betty Turpin, a role that she played on screen for nearly 2800 episodes from 1969 to 2011, her career began over three decades before she first set foot on the cobbles of Weatherfield. 'I'll Take Romance' showcases highlights from Betty's twenty year recording career.
In 1930 at the age of just 9, Betty began performing professionally in music hall variety and became one of Britain's best loved singing stars of the 1930s and 40s making countless records, hosting her own radio and television programmes and starring in three feature films. During World War II Betty toured frequently with ENSA, entertaining troops stationed both at home and abroad.
'I'll Take Romance' includes her very first 78rpm record 'Jubilee Baby' released in 1935 when Betty was just 14, to her last commercial recording 'Let's Gather Round The Parlour Piano' issued in 1954. The selections range from novelty comedy numbers to sublime torch songs, ably demonstrating why Betty Driver was considered one of Britain's finest vocalists of the era. As a bonus, the collection features three live tracks taken from rare radio broadcasts, the highlight of which is Betty's 1955 performance of 'The Sailor With The Navy Blue Eyes', revisiting the song she became synonymous with throughout the 1940s.
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Tracklisting
- 1. Jubilee Baby
- 2. The Little Woolly Vest
- 3. The Alpine Milkman
- 4. It's Men Like You
- 5. I Love To Whistle
- 6. I'll Take Romance
- 7. The Sweetest Song In The World
- 8. I Fall In Love With You Everyday
- 9. So Little Time
- 10. Oh Ma-Ma!
- 11. What Goes On Here In My Heart?
- 12. Red Maple Leaves
- 13. I've Got A Hunch
- 14. We Mustn't Miss The Last Bus Home
- 15. Twitterpated
- 16. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday (I Love You)
- 17. The Bullfrog (Samba)
- 18. Let's Gather Round The Parlour Piano
- 19. I Know You're Mine
- 20. Conchita Marquita Lolita Pepita Rosita Juanita Lopez (Live)
- 21. Yankee Doodle Came To London Town (Live)
- 22. The Sailor With The Navy Blue Eyes (Live)
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