Release Date: 26 February 2016
Label: Stage Door
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5055122153405
Genres: Easy Listening  Nostalgia  
Release Date: 26 February 2016
Label: Stage Door
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 5055122153405
Genres: Easy Listening  Nostalgia  
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.
Tracklisting
Tommy Steele
Original Broadway Cast
Max Bygraves
Original London Cast
The Nolans
Moira Danis
1967 London Studio Cast Recording
Original London Cast & George Formby
Various Artists
Richard Maltby
Teresa Brewer
The Andrews Sisters
Music For A While
Edith Piaf
Petula Clark
Tony Bennett