[78-L] Singer on Early BBC TV

Kristjan Saag saag at telia.com
Mon Dec 23 05:35:52 PST 2013


Yeah,
In 1931 Mrs de Nys gave birth to her daughter, so either she took a 
time-out from the trio around 1931 or she replaced Peggy Cochrane a few 
years later. By 1933 Peggy Cochrane had her own band, The Troubadours, 
and joined Jack Jackson's orchestra in 1934.
Kristjan


On 2013-12-23 13:45, John Wright wrote:
> Thanks for the links Kristjan.
> Interesting note there about Ann de Nys, singer/ pianist, songwriter, former
> member of cabaret group
> "That Certain Trio" (featuring singer/ actor Patrick Waddington and fellow
> pianist William Walker).
> There are HMV records and Pathe films of 'That Certain Trio' from 1931 but
> the female singer/pianist/violinist is Peggy Cochrane.
> John
>
> ''''
> From: Kristjan Saag <saag at telia.com>
>
> Ann de Nys, singer/ pianist, songwriter, former member of cabaret group
> "That Certain Trio" (featuring singer/ actor Patrick Waddington and
> fellow pianist William Walker), later
> musical director at Bolton's Theatre in Kensington.
> She was also mother of actress Virginia McKenna.
>
> Here's an announcement in the Radio Times TV Suplement of her appearance
> on BBC TV February 26 1937 (page 8).
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofthebbc/resources/radio_times/pdf/RT-TVS-007-72
> dpi.pdf
> Kristjan
> ***
>
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