The Great British Dance Bands: 1920s 30s & 40s Popular Orchestras, Great Maestros (Past Perfect)

[@PastPerfectVintageMusic]

1. 00:00:00 Jack Hylton Did You Mean It? 2. 00:02:59 Ambrose & His Orchestra I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan 3. 00:06:04 Henry Hall Got to Dance My Way to Heaven (Foxtrot) (Foxtrot) 4. 00:08:43 Joe Loss You Go To My Head 5. 00:11:48 Brian Lawrance One In a Million 6. 00:14:18 Roy Fox I've Got Beginners Luck 7. 00:17:04 Carroll Gibbons From The Top Of Your Head 8. 00:19:48 Louis Levy The Eyes of the World are On You 9. 00:23:00 Billy Cotton My Heart Belongs To Daddy 10. 00:26:22 Jay Wilbur Just As Long As The World Goes Round and Around 11. 00:29:26 Nat Gonella Mister Rhythm Man 12. 00:32:30 Jack Jackson You Turned Your Head (Quickstep) (Quickstep) 13. 00:34:55 Mantovani Let's Fall in Love for the Last Time (Waltz) (Waltz) 14. 00:37:48 Harry Roy Temptation Rag 15. 00:40:44 Geraldo Walkin' By the River 16. 00:44:12 Victor Silvester Crazy Rhythm 17. 00:46:59 Jack Payne Organ Grinder's Swing 18. 00:49:57 Mrs Jack Hylton Plain Mary Jane 19. 00:52:47 Lew Stone Stars Fell on Alabama 20. 00:55:56 Bert Firman My Pet 21. 00:59:17 Sid Phillips Palais De Danse (Quickstep) (Quickstep) 22. 01:02:28 Ray Noble Shout For Happiness

[@jeanmozley8442]

I DANCED AWAY THE NIGHTS DURING THE WAR TO THIS MUSIC AND THESE SONGS. I WILL CELEBRATE MY 94TH BIRTHDAY IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. THE BRITISH BANDS WERE SO PRECISE AND EASY TO DANCE TO. THEY NEVER MISSED A BEAT. MET MY HUSBAND IN 1941 WHEN HE ASKED ME TO DANCE. WE WILL CELEBRATE OUR 74TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY IN SEPTEMBER . MANY HAPPY MEMORIES OF "OUR SONG" WHICH WAS THAT LOVELY SLOW FOXTROT - "FALLING LEAVES". I NOW LIVE IN CANADA BUT WILL NEVER FORGET THAT LITTLE BALLROOM IN DERBY ENGLAND CALLED THE RIALTO. THE SIGNATURE TUNE OF THE BAND THAT PLAYED THERE WAS "MOONLIGHT AND ROSES". MY DEAR FRIEND BETTY HAD THIS PLAYED AT HER WEDDING - AFTER ALL THESE YEARS WE ARE STILL IN TOUCH AND REMEMBER THOSE HAPPY DAYS WE SPENT CARRYING OUR GAS MASKS & "TIN" HATS EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT SOMETIMES WITH THE ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS FIRING AWAY. IF WE EVER HAD TO MISS THE DANCE IT WAS A MAJOR CATASTROPHE...LOL... GOD BLESS ENGLAND.

[@PastPerfectVintageMusic]

Lovely memories for you amongst the difficult war years. You really can't beat a lovely 'dance hall' and the music that goes with it - I was at Blackpool's Tower Ballroom recently and it always gives me goosebumps!

[@jeanmozley8442]

BLACKPOOL WAS ALWAYS THE WORKING MAN'S HOLIDAY RESORT - THE LARGE FIRMS HAD THEIR HOLIDAY WEEK AT THE SAME TIME AND CLOSED THE FACTORIES DOWN COMPLETELY.. PEOPLE WHO COULD AFFORD IT THEN MADE A BEE-LINE TO BLACKPOOL.. IT WAS MORE LIKE HOME FROM HOME THAT WEEK AS YOU COULDN'T WALK 10 YARDS WITHOUT MEETING SOMEONE FROM YOUR WORKPLACE. HAPPY MEMORIES - ONE OF THE BEST FOOTBALL PLAYERS (SOCCER) - LIVED THERE AND WE STAYED AT HIS SMALL HOTEL ONE YEAR WHEN ON HOLIDAY. I REFER TO SIR STANLEY MATTHEWS. STAN'S TEAM WAS OF COURSE BLACKPOOL -AFTER THE WAR ENDED, MY HUSBAND ALSO BECAME A PRO. SOCCER PLAYER FOR DERBY COUNTY F.C. AND PLAYED MANY TIMES AGAINST SIR STAN. THEY BOTH WERE CHOSEN FOR THE ENGLAND TEAM TO TOUR CANADA FOR 6 WEEKS IN 1950. FIVE YEARS LATER WE LEFT ENGLAND FOR A LIFE IN CANADA AND HAVE LIVED IN BEAUTIFUL BRITISH COLUMBIA FOR MANY YEARS. I CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR "GOOSEBUMPS" WHEN I THINK OF THAT HUGE ORGAN PLAYING IN THE TOWER BALLROOM------ I GET THEM TOO. LOL. .@@PastPerfectVintageMusic

[@PastPerfectVintageMusic]

When courting, my parents would go to the ballroom at Blackpool most weekends, and we holidayed there plenty. The ballroom is still wonderful - but the Tower and environs are pretty grim. Not cared for and preserved as it all should be. I've enjoyed reading your memories, and lucky you in such a beautiful place as B.C. - you made a good choice!. Thank you :-)

[@meierstudio]

My goodness! I know you'd like a documentary film on KZbin called "Debutants." I loved to listen to the ladies' memories of 1939.

[@sauceru99]

Such a sweet story ma'am, I hope you and your husband are doing well today

[@geowallace9758]

i'm 87 and back in the palais De Dance in Edinburgh dancing the night away.

[@olafgunnerson3988]

Blackpool ballroom for me . Great times great people .

[@mrs.g.9816]

I still have a CD set, "The Great British Dance Bands". Every New Year's Eve, my late husband and I used to put the CD's on, roll up the carpet and dance! This music brings me to a lovely world; I think of ballrooms with potted ferns in the corners, everybody in formal attire, and a moonlit patio or balcony.

[@patriciabailey1937]

I love to think that wherever you are today, in what ever era, the music still makes you dance.

[@philharos4151]

Absolutely I'm dancing now !

[@bruceweaver1518]

Back then, many bad things were going on-yes! But what has been lost now is music that was easy to listen to, a song that has a poetical form to it, and songs that deliver a message. This is what is missing today, and needs to be brought back.

[@Sheena1234ization]

More bad things happening now tbh

[@ember-brandt]

@@Sheena1234ization True, but it was even more socially acceptable to be racist, sexist, homo/transphobic, etc. than it even is now... as hard as it is to believe sometimes.

[@fueyo2229]

​@@ember-brandtnot only it was accepted, it was the norm to be racist and homophobic

[@idealistmoon]

I love this playlist I cant imagine how many people danced to these songs live

[@digimikeh]

i'm 116 years old and im glad listening this again, thanks so much to bring up memories.

[@mariahelenatietjen5427]

You must be 117 Years old by now , what a coincidence ! I happen to be 117 too . Cheers!

[@yvonnewratten5855]

What great ages .its all that dancing you both did .

[@iwakuralain1459]

Ahh, glad to find another fellow vampire!

[@yvonnewratten5855]

Its great .i remember all these tunes in late 40s and early 50s .

[@richardgraham5051]

The Yank writing these words is fascinated with the great British dance bands of this era. I adore the crisp bouncing rhythms, elegant arrangements, and straight-forwards approach of these dance bands. I can just image dressing in White Tie and Tails and dancing the evening away at the Mayfair Hotel, Kit Kat Club, or the Blackpool Tower Ballroom. Delightful! "Lady Jane, may I have this dance?"

[@paulkate72]

Who are you referring to when you said "The Yank", Richard? Whatever nationality we are, we can enjoy this dreamy music because it's unlikely we'll see its equivalent again - sadly.

[@AkashDailyDive]

I am an Indian and listening to this music during this Corona Virus Pandemic. Feel like I am in the episode of Tom & Jerry. Old is gold.

[@leebritnell2405]

I get what you mean with the Tom and Jerry reference!

[@leebritnell2405]

@GOOGLE STALKS U why should we care you're an idiot?

[@Khamomil]

This music is so lighthearted. Of course it was dance music, and the fox-trot was in fashion. The happiness that this music evokes is so alien to the feelings one has when listening to today's pop!!!

[@fabulouschild2005]

Ah! This is the Belle Époque of music

[@stevengn7245]

There's a freshness and cheerfulness to this music. It brightens up the day for sure!

[@ОльгаПолковникова-о9ж]

Такая музыка вне политики, вне национальности, хочется слушать, поднимает настроение

[@MrPARKBRAU]

this is like Medicine for older folks like myself..(78) next month. thanks for this dose...

[@Therika7]

Dating back then must have been so much more fun than nowadays! Because nowadays people don’t go out dancing

[@MrBambi3190]

Fall be hitting diffrent with this hit

[@raygeorge9233]

Having grown up with this music, and discovering this site, is like finding the pot of gold, at the end of the rainbow! 🥰

[@Rebecca-p7d]

This is really nice!! I'm nearly 64, love this❤

[@bear.9099]

I'm listening to this while working on historical fiction set during WW2

[@smalltwngirl78]

I don't know if you'll see this, Bea, but I hope you finished your story!

[@Rebecca-p7d]

We never should have put this era away, there was no need to ever retire it. Al though we could retire some of the so called rock music?? This kind of music is just good and fun. ❤

[@valentinafarcas9806]

Lovely. Thank you

[@allenpinnix5241]

When the first track begins I am just waiting for "The Thin Man" William Powell and Myrna Loy to enter the room....... fantastic music!

[@pdailey1950]

If I need to relax, I go right to this misic. I have nothing but good thoughts and imagine those days.

[@nashi9900]

Finally, I found the source of this music... 🥰

[@abbeyhall4624]

Thank you for keeping all the song alive and easy to listen too in a world gone crazy with silly rap music and other poor stuff.

[@harrietpeabody2118]

Thank you 😊

[@paulherring2434]

Great to hear the voice of Sam Browne with Ambrose and his Orchestra. Next to Al Bowlly, in my view, he was the best band singer. Such clear diction and so easy to listen to.

[@fruityhatfield-peverel1939]

"You're so full of thrillables that I'm all out of syllables..."

[@Miskito]

Your channel is the GOLDEN AREA of youtube. I love it!!!!

[@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus]

🎶I absolutely love this channel. These British dance bands are the world's best. I listen to this music almost exclusively. 🎶

[@GrizzlyFlats_Brakeman]

This music keeps my heart dancing

[@philippeachourite5642]

magnifique musique!! la musique de mes grands parents !!!!!!!!!!!! merci je me régale.

[@seanedgar4397]

I was born in 1963. Iove all kinds of music especially Jazz. I'm going to start buying the past perfect CDs

[@PastPerfectVintageMusic]

Excellent! Thanks for your support of our independent label : www.pastperfect.com/

[@laurielovett8849]

Lovely

[@sunnyk6623]

Mercy.... I found heaven.

[@tidanotes4376]

Classic music travels me back in time were everything was simple, sincere, and happy 😊

[@schotext]

Happy times! Sure! When women were not allowed to study or have a career, discrimination was rampant, women were fired when pregnant, the KKK was very active, extreme poverty all over, you went to college only if you could afford it, you could not marry across religious lines, the colonies were still ruled with an iron hand, the church still had its fat fingers in all aspects of life, you simply died of cancer, tuberculosis was common and deadly, homosexuals went to jail or worse, misery in the working class areas, no pension schemes, extreme unemployment in the interbellum, no welfare, no unemployment pay, strong class distinctions...etc.etc...sure...happy times! Aren't you confusing your misplaced romantic feelings of the past (with, I must admit much better music..) with the (f)actual circumstances of those days?...

[@nolongerhumnn]

schotext He was talking about the music culture idiot.....Also college is still expensive.

[@isabellajones8535]

@@schotext Your comment about KKK shows your memories are of America. I came in for the last of this music, and ballroom dancing you had to learn, and I share the view of those times with tida. But we were in Britain, you see. A different country, with the National Health Service, where everyone was treated, and no-one was dying of TB, there was a pension scheme if not great, it worked, there was welfare, and no-one could stop you marrying anyone you wanted except for close family [which still applies]. Oh - and I studied, went to an all girls school where numbers of senior high went on to University to study architecture, languages, medicine. They are British Dance Bands you see.

[@Discomcobed]

Yes @tida notes, good time when people were mind fucked and very happy with the very recent world war and they were still suffering the consequences of the very recent chaos. Good time indeed.

[@enthalpiaentropia7804]

@@schotext In USA.... not in western European countries...! Idiot..!

[@ncpiedmontone]

When I hear the very first song I start looking for William Powell and Myrna Loy to appear!! love it!!!!!

[@carmenabellan4165]

Me encanta está música.☺️😘🙋🏽

[@carmenabellan4165]

🙋🏽

[@birdlynn417]

I love this music so much. I will keep listening to it even though it is the year 2017! It makes me feel so good, as well as watching the oldie movies too. :)

[@Jenifer_G]

Only found this channel 2022, lively classic style music. Not these days.

[@juanmanuelparadacontreras9565]

Música de una era de gran glamour de esos salones de baile de una era dorada en seguir llamando la atención.

[@isaacdavid1958]

Many thanks for putting this up. Born in 1958, I must be one of the youngsters here, but I like a good tune, regardless of its age. I shall definitely be buying the CD-keep up the good work!

[@PastPerfectVintageMusic]

Glad you enjoyed it - this album in particular is certainly 'foot-tapping' music. We licensed the track 'Shout For Happiness' for the brilliant film The King's Speech. Thanks for listening, here's a link for you to buy: www.pastperfect.com/product/the-great-british-dance-bands-of-the-20s-30s-40s/

[@isaacdavid1958]

@@PastPerfectVintageMusic Thank you!

[@helenafernandezetxeberria7144]

Me encanta ésta música oirla es un regalo para los oidos!!!!

[@Mervyn691]

Truly past perfect!

[@juanpassano4104]

Thank you very much for posting such beautiful music that speaks of a happy time, but where life was also hard, but pleasant. Greetings from Peru.

[@richardsferlazza7071]

the very best music for the discerning listener

[@roybo1930]

OH! MY!! What a Fantastic selection of some of the very BEST Music EVER!!!!

[@tayler7441]

Love the lyrics at 10:18 You Go to My Head: You go to my head and you linger like a haunting refrain And I find you spinning 'round in my brain Like the bubbles in a glass of champagne

[@phaasch]

Billie Holiday did a lovely version, too, as did Sinatra. Lovely, deliciously sensual lyric

[@idasaenz1545]

Made me feel full of Life and energy WOW 🌞

[@ivanslunjski1749]

👍

[@emanuelaginesi5569]

💗💗💗

[@perwalden57]

Dorothy Careless sings fantastic together with Geraldo and his orchestra

[@amethysth.1913]

aaaaaah I love this ...why wasnt I born in the past 😍😣

[@Uhdusv5527]

Yeah sure the music was great but the war was cruel too 😢

[@davidcrawford3906]

Wonderful collection. Thank you, in the Present Tense, Past Perfect!

[@richardsferlazza7071]

love that synchopation.

[@franciscocamargo3712]

Roaring Twenties: North Americans and Europeans have thrown to dance all the frantic rhythms that were created as a way of forgetting the days of horror and death of the First Great War

[@johnpritchard347]

Just wondering who has got a favorite melody here? Mine's got to be Louis Levy and his G.B. symphony. Gives me goosebumps every time....

[@ilovealbundy]

I love this music, thank you! The quality is outstanding.👍❣

[@marzi9753]

Thank you for this amazing compilation

[@luiscastillofranco2763]

Que buena música, saludos desde México.

[@clavichord]

Nifty tunes

[@TheTristanmarcus]

Superb - thanks for sharing 🙏🏽😎🎶

[@pdailey1950]

Love the music.

[@sergenis7721]

magnifique choix du bonheur!!!!!!!!!!

[@MegaAlbaby]

BEST dance band playlist I’ve heard so far! Great selections - particularly MY HEART BELONGS TO DADDY version. Thanks

[@1953PE]

brilliant many thanks for posting

[@teresasoterosolis1715]

Saludos desde Laredo-Perú.

[@indeedamundo5374]

UNDERRATED CHANEL

[@davidmackie8552]

1,000,000 Thanks !

[@gopeto61]

😃COOL 👍

[@FabiolaaaNP]

I'm enjoying this so much!

[@KennyBeechmountLarsen]

The time when music was at its best

[@chummykomi5224]

splendid

[@codym7299]

weird to think the 20s was 100 years ago, things are changing too fast for one life time

[@kari.kamiya]

Love

[@idasaenz1545]

EXCELLENT 🌹 Elegant

[@teresasoterosolis1715]

Que encanto de música,me lleva a sentir encontrarme enesos años.

[@williamsmith1226]

Hello

[@Werfas100]

Люблю музыку времен. Моей бабушки Алекс

[@raynebo1763]

this is so nice...love it!

[@mainaccount131]

Delightful

[@XNYer68]

I love this music and have already bought this company's CD to listen to in my car. Music from your Iphone sucks. Love them for making a product that is GREAT! I support them and will buy more CD's directly from them.

[@PastPerfectVintageMusic]

We really appreciate your support Randee, thanks so much for helping to preserve this wonderful music for future generations :-)

[@jameswilliam3533]

Hi

[@jamessullivan1742]

Hallo

[@mainaccount131]

Super excellent with very good interesting photos

[@RoboLobster3000]

An American genre loved across the Atlantic!

[@X_Echofox_X]

im 15 listening to this in 2017

[@roybo1930]

And when I am listening, Most of the Time I am in one of My 1920s Cars, Or restoring them! I LOVE THIS!

[@joseantonioburgospineda598]

Estoy muy.,complacido ero mas agradecido esta música es una terapia saludable y reconfortante, Dios los bendiga a los partisipantes de la realización de éstos videos musicales que inspira pensamiento y sentimientos que hace tanta falta.

[@harryboggon8718]

Great Stuff 👍👍👍

[@malgorzatamakowska9910]

mniej znani ale fantastyczni

[@lnilsson0147]

Borned between the 70's/80's, I adore this music. The glam music from the 90's is a turn off, let alone the wild dumb rap music from the mid 90s, I'm feeling more me with this. Ya think I'm an old soul. Perhaps 😉

[@derekhabberjam6520]

I love this musical era. Nearly as good as 20s and 30s US bands such as Henderson, Russell, Armstrong, Ellington etc.

[@jaumeponscusso275]

Meravellosa música.

[@superduck835]

Bertie Wooster LIVES!!!

[@boneheadben6497]

My British lads

[@juliapollitt8291]

Awesome!

[@SuperIliad]

Nothing tops a kickin' fox trot.

[@billingersoll1266]

Great music!

[@nareeyasuppamanop4404]

I never dance but love to watch them dances.

[@williamsmith1226]

Hello

[@nareeyasuppamanop4404]

@@williamsmith1226 Hello

[@williamsmith1226]

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[@williamsmith1226]

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[@nareeyasuppamanop4404]

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[@ЮрийБакиев-н7и]

👍👧👍⚘⚘⚘⚘⚘

[@jazzslant]

Gorgeous music! Does anyone know the name of the female vocalist in Roy Fox's "I've Got Beginner's Luck"? She sounds American - lovely voice.

[@PastPerfectVintageMusic]

Thanks for listening and glad you're enjoyed :-) I've copied some of the booklet notes here for you which will provide more info: "... Roy Fox, who landed here in September 1930, fresh from leading his own orchestra at the Embassy Club in Hollywood. His immaculate turnout, coupled with an ability to play unobtrusive but effective cornet, ensured his popularity at the Cafe de Paris, hard by Leicester Square. I've Got Beginner's Luck was recorded much later on, during the Fox band's touring period, when Mary Lee, Roy's teenage singing discovery, was working with him on a full time basis."

[@teachingsmith8028]

That's great, many thanks for the info and for keeping this wonderful music playing.@@PastPerfectVintageMusic

[@PBromide]

Her name is Mary Lee and she is from Scotland!

[@ivanslunjski1749]

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[@ronaldlingham1621]

The more I listen to music of the 1930s, the more I realise what junk modern music is, and judging by comments from young people they agree.