File B102 - Television shows : Christmas ; SOS ; Coronation ; Circus

1 audio reel (58 min., 47 sec. ; 1 hr., 1 min., 12 sec.)

File consists of a series of excerpts from C.G.E. television, featuring the Leslie Bell Singers, conducted by Dr. Leslie Bell; orchestra, conducted by Howard Cable, and soloists Charles Jordan, Joy Sullivan, and Don Sullivan.
Programs and performances include:

1. [Springtime visit to London]
   • Ain't we got fun
   • What is there to say (Joy Sullivan)
   • Greensleeves (Charles Jordan)
   • Under the greenwood tree
   • Buckingham Palace
   • A foggy day [in London town]
   • Medley : Old Kent Road and Knightsbridge (including The Old Kent road ; London)
   • Glorious is the land / Leslie Bell
2. [Circus and St. Patrick's Day program, March 14, 1954]
   • The greatest show on earth
   • Secret love
   • Be a clown
   • Wandrin' star
   • The world is your balloon
   • [Irish medley] (including Patrick was a gentleman ; Danny boy ; The minstrel boy)
3. [Program of Christmas music, narrated by Leslie Bell]
   • O come, o come, Emmanuel
   • Gloria in excelsis Deo
   • The Christmas song
   • Jesus refulsit
   • The twelve days of Christmas
   • The Huron carol
   • Carol of the bells
   • [Christmas story, as read by Leslie Bell with music] Adeste fideles ; While shepherds watched their flocks by night ; We three kings ; Way in a manger ; Hark the herald angels sing
4. [Springtime program]
   • Side by side
   • No two people have ever been so in love (Charles Jordan, Joy Sullivan)
   • Eileen
   • Bright as the rain (Charles Jordan)
   • I believe
   • Gilbert and Sullivan medley (We sail the ocean blue from HMS Pinafore ; Three little maids from school from The Mikado ; When I, good friends from Trial by jury ; Then one of us will be queen from The Gondoliers).

See Leslie Bell's manuscripts: A foggy day [in London town] (OTUFM 39-A-2-5); Adeste fideles (OTUFM 39-A-2-20); Ain't we got fun (OTUFM 39-A-2-26); Away in a manger (OTUFM 39-A-2-62); Be a clown (OTUFM 39-A-2-71); Buckingham Palace (OTUFM 39-A-2-106); Carol of the bells (OTUFM 39-A-2-120); Danny boy (OTUFM 39-A-2-175); Eileen (OTUFM 39-A-2-212); Gilbert and Sullivan medley (OTUFM 39-A-2-260); Gloria in excelsis Deo (OTUFM 39-A-2-264); Glorious is the land / Leslie Bell (OTUFM 39-A-2-265); Greensleeves (OTUFM 39-A-2-284); Hark! The herald angels (OTUFM 39-A-2-301); I believe (OTUFM 39-A-2-343); Irish medley (OTUFM 39-A-2-411); Jesus refulsit (OTUFM 39-A-2-437); London (OTUFM 39-A-2-495); O come, Immanuel (OTUFM 39-A-2-601); Side by side (OTUFM 39-A-2-718); The Christmas song (OTUFM 39-A-2-811); The greatest show on earth (OTUFM 39-A-2-829); The Huron carol (OTUFM 39-A-2-836); The minstrel boy (OTUFM 39-A-2-853); The old Kent road (OTUFM 39-A-2-864); The twelve days of Christmas (OTUFM 39-A-2-887); The world is your balloon (OTUFM 39-A-2-898); Under the greenwood tree (OTUFM 39-A-2-934); Wandrin' star (OTUFM 39-A-2-963); While shepherds watched their flocks by night (OTUFM 39-A-2-992).

Title from audio reel box.

The Leslie Bell Singers performed on the C.G.E. television show for its first two seasons [1952-1954]. Prior to that, they performed on the C.G.E. radio show.