THE British Song Contest 1961/I.T.V. Song Contest 1961

[robchapman]

[![/quote]I'm not sure that Ronnie Scott was a member of Lord Rockinghams XI which did include Benny Green and a number of jazzmen. However, their star was the wonderful organ player Cherry Wainer, who sadly passed away last month aged 78.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11263698/Cherry-Wainer-obituary.html

I think it was a launch party for one of the editions of the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles that Benny Green attended and then wrote about.
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you're quite right John. I stand corrected. All mates of Ronnie Scott of course. You don't have the original article do you? i was a big fan of his Daily Mirror column.

Edit..actually I've just checked out that Cherry Wainer clip from the link on the Telegraph obit. Fantastic!

[johnpoole]

Dec 17, 2014 19:00:17 GMT robchapman said:

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I'm not sure that Ronnie Scott was a member of Lord Rockinghams XI which did include Benny Green and a number of jazzmen. However, their star was the wonderful organ player Cherry Wainer, who sadly passed away last month aged 78.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11263698/Cherry-Wainer-obituary.html

I think it was a launch party for one of the editions of the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles that Benny Green attended and then wrote about.
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you're quite right John. I stand corrected. All mates of Ronnie Scott of course. You don't have the original article do you? i was a big fan of his Daily Mirror column[/quote]

Sorry, no. I'm not even sure if I read the original article - I think I may have seen his comments quoted and reported elsewhere.

[Jeff Leach]

Some great information about all the shows on this page

www.radiolondon.co.uk/rl/bentoney/bookp11.html