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ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE CHARTS ♪♪♪ 1961
Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra ♪♪♪ Calcutta ♪♪♪ Highest Charts Position = 1
The full artist title for Calcutta was Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra Featuring Frank Scott On Harpsichord. It was performed on the popular TV program The Lawrence Welk Show. The song was written by: Hans Bradtke, Heino Gazel, Lee Pockriss and Paul Vance.
CYRIL STAPLETON
Stapleton began playing violin at age 7, and played on local radio at the age of 12. He performed on the BBC Radio often in his teenage years, and played in film orchestras accompanying silent films. He attended Trinity College of Music in London, and played in a dance band there led by Henry Hall. This ensemble also played on the BBC and made several recordings for EMI. After losing his position in the band, he went back to Nottingham and formed his own.
In the 1930s, Stapleton toured South Africa with the Jack Payne Orchestra. Later in the decade Stapleton and his band relocated to London; they won their own spot performing on the BBC in 1939. World War II interrupted Stapleton's musical career, as he joined the Royal Air Force late in 1939. While enlisted, he played in the RAF Symphony Orchestra.
Following the war, Stapleton played with the London Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of London, and the Philharmonia Orchestra. In 1947, he recreated his band, and quickly won back slots on the BBC; among the singers he accompanied were Dick James and Frank Sinatra. As leader of the BBC Show Band, Stapleton became a fixture on the English musical scene, broadcast across the nation throughout the mid-1950s. Players in the ensemble who went on to fame in their own right included Bert Weedon, Bill McGuffie, Tommy Whittle, and Matt Monro.
In 1957, the BBC disbanded the Show Band, and Stapleton immediately reassembled his own group. He even managed two chart hits in the United States with the instrumental "The Italian Theme" (1956) and "The Children's Marching Song (Nick Nack Paddy Whack)" (1959). Stapleton continued to tour and record into the 1970s; in 1965 he also became head of A&R for Pye Records.
TIJUANA TAXI
The song was written by Bud Coleman who was a guitar and mandolin player and member of Baja Marimba Band. He also worked with Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, whose recording of the song became a worldwide success.
MHO
Numerous are the instrumental renditions of this famous "happy tune" so here's a vocal version for a change ! Slip into your holiday clothes, grab that bottle of tequila and ..... off you go in that Tijuana Taxi ! Enjoy.
ORCHESTRAL MANOEUVRES IN THE CHARTS ♪♪♪ 1961
Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra ♪♪♪ Calcutta ♪♪♪ Highest Charts Position = 1
The full artist title for Calcutta was Lawrence Welk And His Orchestra Featuring Frank Scott On Harpsichord. It was performed on the popular TV program The Lawrence Welk Show. The song was written by: Hans Bradtke, Heino Gazel, Lee Pockriss and Paul Vance.
CYRIL STAPLETON
Stapleton began playing violin at age 7, and played on local radio at the age of 12. He performed on the BBC Radio often in his teenage years, and played in film orchestras accompanying silent films. He attended Trinity College of Music in London, and played in a dance band there led by Henry Hall. This ensemble also played on the BBC and made several recordings for EMI. After losing his position in the band, he went back to Nottingham and formed his own.
In the 1930s, Stapleton toured South Africa with the Jack Payne Orchestra. Later in the decade Stapleton and his band relocated to London; they won their own spot performing on the BBC in 1939. World War II interrupted Stapleton's musical career, as he joined the Royal Air Force late in 1939. While enlisted, he played in the RAF Symphony Orchestra.
Following the war, Stapleton played with the London Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of London, and the Philharmonia Orchestra. In 1947, he recreated his band, and quickly won back slots on the BBC; among the singers he accompanied were Dick James and Frank Sinatra. As leader of the BBC Show Band, Stapleton became a fixture on the English musical scene, broadcast across the nation throughout the mid-1950s. Players in the ensemble who went on to fame in their own right included Bert Weedon, Bill McGuffie, Tommy Whittle, and Matt Monro.
In 1957, the BBC disbanded the Show Band, and Stapleton immediately reassembled his own group. He even managed two chart hits in the United States with the instrumental "The Italian Theme" (1956) and "The Children's Marching Song (Nick Nack Paddy Whack)" (1959). Stapleton continued to tour and record into the 1970s; in 1965 he also became head of A&R for Pye Records.
TIJUANA TAXI
The song was written by Bud Coleman who was a guitar and mandolin player and member of Baja Marimba Band. He also worked with Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, whose recording of the song became a worldwide success.
MHO
Numerous are the instrumental renditions of this famous "happy tune" so here's a vocal version for a change ! Slip into your holiday clothes, grab that bottle of tequila and ..... off you go in that Tijuana Taxi ! Enjoy.
