Recommended Websites

If you like the sort of subjects my blog is focused on then here are some websites I recommend:

BRITISH DANCE BANDS OF THE 1920S-1940S:

“Dance Band Days” :  Alan Dell’s radio show on podcasts.

http://musicnostalgia.com/dbd/

John Wright’s “British Dance Band Show”: podcasts.

http://www.r2ok.co.uk/dancebandshow.htm

Memory Lane: a website on the subject of the British dance bands where you can buy books, DVDs, and also a magazine to subscribe to.

https://www.memorylane.org.uk/index.html

AL BOWLLY.

Some web pages and articles about the singer Al Bowlly, documenting his life and work.

https://neoskosmos.com/en/23696/the-greek-crooner-al-bowlly/

http://www.r2ok.co.uk/bowlly.htm#band

https://www.britishpathe.com/search/query/Al+Bowlly

https://albowlly.media/

https://derekblogster.wordpress.com/tag/al-bowlly/

https://lifeinthelongtail.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/al-or-nothing-the-musical-artistry-of-al-bowlly/

https://blog.bestamericanpoetry.com/the_best_american_poetry/2016/04/oh-that-was-a-voice-and-that-was-a-band-remembering-al-bowlly-by-michael-palma.html

https://communityreporter.net/story/al-bowlly-and-mezzo-syncopators-chorlton

http://www.nickelinthemachine.com/2009/06/blackfriars-road-the-ring-and-the-death-of-al-bowlly/

Al’s family tree:

https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/42/?name=_Bowlly&clickref=1101ldLLGgyd%2C1101ldLLGgyd&o_lid=01101l4evM&o_sch=Affiliate%2BExternal&o_xid=01101l4evM

A website where you can buy some great CDs of Al’s songs. They are grouped in collections such as his film appearances and radio  broadcasts:

https://www.talking-shellac.com/al-bowlly-cds

Discography of Al’s songs with mp3s to listen to:

http://www.albowlly.club/discography.html

A 78s archive for Al:

https://archive.org/search.php?query=Al%20Bowlly

Bowlly on Vinyl Records ( a comprehensive list):

https://bowllyforever.azurewebsites.net/Vinyls

ARTICLES AND WEBSITES ABOUT THE 1930S.

Great blog post that details the fashions of the 1930s:

https://www.blue17.co.uk/vintage-blog/1930s-fashion/

Thirties Britain: archives of real articles from the era.

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/thirties-britain/

British Pathe film clips of London from the 1930s:

https://www.britishpathe.com/workspaces/612c75c695df5fbdd2e6af8f5f899ce4/1930s-London

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