CD: The Very Best of Reginald Dixon. GLMY3B18

RRP £ 11.99

For more than forty years, Reginald Dixon was the most famous and best loved of theatre organists. He will be forever linked with Blackpool and the organ of the Tower Ballroom. So much so that he became known as 'Mr. Blackpool'. All the recordings in this special 3 CD tribute collection were made in the Tower Ballroom between the years 1934 to 1938.

Cat. no.: GLMY3B18

Barcode: 5060088440483

“Fans will warmly welcome this well restored and expertly compiled collection.” David Ades. Robert Farnon Society magazine

The songs included here are contemporary hits and with such names as Porter, Gershwin, Kern, Berlin and Coward involved, many have become standards. Designed for either dancing or listening, they each display those unique and special Dixon touches. 

Tracking List

44 Classic Dixon tracks and medleys including: I Do Like To Be Beside the Seaside; If You Were the Only Girl In the World; The Teddy Bears’ Picnic; Dinah; Everything’s In Rhythm In My Heart; Love Walked In; Nice Work If You Can Get It; Smoke Gets In Your Eyes; The Continental; The Way You Look Tonight; When I’m With You; South American Joe; At the Cafe Continental; Did Your Mother Come From Ireland?; Love Thy Neighbour; I’ll See You Again; All For A Shilling A Day; Cheek To Cheek; Whistle While You Work; Music, Maestro, Please; Lily Of Laguna; It’s A Sin To Tell A Lie; The Blue Danube; Entry Of The Gladiators; When Irish Eyes Are Smiling: In A Persian Market; In A Monastery Garden; Please Remember; It Looks Like Rain In Cherry Blossom Lane; Londonderry Air; Colonel Bogey; The Merry Widow Waltz; Men Of Harlech; Old Comrades; and many, many more…    

All tracks sensitively restored and digitally remastered.