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British dance band singer of the 1930s and 1940s known for the charming elegance of her inimitable style. Author: @agkozak@fosstodon.org #78rpm
British dance band singer of the 1930s and 1940s known for the charming elegance of her inimitable style. Author: @agkozak #78rpm
British dance band singer of the 1930s and 1940s known for the charming elegance of her inimitable style. Author: @agkozak #78rpm
"Sing for Your Supper" (from "Up and Doing"; Hart-Rodgers). Recorded in London on April 15, 1940 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singer Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-2426.
Transfer by JollyOTR: https://youtu.be/COUFGXiYe0U?si=fWTsYTBlaHQKbu86
British dance band singer of the 1930s and 1940s known for the charming elegance of her inimitable style. Author: @agkozak #78rpm
"This Can't Be Love" (from "Up and Doing"; Hart-Rodgers). Recorded in London on April 15, 1940 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singer Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-2426.
British dance band singer of the 1930s and 1940s known for the charming elegance of her inimitable style. Author: @agkozak #78rpm
"I Can't Get You Out of my Mind" (Taylor-Mizzy). Recorded in London on April 6, 1939 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singer Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-2200.
Transfer by Mathieu Peiffer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vyUI2XcW8E
British dance band singer of the 1930s and 1940s known for the charming elegance of her inimitable style. Author: @agkozak #78rpm
"My Love for You" (from "Black and Blue"; Heyman-Jacobson). Recorded in London on April 6, 1939 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singer Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-2201.
British dance band singer of the 1930s and 1940s known for the charming elegance of her inimitable style. Author: @agkozak #78rpm
"I'm Building Up to an Awful Let Down" (from "Rise and Shine"; Mercer-Astaire). Recorded in London on April 4, 1936 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singers Brian Lawrance and Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-1375.
Transfer by Stereo Sounds of the 1930s Onwards: https://youtu.be/3AMabQg4BG4?si=_T0ypHDgSuHGYI1v
British dance band singer of the 1930s and 1940s known for the charming elegance of her inimitable style. Author: @agkozak #78rpm
"Let's Face the Music and Dance" (from the film "Follow the Fleet"; Irving Berlin). Recorded in London on April 4, 1936 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singers Brian Lawrance and Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-1363.
Transfer by the Hehr Archive: https://youtu.be/pnmBJfVtxzI?si=z_Ht9A9npPDeHk6Z
British dance band singer of the 1930s and 1940s known for the charming elegance of her inimitable style. Author: @agkozak #78rpm
"One Song" (from the film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"; Morey-Churchill). Recorded in London on March 25, 1938 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans. Columbia FB-1935.
Transfer by Fred Finnigan: https://youtu.be/VNNWCLjQGgg?si=hDLdoJ3isOhmzQGm
British dance band singer of the 1930s and 1940s known for the charming elegance of her inimitable style. Author: @agkozak #78rpm
"With a Smile and a Song" (from the film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"; Morey-Churchill). Recorded in London on March 25, 1938 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans. Columbia FB-1935.
Transfer by Fred Finnigan: https://youtu.be/sg5JJme-wTU?si=PSQ8aS62RQ4YiMnD
British dance band singer of the 1930s and 1940s known for the charming elegance of her inimitable style. Author: @agkozak #78rpm
"I Won't Dance" (from the film "Roberta"; Hammerstein-Harbach-Fields-Kern). Recorded in London on March 23, 1935 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singers Brian Lawrance and Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-1089.
Transfer by the Hehr Archive: https://youtu.be/Uncogy9_eLE?si=_3FZSvSsNlOflw5J
British dance band singer of the 1930s and 1940s known for the charming elegance of her inimitable style. Author: @agkozak #78rpm
"The Man from Folies Bergere." Recorded in London on March 22, 2026 by Carroll Gibbons and Harry Jacobson with singer Anne Lenner. Columbia DB-1534.
British dance band singer of the 1930s and 1940s known for the charming elegance of her inimitable style. Author: @agkozak #78rpm
"Baby Mine" (from the film "Dumbo"; Washington-Churchill). Recorded in London on March 12, 1942 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singer Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-2788.
Transfer by John: https://youtu.be/DxcoYXUbwmI?si=KtkeG1G6VyYxYKcF
British dance band singer of the 1930s and 1940s known for the charming elegance of her inimitable style. Author: @agkozak #78rpm
"Fred and Ginger - Selection." Recorded in London on March 12, 1936 by The Masqueraders (dir. George Scott-Wood) with singers Brian Lawrance and Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-1350.
Transfer by RobinsRareRecordings: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Hqn_smVUYPg&si=BqYkedzGkctcY-o-
British dance band singer of the 1930s and 1940s known for the charming elegance of her inimitable style. Author: @agkozak #78rpm
"A Little Rain Must Fall" (Green-Kaye-Little). Recorded in London on March 5, 1940 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singer Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-2390.
Video by grambar1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MtuUqJWTv4
British dance band singer of the 1930s and 1940s known for the charming elegance of her inimitable style. Author: @agkozak #78rpm
"Little Wooden Head"(from the film "Pinocchio"; Washington-Harline). Recorded in London on March 5, 1940 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singer Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-2396.
Transfer by 78varvare: https://youtu.be/rPw989OvgZo?si=rpUBfBMvyCQ_
British dance band singer of the 1930s and 1940s known for the charming elegance of her inimitable style. Author: @agkozak #78rpm
"You're a Sweetheart" (from the film "You're a Sweetheart"; Adamson-McHugh). Recorded in London on March 1, 1938 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singer Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-1923.
British dance band singer of the 1930s and 1940s known for the charming elegance of her inimitable style. Author: @agkozak #78rpm
"Tears in My Heart" (Whitcup-Powell). Recorded in London on March 1, 1938 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singer Anne Lenner. Col FB-1923.
British dance band singer of the 1930s and 1940s known for the charming elegance of her inimitable style. Author: @agkozak #78rpm
"Goodnight, My Love" (from the film "Stowaway"; Gordon-Revel). Recorded in London on February 25, 1937 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singer Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-1655.
British dance band singer of the 1930s and 1940s known for the charming elegance of her inimitable style. Author: @agkozak #78rpm
"Two in Love" (Meredith Wilson). Recorded in London on February 16, 1942 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singer Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-2777.
British dance band singer of the 1930s and 1940s known for the charming elegance of her inimitable style. Author: @agkozak #78rpm
"Who Do You Think You Are?" (Heyman-Green) / "Let's Be Sensible" (Dyrenforth-Gibbons). Recorded in London on February 15, 1935 by Carroll Gibbons and His Boy Friends with singer Anne Lenner and announcer James Dyrenforth. EMI SH 519.
British dance band singer of the 1930s and 1940s known for the charming elegance of her inimitable style. Author: @agkozak #78rpm
"Room Five-Hundred-and-Four" (from "The Hulbert Follies"; Maschwitz-Posford). Recorded in London on February 12, 1941 by Carroll Gibbons and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans with singer Anne Lenner. Columbia FB-2579.
British dance band singer of the 1930s and 1940s known for the charming elegance of her inimitable style. Author: @agkozak #78rpm
British dance band singer of the 1930s and 1940s known for the charming elegance of her inimitable style. Author: @agkozak #78rpm
In commemoration of the 113th anniversary of Anne Lenner's birth, I would like to share a transfer from Henry Parsons's rare disc:
“Leave Me with a Love Song.” Music by Hugh Williams [Wilhelm Grosz], lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy. Recorded in London in September 1935 by Stan Atkins and His Band, with vocal chorus by Anne Lenner. Teledisk 1994 mx. S-281.