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''Fifty Years Of Music'' was a one-off
BBC Television production, broadcast to coincide with the
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's Fiftieth Anniversary in 1972. Originally broadcast on
BBC 2 on 6 November 1972, from 8:50 – 10:05pm, it was later repeated on
BBC1
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on 27 December 1972, at 5:45pm. The show was recorded in October 1972 at the
BBC Television Centre
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and featured music from each of the five decades since the BBC's inception. The show's tagline was ''They Don't Write 'Em Like That Anymore!''
The musical direction was provided by
Alyn Ainsworth
Alyn Ainsworth (24 August 1924 – 4 October 1990)
and the BBC Concert Orchestra.
Dougie Squires, The Young Generation troupe provided dancing and vocal support, choreographed by
Nigel Lythgoe
Nigel Lythgoe OBE (; born 9 July 1949), also known as Nasty Nigel, is an English television and film director and producer, television dance competition judge, former dancer in the Young Generation and choreographer. He was the producer of the ...
The artists taking part were:
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, who performed songs from the 1920s. The 1930s were represented by
Henry Hall with
Alyn Ainsworth
Alyn Ainsworth (24 August 1924 – 4 October 1990)
and the Orchestra recreating the big band sounds of the era.
Vera Lynn
Dame Vera Margaret Lynn (; 20 March 191718 June 2020) was an English singer and entertainer whose musical recordings and performances were very popular during World War II. She is honorifically known as the " Forces' Sweetheart", having giv ...
and
Cliff Richard
Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is an Indian-born British musican, singer, producer, entrepreneur and philanthropist who holds both British and Barbadian citizenship. He has total sales of over 21.5 million s ...
sang hits from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, including many of their own chart successes, as well as other hits from the era.
Gilbert O'Sullivan
Raymond Edward "Gilbert" O'Sullivan (born 1 December 1946) is an Irish singer-songwriter who achieved his most significant success during the early 1970s with hits including "Alone Again (Naturally)", " Clair", and "Get Down".
O'Sullivan's so ...
and
The New Seekers
The New Seekers are a British pop group, formed in London in 1969 by Keith Potger after the break-up of his group, The Seekers. The idea was that the New Seekers would appeal to the same market as the original Seekers, but their music would have ...
covered the 1970s, while The New Seekers also performed a medley of songs from the 1950s to the 1970s, including songs by
Nat King Cole
Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's music career began after he dropped out of school at the age of 15, and continued f ...
,
Perry Como,
Teresa Brewer
Teresa Brewer (born Theresa Veronica Breuer; May 7, 1931 – October 17, 2007) was an American singer whose style incorporated pop, country, jazz, R&B, musicals, and novelty songs. She was one of the most prolific and popular female singers of th ...
and
The Everly Brothers
The Everly Brothers were an American rock duo, known for steel-string acoustic guitar playing and close harmony singing. Consisting of Isaac Donald "Don" Everly (February 1, 1937 – August 21, 2021) and Phillip "Phil" Everly (January 19, 193 ...
. The show ended with all the participating acts singing parts of a song specially commissioned from Gilbert O'Sullivan, called "What Have We Got?"
The programme is listed as surviving in its complete form.
"Fifty Years of Music (1972)"
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References
1972 television specials
BBC Television shows
British music television shows
British popular music
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