Скачать или смотреть SIDNEY TORCH Tunes Of The Times Part 2 (1939) Organ Solo - 78 RPM Record

Torch At The Organ - Torch Tunes Of The Times - Part 2
Raw 78 RPM audio transfer from Bowness Arts' collection of vintage records.

Label: Columbia FB 2291 (UK)
Format: Shellac, 10", 78 RPM
Released: 1939
Genre: Pop, Classical
Style: Organ Solo

Part 1
A1 Wish Me Luck
A2 South Of The Border
A3 Beer Barrel Polka
Part 2
B1 Run Rabbit Run
B2 Wishing
B3 There'll Always Be An England

Sidney Torch was born Sidney Torchinsky on June 5, 1908 in St Pancras, London, UK. He was a British pianist, cinema organist, conductor, orchestral arranger and a composer of light music. Torch studied piano at the Blackheath Conservatoire in south east London. Following his studies, his first professional job was as accompanist to the violinist Albert Sandler., before getting a job playing the piano with the Orchestra of the Regal Cinema, Marble Arch, London. When the cinema's Christie Theatre Organ was installed in 1928, Torch became the Assistant Organist to the Chief Organist, Quentin Maclean, and took over as Chief Organist at the Cinema in 1932, where he remained until 1934. His signature tune was "I've Got To Sing a Torch Song" (from the film Gold Diggers of 1933), which had his own special lyrics added. He continued to play in theatres until he was drafted He continued to play the Wurlitzer there up until 1940, when he was drafted into the RAF. Following the end of the Second World War, Torch concluded that the heyday of the cinema organ was over, and made a new career in light orchestral music as a composer, conductor and arranger. Torch conducted many orchestras and bands, particularly those of the BBC. He retired from full-time conducting with the BBC in 1972 and was appointed an MBE in 1985. Torch died on July 16, 1990, aged 82, in Eastbourne, Sussex.