Jack White & His Band from The Astoria Ballroom (1938 - 1941)

A few wartime recordings by Jack Whites band along with a couple from just before the war featuring a range of vocalists including Tony Morris, Ann Trevor, Norma Clarke and Jack White himself, accompanied by images of wartime London.
His band was was resident at the Astoria ballroom London from 1936 - 1957.

Originally signing a recording contract with Parlophone records in 1937 under the name of “Jack White & His Collegians” in 1940 the band switched to Regal Zonophone and shortened the same to simply “Jack White & His Band”.

White’s band which gained popularity in the late 1930s and quickly became the number one dance band resident at the Astoria.

The band recorded many morale boosting and uplifting songs in the early days of the Second World War before Jack himself Joined the Forces in 1941.

After the war Jack reformed his band at the Astoria and continued to broadcast on the BBC regularly well into the mid 1960s.

0:00 - Thanks For The Memory (Vocal by Tony Morris) - 1938
3:02 - For All That I Care (Vocal by Ann Trevor) - 1940
6:08 - Over The Hill (Vocal by Ann Trevor) 1940
8:32 - Something To Remember You By (Vocal by Ann Trevor) - 1941
11:36 - The King Is Still In London (Vocal by Jack White) - 1941
14:32 - The Girl In The Alice Blue Gown (Vocal by Tony Morris) - 1938
17:11 - Fools Rush In (Vocal by Tony Morris) - 1940
20:13 Memories Live Longer Than Dreams (Vocal by Norma Clarke) - 1940