SOUNDS OF FORMBY
Listen to recordings of live performances, interviews and records
Russell Davies reports on the celebrations at the George Formby
Society's Blackpool convention also interviews with new member
George Harrison and with Formby's sister Louisa.
Producer Neil Cargill
Broadcast on Radio 2 - 21 April 1992
A 25 minute recording of Zip Goes A Million which was first
broadcast on Henry Hall’s Guest Night probably in 1951.
HENRY HALL PRESENTS ZIP GOES A MILLION
BRITAIN’S ORIGINAL POP STAR - GEORGE FORMBY
A TWO-PART SERIES TOLD BY STUART MACONIE
BROADCAST 07 -MARCH 2011 - 14 MARCH 2022 - BBC RADIO TWO 22:00
TWO ONE-HOUR EPISODES TELLING THE LIFE AND TIMES OF GEORGE FORMBY
STUART MACONIE
GEORGE FORMBY
PART ONE
PART TWO
DESMOND CARRINGTON
Desmond Carrington tells the story of the hugely successful Lancashire-born
singer, comedian, banjolele player and film star
George Formby (1904-61), whose slightly risqué songs were the musical
equivalent of the era's saucy seaside postcards.
A recording that I have recently found of George having a laugh and then
singing Fanlight Fanny on Melbourne 96.5 FM radio.
GEORGE AND BERYL ARRIVE IN AUSTRALIA
Norm Pringle Interview - CKXL Radio Calgary,
Canada - 1948
Norm Pringle interviewed George and Beryl on a radio show
called Midnight Merry-Go-Round. The records played fade out
after some seconds.
I suspect that the original broadcast would feature more chat as
the recording finishes without anyone saying thank you or
goodbye.
The recording was sent to me from a kind person in Canada
some years ago.
Fred Bass interviewed George on behalf of the Alberta
Livestock Coop.
Radio CKWX Vancouver,
Canada - 31 October 1949
KEEP FIT PROMOTION
A recording that George made to promote the film, “Keep Fit”. This
would have been played in the cinema probably the week before the
screening of the film
EVELYN DALL AND GEORGE FORMBY LIVE
Here is a short sketch featuring George with singer Evelyn Dall
followed by George singing “Get Cracking”