Ted Heath

ATom Hark
BCha cha Baby

Label: Decca
Catalogue number: F11025
Genre: Dance
Format: 78rpm shellac disc, 10 inch unless noted
Reference: #22466

Ted Heath led one of the most swinging and technically accomplished British dance orchestras of the 1940s–50s, and was a major figure in post-war British jazz. 'Tom Hark' is a novelty march; this Decca F-series recording represents his orchestra's later commercial style.

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AMa curky headed Babby cha-cha
BCha-cha black Sheep

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ASwingin' Shepherd Blues
BRaunchy

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ASwingin' Shepherd Blues
BRaunchy

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ASwingin' Shepherd Blues
BRaunchy

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AYou keep coming back like a Song
BGetting nowhere

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