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5 unusual facts about BBC Scottish Radio Orchestra


BBC Scottish Radio Orchestra

Under the direction of composer and arranger Brian Fahey, the BBC Scottish Radio Orchestra also did a lot of television work accompanying the likes of Kenneth McKeller, Lena Martell, Moira Anderson, Shirley Bassey, Lulu, Lena Zavaroni and Anne Lorne Gilles.

The New Scottish Radio Orchestra's instrumentation, classified B1, B2 and C1 to match its London counterparts, had a full complement of 32, and was a big band with strings in the Billy May/Nelson Riddle style.

Kemlo Stephen and Jack Leon were succeeded in 1965 by conductor Iain Sutherland.

They recorded 'inserts' for the many music and chat shows on Radio 2 and Radio Scotland, recording with artists including Cleo Laine, Georgie Fame, Carol Kidd and trombonist Don Lusher.

Iain Sutherland

Around 1965 he succeeded Jack Leon in leading what then became the BBC Scottish Radio Orchestra in Glasgow.



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