Elsie Carlisle

Elizabeth 'Elsie' Carlisle (28 January 1896 – 5 September 1977) was a popular English female singer both before and during the British dance band era of the 1920s and 1930s, nicknamed "Radio Sweetheart Number One." Originally from Manchester, Carlisle made hundreds of solo records, beginning in 1926. On her earliest sessions, she was accompanied by Carroll Gibbons on piano, and began recording vocals for dance bands in 1929; she sang with several of the biggest dance bands of the era, including the famous Ambrose & His Orchestra. Carlisle was also backed by Ambrose when she performed solo, and made duets with Sam Browne, being hailed as one of the band's best singers. Her performance of "Home, James, and Don't Spare the Horses" with the orchestra might have helped to popularise this phrase. Her other most well-known song may be "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square". However, her greatest claim to fame is that Cole Porter personally requested her to introduce his composition "What is This Thing Called Love?", which became a jazz standard.
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==Links to Peel==
Peel played 'The Clouds Will Soon Roll By', a track by Ambrose & His Orchestra with Elsie Carlisle as the featured vocalist, three times in 1994 and twice on his shows in summer 1999. It may well have come to his attention before then, when it was featured in the acclaimed TV drama series set in the 1930s and wriiten by Dennis Potter, "Pennies From Heaven", broadcast on BBC TV in 1978. The track was included on the soundtrack LP of the series, which made extensive use of British Dance Band records, with each episode named after a famous song of the era and characters bursting into song (miming to old records) at key moments in the plot. 
No other tracks from Elsie Carlisle seem to have been played by the DJ, according to available tracklistings on this site - although she did record many tracks (possibly uncredited in the listings) with Ambrose & His Orchestra. who received a fair amount of Peel airplay.
==Shows Played==
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;1994
* 18 February 1994: Ambrose & His Orchestra: The Clouds Will Soon Roll By (7xLP - The Golden Age Of British Dance Bands 1931-1934) World
* 06 May 1994: Ambrose & His Orchestra: The Clouds Will Soon Roll By
* 14 May 1994 (BFBS): Ambrose & His Orchestra: The Clouds Will Soon Roll By
;1999
*28 July 1999: 'The Clouds Will Soon Roll By' (Peelenium 1932)
*18 August 1999: 'The Clouds Will Soon Roll By' (Peelenium 1932)
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Official Website
Category:Artists