Western Brothers

The Western Brothers were an English music hall and radio act, who were popular from the 1930s to the late 1950s, performing self-written topical songs which often lampooned the upper classes. Kenneth Alfred Western (10 September 1899 – 24 January 1963) and (Ernest) George Western (23 July 1895 – 16 August 1969) were, in reality, second cousins rather than brothers. They first broadcast as the Perfectly Polite Pair in the 1920s, and there was then a long break before they returned as the Western Brothers.
George provided the piano accompaniment to their songs. They wore monocles and evening dress for their act, and affected upper-class drawls. Photographs of them appeared in newspaper advertisements for a number of products. From this and from their act, they made enough money to be able to afford to tour the variety circuit flying in their own aeroplane and to stay in the best hotels. Their songs included "We're Frightfully BBC" and "Keeping Up the Old Traditions".
==Links to Peel==
Peel played their, 'We're Frightfully BBC', song as one of the songs for the Peelenium 1935. There doesn't seem to be any further airplay of the duo according to available tracklistings on this site.
==Shows Played==
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*04 August 1999: 'We're Frightfully BBC' (Peelenium 1935)
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists