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Pig's Big 78
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January[]

01 January 2003

  • The Be Bop Boys: Fat Boy Part 1 (Unknown)

02 January 2003

  • Big Bill & His Chicago Five: I’m Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town (Columbia)

07 January 2003

  • The Dutchess: John Peel Rag (Decca)

08 January 2003

09 January 2003

  • Joe Venuti: Hell's Bells and Hallelujah (Regal Zonophone)

14 January 2003

  • Billy Danvers: Kiss Me (Broadcast Records)

15 January 2003

16 January 2003

21 January 2003

  • Tracklisting not yet available

22 January 2003

  • ???

23 January 2003

  • Geraldo And The Savoy Hotel Orchestra: It's Foolish But It's Fun

28 January 2003

29 January 2003

  • Tom Jones and his Orchestra - 'By The Sleepy Lagoon' (Decca)

30 January 2003

  • Bill Snyder: Bewitched (Parlophone)

February[]

04 February 2003

  • Harry James & His Orchestra: My Melancholy Baby (a foxtrot) (Parlophone)

05 February 2003

  • Vocal Duet: Excelsior (Part One) (Edison Bell)

06 February 2003

  • Artie Shaw and his Orchestra: Rose Room- a foxtrot (His Masters Voice)

11 February 2003

  • Harry James & His Orchestra: Record Session

12 February 2003

13 February 2003

  • Artie Shaw: In The Still Of The Night

18 February 2003

  • Carmen Cavallaro: Polonaise (Brunswick)

19 February 2003

  • Artie Shaw & His Gramercy Five: My Blue Heaven (His Master’s Voice)

20 February 2003

25 February 2003

  • Ambrose: I'll Never Have to Dream Again (Regal Zonophone)

March[]

04 March 2003

  • Primo Scala's Accordeon Band: Me And The Old Folks At Home

05 March 2003

  • Anglo-Persians: I Bring A Love Song (From Silent Film 'Viennese Nights') (Brunswick)

06 March 2003

11 March 2003

12 March 2003

  • Harry James: Get Happy (Columbia)

13 March 2003

  • No Pig's Big 78. Confusion with mini-disc. See date page.

18 March 2003

  • Bill Johnson with musical accompliment directed by Ronnie Milne: What Is A Horse (Decca)

19 March 2003

  • ???

20 March 2003

25 March 2003

  • Ken Griffin: Sentimental Journey (Broadcast)

26 March 2003

  • Sir Hubert Pym At The Pianoforte: I Wanna Say Hello (London) - idea of Pig's Big 78 album suggested for first time

27 March 2003

  • Jack Simpson & His Sextette - 'The Boogie Woogie Piggy' (Rex Records)

April[]

01 April 2003

  • Joe Daniels & His Hot Shots: Manhattan Maroomba (Parlophone)

02 April 2003

  • Maestro Paul Laval - Shoemaker's Holiday (His Masters Voice)

03 April 2003

  • Dr Henry Levine & His Barefoot Dixieland Philharmonic - Basin Street Blues (His Masters Voice)

08 April 2003

  • Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes (His Masters Voice)

09 April 2003

  • The Merry Macs: Ma, He's Makin' Eyes At Me

10 April 2003

  • Elias & His Zig-Zag Jive Flutes: Tom Hark

15 April 2003

  • Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys: Slow Coach (His Masters Voice)

16 April 2003

17 April 2003

  • City Slickers - 'Black Bottom' (Decca)

22 April 2003

23 April 2003

  • Spike Jones and His City Slickers: The Charleston (His Masters Voice)

24 April 2003

  • Bunk Johnson & His New Orleans Jazz Band: Darktown Strutters Ball (His Masters Voice)

29 April 2003

30 April 2003

  • Doris Day & The Four Lads - 'The Second Star to the Right' (Columbia)

May[]

01 May 2003

06 May 2003

  • Chris Hall with Orchestral Accompaniment: The Song of the Thrush (Edison Bell Winner)

07 May 2003

08 May 2003

  • No Pig's Big 78 - "a bit difficult to do mechanically, but they'll be back next week for sure."

13 May 2003

  • The Peerless Orchestra: "Quaker Girl" Lancers (Figure 5) (Zonophone)

14 May 2003

  • Ambrose: Moonlight Becomes You (Decca)

15 May 2003

20 May 2003

  • Jack Hylton: Steppin' Out (His Masters Voice)

21 May 2003

  • Fred Douglas (baritone): Mr Waterhouse's House (Regal)

22 May 2003

  • Eddie Grossbart & His Ambassadors Club Band: Betty Co-Ed

27 May 2003

  • Signor M. Tapiero & Orchestra: Aide de Camp March (Winner)

28 May 2003

  • The Savoy Havana Band: Valencia (His Masters Voice)

29 May 2003

  • Dinah Shore & Orchestra - 'Somebody Loves Me' (His Masters Voice)

June[]

03 June 2003

  • Joytones: All My Love Belongs To You (Rama)

04 June 2003

  • Primo Scala's Accoridan Band: Isle Of Capri (Rex)

05 June 2003

  • Carroll Gibbons & The Savoy Hotel Orpheans: Turn Your Money In Your Pocket (His Master's Voice)

10 June 2003

11 June 2003

  • Jimmy Yancey: Yancey Stomp

12 June 2003

17 June 2002

  • Joe Venuti: Hell's Bells And Hallelujah (Regal Zonophone)

18 June 2003

  • Triumph Dance Orchestra: Blue Bird Waltz (Currys)

19 June 2003

  • Primo Scala’s Accordeon Band: Somewhere in the Blue Ridge Mountains (Rex Records)

24 June 2003

  • Sid Roy: Laugh Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! (Eclipse)

25 June 2003

  • Talbot O’Farrell: Love Letters In The Sand (Eclipse)

26 June 2003

  • The Dixieland Jazz Group: Beale Street Blues (His Masters Voice)

July[]

01 July 2003

  • Nat Lewis: Button Up Your Overcoat (Broadcast)

02 July 2003

  • Harry Bidgood and His Broadcasters: Rag Doll (Broadcast)

03 July 2003

  • Billy Desmond with Bidgood's Broadcasters: I Kiss Your Hand, Madame (Broadcast)

08 July 2003

  • The Original Havana Band: Chloe (Broadcast)

09 July 2003

  • Bidgood’s Broadcasters: Jericho (Syncopation) (Chappell)

10 July 2002

  • Alfredo & HIs Band: My Song Of The Nile (from the film 'Paris Sights')

15 July 2003

  • Primo Scala’s Accordeon Band: The Man on the Flying Trapeze (Rex)

16 July 2003

  • Chris Hall: Beautiful Bird, Sing On

17 July 2003

  • Doris Day: Second Star To The Right (Columbia)

22 July 2003

  • The Ambassadors Twelve: I Only Hear The Echo (Eclipse)

23 July 2002

24 July 2003

  • Florrie Forde: He Loved Her. Who Did? He Did. Where? (Edison Bell Radio)

29 July 2003

30 July 2003

  • Blue Jays: You’ve Brought A New Kind of Blue (Edison Bell)

31 July 2003

  • Alfredo & His Band: Mean to Me (Foxtrot)

August[]

05 August 2003-14 August 2003

  • Peel on holiday

19 August 2003

  • Jack Hylton: You’re Blasé (Decca)

20 August 2003

  • Lew Stone: Let’s Put Out The Lights and Go To Sleep (Decca)

21 August 2003

26 August 2003

  • Eddie Peabody: St. Louis Blues(Columbia)

27 August 2003

  • Sol Hoopii: Aloha Beloved (Regal-Zonophone)

28 August 2003

  • Helen, Louise & Frank Ferara: Palakiko Blues (Columbia)

September[]

02 September 2003

  • No Pig's Big 78?

03 September 2003

  • Mr Billy Williams: John Put Your Trousers On (Zonophone)

04 September 2003

  • No Pig's Big 78. Peel still in London as was too tired to return to Peel Acres.

09 September 2003

10 September 2003

  • Leroy Anderson: Last of Summer (Decca)

11 September 2003

16 September 2003

17 September 2003

18 September 2003

  • The Alpine Yodelling Choir: Song Of The Emmenthaler Valley (Regal Records)

23 September 2003

  • Henry Hall & His Gleneagles Hotel Band: Coming Thru The Rye (Panachoid)

24 September 2003

  • Charlie Kunz of the Casino Club Orchestra: The Kunz Melody (Sterno)

25 September 2003

  • The Four Bright Sparks: That Night In Venice

30 September 2003

October[]

01 October 2003

02 October 2003

07 October 2003

  • No Pig's Big 78: Peel forgot to do one, as he admitted two days later

08 October 2003

  • Chris Hall with Harry Hudson’s Melody Men: Sittin’ On A Five-Barred Gate (Decca)

09 October 2003

  • Be-Bop Boys: Fatboy (Part One) (Savoy Records)

14 October 2003

  • Broadcast Talkie Boys: Kings Of Jazz (Broadcast)

15 October 2003

  • The Howard McGhee Orchestra feat Sonny Criss: Jeronimo Part 4 (Bop Features)

16 October 2003

  • Pete Johnson & Albert Ammons: Cuttin’ The Boogie(His Masters Voice)

21 October 2003

  • Jimmy Noone's New Orleans Band: The Blues Jumped A Rabbit (Parlophone)

22 October 2003

23 October 2003

  • The Knickerbockers: The Kinkajon (London)

28 October 2003

  • No Pig's Big 78. One Live show from Brighton

29 October 2003

  • No Pig's Big 78. One Live show from Brighton

30 October 2003

  • No Pig's Big 78. One Live show from Brighton

November[]

04 November 2003

  • Piccadilly Revels Band: Just A Memory (Columbia)

05 November 2003

  • No Pig's Big 78. Sheila hadn't felt well and none were recorded.

06 November 2003

  • The Royal Military Band – Dan Cupid

11 November 2003

  • Les Compagnons De La Chanson: The Three Bells (Columbia)

12 November 2003

  • Lew Stone and The Monseigneur Band: Leave the Pretty Girls Alone

13 November 2003

  • The Mills Bros.: Caravan (Brunswick)

18 November 2003

19 November 2003

  • James Lovell: There’s Plenty Room for a Girl (Exo)

20 November 2003

  • Sol Hoopii: Ten Tiny Toes

25 November 2003

  • Red Norvo Orchestra: I Was Doing All Right (Brunswick)

26 November 2003

  • Tommy Dorsey Orchestra: The Big Dipper (RCA-Victor)

27 November 2003

  • Sandy Powell: Sandy the Doctor (Brunswick)

December[]

02 December 2003

  • Phil Cardew and his Corn Husker: Arkansaw Traveler (Parlophone)

03 December 2003

  • Sol K. Bright and His Hollywaiians: Heatwave

04 December 2003

  • Patti Page: Cross Over the Bridge (Mercury)

09 December 2003

  • Jimmy Rodgers: Away Out On The Mountain (Zonophone)

10 December 2003

  • No Pig's Big 78

11 December 2003

16 December 2003

  • Red Norvo Orchestra with Mildred Bailey: The Weekend Of A Private Secretary (Vocalion)

17 December 2003

18 December 2003

  • Bidgood’s Dance Band: Misery Farm (Unison Records)

23 December 2003

  • Mr H. Lambton: A Christmas Ghost Story (10") (Zonophone/Twin)