Una Winifred Atwell (later called herself Winifred Atwell) (27 February or 27 April 1910 or 1914 – 28 February 1983) was a Trinidadian pianist, born in Tunapuna in Trinidad & Tobago, who enjoyed great popularity in Britain and Australia from the 1950s with a series of boogie-woogie and ragtime hits: she sold over 20 million records. She was the first black person to have a number one hit in the UK Singles Chart with "Let's Have Another Party" in 1954 (also the Christmas number 1 for that year) and is still the only female instrumentalist to do so.
Links To Peel[]
Peel was an avid fan of Winifred Atwell's boogie-woogie work since childhood and occasionally played her tracks on his show. He included her "Black And White Rag" (well-known to snooker viewers as the theme to Pot Black) on his show of 06 June 1977 to mark the Queen's Silver Jubilee, and again in his Peelenium 1951 on 21 September 1999. He would later regularly play her tracks as part of the Pig's Big 78. John said on the 6th June 1977 show that "Once upon a time I used to have every record Winifred Atwell ever made"
Peelenium[]
- Peelenium 1951: Black And White Rag
Shows Played[]
Winifred Atwell - Black And White Rag-0
'Black And White Rag', a Peelenium 1951
(The following list was compiled only from the database of this site and Lorcan's Tracklistings Archive and is certainly incomplete. Please add further details if known.)
- 1972
- 08 September 1972: Black And White Rag (single) Decca
- 1977
- 06 June 1977: Black And White Rag
- 1982
- 17 July 1982: Golden Tango
- 1983
- 01 March 1983: Jubilee Rag
- 1987
- 31 March 1987: Coronation Rag (LP - Black And White Magic Volume 2) Decca
- 1997
- 19 January 1997: Black And White Rag
- 1999
- 21 September 1999: Black And White Rag Peelenium 1951
- 2001
- 11 January 2001: Jubilee Rag
- 27 December 2001: 'Five Finger Boogie (10 inch)' (Philips) (JP: 'One of the biggest stars of my childhood, and I used to think she was quite wonderful.')
- 2002
- 17 January 2002: Jubilee Rag (Decca)
- 16 April 2002: Five Finger Boogie
Winifred Atwell - Let`s Have Another Party ( 1954 )
'Let's Have Another Party', the first Black #1 UK Single in 1954
- 2003
- 20 February 2003: Cross Hands Boogie
- 2004
- 04 February 2004: Black And White Rag
- 17 June 2004: Crosshands Boogie
- Others
- Pig's Big 78 2001: Jubilee Rag / Five Finger Boogie
- Pig's Big 78 2002: Jubilee Rag / Five Finger Boogie
- Pig's Big 78 2003: Crosshands Boogie
- Pig's Big 78 2004: Black And White Rag / Crosshands Boogie