FRANK LAWRENCE, pianist and singer (left), is a New Zealander who went to Australia for a working holiday and found a career in the entertainment world. He left his home town, Wanganui, in 1949, and in Australia found himself a number of jobs. In Melbourne, I'm told, he took over the dual role of pianist-singer for the "Amateur Hour," in which listeners vote by telephone for their favourite artists; he was judged one of the 10 best in the 1950 series. Later he was offered a job in a Sydney night club and that became the base from which he made occasional expeditions into other parts of the entertainment business. Station 2GB offered him a programme, and he played from there three times a week. Then he added a young contralto, Val. Kempton, to his act, and the pair secured a contract with a travelling company. When that show closed Lawrence returned to New Zealand on holiday, and gave several broadcasts from 2YA and 2XA. Lawrence has been presenting a series of programmes, "Your Favourites and Mine," from 2XA. He will be heard again on March 3, 10 and 17.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 762, 26 February 1954, Page 24
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190FRANK LAWRENCE, pianist and singer (left), is a New Zealander who went to Australia for a working holiday and found a career in the entertainment world. He left his home town, Wanganui, in 1949, and in Australia found himself a number of jobs. In Melbourne, I'm told, he took over the dual role of pianist-singer for the "Amateur Hour," in which listeners vote by telephone for their favourite artists; he was judged one of the 10 best in the 1950 series. Later he was offered a job in a Sydney night club and that became the base from which he made occasional expeditions into other parts of the entertainment business. Station 2GB offered him a programme, and he played from there three times a week. Then he added a young contralto, Val. Kempton, to his act, and the pair secured a contract with a travelling company. When that show closed Lawrence returned to New Zealand on holiday, and gave several broadcasts from 2YA and 2XA. Lawrence has been presenting a series of programmes, "Your Favourites and Mine," from 2XA. He will be heard again on March 3, 10 and 17. New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 762, 26 February 1954, Page 24
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