BBC photograph ABOVE are Cyril Stapleton, musical director of the BBC's Show Band, with Johnnie Stewart (left), who produces all the Show Band programmes, and Rikki Fulton, compere. The band, which has a large following, presents popular music of the day in a sophisticated manner, but does not scorn the simpler numbers that many listeners love. Stapleton, who first broadcast from the BBC's Nottingham studios when he was only 12, began his professional career as a solo violinist. At 18 he joined Henry Hall and his BBC Dance Orchestra. He had his own dance band for some time before becoming director of the BBC's Show Band in 1952. The band's producer Stewart has been with the BBC since 1937, barring five years in the R.A.F. during the war. He worked in the Features and Drama departments before joining Variety, where he specialises in jazz, dance music and large musical productions. Fulton hails from Glasgow. He gained his early broadcasting experience in Scotland, where he broadcast in almost every type of programme from schools to religion, and sports reports to "Children's Hour"

New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 768, 9 April 1954, Page 24

BBC photograph

ABOVE are Cyril Stapleton, musical director of the BBC's Show Band, with Johnnie Stewart (left), who produces all the Show Band programmes, and Rikki Fulton, compere. The band, which has a large following, presents popular music of the day in a sophisticated manner, but does not scorn the simpler numbers that many listeners love. Stapleton, who first broadcast from the BBC's Nottingham studios when he was only 12, began his professional career as a solo violinist. At 18 he joined Henry Hall and his BBC Dance Orchestra. He had his own dance band for some time before becoming director of the BBC's Show Band in 1952. The band's producer Stewart has been with the BBC since 1937, barring five years in the R.A.F. during the war. He worked in the Features and Drama departments before joining Variety, where he specialises in jazz, dance music and large musical productions. Fulton hails from Glasgow. He gained his early broadcasting experience in Scotland, where he broadcast in almost every type of programme from schools to religion, and sports reports to "Children's Hour"