Elisabeth Welch's guest appearances

Elisabeth Welch

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1986-1991

Seamus Heaney

Richard Branson

William Davis

Salman Rushdie

Stephen Fry

Ruth Westheimer

Kenneth Williams

Joanna Lumley

Tony Bennett

David Blunkett

Jeremy Irons

Katharine Hamnett

Andrew Davis

Ben Kingsley

Germaine Greer

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The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is the black American singer Elisabeth Welch, who, in a career spanning 60 years, made famous such songs as Love For Sale, Soloman and Stormy Weather. Her first big break came in 1931 in the Broadway show The New Yorkers. The show made her a star and also gave her the lasting friendship of Irving Berlin and Cole Porter. Having been the toast of London, Paris and New York in pre-war years, her music still appeals across the generations.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Just One Of Those Things by Frank SinatraBook: Who's Who In The TheatreLuxury: Photo of mother

The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is the black American singer Elisabeth Welch, who, in a career spanning 60 years, made famous such songs as Love For Sale, Soloman and Stormy Weather. Her first big break came in 1931 in the Broadway show The New Yorkers. The show made her a star and also gave her the lasting friendship of Irving Berlin and Cole Porter. Having been the toast of London, Paris and New York in pre-war years, her music still appeals across the generations. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Just One Of Those Things by Frank Sinatra Book: Who's Who In The Theatre Luxury: Photo of mother