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BERYL DAVIS ON STAGE WITH BILL BAKER BIG BAND AT TWINWOODS GLENN MILLER FESTIVAL

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Channel: John's Baking Recipes. · 2011 · Entertainment

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Beryl was born in 1924 in Plymouth Devon, in the south west of England. She is the daughter of late Harry Davis the guitar-playing vocalist and leader of The Oscar Rabin band. Oscar himself preferred to sit in with the sax section rather than out front as MD. 
When Beryl was just twelve years old she sang professionally with the band. Apart from singing at an early age she also trained as a dancer and won the all England tap-dancing championships twice.
In the 1940's she sang with Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli appearing at the Hot Club of France in Paris. 
Grappelli-Shearing-Davis Heavenly Music 1944
Beryl was invited to America by Bob Hope in 1947 and did several of his radio shows. In 1948 she replaced Doris Day on Frank Sinatra's weekly show 'Your Hit Parade' and stayed for a year. In the late sixties she teamed up with Jane Russell, Della Russell and Connie Haines. Della Russell later being replaced by Rhonda Fleming They toured around the world and in 1968 came to England performing at the Northern Club circuit. These 4 legendary ladies of movies and recording joined forces to form the Hollywood Christian Group to sing gospel songs. 
"When I think of Beryl I have great and proud feelings about her. I asked her if she would sing with my band on that day and she said she would if the boys could play in her key. Not one of my arrangements in our book was in her key. She said that her voice was lower after all these years. Our piano player managed to transposed a few songs for the rhythm section and two horns and we had a great fun in playing along with Beryl Before I left Twinwood the boys in the band brought me a gift of a painting by Keith Hill called "Twinwood Legend" which was of a Norseman Aircraft taking off from Twinwood in 1944 just as Glenn Miller did in such an aircraft never to be seen again.  Beryl signed this painting and now I treasure it and the memory of that wonderful time on stage with Beryl Davis. Beryl wrote on the back of the painting:-

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