Memory Lane is a quality printed & digital magazine dedicated to the music of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, in particular the Great British Dance Bands, Swing bands, their musical stars and featured vocalists.
Ambrose, Jack Hylton, Lew Stone, Harry Roy, Ted Heath, Geraldo, Nat Gonella, George Chisholm, Al Bowlly, Sam Browne and Chick Henderson; to name just a few.
Memory Lane also covers American bands and singers of the era and related genres such as Jazz and Light Music.
Memory Lane is now well established, having been founded in 1968 and having produced over 200 editions which have been sent world-wide. It is edited by Ray Pallett and published quarterly from Leigh-on-Sea in England. This web site tells you all about Memory Lane, provides a selection of past articles and explains how to get it. Click on the links above and below to explore the musical world of Memory Lane.
A free sample copy of issue 202 can be downloaded here in PDF format. HIGH resolution & LOW resolution for slow internet connections.
The latest fabulous edition of Memory Lane, Winter 2023, Issue 221 (publication date: 5th November 2023) is pictured here.
Features in this issue include Dance Bands At The BBC, Eddie Carroll, Tiny Winters, Maurice Elwin, Filmophone Records, Percy Winnick, Al Bowlly, Doreen Stephens and the Casani Club. Plus our regular round-up But The Melody Lingers On.
Additionally, there are CD reviews, readers’ letters and plenty more. As usual this issue is profusely illustrated You can receive this issue and future editions by subscribing here
Also in this issue there is information about a very important research project being conducted by Professor Catherine Tackley of Liverpool University. As part of this project she is conducting a survey, the details of which can be found under the link to “Dance Bands” at the top of this page. She is very interested in the views of ML readers!
Listen to a weekly podcast of British Dance Bands music, played on original 78rpm records.
This link will take you to John Wright's latest podcast.
Memory Lane also incorporates the Al Bowlly Circle. A section devoted to Al where you can buy the Al Bowlly biography, "They Called Him Al"
