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Biography
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The Palm Court Orchestra
Effective period / Period of releases: 1976 - 1985
Members: Rosamund Plummer, Gordon Bennett (5), Robyn Stokoe, John Godfrey (8)
Formed in Sydney, Australia in 1974 to play the light music and popular classics of the Edwardian Era. Their vast repertoire in this genre includes ragtime, English and Continental waltzes, tunes from musical comedy, those cheeky, raggy arrangements of Tin Pan Alley songs and well known light classics such as those penned by Elgar, Dvorak, Rubinstein and Grieg amongst others.