Fela Sowande Plays 3 Popular Tunes on Hammond Organ in .mp3 Files at AfriClassical.com

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        Fela Sowande in 1946 Theatre Organ World (From Alan Ashton)

Singer Adelaide Hall and Fela Sowande on cover of ASV LP Record Label(From Alan Ashton)
Sierra Sue   Goodnight  Deep Purple
Alan Ashton is a former BBC Radiobroadcaster whose website is www.organradio.com.  On November 20, 2012 he sent an email to AfriClassical.com.
Alan Ashton writes:UnlessI have missed it, or the omission is deliberate, there seems to be nomention of his time as both a theatre pipe & electronic organist. He made a number of broadcasts on the BBC theatre organ as a soloperformer, and is still heard as accompanist, on Hammond organ, toAdelaide Hall. I also believe that he appeared in the stageproduction of Black Birds. His signature tune during those popularorgan music days was Deep Purple...for obvious reasons! Some yearsbefore he died I traced him to the USA where he was now a teachingprofessor, and he gave me a wonderful interview for my (then) radioprogramme on BBC Radio Manchester. Sadly, and it is my one regret, Ino longer have the tape.

Ihave just come across the entry in the 1946 Theatre Organ Worldpublication, and if you would like it I can also copy you anexcellent photo from that book.
Hopethis helps but I just felt that a very important part of his lifestory (appears) to be missing. There are shots of him on the Internetwith Adelaide Hall.
AlanAshtonwww.organradio.com

Theinformation, photos and .mp3 files which Alan Ashton has brought toour attention have been posted today at the Fela Sowande and Audiopages at AfriClassical.com. The new audio samples of Fela Sowandeplaying the Hammond organ are SierraSue (3:09);Goodnight (3:12);and Deep Purple (5:41). Three new paragraphs have been added to the Fela Sowande web page,Paragraphs 10Adelaide Hall; 11BBCTheatre Organand 12TheatreOrgan World.
AfriClassicaland AfriClassical.com are very grateful to Alan Ashton for theopportunity to let readers hear three popular tunes which FelaSowande played professionally on the Hammond organ. We also thankhim for the stunning photo of Fela Sowande in white tie, the ASV LPalbum cover art, and the entry on Fela Sowande in the 1946Theatre Organ World.