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It's Hot in Brisbane But It's Coolangatta - Gwen Ryan and Claude Carnell’s Orchestra
Title:
It's Hot in Brisbane But It's Coolangatta - Gwen Ryan and Claude Carnell’s Orchestra
NFSA ID
338421
Year
1953
Courtesy
Coolangatta’s Souvenir Record MX54594
It’s Hot in Brisbane but it’s Coolangatta was recorded in 1953 by singer Gwen Ryan, accompanied by Claude Carnell’s Orchestra with Doug Roughton’s Hokey Pokey Club on vocals as well.
We can only imagine that it was a tourism promotion of some kind. Carnell was a venue operator and band leader on the Gold Coast from the ’50s through to the late ’70s, but it is the only recording we know of by Gwen Ryan.
Performers
Singer Gwen Ryan, accompanied by Claude Carnell’s Orchestra with Doug Roughton’s Hokey Pokey Club on vocals
Production company
Coolangatta’s Souvenir Record
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