tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5001867295510218749.post576290043382681944..comments2024-03-20T16:05:23.293+00:00Comments on The Cynical Tendency: 2013 Leslie Stuart - The Forgotten AnniversaryDemetriushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17198549581667363991noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5001867295510218749.post-50034482963006779442012-12-19T17:54:05.814+00:002012-12-19T17:54:05.814+00:00Leslie Stuart wrote "Soldiers of the Queen&qu...Leslie Stuart wrote "Soldiers of the Queen", one of the best military marches. No doubt some of his most popular songs, like "Lily of Laguna" and "I may be crazy" (written for a white American, Eugene Stratton, who performed in black face) would be considered racially "offensive" by the forward thinkers of the BBC etc. One of my favourite Stewart songs is a little known early piece, "The girl on the Ran - Dan - Dan", written for the music hall singer Lottie Collins.<br /><br />He deserves to be celebrated on his 150th.Mike Rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5001867295510218749.post-79908070025518887172012-12-19T17:38:08.352+00:002012-12-19T17:38:08.352+00:00I think if the BBC, for example, did celebrate the...I think if the BBC, for example, did celebrate the work of people such as Leslie Stuart, then it would win back a solid core of articulate viewers. It would have to be done well though.<br /><br />I always thought that was what BBC2 was for.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.com