Doris Arnold
Doris Grace Arnold (4 November 1904 – 5 October 1969) was a BBC Radio presenter and producer, and a pianist.
Born in Wimbledon, Surrey, in 1904, Arnold joined the BBC in 1929, as a typist.[1] She first appeared on air as a stand-in for a pianist who was unwell.[1] She married fellow pianist, BBC producer and songwriter Harry S. Pepper, and the two would perform piano duets together on air.[1]
As presenter of the programme , in which she played and talked about light classical recordings, she was one of the BBC's (and thus the United Kingdom's) first female disc jockeys.[2] She also arranged music for male voice choirs.[2]
In 1934, she featured on a cigarette card, in the Wills series Radio Celebrities.[3] She also appeared as a castaway on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs on 25 September 1967.[4]
Arnold died in 1969 at Denham, Buckinghamshire.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d "Doris Arnold B.B.C. Producer". Glasgow Herald. 6 October 1969. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ^ a b Scowcroft, Phil. "A Further Addendum To The Garlands Of British Light Music Composers". Musicweb International. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ^ "Image of 'doris arnold', cigarette card. wills' cigarette card, from 'radio celebrities', 1934". Science & Society Picture Library. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ^ "Desert Island Discs - Doris Arnold". BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
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