The Happy Gang
The Happy Gang, Weekday lunchtime, coast to coast. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
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1939–1956 · Weekday lunchtime, coast to coast
The Happy Gang
Knock knock — who’s there? — it’s the Happy Gang!
For twenty-two years, from 1937, the Canadian lunch hour belonged to the same company of musicians and the same knock at the door. It was not sophisticated and it was not trying to be: an organ, a fiddle, a piano, singers who also did the jokes, and a tone of relentless cheer that carried the country through the war and out the other side. No Canadian programme of any era reached a larger share of its audience. Seven broadcasts survive from a run of thousands.
7 recordings · Toronto
Seven surviving broadcasts dated 1939 to 1956. Recordings held by the Internet Archive.
19391
19453
The Happy Gang
The Happy Gang, Weekday lunchtime, coast to coast. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
The Happy Gang
The Happy Gang, Weekday lunchtime, coast to coast. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
The Happy Gang
The Happy Gang, Weekday lunchtime, coast to coast. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
19471
The Happy Gang
The Happy Gang, Weekday lunchtime, coast to coast. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
19491
The Happy Gang
The Happy Gang, Weekday lunchtime, coast to coast. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.
19561
The Happy Gang
The Happy Gang, Weekday lunchtime, coast to coast. Recording held by the Internet Archive; public domain.