This is the record that was being pushed in the ad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jtEWVTZEfw

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On Wed, 8 Feb 2023 08:22:39 -0800 (PST), Bruce <SavoyBG@aol.com>
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Just saw a full page ad in a 1956 issue of Cash Box for Winfred Atwell.

It says that she is "England's Hottest Record Star."

A black woman who plays the piano and doesn't se to sing, just instrumentals. I looked her up and she had a shitload of hits from 1952 through 1059, including 2 or 3 number one hits.

Hailing from Trinidad she certainly had more than her share of hits in
the early 50's. Not really my cup of tea tho she did have an okay
version of "The Poor People Of Paris" IMO (one of her #1 hits here).

She also recorded under the name of "The Duchess" on the London label
in both UK and USA


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Just saw a full page ad in a 1956 issue of Cash Box for Winfred Atwell.

It says that she is "England's Hottest Record Star."

A black woman who plays the piano and doesn't se to sing, just instrumentals. I looked her up and she had a shitload of hits from 1952 through 1059, including 2 or 3 number one hits.

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On Wed, 8 Feb 2023 08:22:39 -0800 (PST), Bruce <SavoyBG@aol.com>
wrote:

Just saw a full page ad in a 1956 issue of Cash Box for Winfred Atwell.

It says that she is "England's Hottest Record Star."

A Trinidadian pianist who had many boogie-woogie and ragtime
influenced hits in 1950s UK, selling over 20 million records.

Her hit 'songs' often comprised a collection (6 or so per side) of
medleys of well known tunes played in a jaunty fashion.

She had two #1s, "Let's Have Another Party" in Dec 1954 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umJxL4Gmx3Y (tunes named at 0:14)
and (Edith Piaf's) "The Poor People Of Paris" in Apr 1956 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWHfeRoX89g

And 9 other top 10 UK records:

"Britannia Rag" (1952) – UK No. 5
"Coronation Rag" (1953) – UK No. 5
"Flirtation Waltz" (1953) – UK No. 10
"Let's Have a Party" (1953) – UK No. 2
"Rachmaninoff's 18th Variation on a Theme by Paganini (The Story of
Three Loves)" (1954) – UK No. 9
"Let's Have a Ding Dong" (1955) – UK No. 3
"Make It a Party" (1956) – UK No. 7
"Let's Have a Ball" (1957) – UK No. 4
"Piano Party" (1959) – UK No. 10

Early portrait of Winifred Atwell: https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw286109

Colin Bailey was the drummer on Winifred Atwell's records in
the 1950s (Ivor Mairants was her uncredited guitarist on her
records); Colin's comment:

"The thing with Winnie was—people loved her, everybody adored her.
Houses were packed and audiences really warmed to her, and she was
normal, no airs and graces, even when she was top of the charts. She
had such a nice personality. (Nobody ever said anything about her
being black.)"

Winifred's inspirational musical career: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winifred_Atwell

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