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Una Winifred Atwell (27 February or 27 April [2] 1910 or 1914 [nb 1] – 28 February 1983) was a British pianist, born in the colony of Trinidad who migrated to Britain and who enjoyed great popularity in Britain and Australia from the 1950s with a series of boogie-woogie and ragtime hits, selling over 20 million records. [3]
Britannia Rag" is an instrumental that was written [1] and recorded by Winifred Atwell in 1952. It was written for the 1952 Royal Variety Performance . The song peaked at number 5 on the UK Singles Chart , [ 2 ] and spent a total of six weeks in the top 12.
The song was recorded by numerous artists, but most notably by Winifred Atwell, ... "The Big Jubilee" (1908) "Klondike Rag" (1908) "Black and White Rag" (1908)
The "Black and White Rag" is a 1908 ragtime composition by George Botsford. [ 1 ] The song was recorded widely for both the phonograph and player piano , [ 2 ] and was the third ragtime composition to sell over one million copies of sheet music. [ 3 ]
Let's Have a Party is a 1953 ragtime medley by pianist Winifred Atwell.It entered the UK charts on 4 December 1953, spending nine weeks there and peaking at #2. [1] It entered the charts again the following year, appearing on 26 November 1954 on the back of the success of Let's Have Another Party. [1]
Tom Ewing of Freaky Trigger describes "Let's Have Another Party" as a megamix of music hall hits which Atwell instrumentalises, mashes together and plays sped-up on the piano. He noted that the second part of the track on the B-side contains a momentary, arbitrary guitar overdub that plays for a few notes halfway through, calling this an early ...
"You Belong to Me" by Jo Stafford, "Comes A-Long A-Love" by Kay Starr, "Takes Two to Tango" by Louis Armstrong, "Cowpuncher's Cantata" by Max Bygraves, "Walkin' to Missouri" by Tony Brent and "Britannia Rag" by Winifred Atwell were the singles from 1952 to reach their peak in 1953. Seventeen artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1953.
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