Recordings of Billy Bennington
Here is a taster of Billy’s playing: Dark Town Strutters’ Ball, a ragtime song composed in 1917. It’s on the album I Thought I was the Only One.
The following two albums were recorded and produced by John Howson on the Veteran label and are available as physical albums or downloads from the Veteran website. The Veteran label is under new management (2025) and the content is being transferred to the new system – if you can’t find the album online, just contact them directly.
VT152CD ‘The Barford Angel’ – Billy Bennington
Norfolk dulcimer and dialect (2005)
Track: 1. Rose Cottage
Track: 2. On the Green (Originally released on 12TS229 ‘English Country Music from East Anglia)
Track: 3. Dulcie Bell 1
Track: 4. The Chicken Reel
Track: 5. Schottische
Track: 6. On Parade (Originally released on 12TS229 ‘English Country Music from East Anglia)
Track: 7. The Bells of St. Mary’s
Track: 8. The Flowers of Edinburgh (Originally released on 12TS229 ‘English Country Music from East Anglia)
Track: 9. Schottische /Step Dance
Track: 10. When Johnny Comes to Town
Track: 11. Slow Stepdance (Originally released on 12TS229 ‘English Country Music from East Anglia)
Track: 12. Obidiah
Track: 13. Lovely Lucerne
Track: 14. Redwing (Originally released on 12TS229 ‘English Country Music from East Anglia)
Track: 15 Yarmouth Hornpipe /Sheringham Breakdown
Track: 16. The Pony Trot Polka
Track: 17. Dulcie Bell 2 (Originally released on 12TS229 ‘English Country Music from East Anglia)
Track: 18. Going to the Derby
Track: 19. Herbert Sadd’s Schottische
Track: 20. Gay Ladies Polka (Originally released on 12TS229 ‘English Country Music from East Anglia)
Track: 21. The Gunner’s March
Track: 22. I Like to Say Good Morning
Track: 23. The Sailor’s Hornpipe (Originally released on 12TS229 ‘English Country Music from East Anglia)
Track: 24. My Beloved Cornelia
(NB Eight tracks of Billy Bennington’s playing were included on the 1973 Topic LP record 12TS229 ‘English Country Music In East Anglia’. These recordings were added to the 1980s LP ‘The Barford Angel’ as a CD of the same name. (see below))
VTDC12CD ‘I thought I was the only one’ – Dulcimer playing in East Anglia
Archival recordings & a film of Billy Bennington (2015)
CD
Track: 1. Dick Hewitt’s Favourite Stepdance – Billy Bennington
Track: 2. Turn Your Face Towards the Sun – Billy Bennington
Track: 3. In & Out the Windows – Billy Bennington
Track: 4. Dark Town Strutters Ball – Billy Bennington
Track: 5. Sailors Hornpipe – Billy Bennington
Track: 6. Down at the Old Bull and Bus /Daisy /Dicky Bird /Peggy O’Neil /Come Round Any Old Time /I Belong to Glasgow – Billy Bennington – Billy Bennington
DVD
(Billy Bennington – ‘Norfolk Dulcimer Player’ – originally released on video by EFDSS)
- On Parade
- Pony Trot Polka
- Chicken Reel
- Lovely Lucerne
- Dulcie Belle
- My Beloved Cornelia
- Riding Up To Derby
- Heel and Toe Polka
- Jig Doll – tune, Norfolk Breakdown (pre-recorded by Billy Bennington)
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