Sheila Dillon asks if food and nutrition should have a bigger role in treating cancer. 
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Elaine Stritch
Broadway Baby
Elisabeth Welch
Broadcast
First broadcast: Sun 18 Nov 1990
Singer
The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is the black American singer Elisabeth Welch, who, in a career spanning 60 years, made famous such songs as Love For Sale, Soloman and Stormy Weather. Her first big break came in 1931 in the Broadway show The New Yorkers. The show made her a star and also gave her the lasting friendship of Irving Berlin and Cole Porter. Having been the toast of London, Paris and New York in pre-war years, her music still appeals across the generations.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
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First broadcast: Tue 26 Feb 1952
Actor, Singer
Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Elisabeth Welch.
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Peter Yorke and his Orchestra
Begin The Beguine
4.
Maurice Ravel
Cat duet (from L'enfant et les sortilèges)
Soloist: Legoughy, Mac'Hadar Orchestra: French National Radio Orchestra
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Mary Ellis & Trevor Jones
Fold Your Wings
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