This is a list of events from
British radio in 1921.
Events
1 June – The
Epsom Derby horse race is for the first time broadcast live by wireless.
Births
17 February –
Ken Platt, Lancashire comedian (d. 1998)
25 February –
Patricia Ryan, English-born American child actress, continues performing on radio until her death (d. 1949)[1]
7 March –
Eleanor Summerfield, actress and radio panel show member (d. 2001)
21 March –
Antony Hopkins, British composer, pianist, conductor and music broadcaster (d. 2014)
1 April –
Steve Race, English pianist-composer and radio presenter (d. 2009)
23 May –
Humphrey Lyttelton, English jazz trumpeter and radio presenter (d. 2008)
28 June –
Ronnie Taylor, English broadcast comedy scriptwriter and producer (d. 1979)
21 September –
Jimmy Young, English singer and broadcaster (d. 2016)
24 December –
Jimmy Clitheroe, Lancashire comic entertainer (d. 1973)
References
^DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. McFarland & Company, Inc.
ISBN978-0-7864-2834-2. p. 235.
This is a list of events from
British radio in 1921.
Events
1 June – The
Epsom Derby horse race is for the first time broadcast live by wireless.
Births
17 February –
Ken Platt, Lancashire comedian (d. 1998)
25 February –
Patricia Ryan, English-born American child actress, continues performing on radio until her death (d. 1949)[1]
7 March –
Eleanor Summerfield, actress and radio panel show member (d. 2001)
21 March –
Antony Hopkins, British composer, pianist, conductor and music broadcaster (d. 2014)
1 April –
Steve Race, English pianist-composer and radio presenter (d. 2009)
23 May –
Humphrey Lyttelton, English jazz trumpeter and radio presenter (d. 2008)
28 June –
Ronnie Taylor, English broadcast comedy scriptwriter and producer (d. 1979)
21 September –
Jimmy Young, English singer and broadcaster (d. 2016)
24 December –
Jimmy Clitheroe, Lancashire comic entertainer (d. 1973)
References
^DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. McFarland & Company, Inc.
ISBN978-0-7864-2834-2. p. 235.