Some Like It Hot

Cleo Laine revisits the golden age of the all-girl swing band in the UK and America.

From Ivy Benson to the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, she explores the careers of professional women musicians in the 1940s in their own words.

Cleo speaks to musicians:

Sheila Tracey
Gracie Cole
Elsie Ford
Helen Wood
Carline Ray
Maxine Kneper
Rosa Bellamy
Viola Smith

Plus historians:

Sally Placksin
Sherrie Tucker

Producer: Virginia Crompton

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1999.