BILLY RAYMOND

By

Linda C Wood

G’day!
I first saw Billy Raymond at 7 p.m. on Monday 9 January 1961 as the new young compere of “Spot the Tune”, the popular Granada TV musical quiz, which had returned to our screens after a six-month break the week before, on 2 January 1961.  The quiz show had a regular hostess and singer, Marion Ryan, who was with the show throughout its long run from 1956 to 1962, but the comperes changed almost yearly.  Previous comperes had been distinguished actors and entertainers like Ted Ray, Robert Morley, a very young Des O’Connor, comedian Ken Platt, Pete Murray and Canadian Jackie Rae.  And then along came this happy, bouncy, handsome young Scotsman called Billy Raymond, with a smart line in suits, hairstyle, smile and a lovely voice.  And he could sing, too!  They said I had a “teenage crush”, but it’s a teenage crush that has developed into a friendship which has endured for nearly 50 years!
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