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Bell Toys And Games Records was a DIY label. It managed one single. By Marion Ryan, who was the regular singer in the hugely popular musical quiz Spot the Tune, a Granada programme, she helped the series run for an incredible seven years from 1956, with a total of 209 half-hour programmes (it was later revived as Name That Tune). Distributed By Bell Toys And Games Records. Marion Ryan was a British singers of popular music to emerge during the 1950s. She could not only sing, but she looked good too. It was probably for this reason that she became a favourite with TV audiences. Her chart history is surprisingly modest and certainly does not properly reflect her general popularity. She was one among several female vocalists to find work with Ray Ellington whose combo would gain a regular weekly spot on radio's Goon Show some time later. As a result of this attention, she gained an opportunity to record and make numerous television appearances. Through the latter she became the resident singer on the musical game show "Spot That Tune" which would become one of TV's longest running series. Her recording career was less successful- probably because her output consisted mainly of cover versions of songs. By 1967, she married the American show business millionaire, Harold Davison. She went into a retirement from which she would never return to foreground pop music. By the time of this second marriage, her twin sons, Paul and Barry- who had changed their surname from Sapherson (from Marion's previous marriage) to Ryan, had begun their own successful singing careers. Sadly, Marion Ryan died from heart failure following the onset of pneumonia a few days before her 68th birthday on January 15th, 1999.
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