RPO
RECORDS
RPO Records was The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra's
label. The RPO was founded in 1946 by Sir Thomas Beecham who was its first
conductor until 1961. The label was sold to Pickwick Group Plc. in 1992. It
managed at least one single. It issued singles in RPOS-00 numerical series.
Distributed By Pinnacle Records. Aled Jones, MBE (born 29 December 1970) is a
Welsh singer and radio and television presenter. As a teenage chorister, he
reached widespread fame during the mid-1980s. A cover version of "Walking in the
Air", the song from Channel 4's animated film The Snowman, based on the book by
Raymond Briggs. The record reached No. 5 in the UK charts in 1985. Since then he
has worked in television with the BBC and ITV, and radio (for Classic FM). In
September 2012, Jones joined ITV Breakfast where he presented Daybreak
(2012–2014), alongside Lorraine Kelly and Kate Garraway. For the BBC, he has
presented Songs of Praise (2004-), Cash in the Attic (2010–2012), Escape to the
Country (2010–2013) and Going Back Giving Back
(2016–present).
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