The Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band was formed in 1881. It is based in Brighouse, in Calderdale in West Yorkshire. // Overview Brighouse Coat of Arms Brighouse is the second largest town in the metropolitan district of Calderdale in the county of West Yorkshire, England. ... Calderdale is a metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England. ... West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England, corresponding roughly to the core of the West Riding of the traditional county of Yorkshire. ...
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During Wogan's time on the breakfast show, he had achieved audiences of up to 7.6 million.
Also during this period he released his own version of "The Floral Dance", by popular request from listeners who enjoyed hearing him singing over the instrumental hit by The Brighouse and RastrickBrassBand.
His version reached number 27 in the UK singles chart.