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London Hippodrome show
Black Velvet was a revue at the London Hippodrome in 1938 which included Roma Beaumont, and Pat Kirkwood singing the celebrated song "My Heart Belongs to Daddy", and vocalist/impressionist Afrique. The show made Pat Kirkwood into Britain's first wartime star and established her career.