Reginald New (April 1902, in Lewisham, Kent – 28 November 1958, in Beckenham, Ken^[1]) was a popular UK theatre organist whose career spanned the 1920s through to the 1950s.

New was first a chorister and then assistant organist at St George's, Catford^[2] later organist at Christ's Church, Chislehurst ^[2] before he became a cinema organist.^[2] When cinemas started using organists to accompany silent pictures, New was among the pioneers at various London cinemas in 1920.^[2] On 28 November 1929 he made his first BBC radio broadcast from the Beaufort Cinema, Washwood Heath, Birmingham.^[3] After broadcasting 468 times,^[2] he transferred to the Regal Cinema at Kingston-on-Thames in 1933 making another 200 broadcasts^[2] from there.^[4] He was subsequently organist of the State Cinema, Dartford for four years from 1936. He often gave concerts on the Cheltenham Town Hall organ and broadcast from there on 8 December 1935.^[2] In August 1940 he was appointed organist of the Regal Cinema, Beckenham.^[2] New was unique in that he used two signature tunes - signing in with "Jolly Good Company" and signing out with "Old Father Thames".^[2][5] During his time at Dartford, he composed the "Dartford March".^[2] This became a soldiers' marching tune and was sung by many who came back from Dunkirk.^[2] Reginald New made over 800 broadcasts in his career.^[2] The Compton organ from Washwood Heath was subsequently removed in 1937 and placed in the Abbey Road studios where it was recorded by Fats Waller.