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Towards documenting the places where dance music could have been heard or danced to in London during the 1920s , 1930s and 1940s. I would like to add photographs of the buildings if anyone can help!

Any extra details are always welcome, including more exact dates or information about the places.

Page last updated: 06 July 2021

Note: dates in brackets signify the earliest or latest dates I have found a reference to.

Establishment	Information and Bands	From	To	Recordings
Ace Of Spades Kingston-by-pass
	Vic Filmer and his Band	May 1932	Oct 1932
	Percy Chandler and his Band	April 1933
Amateur Dancers' Club Queen's Rd, Bayswater
	Clive Erard and his Band	Dec '30	(Aug '31)	Filmophone
	Al Tabor and his Band		May '32
Ambassador Club Conduit Street	The Ambassador Club opened in January 1926 and closed in May 1933.
	Percival Mackey's Band directed by Sam Raitz	Jan 1926
	Leon van Straten and his Ambassador Club Orchestra	Apr '26	Sep '26	Zonophone (unissued)
	Ray Starita and his Ambassadors' Band	Apr '28	Apr '30	Columbia
	Eddie Gross-Bart and his Ambassador Club Band	Apr '30	Jul '30
	Eddie Norris and his Ambassadors' Band	Jun '30	Sep '30	Piccadilly
	Eddie Gross-Bart and his Ambassador Club Band	Jan '31	Apr '31	Winner
	Ray Starita and his Ambassadors	Apr '31	Aug '32	Sterno
	Rudy Starita and his Band	Sep '32	1933	Sterno
Astoria Ballroom Charing Cross Road	Built on the site of a pickle and jam factory, the Astoria Cinema and Ballroom opened on January 12th, 1927
	Astoria Dance Band, dir W. L. Trytel	Jan 12 1927
	Billy Mayerl's Vocalion Rec' Band, dir Drayson Marsh	Feb '27
	Archie Alexander & his New Columbians Orchestra	Nov '27	(Jan '28)
	Billy Cotton's London Savannah Band	Apr '28	Mar '30	Metropole / Piccadilly
	Lal Johnson and his Band / Melody Six	Jul '28	pre- May '30
	Clive Erard and his New Astorians	Apr '30	Sep '30
	Oscar Rabin and his Romany Band	Apr '30	Apr '34	Sterno
	Joe Loss and his Harlem Band	Sep '30	Dec '31
	Reg Batten & his Orchestra	Jul '31
	Frankie Davis and his Melodians	Dec '31	Feb '33
	Joe Shuter and his Band	Feb '33
	Joe Loss and his Band	Nov '34	(1938)	Regal-Zonophone
	Mantovani & his Tipica Orchestra (replaces Joe Loss briefly)	Sep '35		Regal-Zonophone
	Jack White and his Collegians	1937	1941	Parlophone / R-Z
	Art Gregory and his Band	Jan 1940	Feb 1940
Bag O' Nails Kingley Street
	Les Stirling and his Band	?Apr '32
	Charlie Spinelli (sax); Gerry Moore (pno); Sid Heiger (drs)		Jan '33
	Johnny Walker (sax); Gerry Moore (pno); Sid Heiger (drs)	Feb '33	Feb '33
	Don Barrigo (sax); Norman Yarlett (pno); Sid Heiger (drs)	Mar '33
	Art Thompson & his Quartet	Jul '37	Jul '37
	"Swing bands"	1938
Bat Club Albemarle Street, Mayfair
	The Four Bats (a Jack Vernon unit)	1928
	Barry Mill & Bobby McGee (pianos)		(Aug '28)
	Arthur Hetherington and his Band	c. Jan '30	Dec '30
	Harry Roy's Bat Club Boys	Dec '30	Oct 1931	Parlophone/Oriole
	Arthur Rosebery and his Band		Jan '33
	Hal Wallace and his Band	Jan '33
B.B.C. Savoy Hill
	Stanley Holt & his Band	early 1920s		Homochord
	Sydney Firman's London Radio Dance Band	Apr '26	Mar '28	Columbia
	Jack Payne's BBC Dance Orchestra	Mar 12 1928	Mar '32	Columbia
	The BBC Dance Orchestra, directed by Henry Hall	Mar '32	Sep '37	Columbia
Berkeley Hotel Piccadilly	Built on the site of an 18th century coaching inn called "The Gloucester Coffee House", the hotel opened in 1886 and was originally called "St James Hotel" before being renamed "The Berkeley" in 1897. The hotel closed in 1969, being rebuilt in Wilton Place, reopening 1972
	Howard Jacobs and his Orchestra	1922	Sep 1926
	Howard Jacobs and his Orchestra	Mar '27	Dec '29
	Joe Kaye and his Band	Jan '30	Apr '30 ?
	Jean Pougnet and his Band	Jan '30
	Arthur Lally and his Orchestra	May 30	Dec 30	Decca/Filmophone
	Joe Kaye and his Band	Oct '30	1932
	Howard Jacobs and his Orchestra	Jun '32
	Al Collins and his Orchestra	Jun '32	1945	Decca
	Howard Jacobs and his Band	Sep '32	Mar '33
	Howard Jacobs and his Orchestra	Sep '33		Columbia
Blanchard's Beak Street	Formerly Murray's Club. Changed it's name back to "Murray's" in 1929?
	New Carnival Quartet (dir Henry Saville)	Feb 1926
	Ginx Five	Feb 1926
The Blue Lagoon Beak St / Carnaby St
	Bert Collis & his Band	1938	Jan '40
The Blue Moon Club Regent Street
	Debroy Somers' Blue Moon Club Band	May 1928
The Blue Peter Denman Street
	No reference found.
The Blue Train Stratton Street, Mayfair	Formerly the "Malmaison" Restaurant, name changed early 1933
	Bert Bow(e)n and his Bands	cApr '33
Brent Bridge Hotel Hendon
	Pat O'Malley's Romany Band	(Sep '28)
Brummell's Club Albermarle Street	This was a Bottle Party club
	Reginald Foresythe & his Band	Sep '37
The Bull Frog Club	Opened October 1927
	Marc Anthony (piano) and Lou Taylor (drums)	Oct '27
Cabaret Club Beak Street
	Len Newbury & his Band	Jul '37
	Tony Kanzello's Band	1938
Cabin
	Billy Mason & his Band	Feb '36
Cafe Anglais Leicester Square
	Douglas Hope and his Band	1927	Apr '30
	The Selma Four / Five	c. May 30	c Mar31
	Eddie South and his Band (American)	Jun '30	Aug '30
	Hon. Anthony Vivian and his Band	c Mar '31	Apr '31
	Eddie Gross-Bart and his Cafe Anglais Band	Apr '31	Nov '31	Winner
	Bobby Martin and his Band	Oct '31	Nov '31
	Douglas Hope and his Band	Nov '31	Nov '31
	Edward Stanelli and his Band	Jan '32	Feb '32
	Eddie Gross-Bart and his Cafe Anglais Band	Feb '32	Aug '32
	Dave Frost and his Band	Aug '32	Oct '32
	Roy Fox and his Band	Oct '32	Jan '33	Decca
	Harry Roy and his Orchestra	Jan '33	Jun '33	Parlophone
	Lew Stone and his Band	Dec '33	Feb '34	Decca
	Howard Jacobs and his Orchestra	Feb '34
	Louis Simmonds and his Orchestra	Feb '34	Dec '34
	Reginald Forsythe & his New Music	Jul '34	(Dec 1934)
	Bert Firman & his Band	Jul '37
	Emilio Columbo's Band	1938
Cafe de la Paix King's Road, Chelsea ?
	Reginald Forsythe & his New Music	Aug '33	Sep '34
	Arthur Rosebery & his Band	Sep '35	(Oct '35)
Cafe de Paris Coventry Street	The Cafe de Paris opened in 1923.
	The Crichton Lyricals, dir Syd Roy	1923	1928	Aco/Imperial
	Joseph C. Smith & his Orchestra (American)	Nov 1925	Dec 1925
	Teddy Brown and his Cafe de Paris Band	Jan '26	1927	Imperial/Vocalion
	Sid Phillips and his Melodians	1927	Jun '28 ?	Victory
	Jack Vernon's Belgravians	Mar 1928	Mar 1928
	Teddy Brown and his Cafe de Paris Band	Apr '28
	Tony Garrard and his Band (replaces Sid Phillips)	Jun '28 ?	Jul '28
	Chas. Watson and his Band	Jul '28	Sep '28
	Arthur Rosebery and his Band	Sep '28	Dec '28
	Arthur Rosebery's Cafe de Paris Band, dir Stan Marshall	Jan '29
	closed	Jan '29	April 15 1929
	Sid Phillips and his Melodians	April 15 1929	1929
	The Blue Lyres, dir Arthur Lally (an Ambrose unit)	Jul '29	Apr '30
	Jimmy Caruso & his New York Syncopators (American)	Jul '29
	Dennis Moonan and his Band	(Jan '30)	Jun '30
	Hal Kemp and his Band (American)	May '30	Jul '30
	Billy Mason and his Cafe de Paris Band	Jul '30	Aug '31	Broadcast
	Roy Fox and his Band (American)	Sep '30	Nov '30	Decca
	Dave Frost and his Cafe de Paris Band	Jan '31	Oct '31	Filmophone
	Eddie Gross-Bart and his Cafe de Paris Band	Oct '31	Jan '32	Winner
	Tiny Maite and his Band	Jan '32	Feb '32
	Edward Stanelli and his Band	Feb '32	Feb '32
	Derick Turner and his New Dixieland Band	Feb '32	Apr '32
	Jack Harris and his Band	Apr '32	(Aug 1932)
	Roy Fox & his Band	Feb '34	May '34	Decca
	Reginald Forsythe & his New Music	July '34	July '34
	Lew Stone and his Band	Apr '36	Jul '36	Decca
	Ambrose & his Orchestra	Sep 14 1937	Jul '38
	Lew Stone & his Band	Jul '38
	Billy Bissett and his Orchestra	1938	1938
	Bert Firman & his Band	Oct '39	Nov '39
	Ken "Snakehips" Johnson & his Band	Nov '39	Nov '39
	George Melachrino and his Band	Jan 1940	July 1940
	Ken "Snakehips" Johnson & his West Indian Orchestra		Mar 8, 1941
	The cafe was struck by a bomb on March 8, 1941, killing bandleader Ken Johnson & some of his musicians. The Cafe then remained closed until 1948.	Mar 8, 1941	1948
	In March 2020, following the start of the Coronavirus 2019 pandemic, the Cafe closed. This was originally a temporary measure due to the Government's regulation, but on December 21st 2020, it was announced that the closure was permanent.
Cafe Royal 68, Regent Street	Re-opened February 3rd, 1928 after alterations including an Esty organ costing £7000
	Hal Swain's Cafe Royal Band	Feb '28	Jun '29	Regal
Carlton Dance Hall Tottenham Court Road	Formerly called "Rector's Cluib" (q.v.), it re-opened January 30th, 1928 under this new name. In December 1939, the name changed back to "Rector's Club"
	Max Chappell's London Choreans Band	Jan '28	Jan '28
	Percival Mackey and his Band	Mar '28	Mar '28
	Albert Kendall and his Savannah Band	Apr '28	Apr '28
	Arthur Lilley and the Savannah Band	Oct '28	Mar '29
	Pete Mandell and his New Savannah Band	Apr '29	May '30
	Jock McDermott and his New Carlton Players	May '30	Feb 31	Piccadilly
	Al Wadding and his Band	Feb '31	Jun '31
	Nat Allen and his Band	Jul '31
	Tommy De Rosa and his Band	Jul '31	(Aug 1932)
	Stanley Barnett and his Band		Feb '32
Carlton Hotel 90, Belgrave Road, Victoria
	Al Davison and his Carlton Hotel Orch	1924	1925	Vocalion
	Bert Firman's Carlton Hotel Dance Orch	1925	1927	Zonophone
	Leslie Norman & his Carlton Hotel Band	Feb '27	Sep '27	Electron/Winner
	Jay Whidden and his Band	Oct '27	Oct '31	Imperial/Victory
	George Scott-Wood and his Band	Oct '31	Dec '31
	Dancing discontinued; resumed May 3rd 1932.
	Maurice Winnick and his Band	May '32	May '33	Panachord
	Lou Preager and his Band	Jan '36		Panachord
	Sydney Kyke & his Band	May 1937
Carnival Club
	Unnamed 4-piece band including Jack Clapper (alto-sax)	April 1926
Casani's Club Imperial House, Regent Street Just off Piccadilly Circus	Opened March 3rd 1933
	Charlie Kunz & his Casani Club Band	Mar '33	1937	Sterno / Rex
	Eddie Carroll and the Casani Club Orchestra	1937		Parlophone
Casa Nuova Restaurant
	Harry Roy and his Band	Nov '32
	Arthur Rosebery & his Band	Nov '32
	Al Berlin & his Band	1933
Casino Old Compton Street	See "London Casino"
Casino De Danse Finchley Road
	Original Lyrical Five (inc Harry & Syd Roy)	1922
Castle Hotel Richmond
	Jack & Lionel Clapper's Band	Mar '21	1927
Cavour Restaurant	Under the same management as the Cafe de Paris, hence the doubling here of Syd Roy's Lyricals
	Sydney Firman and his Florida Band	Aug 1925
	The (Crichton) Lyricals (directed by Syd Roy)	Jan '26	May '26
Century Club Glasshouse Street nr Piccadilly Circus	"Re-opened Sept 1930 after several months of inactivity"
	Micky Lewis and his Band	Sep '30	Jan '31
	Closed	Jan 1931	Nov 16 1931
	Harry Jimmick and his Band	Nov 17 1931
Chantilly Restaurant
	Hal Swain and his Band	Jun '31	(Aug 1931)
Chateau De Madrid Victoria	Formerly the Riviera Club
	Nobby Knight, jr and his Band	Oct '31	Feb '32 ?
	Johnny Walker (sax); Norman Yarlett (piano); Reggie Mills (drums)	Sep '32
Chez Henri Long Acre
	Charlie Kunz & his Chez Henri Band	1924	Feb '33	Columbia
	Chez Henri Band, directed by Gerry Moore	Feb '33
	Arthur Rosebery & his Band	Feb '36
	Arthur Rosebery (solo piano only)	Jan '37	May '37
	Eddie Carroll & his Band	Jan '39
Chez Oncle Club 77, Dean Street	Note that this is the same address as the Night Lights club (formerly the Palermo) and could occupy the same rooms. It closed in late 1930.
	Rex Owen and his Band	Jul '30	Dec '30 ?
Circus Restaurant Oxford Street
	Radio Novelty Syncopators, dir Alec Alexander	May '26
Ciro's Club Orange Street off Haymarket
	Jean Lensen and his Ciro's Club Dance Orchestra	1924	Feb '27
	Debroy Somers' Band	Mar '27	1928	Columbia/Broadcast
	Harry Bidgood and his Band (leader: Ramon Newton)	Oct '27	Apr '29	Broadcast
	Teddy Brown and his Band	Apr '29	Dec '29
	Sydney Kyte and his Band	Jan '30	Jul '30
	Billy Cotton and his Savannah Band	Sep 1 1930	Mar '31	Regal
	Ronnie Hart and his Band (Canadian) [for two weeks]	Mar '31	Mar '31
	Tommy Kinsman and his Ciro's Club Band	Mar '31	Feb '32	Sterno
	Jacques Jacobs and his Band	Jan '32	(Feb 32)	(Pathe Film)
	Tommy Kinsman and his Ciro's Club Band	Feb '32	Apr '32	Sterno
	Bert Firman and his Band, dir Ronnie Cuthbertson	May '32
	Maurice Kasket and his Band	Oct '32	Apr '33
	Lew Preager and his Band	Apr '33
	Joe Smith & his Band	May '33	May '33
	Maurice Winnick and his Band	Sep '33	Feb '34	Winner
	Jack Harris and his Orchestra	Sep '37	Mar '39	HMV
	Ciro's Club closes in March 1939 due to financial problems.
Claridges Hotel Brook Street, Mayfair	Originally (1812) called Mivart's, the name changed when the buildings on the site were bought by William & Marianne Claridge. By the late 1880s the hotel was bought by the Savoy group and completely rebuilt, re-opening in 1898.
	Al Collins and his Orchestra	1920	Dec '29	Regal
	George Boulanger and his Orchestra	Jan '30
	Joe Kaye and his Band	May '30 ?	Sep '30
	Howard Jacobs and his Band	Oct '30	Apr '31
	Al Collins and his Band	May '32	July '32
Cocoanut Grove Regent Street
	Oscar Grasso and his Band	(Apr '37)	1938
	Barney Gilbraith Quartet	Jun '39
	Paul Lombard & his Band	Jan '40	Mar '40
	Oscar Grasso & his Band	Mar '40
	Harry Parry & his Band (also at Paradise Club next door)	Oct '40
	George Shearing & his Trio	Oct '40
Continental Club Stratton Street, Mayfair, W1	This club was owned by Teddy Joyce.
	Teddy Joyce & his Band	Dec '35
	Len Hayes and his Band	Jun '37
Cosmo Club Wardour Street
	Julian Vedey and his Cosmo Club Band/Troubadours	Dec '26	(Jul 27)
	Jack Padbury and his Band	Mar '28	(Nov 31)	Winner / Radio
	Closed		May 1932
	Jack Oliveri and his Band	May 1932
	Teddy Foster & his Band	July '40
Cossack Restaurant Jermyn Street
	Jack Bretton & his Quartet (incl Harry Constable, saxes)	Aug 1935
Cricklewood Palais	A note in Melody Maker says 5 different bands played here during Alf Wadding's absence between February and October 1931
	Alf Wadding and his Band	1923	Feb 31
	Al Tabor and his Band	Apr '31	Apr '31
	Alf Wadding and his Band	Oct '31
Criterion Restaurant 224, Piccadilly
	Art Hickman's New York London 5 (American)	Sept 1920
	Al Davison and his Claribel Band		Apr 1926
	Kel Keech and his Orchestra	Jan '26	Apr '26
	Criterion Dance Band (dir Max Goldberg) (a Keech unit)	Apr '26	Jun '26
	Criterion Dance Band (dir Joe Daniels)	Jul '26
Dalton's Leicester Square	No reference found.
Datchet Pavillion Club River Thames
	Reginald Foresythe & his New Music	Apr '34
	Reginald Foresythe & his New Music	Mar '37	Aug '37
Deauville Restaurant Regent Street	Opened in December 1929. Was previously known as the Silver Slipper Club. Club closed March 1930.
	Eddie Gross Bart and his Band	Dec '29	March 1930
	Leon Abbey and his Band	March 1930	March 1930
	Alec Cripps and his Band	March 1930	March 1930
	Jack Gill (piano); Eddie Gross-Bart (drums) [at time of closure]	March 1930	March 1930
Devonshire Restaurant Piccadilly (opposite Ritz Hotel)	The Devonshire Restaurant, opened Late 1926, was in a new building of "Palatial residential mansion flats" built on the site of Devonshire House, previously the residence of the Duke of Devonshire. Dancing from 9pm to 2am every evening
	Devonshire Restaurant Dance Band, dir Bert Firman	1926	Nov '26	Zonophone
	Murray Barley and his Band	Nov '26
	Closed; Re-opened as Hector's Devonshire Restaurant.		Jan 1931
	Bob Probst and his Band	Jan 1931
Dorchester House Hotel Park Lane	Opened April 20th 1931
	Melville Gideon and his Band	Apr '31	Oct '31
	The Blue Lyres, directed by Arthur Lally	Oct '31	Oct '32	Decca/Zonophone
	The Blue Lyres, directed by Peter Rush	Oct '32	Feb '33
	The Blue Lyres, directed by Ernie Lewis	Feb '33	(May '33)
	Jack Jackson and his Orchestra	Aug 1 1933	1939	HMV
	Maurice Winnick and his Orchestra	Apr '39	(Feb '40)	HMV
Dolphin Sq. Restaurant	Opened December 1937
	Eddie Carroll & his Band	Dec '37	Feb '38
	Arthur Rosebery & his Band (doubling Paradise Club)	Feb '38	(Jun 38)
East Ham Palais de Dance
	Victor Vorzanger's Savannah Band	July '25	Oct '26 ?
El Gaucho Wardour Street	Bottle-Party Club
	Jack Kerr & his Band	Jun '37
El Morocco Albermarle Street
	Lew Stone & his Band (doubling Palace Theatre)	Dec '39	Jan '40
	Jack Harris & his Band (doubling London Casino)	Dec '39	Feb '40
	Ron Joynes & his Hawaiians	Feb '40
	Miff Ferrie & his Band (fill in for one week only)	Feb '40	Feb '40
	Syd Kyte and his Band	Feb '40	Mar '40
	Jack Doyle & his Aces of Rhythm	Mar '40
Embassy Club Old Bond Street
	Benny Peyton's Jazz Kings	Dec 1919
	The American Five (inc Eddie Gross Bart)	March 1920
	Ambrose and his Orchestra	Sept '20	Jan '27	Columbia
	Lou Raderman and his Orchestra	Jan '27	July '27
	Jack Harris and his Band	1928		Parlophone
	Abe Aaronson and his Orchestra	(Jan '30)	May '32
	Joe Orlando and his Band	May '32	Aug '32
	Lou Simmons and his Band & The Three Ginx	Aug '32	(Mar '33)
	Ambrose and his Orchestra	July '33	Jan '36	Decca
	Reg Pursglove and his Band	1935	Mar '38
	Tim Clayton & his Band	1938
	The club was put into the hands of the Receiver in March 1938, then bought the following month by Abe Aaronson & refurbished at a cost of £10,000. Becomes a Bottle Party Club in February 1939
	Reginald Foresythe & his Band	Mar '39	Jul '40
Empress Rooms, Royal Palace Hotel Kensington
	Continental Five (inc Joe Van Straten)	circa 1921
	Robert Bennett's Frisco Syncopators	Feb 1923
	Paul Specht's Lido Venice Orchestra (American)	c. 1924
	Bobby Davis and his Band	Dec 1925	Dec 1925
	Les Norman and his Band	Dec 1925	Jul '26
	Paul Specht and his Band (AMerican)	Apr '26	May '26
	Philip Buchel and his Band (a quartet)	Jul '26
	Les Norman and his Band		Jan '27
	Leon Zimbler and his band	Sep '26	pre '28
	Jan Ralfini and his Band	Jan '27	pre '28
	Tucker's Royal Empress Orchestra	Sep '27
	The Romany Band, director: Oscar Rabin	1928	Mar '30
	The Omega Collegians	Nov '28	Apr '29
	Lal Johnson and his Band	(May '30)	Sep '30
	Al Lever and his Band	Sep '30	Jul '31
	Tommy Atkins and his Band	Jul '31
	Syd Lipton and his Band	Sep '31	May '32 ?
	Leslie Hutchinson and his Band	Sep '31	May '32
	Stanley Black & his Band	(Jan '32)
	Bert Jackson and his Band	May '32	Jul '32
	Percy Hampton and his Band	May '32	Jul '32
	Jack Shields and his Band	Sep '32	Sep '32
	Bill Gerhardi and his Band	Sep '32	Sep '32
	Bill Gerhardi and his Band	(May '33)	(May '33)
	Eddie Carroll & his Band	Oct '34	(May '35)
Femina Club
	Art Gregory and his Band
Fischer's Restaurant Bond Street	Opened November 1932
	Bruce Merryl and his Band	Nov '32	Apr '33
	Micky Lewis and his Band	Apr '33
	Tommy Kinsman and his Band	1936	1937	Octocros
	Paul Lombard and his Band	July '39	Mar '40
	Arthur Coppersmith & his Band	Mar '40
Fleming's Restaurant 68, Oxford Street
	Hal Wallace and his Rhythm Boys	c. Nov '31	(May 1932)
Fleming's Restaurant 301-307, Oxford Street	(Thanks to Pauline Welthy for the address; she also tells me that this address now houses a River Island clothes shop (c. 2008)
	Gordon French and his Band	Apr '32
Florida Club Bruton Mews, off Brook Street	Sometime in 1930, the club changed name to "Toby's". By 1936, it had become "The Old Florida Club"
	Billy Edser and his Band	July '26
	Leo Ash & his Band	Dec '26
	Ronnie Munro and his Band	Mar '27	May '27	Imperial
	George Hurley and his Band [for 1 week]	June 1927	June 1927
	Leo Ash and his Band [for 2 weeks]	June 1927	June 1927
	Leon Whiting and his Miami Band	June 1927	late '27
	Jack Harris & his Band	1928		Mimosa
	closed ("Has been closed for some time" - MM Jun '29)
	Tommy Kinsman's Florida Club Dance Band	1929	1930	Piccadilly / Sterno
	Ken "Snakehips" Johnson & his Emperors of Swing/Rhythm Swingers	Nov '36	(May '37)
	Ken "Snakehips" Johnson & his Band		Sep '38
	Adelaide Hall accp by Fela Sowande & his Band	Sep '38	(Feb 39)
	Felix Mendelssohn's Hawaiian Serenaders	1940
Forty-Three (43 Club) 43, Gerrard Street
	Unnamed sextet of Arthur Chester-t/G. Dickman-as/ Kay Goldberg-ts/Geo Hurley-vn / Dave Kaye-p/ Murray Fine-d.	Jul '26
	Chas. Spinelli and his Band	Jan '31	(Jan '32)
	Frank Morgan & his Band (Quartet)	May '37
	Forty-Three Swing Band	1938
Four Hundred Club Leicester Square
	Brian Lawrance & his Quartet / Septet	Mar '35	May '35
	Reginald Forsythe & his New Music	Jun '35	Aug '35
	Tim Clayton's Band	1938
	Reginald Forsythe & his Music	Aug '40
Frascati's Restaurant Oxford Street
	Allan Selby & his Frascatians	1927	Dec '29	Metropole/Piccadilly
	Cyril Hellier and his Band	Jan '29
	Raymond De Courcy's Band, dir W. Greenborough	May '29	Jul '32
	Harry Green and his Band	Jul '32
	Manuel Raymond's Band	1938
	Louis Simmonds & his Band	Apr '40
Frivolity Club Leicester Square
	Gaby Rogers and his Band	June 1926
Gargoyle Club Dean Street, Soho
	Edgar Jackson's Dance Band	Aug '30	(May 1932)	Oriole
	Derick Turner and his Band		May '32
	Will Lanin and his Band	Jul '32	Dec '32
	Jacques Brown and his Band	Jan '33
Garter Club Grosvenor Street
	Cambridge Swing Stars (dir George Banner)	Jan '40
The Gaucho	see "El Gaucho" (under "El").
The Gestapo Club Regent Street	No reference found.
Golder's Green Ice Rink
	Fred Coleman and his Band (a Max Chappell unit)	Dec '30	May '31
Grafton Galleries 7 Grafton Street
	Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra (American)	May 1923		HMV
	Jack Hylton and his Orchestra	May 1923	May 1923	HMV
	The Original Capitol Orchestra (American)	Jan 1924		Zonophone
	Chas. Renard and his Band	June 1924		Regal
Green Park Hotel Piccadilly	Later Changed name to Hotel Splendide, q.v.
	Leon van Straten and his Orchestra	Apr '27	Aug '28
	Jean Pougnet and his Orchestra (a Jack Hylton unit)	Oct '28
Grosvenor House Park Lane	Built in 1730 as a private residence, it was bought in 1806 by the Grosvenor family and remained the family's home for over 100 years before being sold to A.O. Edwards who turned it into one of the greatest hotels of the period, opening in 1929.
	Jack Harris's Orchestra, dir Bill Gerhardi	(Nov '29)	Sep'30	Decca
	Jack Harris's Orchestra, dir Hugo Rignold	Sep'30	Dec '30	Decca
	Jack Harris and his Orchestra, dir Bill Gerhardi	Jan '31	Jul '32	Broadcast
	Sydney Lipton and his Band	Jul '32	1940	several
	Billy Mayerl and his Grosvenor House Band	July 1941		Decca
Hambone Club
	Lionel Claff and his Band	(Jul '30)	Dec '30 ?
	Alec Alexander and his Band	Jan '31
Hammersmith Ice Drome Brook Green Road ?
	T. Valentine and his Band	c Mar '31
Hammersmith Palais De Danse 242, Shepherd's Bush Road	The building was demolished in 2012, having been closed for some years.
	Original Dixieland Jazz Band (American)	April 7 1919		Columbia
	Billy Arnold's American Novelty Band	Jun 1919
	Original Dixieland Jazz Band	Jun 1919	Jun '20	Columbia
	The American Five	Apr '20	May '20
	Bennie Peyton's Jazz Kings	Sep '20	Dec 22
	Southern Rag-a-Jazz Band	July 1921		Winner
	Billy Madden's Crescent City Orch	Sept 1921		Homochord
	The Paramount Six	Oct 1921
	Lyric Five Jazz Band (inc Harry & Syd Roy)	1922
	Hammersmith Palais de Danse Orch	1923		Regal
	unnamed Orch directed by Frank Wilson	1924
	George W. Smith's Dixie Entertainers	Aug 1925
	The Original Gerracs, dir Jack Geary	Aug 1925	Jun '26
	Al Tabor & his Transatlantic Band	Jan '26	Mar '29
	The Buffalo Orchestra, directed by Bill Shenkman (Canadian)	Jun '26	Sep '26
	Albert Kendall and his Savanna Band	Oct '26	1928 ?
	The Buffalo Orch (no mention of Shenkman)	Feb '27
	Alan Green and his Band	1928
	Maurice Winnick and his Band (a Jan Ralfini unit)	Mar '29
	Closed, then reopened as an Ice rink on December 30, 1929. It was probably during this period, it was referred to as the Hammersmith Ice Drome (see previous entry above). Reverted to a ballroon in 1934.
	Oscar Rabin and his Band	Aug '34	Nov '40	various
	Alf Kaplan & his Band	Feb '40
	Lou Preager and his Orchestra	1944	1945	Columbia
Happy's Oxendon Street	No reference found.
Hatchett's Piccadilly
	Hatchett's Swingtette, dir Arthur Young	Oct '39	Sep '40	Decca
	Reginald Forsythe & his New Music	Sep '40
	George Shearing & his Trio	Nov '40	Nov '40
	Hatchett's Swingtette, dir Dennis Moonan	Nov '40	1942	Decca
Havana Denman Street
	Cuban Band (?)	1938
Haymarket Brasserie Piccadilly
	Lou Preager & his Band	(May '37)
	Archie Alexander's Band	1938

Hell Gerrard Street
	Al Craig and his Band	1938
Holborn Restaurant Kingsway
	Harry Saville and his Band	Sep '26
	Lionel Paulus and his Holborn Restaurant Orchestra	Jan '29	Oct '34
	Bram Martin and his Band	Feb 35	Feb 38	Regal-Zonophone
	Edward Dennis and his Band	1938
Hollywood Restaurant Piccadilly, W1	Formerly Prince's Restaurant
	Lew Stone and his Band	Apr 1935	May 1935	Regal-Zonophone
	Mantovani and his Tipica Orchestra	May 1935	Oct 1935	Regal-Zonophone
Hotel Cecil Strand	Dancing stopped on 28th February 1930. The Hotel was demolished in the summer of 1930 to make way for Shell-Mex House.
	John Birmingham and his Band	pre-1925
	Jack Payne and his Hotel Cecil Dance Band	1925	May '28	Zono, Regal
	Marius B. Winter's Hotel Cecil Dance Band	May '28	late 29	Homochord
	Jimmy Lally and his Band	Dec '29	Feb '30
Hotel Metropole Northumberland Ave.
	Jack Howard's Midnight Follies Band	c 1923	1924
	Midnight Follies Orchestra, directed by Bert Firman	1924		Zonophone
	Sydney Bliss & his Metropolitans (incl Mario Lorenzi)		Jan '26
	Jay Whidden and his Midnight Follies Band	Feb '26	Sep '27	Columbia
	Mantovani and his Orchestra	Jan 28	May 28	Regal
Hotel Splendide Piccadilly	Formerly Green Park Hotel (q.v.)
	Jack Harris' Band, dir Bill Gerhardi	(Jun '29)	1929
	Abe Aaronson's Orch, dir Tiny Maite	( Jan '30)	Jul '30
	Dancing suspended at end July 1930	July 1930
	The Splendide Quartette, dir Cecil Watts	cMar '31	(Aug 1931)
	Jack Oliveri and his Band	Sep '32	Sep '32
	Dave Frost and his Band	Oct '32
Hungaria Restaurant Regent Street
	Manuel Hyman and his Band	Oct '30
	Geoff Gibson and his Band		Jun '31
	Bob Probst and his Band	Jun '31	(May 1932)
	Emilio Colombo & his Orchestra (for 5 years)	Early 1930s
	Tzigane Orchestra	1938
Jackson's Restaurant Shaftesbury Avenue
	Gaby Rogers and his Band (trio)	Nov '31
Jacobite Club West End	Opens February 1936, hosted by Rudolph Dunbar
	Rudolph Dunbar & his Band	Feb '36
Jade's Club Golden Square	Formerly "The Little Club", re-opened in May 1926. In October 1926, this club was struck off the register & disqualified for 12 months following a police raid where the owner, Clarence William Green was jailed for a month for "selling intoxicants without a license".
	Ronnie Munro, Barry Mill (pianos) and Harry Robbins (drums/xylo)	May 1926
	Ronnie Munro - solo pianist	July 1926
	Jack Miranda-cl-as/Ted Edbrooke-vn-pac/Bobby Davis-p/Joe Kosky-d	Sep '26	Oct '26
Jigs Club Wardour Street
	Cyril Blake & his Jigs Club Band	1941		Regal-Zonophone
Jules Hotel Jermyn Street
	Reg Leopold's Band (dir. Len Lee)	May 1937		Regal-Zonophone
Karsino Hampton Court	Originally owned by Fred Karno, the Karsino was bought by the owners of the New Princes Restaurant in April 1926 with the intention of turning it into an American "Palm Beach" style place. Re-opened May 8, 1926 and renamed "Palm Beach", (q.v.)
Kaspec Restaurant
	Teddy Westfield and his Band	May '31	(Aug 1931)
Kettner's Restaurant Soho	"No more dancing after the end of March 1929"
	Kettner's Five, directed by Hugo Rignold (a Hylton unit)	Jan 1926
	Geoffrey Gelder's Kettner's Five	Dec '26	Mar '29	Imperial / Regal
Kit-Cat Club Haymarket	Opening in 1925, this was a members-only club, but, following a raid in late 1926, was closed and subsequently re-opened as a public restaurant (see below)
	Al Starita's Kit Cat Band	1925	Dec 1926	HMV / Columbia
	Vincent Lopez and his Orchestra (American)	May 11, 1925	July 4, 1925
	Ted Lewis and his Band (American)	July 6, 1925	Aug 15, 1925
	Brooke Johns & his Orchestra (American)	Aug 17, 1925	Oct 10, 1925
	Isham Jones and his Orchestra (American)	Oct 10, 1925	Dec 5, 1925
	Don Parker and his Band	Nov '25	Nov '26	Vocalion
	Paul Specht's Canadian Club Orch (Canadian)	Feb 1926	Feb 1926	Columbia
	Jack Hylton and his Band	Mar 1926	Mar 1926	HMV
	Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra (American)	Apr '26	May '26
	Al Payne and his Kittens (American?)	Jun '26	Jul '26 ?
	Ben Bernie & his Band (American)	Sep 26	Dec '26
	Irving Aaronson's Commanders (American)	Dec '26	Dec '26
Kit-Cat Restaurant Haymarket	Formerly a private members club (see above), the Kit-Cat opened as a restaurant in October 1927.
	Al Starita's Kit Cat Band	Oct 1927	Feb '28	Columbia
	Percival Mackey and his Kit-Cat Band	Jul 1927 ?	Oct 1927	Winner / Electron
	Teddy Brown and his Band	Oct 1927	Oct 1927	Electron
	George Fisher's Kit Cat Band	Jan 1928	Dec 1928	HMV/Piccadilly
	Arthur Rosebery and his Kit-Cat Dance Band	Jan 1929	Aug 1929	Parlophone
	Abe Lyman and his Californians (American)	Jan '29	Mar '29
	Abe Lyman and his Californians (American)	May '29	(Jun '29)
	Hal Swain and his Band	Aug '29
	Ben Bernie and his Band (American)	Sep '29	Nov '29
	Jack Hylton and his Orchestra	Dec '29		HMV
	Hal Swain and his Band		Jan '30	Regal
	Teddy Brown and his Band		May '30
	Ted Lewis and his Band (American)	May '30	Jul '30
	Maurice Toubas and his Band	Jun '30	Jul '30
	Ray Starita and his Band	Jul '30	Sep '30	Columbia
	Johnny Hamp and his Kentucky Serenaders (American)	Sep '30	Oct '30
	Charles Renard and his Kit-Cat Band	Sep 1930	Nov 1930	Decca unissued
	Ray Starita and his Band	Oct '30	Jan '31	Columbia
	Dave Frost and his Band	Dec '30	Mar '31	Decca
	George Hurley and his Band (a Billy Mason unit)	Jan '31	Mar '31
	Closed	Mar 7, 1931	May 14, 1931
	Reg Batten and his Band	May '31	Jul '31
	Percival Mackey and his Kit-Cat Band	Jul '31	Nov '31	Regal
	Joe Loss and his Harlem Band	Dec '31	Sep '34	Winner/Panachord
	Fred Spreadbury and his Coney Islanders	Dec '31	Jan '33
	Roy Fox and his Band	Jan '33	Feb '34	Decca
	Maurice Winnick & his Orchestra		Dec '33
	Teddy Joyce and his Dance Music	Feb '34	May '34	Sterno
	Closed for £60,000 redecoration.	July 1935	Sep 1934
	Al Jennings & his Band		Mar '40
	Teddy Joyce & his Orchestra		Jan '40
	Joe Lucas & his Band	Jan '40	Jan '40
	Syd Dean & his Band	Feb '40	Mar '40
	Jimmy Durrant & his Band	Mar '40
Lansdowne Restaurant Berkeley Square
	Brian Lawrance and his Quartet / Sextet / Orchestra	May '35	Mar '40	Decca / Panachord
	Dan Donovan and his Music	1938		His Master's Voice
	Paul Lombard & his Band	Mar '40
	Barney Gilbraith & his Quartet	Mar '40
Leicester Sq Theatre Leicester Square	Opened December 1930. Owned by Jack Buchanan and Walter Gibbons, who sold it to RKO soon after. Later it became a full-time cinema.
	Harry Roy and his RKOlians	Aug '31	Feb '32	B'cast/Parlophone
	Syd Roy and his RKOlians (dir Oliver Aston)	Aug '32	Oct '33	Eclipse
	Percival Mackey and his Band	Aug '32	Dec '32
Le Suivi Stratton Street	Opened March 12th 1940 , formerly The Stratton Club
	Sid Phillips & his Trio	Mar '40		Decca
	Peter Mendoza & his Band	Mar '40
Lex Soho
	Jack Roy Trio & guests	May '37
L'Hermitage Restaurant Piccadilly	Formerly "New Princes"; re-opened under new name. Closed September 1931; re-opened as "New Prince's" in July 1932
	Arthur Lally and his Band	May '31	Sep '31	Decca/Filmophone
	Isidore (Syd) Chasid and his Band	Aug '31	Sep '31
Lido Club Frith Street
	Coney Island Band, dir Fred Spreadbury	Oct '26	Nov '26
	Fred Spinelly's Lido Venice Band	Oct '27	Apr '28	Electron
	Eddie Grossbart & his Band	June 1928
Locarno Dance Hall Streatham Hill
	Locarno Dance Band (dir Les Osborne)		Jan '30
	Billy Cotton and his Savannah Band	Mar '30	Aug '30	Regal
	Jan Ralfini and his Band	(May '30)	Aug '30	Sterno
	Lal Johnson and his Band	Sep '30	Mar '31
	Jan Ralfini and his Band	Sep '30 ?	Sep '30
	Arthur Rosebery & his Band [for 1 week only]	Sep '30	Sep '30
	Jimmy Kelleher and his Band	Sep '30	Oct '30
	Joe Gibson and his Band	Oct '30	May '31
	Albert Kendall and his Band [for 2 weeks only]	Apr 31	Apr 31
	Syd Wyner and his Band	May '31	Sep '31
	Alex Freer and his Band	Jun '31	-Jul '31
	Art Gregory and his Band	Jul '31	Sep '31
	Alan Green and his Band	Sep' 31	Nov '31
	Doug Swallow and his Band	Sep' 31	Nov '31
	Syd Chasid and his Band	Nov '31	Nov '31
	Alan Green and his Band	Dec '31	Jun '32
	Art Gregory and his Band	May '32	Aug '32
	Syd Wyner and his Band	Jun '32	Jun '32
	Billy Merrin and his Commanders	Feb '33
	Alan Green & his Band	Nov '39	Feb '40
	Frank King & his Band		Feb '40
	Les Hilsden & his Band	Feb '40
	Alf Kay & his Band	Feb '40
London Casino Old Compton Street	Formerly The Prince of Wales Theatre, the building was re-decorated at a cost of £15,000 and opened as the London Casino in April 1936
	Jack Harris & his Band	Apr '36
	Debroy Somers & his Band		Oct '37
	Bert Firman & his Band	Nov '37	Jan '39
	Hugo Rignold & his Orchestra	1938 ?	Jan '39
	Closes (In Liquidation)	Jan 1939	Apr 1939
	Jack Harris & his Band	Apr '39	(Jan 1940)
	Hugo Rignold & his Orchestra	Apr '39
London (Sports) Club	it re-opened in the late 1920s (1929?) for a while as "The Charterhouse Club" before closing suddenly. It re-opened in Oct 1930 under this name.
	The Buffalo Band	Sept 1925
	The Embassy Six	Oct '30	May '31
	Ernie Weaver and his Band	May '31
Lyons' Corner House Oxford Street	Opened in 1923 - Specht's band was the first band to play here.
	Paul Specht and his Orchestra ("The Georgians") (American)	May 1923
	Not sure when Specht left, but there was no dance band featured until Al Leslie's band below.
	Al Leslie & his New Dixieland Orchestra	Dec 25	Dec '26
	Fred Garrity and his Band	Jun '32
Lyons' Popular Cafe Piccadilly
	Harry Singer and his Band	Summer 1931
	The Ginx	Sep '31
	Barry Lindoorn and his Band	May '32	Sep '32
	Jack Sheehan and his Band	Sep '32
Malmaison Stratton Street, Mayfair	Opened May 27th 1931 Changed name to The Blue Train (q.v.) in early 1933.
	Percy Chandler and his Band	May '31	Oct '31	Piccadilly
	Gene Arthur (Reg Pursglove) and his Band	Oct '31	May '32
	Harry Collins and his Band		June '32
	Nat Allen and his Band [for 2 weeks only]	May '32	May '32
	Len Edwards and his Band	Jun '32	Jun '32
	Gene Arthur (Reg Pursglove) and his Band	Jun '32
	Closed for extensive re-decoration
	Gene Arthur (Reg Pursglove) and his Band	Oct '32
Manhattan Denman Street	No reference found.
Martan Club 6 - 8 Old Bond Street
	Original Dixieland Jazz Band (American)	Apr 28 1919		Columbia
Maxim's Wardour Street
	Eddie Beecher and his Band	1938
May Fair Hotel Berkeley Square	The May Fair hotel opened March 28, 1927, part of Gordon Hotels Ltd.
	Ambrose and his Orchestra	Mar '27	May '33	HMV / Decca
	Harry Roy and his Orchestra	Jun '33	Jun '36	Parlophone
	Billy Bissett and his Orchestra	1937		His Master'sVoice
	Michael Flome and his Orchestra	1938		Decca
	Ambrose & his Orchestra	Dec '39		Decca
	Jack Jackson & his Band	Oct 1940
Mazurka Denman Street	No reference found.
Melody Inn Beak Street	No reference found.
Melton Club Regent Street	Closed Easter 1930
	The Melton Five, directed by Vic Filmer	(Jan '30)	Mar '30
"Mi" Club New Bond Street	Opened May 1932
	George Pallat and his Band (trio)	May '32
Midnight Room Albermarle Street
	Len Newbery and his Band	1938
MilRay Club Regent Street	Opened October 21st, 1933. Club owned by Eddie Gross Bart, and named after his wife, Ray and their business partner, Millie. I have no information as to the music at this venue.
The Mitre Regent Street	Formerly "Nunkey's".
	Arthur Rosebery and Flaming Five	July '30	July '30
	Tommy Sharp and his Band	July '30	Jan '31
	Maurice Brian's Band	May '31
	Vic Filmer and his Band	May '31	(Aug 31)
	Vic Filmer and his Band	Oct '32
Monseigneur Restaurant Jermyn Street to Piccadilly Circus	Opened May 27th 1931. The restaurant closed in September 1934, becoming a cinema, with no live music again.
	Roy Fox and his Band	May '31	Oct '32	Decca
	Mantovani and his Tipica Orchestra	Jul '31	Sep '34	Sterno
	Lew Stone and his Band	Oct '32	Oct '33	Decca
	Jack Harris & his Band		Feb '34
	Lew Stone and his Band	Feb '34	Sep'34	Decca
Moody's Club
	Max Goldberg and his Band	(Nov 1925)
The Morgue Ham Yard	No reference found.
Mother Hubbard's Ham Yard
	Jock Salisbury Trio	Jun '37
	Syd Raymond and his Band	1938
Moulin Rouge Club Brixton
	Hal Griff and his Band	Jan '31	(Aug 1931)
Murray's Club Beak Street	By February 1926 this club had changed it's name to "Blanchard's", (q.v.) but changed back to "Murray's" by 1929
	Roy Allwood and his Band		Mar '29
	Al Tabor and his Transatlantic Band	Mar '29		Piccadilly
	Frank Davison and his Band	(Jan '30)
	Vic Filmer and Murray's Melody Makers	Apr '30	May '31	Piccadilly
	Hugh Radcliffe and his Band	May '31	Sep'31
	Teddy Sinclair and his Band	Sep'31
	Pauline Gray and her Band		May '32
	Eddie Gross-Bart and his Band	Sep '32	Feb '33
	Hal Swain and his Band	Feb '33	Mar '33
	Fred Morrison and his Band	Mar '33
	Alvin Saxon and his Band	Jul '35	1936
	Norman Stanley and his Band	1938
	Art Gregory and his Band	1940
The Nest Kingly Street
	Nest Swing Band & Buskers	1937	1938
New Bonne Fortune Club Poland Street
	Gaby Rogers (piano) & Ginger Conn (drums)	Jul '30
New Prince's Piccadilly
	New Princes Toronto Band (dir Hal Swain)	Feb '23	Feb '26	Columbia
	Alfredo (Alfred Gill) and his New Princes Orchestra	1925	1927	Winner
	New Princes Toronto Band (dir Alfie Noakes)	Feb '26	Sep '26	Columbia
	Hal Swain's New Prince's Orchestra	Jun '26	Jan '28	Regal
	The Miami Band (dir Arthur Fottrella)	Jun '26
	Reg Batten and his Band		May '29
	Closed (date unknown); reopened as L'Hermitage Restaurant (q.v.) (date unknown); Re-opened (again) as New Prince's Jul 1932; dancing "downstairs" in "The Golden Brasserie"		Jul 1932
	Jack Padbury and his Band	Jul '32	(May 1932)
	Tommy Kinsman and his Band	1933	(Jan 1934)	Winner
	Murray Pilcer & his Band	(July '35)
	Theodore Guitter and his Band	1938
Night Lights Club 77, Dean Street	Formerly the Palermo club.
	The Coney Island Band, dir Fred Spreadbury	Dec '26
	Ronnie Munro and his Band ("on the balcony")	Jun '27
"Not" Restaurant Leicester Square	Part of The Cafe Anglais
	Alf van Straten and his Band (trio)	(May '30)	Jun '31
	Johnny Walker-sax/Barry Mill-p/Doug Howson-d	Jun '31	Oct '31
	Sid Cole-sax/Barry Mill-p/Frankie Morgan-d	Oct '31
Nunky's Club Regent Street	The club changed it's name to "The Mitre" in July 1930
	Eddie Gross-Bart and his Band	May '29	Oct '29
	Arthur Rosebery and his Farenheit Five	(Jan '30)	Jun '30
Nuthouse Beak Street	A new swing club, opening about June 1939
	George Shearing (piano)	Jun '39
Oddenino's Piccadilly
	The Darnswells (inc Harry & Syd Roy & Lew Davis)	1920
Oddenino's 54-62 Regent Street	Could be the same establishment as above?
	Chester Tunis and his Orchestra	Jan '29	Mar '29
	No dancing	Mar '29	Sep '32
	Charlie Spinelli and his Band	Sep '32
	Roy Wallace and his Band	1938
Odoni's Restaurant
	The Odonians, directed by Allan Selby	1933	1934	Trusound
	Dave Frost & his Band	1934
Old Florida Club	see "Florida Club"
Olympia Ballroom
	Jack Howard and his Band	Jan '26
	Closed ?? - Re-opened January 1928		Jan '28
	Leon Abbey & his Band	Jan '28
	Herman Darewski and his Orchestra	Jan '28
	Gwen Rogers and her Musical Dolls	Jan '28
Palermo Club 77, Dean Street, Soho	Formerly "The Carnival Club". (Re-) Opening on April 5th 1926, the Palermo Club (sometimes "Paloma") was owned by Layton and Johnstone. It changed its name again in 1927 and re-opened as "The Night-Lights" (q.v.)
	Jack Clapper and his Band	Apr 5, 1926	1927
Palm Beach Frith Street Hampton Court	Formerly the old "Karsino's", it re-opened on May 8, 1926 under this new name and the new management of the "New Princes" restaurant. The first three bands named below played at both establishments.
	Alfredo and his Band	May '26
	Hal Swain and his Canadian Band	May '26
	New Princes Toronto Band (director: Alfie Noakes)	May '26
	The Miami band, directed by Arthur Fottrella	May '26
	Gerry Moore & his Quartet	Jun '37
	Various swing and jam bands inc: Ike Hatch	1938
	Hetty Booth's Palm Beach Stompers	1938	(Mar 1940)
Paradise Club Regent Street
	Arthur Young and his Paradise Club Music	June 1935		Decca
	Arthur Rosebery and his Band (doubling Dolphin Sq)	Oct '37	(Feb 1940)
	The Heralds of Swing	Feb '39	May '39
	Harry Parry & his Trio (also at Cocoanut Club next door)	Sept '40
Park Lane Hotel Park Lane	This hotel opened on March 21, 1927. Dancing daily (except Sundays) from 10pm to 2am.
	Alfredo's Band, dir Wilbur Blinco	Mar '27	Jun '27
	Jack Hylton's Kit-Cat Band	Jun '27
Persian Garden Club Frith Street
	Charlie Spinelly and his Band	Jun '27
Piccadilly Hotel Piccadilly
	Piccadilly Hotel Dance Band, dir David de Groot	1923		HMV
	Jack Hylton and his Orchestra	c. 1923		HMV
	Alex Hyde and his Orchestra (American)	c. 1923
	Geoffrey Goodhart and his Orchestra	Jan '25	Dec '25	Vocalion
	Mound City Blue Blowers (American)	June 1925	June 1925
	Don Parker and his Band	Oct '25	Nov '26	Vocalion
	Jack Hylton's Kit-Cat Club Band (dir Al Starita)	Jan '26	(Sep '27)	Columbia
	Piccadilly Revels Band, dir Ray Starita	Dec '26	Mar '28	Columbia
	The Piccadilly Players, dir Al Starita (restaurant)	Apr '28	Dec '29	Columbia
	The Piccadilly Hotel Band, dir Charles Watson (Grill)	Apr '28	Jun '28
	George Pallat and his Band	Jul '28	Aug '28
	Maurice Harford and his Band	Aug '28
	Jim Kelleher and his Piccadilly Band	Feb '29	Jul '29	Piccadilly/Victory
	Jerry Hoey and his Band (Grill Room) [Hoey took over Kelleher's band]	Jul '29	Apr '31
	Sid Bright and his Piccadilly Players [Bright took over Starita's band)	Dec '29	Jan '31	Decca
	The Selma Six	Apr '31	May '31
	Maurice Winnick and his Band	Apr '31	Oct '31	Regal
	Jerry Hoey and his Band (Grill Room)	May '31	(May 32)	Regal
	Sydney Kyte and his Piccadilly Hotel Band	Nov '31	Jun '36
	Maurice Winnick and his Sweet Music	Feb '38	Jun '38	Decca
	Jerry Hoey and his Band (Grill Room -1938)	1938	(1940)
	Norman Cole & his Band (Restaurant)	late '38	(1940)
Pop's Club
	G. Clapham and his Band (trio)	(Dec 29)	(May 30)
Popular Restaurant Piccadilly
	Coney Island Band (dir Fred Spreadbury)	Feb '26
Prince's	see "New Prince's"
Quaglino's Bury Street
	Percy Chandler and his Band	(May '30)	Dec '30
	Geoffrey Gelder and his Band	Dec '30	Jun '31
	Alfred van Straten and his Band	Jun '31	(May 1932)
	Manual Hyman and his Band		May '32
	Quaglino's Quartet, dir Brian Lawrance	Feb '34	Feb '35	Decca/Panachord
	Alfred van Straten and his Music	1938	1939	Parlophone
	Frank Gregori and his Quartet	1938
Queen's Club Langham Place
	Queen's Dance Orchestra, directed by Jack Hylton	1919	1923	HMV/Zonophone
Queen's Hotel Leicester Square
	J. Jenkins and his Band		Mar '29
	Reg Spinelly and his Band	Mar '29
	Harry White and his Band	(Jan '30)	Jun'30
	Will Hender and his Band	July '30	Aug '30
	Dave Rome and his Band (an Alec Alexander unit?)	Aug '30	(Feb 31)
The Ragtime Charing Cross Road	No reference found.
Rector's Club Tottenham Court Road	Changed name to "The Stork Club" in June 1940
	Original Dixieland Jazz Band (American)	June 1919	Oct 1919	Columbia
	Billy Arnold's American Novelty Band (American)	Oct 1919
	The American Five ( inc Eddie Grossbart) (American)	Apr '20	May '20
	Bennie Peyton's Jazz Kings (American)	Sep '20	Dec '22
	Southern Rag-a-Jazz Band (American)	July 1921		Winner
	Billy Madden's Crescent City Orch (American)	Sept 1921		Homochord
	The Paramount Six (inc Richard MacDonald) (American)	Oct 1921		Winner
	Lyric Five Jazz Band (inc Harry & Syd Roy)	1922		Zonophone
	The Original Capitol Orchestra (American)	Jan '23	Mar'23
	Closed	Mar 1923	1928
	Opens as "Carlton Dance Hall" (q.v.)	1928	1939
	Jack Jackson & his Band	Dec '39	Feb '40
	Syd Dean & his Band		Feb '40
Regent Palace Hotel Glasshouse Street
	Jan Ralfini and his Band		Jan '27
	Art Alexander and his Band	Jan '27
	The Ginx	1930	Sep '31
	Frank Paleson and his Band	Sep '31	(Mar 1932)
Ritz Hotel Piccadilly
	Harry Bidgood and his Band		Sep '27	Broadcast
	Jean Lensen and his Band	Oct '27
	Abe Aaronson's Orchestra, dir Joe Burns	(May '30)	Sep '30
	Abe Aaronson's Orchestra, dir Tiny Maite	Sep '30	Aug '31
	Hon. Anthony Vivian and his Band	Sep '31	Nov '31
	No dancing from November 1931 until Apr 25 1932	Nov '31	Apr 25 1932
	Tommy Kinsman and his Band	Apr 25 1932	Dec'32	Sterno
	Joe Kaye and his Band	c. Oct '33	(May '35)
	Louis Simmonds and his Band	May '35
	Joe Kaye and his Band [maybe continuously from 1933 ?]	1938
	Gordon Reed & his Band	Feb '40
Riviera Club 129, Grosvenor Road Westminster	Subsequently changed name to the Chateau De Madrid
	Leon van Straten and his Orch	Oct '26	Apr '27	Duophone
	Harry Robbins and his Riviera Club Orch	May '27	Jul '27
	The Riviera Club Orch, dir Percival Mackey	Jul '27	Jan '28	Winner / Electron
	Harry Joseph's Band		Jan '28 ?
	Gene Morelle and his Riviera Club Band	Feb '28
Road House Club Leicester Square	This short Lived club, which was next to the Alhambra Theatre, opened in September 1930 and closed in May 1931.
	Jack Davis and his Band	Sep '30	Sep '30
	Harry Gordon and his Band	Oct '30
	Nobby Knight jr and his Band (a Vic Filmer unit)	Mar '31	May '31
Romano's Restaurant Strand	Opened in the 1830s or 40s
	The Versatile Three/Four	1910		Winner/HMV
	Bert Fuller and his Band	Nov '28
	Geoffrey Gelder and his band	Apr '29	Oct '30	Regal
	Murray Barley and his Band (a Marius B. Winter unit)	Oct '30	Jan 31
	Arthur Rosebery and his Band	May '31	Jun '31
	Tommy Sharp and his Band	May '31	Jul '31
	G. Ruthland Clapham and his Band	Jul '31	Aug '31
	Arthur Rosebery and his Band	Aug '31	Nov '32
	Isle's Nine Band, directed by Fred Morrison	Nov '32	Feb '33
	Eddie Grossbart and his Band	Mar '33
	Lou Preager and his Romano's Restaurant Orchestra	Jan '35	Dec '35	Panachord
	Romano's band	1938
Royal Opera House Covent Garden
	Jack Howard and his Band	1924	1926	Duophone
	Gwen Rogers and her Musical Dolls	Sep '26
	Herman Darewski and his Famous Melody Band	Sep '27	1928	Metropole/Parlo
	Alan Green and his Band	c. Nov '29	1930 ?	Piccadilly
	Art Gregory and his St Louis Band	Nov '29
	Dancing will be resumed on October 1st (MM Sep '30)
	Alan Green and his Band	Oct '30	cMar '31
	Herman Darewski and his Famous Melody Band	Oct '30	cMar '31	Parlophone
	Art Gregory and his Band		Jan '30
	Billy Merrin and his Commanders	Oct '31
	Jock McDermott and his Band	Oct '31		Winner
	Doug Swallow and his Band	Oct '32
	Joe Kay and his Band	Oct '32
Sackville Club Fenchurch Street	Opened September 1938. Club owned by Eddie Grossbart and his wife. They sold the venue in 1971. I have no information about the music at this venue.
San Marco Restaurant Devonshire House, Mayfair Place, W.1.
	Maurice Winnick and his Orchestra	Feb '35		Parlophone
	Mantovani & his Tipica Orchestra	Oct '35	Dec '35	Columbia
	Ben Oakley & his Orchestra	(May 1937)
Savoy Hotel Strand	Opened on August 6th, 1889
	Savoy Quartet	1915	1920	His Master'sVoice
	Savoy Havana Band	1921	1927	HMV / Columbia
	Savoy Orpheans	1923	1927	HMV / Columbia
	The Sylvians	1926	1927	HMV
	Fred Elizalde and his Music	1927	1929	Brunswick
	Al Collins and his Orchestra	Jan '30	(Sep 31)
	Percival Mackey and his Band	Jan '30	Dec '30	Columbia
	Geraldo and his Tango Band / Orchestra	Sep '30	1941	Columbia / Decca
	Arthur Lally and his Orchestra	Jan '31	Apr '31	Decca
	Howard Jacobs and his Band	Apr '31	Jul '31
	Savoy Hotel Orpheans, directed by Howard Jacobs	Sep '31	Jun '32	Columbia
	Joe Kaye and his Band	(May '32)	Sep '32
	Savoy Hotel Orpheans, directed by Carroll Gibbons	Jun '32	1955	Columbia
	Arthur Salisbury and his Savoy Hotel Orch	1936	1937	Decca
Selfridge's Restaurant Oxford Street
	Marius B. Winter and his College Boys / Band	Oct '28	(May 1932)	Broadcast 12
Shim-Sham Soho	The Shim-Sham became "The Rainbow Roof" in Dec '37
	Joe Appleton & his Sextet	May '37
"Show Boat" Westminster Pier
	Al Shaw and his Band	Jun '32
Silver Slipper Club Regent St. / Kingly St.	Changed name to "Deauville Restaurant in Dec '29)
	Dave Frost and his Bands	(Jun '27)	Mar '28
	Closed late March 1928 following a visit from Scotland Yard !	Mar '28	Nov 29 1929
	Eddie Gross Bart & his Band	Nov 29 1929
The Skyline Wardour Street	No reference found.
Sovrani's Restaurant Jermyn Street
	Tich Poster (and his band?)	Aug '29
	Al Joy and his Band		May '30
	Harry Langsman and his Band	May '30	Sep '30
The Spanish Garden Leicester Square	No reference found.
Strand Corner House
	Sydney Firman & his Florida Band ("in the mirror hall")		July 1925
	Van Straten & his Band ("in the basement")	Nov 1925
	Percy Cowell and his Band	(Jun '29)
	Barry Lindoorn and his Band	Sep '32
Stratton Club	I haven't found any reference to bands playing here, but the name was changed to "Le Suivi" in January 1940
Stork Club Tottenham Court Road	Formerly "Rector's Club", it opened in June 1940 under this new name.
Suzi-Q Soho
	Ike "Yow-Sah" Hatch and his Band	May '37
The Swan Denman Street	No reference found.
Taglioni's Restaurant Gerrard Street
	Louis Nathan and his Band
	Leslie Hutchinson and his Band		Jan '30
	Bob Probst and his Band	(May '30)	Dec '30
	Harry Gordon and his Band	Jun '31
	Harry Langsman and his Band		Sep '31
Terrace Club
	Jack Spence and his Band (a Vic Filmer unit)	May '31
Thames Riviera Club Tag's Island, Hampton Court
	Arthur Rosebery and his Band	July '28	Aug '28
Theatre Royal Windsor
	Maurice Burman & his Band	Oct 1930
Tivoli Cinema The Strand
	Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra (American)	April 1926
	Jack Hylton's Kit-Cat Band (dir Al Starita)	April 1926		HMV
	John Reynders and his Band	1927		Broadcast
Toby's Club Bruton Mews, off Brook Street	Opened June 1930 in the premises of the old "Florida Club". By 1936, the name had changed back to "Old Florida Club"
	Ernest Ritte and his Band	Jun 1930
	Jack de Gray and his Band	July '30	(Aug 1931)
The Top Hat Ham Yard	No reference found.
Tottenham Palais 415-419, High Road, Tottenham	Opened in 1910 as a Roller Skating ring, changing to an Ice Rink the following year. In 1925 it became the Tottenham Palais for dancing. Later taken over by Mecca Leisure and the name changed to The Tottenham Royal. Demolished in 2004.
	Archie Alexander and his Band	Aug 1925
	Gerald Jennings and his Band	(Jan '30)
	Ronnie Radiman's Radio Revels	(Jan '30)	May '30
	Sid Carton and his Band	Jun '31	(Aug 1931)
Trafalgar Restaurant Trafalgar Square	Opened June 1930
	Jack Davis and his Band	June '30	July '30
Tricity Restaurant Strand
	Ben Blue and his Band	1927
	Jay Wilbur and his Band	(Oct 1928)
	Joe Kosky and his Band		Jul '32
	Eddie Norris and his Band	Jul '32
	Joe Kay and his Band (Joe Kay = Joe Kosky)	Apr '33
Trocadero (Lyons) Shaftesbury Avenue
	Charlie Kunz and his Band (American)	1922	1924 ?
	Robert Bennett's Frisco Syncopators (American)	Feb 1923
	Adam and the Trocadero Band	1938
	Lett Luce Orchestra	1938
	Jules Gaillard Orchestra	1938
Tussaud's Restaurant Marylebone Road
	Murray Barley and his Band		Jun '30
	Bruce Merryl and his Band	Jun '30	Feb '32
	Madame Tussaud's Dance Orch., dir Stanley Barnett	Feb '32	Feb '34	Winner
	Arthur Coppersmith & his Band	Dec '39	Mar '40
	Felix Mendelssohn's Hawaiian Serenaders	Mar '40
Uncles Albemarle Street
	Unknown band, "featuring Miller & Farrell". (This is presumed to be Jim Miller & Charlie Farrell)	1925	1927
Verrey's Restaurant Regent Street
	Nat Lewin and his Orchestra	Apr 21 1926
	John Firman and his Band	Nov '26
	No dancing "for several years", re-openewd for dancing May 1933
	Eddie Grossbart & his Band	May 1933
Victoria Danse Salon Nr Southampton Row	Opened to the public on May 1st 1933; previously run almost entirely for private functions
	Maurice Pacy and his Band	May '33
Victor's Wardour Street	No reference found.
Waldorf Hotel The Aldwych	Built in 1908
	Howard Godfrey and his Waldorfians	Dec '26	1935	Winner / Piccadilly
Westminster Ice Rink
	Alec Brown and his Band	1937		Decca
Wimbledon Palais Merton High Street, Wimbledon	Like other Palais in London, The Wimbledon opened original as a Roller (later ice) skating venue (in 1909), becoming the Palais for dancing in 1922. Demolished.
	The Romany Band, directed by Oscar Rabin		1928
	Al Lever and his Band	(Jun '29)	Jul '30
	Closed for alterations	July 1930	Sept 1930
	Archie Alexander and his Band	Sep '30	Aug '31
	Murray Pilcer and his Band		Jan '32
	Gaby Rogers and his Band	Feb '32	Apr '32
	Alf Levitt and his Band	Apr '32
	Gaby Robin and his Band	Oct '32
	Eddie Beecher's Atlanta Band	Oct '32
	Tom Bishop and his Band
Winter Garden Club 1, Sutton Place, Soho Square
	Marc Anthony and his Music	Oct '28	Nov '28
	Murray Pilcer and his Band	Nov '28	(May '30)