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| Cliff
Cadman (UK) |
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| Arthur
Calkin (UK) |
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| Jimmy
Callen (UK) |
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| Len
Camber (UK) |
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| D.
Cameron (UK) |
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| Billie
Campbell (UK) |
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| Bruce
Campbell (UK) |
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| Dave
Campbell (UK) |
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| Jimmy
Campbell (UK) |
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| Alfredo
Campoli (UK) |
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| James
Camsey (UK) |
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| Dave
Caplan (UK) |
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| Phil
Cardew (UK) |
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| Les
Carew (UK) |
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| Dave
Carey (UK) |
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| Dorothy
Carless (UK) |
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| Elsie
Carlisle (UK) |
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| Don
Carlos (UK) |
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| The
Carlyle Cousins (UK) |
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| Victor
Carne (UK) |
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Eddie Carney (UK)
Saxophonist Eddie Carney was the director of
Tony's Red Aces which was the resident
band at Tony's Ballroom in Birmingham in the 1930s.
Eddie is described as "Britain's representative soprano saxophone player"
and is considered the natural successor to the late Bert Ralton. By the
1930s, the soprano saxophone was rarely heard, except in the hands of
American Sidney Bechet, whose hard tone and excessive vibrato would hardly
be appropriate to a ballroom. However, the instrument does have a sweet tone
which is what Bert Ralton was famous for and presumably this is how Eddie
would have sounded.
Eddie Carney was born James Carnie Ramsay in Edinburgh in 1901 and died in
Birmingham in 1969 |
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| Paul
Carpenter (UK) |
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| Carol
Carr (UK) |
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| Rita
Carr (UK) |
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| Robert
Carr (UK) |
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| Ann
Carring (UK) |
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| Eddie
Carrol (UK) |
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| Eddie
Carroll (UK) |
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| Ted
Carroll (UK) |
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| The
Carson Sisters (UK) |
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| Adam
Carter (UK) |
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| Harry
Carter (UK) |
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| Jack
Carter (UK) |
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| Billy
Caryll (UK) |
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| Santos
Casani (UK) |
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| Harry
Case (UK) |
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| E.
Caselli (UK) |
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| Les
Casey (UK) |
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| Tim
Casey (UK) |
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| The
Casey Court Kids (UK) |
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| Jim
Cassidy (US/UK) |
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| Mick
Cassidy (UK) |
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| Jan
Castelli (UK) |
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| Claude
Cavalotti (UK) |
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| Tim
Cave (UK) |
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| Kay
Cavendish (UK) |
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| The
Cavendish Three (UK) |
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| Sylvia
Cecil (UK) |
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| George
Chaffin (UK) |
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| George
Challice (UK) |
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| Percy
Chandler (UK) |
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| Harry
Chapman (UK) |
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| Jack
Chapman (UK) |
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| Wally
Chapman (UK) |
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| Walter
Chapman (UK) |
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| George
Chappell (UK) |
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| Glenda
Chappelle (UK) |
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| Mary
Charles (UK) |
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| Chris
Charlesworth (UK) |
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| Tich
Charlton (UK) |
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| Jack
Charman (UK) |
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| Isidore
(Syd) Chasid (UK) |
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| Jack
Checkman (UK) |
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| Eric
Cheney (UK) |
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| Len
Chester (UK) |
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| Harold
Child (UK) |
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| Charlie
Childs-Campbell (UK) |
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| Nora
Chilo (UK) |
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| Harold
"Chips" Chippendall (UK) |
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| Frank
Chisholm (UK) |
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| George
Chisholm (UK) |
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| Joe
Chisholm (UK) |
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| Emile
Christian (France/UK) |
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| Hamish
C. Christie (UK) |
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Art
Christmas (Canada / UK)
Multi-instrumentalist Art Christmas was
born in Canada and arrived in England in early1926 as a member of Paul
Specht's Canadian Club Orchestra. Here is a time-line of his commercial recording
activities, as far as is known.
Paul Specht's Canadian Club
Orchestra January 1926
New Princes Toronto
Band February 1926
Dave Caplan's Toronto
Band September 1926 - November 1926
Dave Frost and his Cafe de Paris
Band
August 1931 - December 1931
Percival Mackey's Kit-Cat Dance
Band September 1931 - December 1931
Roy Fox and his
Band
January 1933 - August 1938
Jack Jackson and his
Band
November 1939
Jack Payne and his
Band
1940 - November 1945 |
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| Oliphant
Chuckerbutty (UK) |
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| Leslie
Clair (UK) |
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| Wendy
Claire (UK) |
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| Jack
Clapper (UK) |
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| Lionel
Clapper (UK) |
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| Diana
Clare (UK) |
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| Helen
Clare (UK) |
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| Pops
Clare (UK) |
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| ----
Clark (UK) |
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| Alec
Clark (UK) |
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| Bill
Clark (UK) |
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| Jimmy
Clark (UK) |
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| Jack
Clarke (UK) |
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| Jimmy
Clarke (UK) |
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| Nobby
Clarke (UK) |
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| Norma
Clarke (UK) |
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| George
Clarkson (UK) |
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| Freddy
Clayton (UK) |
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| Arthur
Cleghorn (UK) |
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| Dave
Clifford (UK) |
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| Paul
Clifford (UK) |
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| Bernard
Clifton (UK) |
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| Fred
Clitheroe (UK) |
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| George
Clouston (UK) |
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| Walter
Clover (UK) |
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| Reg
Clowes (UK) |
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| Percy
Clucas (UK) |
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| June
Clyde (UK) |
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| Arthur
Coburn (UK) |
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| Peggy
Cochrane (UK) |
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| Harry
Cocker (UK) |
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| Charles
Coenan (UK) |
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| Joe
Coenan (UK) |
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| The
Co-Harmonists (UK) |
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| -----------
Cohen (UK) |
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| C.
Coker (UK) |
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| Patrick
Colbert (UK) |
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| Norman
Cole (UK) |
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| Reg.
Cole (UK) |
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| Syd
Cole (UK) |
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| Al
Coleman (UK) |
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| Esther
Coleman (UK) |
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| J.
Coleman (UK) |
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| Norman
Coleman (UK) |
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| Sid
Colin (UK) |
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| Adele
Collier (UK) |
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| Bert
Collier (UK) |
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| Jack
Collier (UK) |
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| Al
Collins (UK) Perhaps,
not so well remembered as his colleagues Howard Jacobs and Carroll
Gibbons, Al Collins, nonetheless, was an important part of the Savoy Hotel
group's musical policy of providing top-class dance music. Al worked for
the Savoy group for almost the whole of his professional career, starting
in 1920. His main residence as far as music was concerned was Claridge's
Hotel, though he also lead the band at the Berkeley in the 1930s. William
de Mornys, director of the Savoy Group, also used Al Collins as the deputy
conductor at the Savoy Hotel itself, when the usual director was
away. |
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| Ben
Collins (UK) |
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| Ed
Collins (UK) |
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| Geoff
Collins (UK) |
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| Harry
Collins (UK) |
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| Jack
Collins (UK) |
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| Jack
Collins (UK) |
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| L.F.
Collins (UK) |
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| Eddie
Collis (UK) |
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| Jack
Collyer (UK) |
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| Sydney
Coltham (UK) |
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| Bobby
Comber (UK) |
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| Dave
Comer (UK) |
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| Frank
Compton (UK) |
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| Frank
Compton (UK) |
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| Jean
Conibear (UK) |
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| Les
Conley (UK) |
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| Ginger
Conn (UK) |
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| Harry
Conn (UK) |
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| Lee
Conna (UK) |
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| Reg.
Connelly (UK) |
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| Kay
Connor (UK) |
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| Bob
Conrad (UK) |
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| Jack
Conroy (UK) |
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| Reg
Conroy (UK) |
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| Harry
Constable (UK) |
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| Fred
Conyngham (UK) |
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| Billy
Cook (UK) |
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| Harold
Cook (UK) |
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| Vic
Cook (UK) |
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| Fred
Cooke (UK) |
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| Arthur
Coombes (UK) |
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| Jimmy
Coombes (UK)
Trombonist Jimmy played with Geraldo's Orchestra during WWII, also singing
with the band as a member of the "Three Boys and a Girl" vocal
group (alongside Ted Heath!). In 1945, he became one of the founder members of Ted Heath's band. He
remained with Heath until about 1960 as bass trombonist. He was known as
"The Senator" by the other musicians in the band. In 1965,
Jimmy emigrated to Canada (Vancouver) where he taught at the University of
British Columbia and also played with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
until he retired (aged 65) in 1973. He still played the occasional gig (in
between playing rounds of golf!). He died in 1993, aged 85 |
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| Cecil
Cooper (UK) |
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| Edward
Cooper (UK) |
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| Jack
Cooper (UK) |
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| L.
Cooper (UK) |
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| Mae
Cooper (UK) |
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| The
Cooper Trio (UK) |
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| Alf
Coot (UK) |
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| Ray
Cokestake (UK) |
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| Joe
Cordell (UK) |
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| Leon
Cortez |
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| Jack
Coskar (UK) |
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| Sam
Coslow (US/UK) |
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| Sam
Costa (UK) |
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| Joe
Costello (UK) |
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| Billy
Cotton (UK) Probably
Britain's best remembered bandleaders, especially as he was featured in
his well known Band Show on radio and television right into the 1960s.
Billy Cotton started playing drums when only 15, and in the early 1920s
played in a trio, later a full dance band with his nephew Laurie Johnson.
Bill formed his first band in 1925, playing at Brighton, then at
Southport. By the mid 1930s, the band's records show that the
"variety" element is already well developed and shows the
direction Bill was heading in, culminating in the famous "band
show" in the 1950s & 50s. |
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| Frank
Coughlan (Australia/UK) |
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| Ronnie
Coulbertson (UK) |
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| Bill
Cousins (UK) |
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| Bob
Couzens (UK) |
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| Charles
Coverman (UK) |
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| Harry
Cowan (UK) |
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| Les
Cowell (UK) |
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| Jim
Cowsill (UK) |
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| Dennis
Cracknell (UK) |
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| Al
Craig (UK) |
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| Archie
Craig (UK) |
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| Harry
Crampton (UK) |
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| Fred
Cranstone (UK) |
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| Alfie
Crask (UK) |
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| Jimmy
Crawford (UK) |
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| W.
Crawford (UK) |
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| Jack
Creedon (UK) |
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| Vivian
Creeley (UK) |
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| Jack
Cressy (UK) |
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| Alec
Cripps (UK) |
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| Les
Cripwell (UK) |
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| Eddie
Cromar (UK) |
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| Walter
Crombie (UK) |
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| Harold
Cromby (UK) |
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| Austin
"Ginger" Groom-Johnson (UK) |
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| Ken
Crossley (UK) |
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| Joe
Crossman (UK) |
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| Samuel
Crossman (UK) |
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| George
Crow (UK) |
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| Gene
Crowley (UK) |
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| Sam
Crowley (UK) |
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| Walter
Crowley (UK) |
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| F.C.
Cruse (UK) |
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| Arthur
Crudge (UK) |
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| Tom
Cryan (UK) |
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| The
Cubs (UK) |
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| Len
Cullen (UK) |
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| Jimmy
Cummings (UK) |
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| Jock
Cummings (UK) |
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| Len
Cundall (UK) |
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| Joe
Curran (UK) |
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| Bill
Currie (UK) |
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| Tom
Currie (UK) |
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| Chris
Curtis (UK) |
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| John
Curtis (UK) |
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| Sam
Curtis (UK) |
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| Frederick
Curzon (UK) |
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| Eric
Cuthbertson (UK)
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