| Name
and Details |
Photograph |
Other
Info. |
| Al Tabor
(UK) |
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| Charles
Taggart (UK) |
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| Harry
Tait (UK) |
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| Wally
Talbot (UK) |
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| Eric
Tann (UK) |
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| Bob
Tanner (UK) |
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| Bobby
Tate (UK) |
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| Carl
Tauber (UK) |
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| Bert Taylor
(UK) |
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| Bill
Taylor (UK) |
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| Fred
Taylor (UK) |
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| George
Taylor (UK) |
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| Irene
Taylor (UK) |
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| Lilian
Taylor (UK) |
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| Maurice
Taylor (UK) |
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| Pat
Taylor (UK) |
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| Ronnie
Taylor (UK) |
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| Ted
Taylor (UK) |
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| William
Taylor (UK) |
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| Norman
Teel (UK) |
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| Nat Temple
(UK) |
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Beryl Templeman (UK/India)
Singer Beryl
Templeman was born in Poona and after spending most of her early life in
England, returned to India just before WWII for a short holiday and
stayed for seven years! She won an amateur talent contest in Bombay and
was subsequently signed up by bandleader Ken Mac to sing with his band.
She made about 60 recordings with the band as well as performing at top
night-spots such as Green's Hotel and the Taj Mahal Hotel. She was then
given her own radio show, broadcasting fortnightly over the All-India
networks and becoming the Forces Favourite of the East. After a two-year
tour of the whole of India, Batavia, Hong-Kong and Singapore, she
returned to England, sang at one of the swing sessions at the London
Palladium and then signed up to sing with Roy Fox's post-war band. |
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| Alec
Templeton (UK) |
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| Billy
Ternant (UK) |
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| Roy
Terry (UK) |
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| Bill
Tesky (UK) |
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| Phyllis
Thackray (UK) |
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| Al
Thomas (UK) |
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| Barry
Thomas (UK) |
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| Bert Thomas
(UK) |
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| Bert Thomas
(UK) |
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| Dave Thomas
(UK) |
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| Eddie
Thomas (UK) |
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Emlyn Thomas
(UK) Emlyn
Thomas led a band at the London Club in the early to mid 1920s, a photo
of which appears here. The players so far identified in the photo are:
Back Row:
Fred North (trombone);
unknown (drums);
Fred Cooke (piano);
unknown (tuba);
Emlyn Thomas (violin/leader);
2 unknown french horn
players.
Front Row:
Billy Bell (banjo);
2 unidentified trumpet
players, one of which is probably Jay Elms; Jay Wilbur (piano);
George Clarkson (sax);
Nat Star (sax);
unknown (sax). |
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| Les
Thomas (UK) |
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| Les
Thomas (UK) |
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| Les
Thomas (UK) |
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| Ronald
Thomas (UK) |
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| Art
Thompson (UK) |
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| Billy
Thompson (UK) |
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| Fred
Thompson (UK) |
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| Harry
Thompson (UK) |
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| Harry
Thompson (UK) |
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| Leslie
Thompson (UK/Jamaica) |
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| Bill
Thomson (UK) |
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| Sam
Thomson (UK) |
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| T.
Thomson (UK) |
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Billy Thorburn
(UK)
Pianist, arranger, composer and
bandleader - Timeline:
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The Savoy Orpheans (at
the Savoy Hotel)
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March 1924 - December 1926 |
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The Sylvians (at the Savoy Hotel)
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January 1927 - April 1927 |
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The Savoy Orpheans (at the Savoy Hotel) |
October 1929 - December 1929 |
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Sydney Kyte & his Band (at the Piccadilly
Hotel)
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October 1931 - June 1932 |
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Jack Payne and his Band
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June 1932 - February 1935 |
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Manager of Jack Payne's Band
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March 1935 - ?Oct 1936 |
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Leader of own band
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October 1936 - |
Billy is also shown as the pianist in Jay
Wilbur's band from October 1928 until late 1933. Wilbur directed the
house band for Dominion (October 1928-March 1930), then for Crystalate
(Imperial, Victory, Rex, Eclipse & Crown records). Whilst his
presence on most of the Dominions and many of the subsequent records is
likely, I suspect he would have little time available for "outside
work" once a member of Jack Payne's band in June 1932, so his
presence on Wilbur's recordings after that date must be viewed as
suspect. The question remains, however as to which bands Billy Thorburn
was playing with (apart from the brief spell with the revived Savoy
Orpheans) between Spring 1927 and Autumn 1931.
Billy's own band was usually called "The Organ, The Dance Band and Me"
and was hugely popular throughout WWII and beyond, making hundreds of
recordings for Parlophone. |
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| Les Thorn
(UK) |
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| Leslie
Thorn (UK) |
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| Donald
Thorne (UK) |
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| Harry
Thorne (UK) |
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| John
Thorne (UK) |
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| Frank
Thornton (UK) |
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| John
Thorpe (UK) |
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| Tony
Thorpe (UK) |
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| Three
Boys And A Girl (UK) |
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| The
Three Ginx (UK) |
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| The
Three In Harmony (UK) |
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| The
Three J's (UK) |
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| The
Three New Yorkers (UK) |
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| The
Three Sisters (UK) |
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| The
Three T's (UK) |
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| Thomas
(T.W.) Thurban (UK)
Tommy
Thurban was born in London in 1874, he had a reputation to be able to
play every instrument of the orchestra and was violin-leader at the
Oxford Music Hall for 15 years prior to World War 1. He wrote a number
of ragtime-styled pieces from 1899 and over the next few years
and also a light orcherstral work "Suite Americana" which remained in
the Brass band repertoire right up into the 1970s. He
only made two recordings himself: two novelty ballroom pieces for
Regal in 1920, with an orchestra.
At
the start of the 1930s, at an age when many may be considering
retirement, he became Musical Director of the London Coliseum and also
took a great interest in the Piano-Accordion. He started the Piano-Accordion
section in "Rhythm" magazine in December 1935 and remained
its technical editor until the magazine folded in 1939.
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| Frank
Thurston (UK) |
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| Fred
Thurston (UK) |
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| Tom
Tierney (UK) |
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| Jack
Tilney (UK) |
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| Cliff
Timms (UK) |
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| Tom
Timothy (USA) |
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| The
Tin Pan Alley Trio (UK) |
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| Bernard
Tipping (UK) |
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| Frank
Titterton (UK) |
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| Bertie
Tobias (UK) |
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| Peter
Tomkins (UK) |
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Tony's Red Aces (UK)
Tony's Red Aces were formed in 1934 and directed by saxophonist
Eddie
Carney. The band was resident at Tony's Ballroom in Birmingham, which
was situated behind the Hippodrome theatre in Hurst Street. The ballroom
itself was on Inge Street. A contemporary report described the band as
youthful and including 14-year-old Stanley Rawlings "who, besides
possessing a glorious soprano voice, can play a dozen instruments." In
the photograph (see right), it is believed Rawlings is the young man on
the far right, sitting at the organ. . The band broadcast regularly on the BBC and
made records, though these were probably not issued commercially; the
family have copies and one is reported to be "Ain't Misbehavin'". The Red Aces concentrated on melody and rarely
played "hot". The dance floor at Tony's was not large, but there was
plenty of seating and it was quite usual to find many people, including
the more elderly, just sitting and enjoying the music rather than
dancing. The band continued in existence until at least World War II. |
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| The
Top Hatters (UK) |
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| Sidney
Torch (UK) |
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| Albert
Torrance (UK) |
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| Edith
Townsend (UK) |
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| W.
Townsend (UK) |
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| Cliff
Townshend (UK) |
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| Frank
Trafford (UK) |
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| Jack
Trafford (UK) |
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| Jack
Trebble (UK) |
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| Bruce
Trent (UK) |
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| Bill Trethowan
(UK) |
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| Ann
Trevor (UK) |
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| Charles
Trimbey (UK) |
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| Bill
Tringham (UK) |
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| Hugh
Tripp (UK) |
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| Phil
Trix (UK) |
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| Pasquale
Troise (UK) |
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| Maurice
Tronny (UK) |
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| Jimmy
Trowbridge (UK) |
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| Anton
Tschaikov (UK) |
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| Ben
Tucker (UK) |
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| Ken
Tucker (UK) |
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| Billy
Turnbull (UK) |
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| Jimmy
Turnbull (UK) |
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| Jack
Turner (UK) |
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| Jack
Turner (UK) |
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| Harry
Turoff (UK) |
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| The
Twelve Bon-Ton Babes (UK) |
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| W.H.
Tyers (UK) |
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| Fred
Underhaye
(UK) |
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| Jock
Underwood (UK) |
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| Alec
Ure (UK) |
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| Eddie
Ursell (UK) |
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| William
Urwin (UK) |
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| Sgt
W. Valentine (UK) |
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| Rudy
Vallee (USA) |
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| Alf Van Dam
(UK) |
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| Alma
Vane (UK) |
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| Alf
Van Straten (UK) |
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| Joe
Van Straten (UK) |
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| Leon
Van Straten (UK) |
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| Harry
Varley (UK) |
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| Leo
Vauchant (France) |
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| Dick
Vaughan (UK) |
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| Stuart
Vaughan (UK) |
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| Georgette
Vedey (UK) |
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| Julian
Vedey (UK) |
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| Emil
Vella (UK) |
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| Tommy
Venn (UK) |
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| C.
Venner (UK) |
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| Wally
Vernon (UK) |
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| The
Vernons (UK) |
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| Arthur
Verrey (UK) |
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| William
Vick (UK) |
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| Norman
Vickers (UK) |
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| Guy
Victor (UK) Pseudonym
on Imperial for singer Maurice Elwin (q.v.) |
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| Teddy
Vide (UK) |
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| Hal
Vidler (UK) |
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| Doreen
Villiers (UK) |
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| Arthur
Viney (UK) |
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| Edward
Vito (UK) |
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| Victor Vorzanger
(UK)
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