British Music Remembrance/Yearbook

births and deaths in the British dance band scene

born into the age of jazz,
they will live forever with their music

this page first published by John Wright, 9 Sept 2001
last update 23 january 2008vintage@jabw.demon.co.uk

A remembrance page dedicated to the musicians who were born in Britain OR worked in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century

For much of the information on this page I am indebted to the 'Memory Lane' magazine, in particular to the incredible research efforts of Doug Wilkins, and the journalistic excellence of Chris Hayes. Some dates were found in the pages of British Dance Bands (This England Books) and many dates came from the 20's-to-50's Yahoo discussion group.

sources:
ML=Memory Lane, GR=Gunn Report, PW=Peter Worsley, TE=This England
MT=Mike Thomas, JM=Joe Moore, AW=Andrew Williams, SA=Steve Abrams,
BW=Brian Willey, SS=Sue Smith, SB=Sam Bendahan, SN=Steve Nee
MDB=Michael D. Bright, GT=Greg Taylor, MM=Melody Maker, OKFS=OK For Sound, FS=family sources
BDYG=British Dance Bands Yahoo group, BDBD=British Dance Band Database
2050=20s-50sPopMusic Yahoo Group

You can search this page using Ctrl-F on your keyboard

JANUARY	Births	Deaths	Source
Jan 1	Teddy Foster, born 1908 Eric Winstone, born 1915		ML
Jan 2		George Clouston, died 1996	ML
Jan 3	Vivienne Lambelet, born 1903 Hughie Diamond, born 1920	Robert Nesbitt, died 1995	GT, ML ML
Jan 4	Carroll Gibbons, born 1903 Sydney Lipton, born 1906 Chips Chippendall, born 1909		ML
Jan 5	Woolf Phillips, born 1919	Teddy Foster, died 1984	ML
Jan 6	Frank Wilson, born 1901 Pearl Pleydell-Bouverie, born 1895	Carole Carr, died 1997	ML SB
Jan 7	Al Bowlly, born 1899		ML
Jan 8	Evelyn Dall, born 1918	Olive Groves, died 1974 George Baker, died 1976 Ron Goodwin, died 2003	ML, GT GR 2050
Jan 9	Gracie Fields, born 1898 Doreen Henry, born 1916	Al Fernhead, died 1988 Carol Calores, died 1989	ML,ML AW,ML
Jan 10	Charlie Winter, born 1906 Roland Peachey, born 1912	Florence Oldham, died 1971 Terry Revell, died 1995 Binnie Hale, died 1984	ML ML SB
Jan 11	Robert Nesbitt, born 1906 Vladimir Rosing (Snr), born 1890	Cavan O'Connor, died 1997 Ike Isaacs, died 1996	SB,ML SB,ML
Jan 12	Harry Roy, born 1900 Lou Preager, born 1906 Barrie Oliver, born 1899 Jimmy Dunlop, born 1910 Andy McDevitt, born 1914	Ernest Ritte, died 1958	ML
Jan 13	Richard Addinsell, born 1904	Harry Woods, died 1970	2050, ML
Jan 14	Bebe Daniels, born 1901	Jack Jackson, died 1978	2050, ML
Jan 15	Ivor Novello, born 1893 June Marlow, born 1934	Alan Breeze, died 1980	2050,ML ML
Jan 16	Sam Gelsley, born 1910	Bert Ralton, died 1927 Florence Desmond, died 1993 Fred Elizalde, died 1979 Art Hickman, died 1930	ML ML BDBD,SB
Jan 17
Jan 18	Lillian Davies, born 1895		BDYG
Jan 19	Lilian Harvey, born 1906	Robert Naylor, died 1968 Harry Leader, died 1987 Harry Engelman, died 2002	SB, ML ML ML
Jan 20		Tommy McQuater, died 2008 Burton Brown, died 1995	SN ML
Jan 21	Elsie Carlisle, born 1897 Olive Groves, born 1900 Webster Booth, born 1902 Bill Currie, born 1908 Ivor Kirchin, born 1905	Leslie Harold, died 1999	PW, ML GT, BDYG ML ML
Jan 22	Harry Parry, born 1912		ML
Jan 23		Ted Taylor, died 1992 John Haim, died 1949	ML ML
Jan 24	Tiny Winters, born 1909 Django Reinhardt, born 1910 Chris Hayes, born 1916	Johnny Wise, died 2002 Yvette Darnac, died 1999	ML, ML 2050 ML
Jan 25	Florence Mills, born 1896	Ronnie Genarder, died 1973	2050, ML
Jan 26	Betty Bolton, born 1906 Stephane Grappelli, born 1908 Ronnie Hilton, born 1926		FS 2050 SB
Jan 27	Monia Liter, born 1905 Howard Baker, born 1902		ML
Jan 28	Harry Leader, born 1906 Cliff Townshend, born 1917 Cliff Ball, born 1926 Ronnie Scott, born 1927 Acker Bilk, born 1929	Bert Read, died 1985	ML, ML ML FS 2050 2050
Jan 29		Jack Hylton, died 1965 Sir Edward Lewis, died 1980	ML
Jan 30	Frank Weir, born 1911 Tubby Hayes, born 1935	Stanley Holloway, died 1982	2050 2050,SB
Jan 31	Ben Frankel, born 1906 Harry Berly, born 1906 Bruts Gonella, born 1911 Peter Dawson, born 1882	E.O.'Poggy' Pogson, died 1980 Leon Cortez, died 1970	FS,ML ML,SB ML SB
FEBRUARY	Births	Deaths	Source
Feb 1	Phyllis Robins, born 1910 Alan Green, born 1895 Sydney Baynes, born 1879 Dave Stephenson, born 1911	Harry Roy, died 1971 Kenneth Leslie-Smith, died 1993	SB,ML ML
Feb 2	Hughie Green, born 1920 Eric Wild, born 1910	Spike Hughes, died 1987 Anona Winn, died 1994 Dick James, died 1986	SB,BDBD SB,ML ML
Feb 3	Bert Firman, born 1906 Frankie Vaughan, born 1928		ML
Feb 4	Norman Wisdom, born 1915	Felix Mendelssohn, died 1952 Bobby Howell, died 1962	ML MT
Feb 5		Dick Ball, died 1980 Harry Shalson, died 1965	FS FS
Feb 6	Ben Oakley, born 1899	Turner Layton, died 1978	2050, ML
Feb 7	Carl Barriteau, born 1914	Tiny Winters, died 1996 Matt Monro, died 1985	ML
Feb 8	Steffi Duna, born 1910	Cecil Norman, died 1989	SB, ML
Feb 9	Reginald Kilbey, born 1907		BDYG
Feb 10		Teddy Joyce, died 1941	ML
Feb 11	Jules Ruben, born 1912	Norman Payne, died 1992 Max Goldberg, died 1990 Rex Owen, died 1985 Dolly Elsie, died 1961	FS, ML ML ML SS
Feb 12		Ben Frankel, died 1973	FS
Feb 13	Albert Harris, born 1916	Lew Stone, died 1969 Sylvester Ahola, died 1995	ML
Feb 14	Don Macaffer, born 1911	P.G. Wodehouse, died 1975	ML,SB
Feb 15	Ronnie Aldrich, born 1916 Frank Horrox, born 1924		ML 2050
Feb 16
Feb 17	Joy Nichols, born 1927 Ron Goodwin, born 1925 Patricia Routledge, born 1929	Evelyn Laye, died 1996	ML,SB 2050 2050
Feb 18
Feb 19		Rudy Starita, died 1978 Leslie Norman, died 1994	ML
Feb 20	Jack Jackson, born 1906	Ivor Mairants, died 1998 Ronnie Verrell, died 2003	ML, ML ML
Feb 21	Val Rosing, born 1910 Ronnie Verrell, born 1926	Frank Horrox, died 1972 Ronnie Hilton, died 2001	ML, 2050 ML,SB
Feb 22	Billy Merrin, born 1900		ML
Feb 23	Ronnie Genarder, born 1911 Albert Sammons, born 1886		ML SB
Feb 24	Alfred Piccaver, born 1884	Tibor Kunstler, died 1993	SB,ML
Feb 25	Victor Silvester, born 1900 Judy Shirley, born 1907	Cyril Stapleton, died 1974	ML
Feb 26	Harry Gold, born 1907	Reg Leopold, died 2003	ML, BDYG
Feb 27	Elisabeth Welch, born 1904	Pat O'Malley, died 1985 Ray Ellington, died 1985	obit., ML ML
Feb 28		David Grimley, died 1992	ML
Feb 29
MARCH	Births	Deaths	Source
Mar 1	Max Bacon, born 1904 Doris Hare, born 1905 Noel Webb, born 1918 Kenny Baker, born 1921	Fred Douglas, died 1955 Walter Kent, died 1994	ML, ML GR
Mar 2		Sam Browne, died 1972	ML
Mar 3	Noel Gay, born 1898	Marjorie Stedeford, died 1959 Lillian Davies, died 1932 Stanley Holt, died 1978	2050,ML BDYG JM
Mar 4	Harold Berens, born 1903	Noel Gay, died 1954	SB,SB
Mar 5		Geraldo, died 1974 Frank Davies, died 1991	ML
Mar 6	Dolly Elsie, born 1906 Ella Logan, born 1913	Ivor Novello, died 1951 George Formby, died 1961 Montague Ewing, died 1957	SS ML
Mar 7	Nat Gonella, born 1908 Leslie 'Hutch' Hutchinson, born 1900	Andy Richardson, died 1931 Benny Loban, died 1993	TE,MM 2050,ML
Mar 8	Jan Ralfini, born 1898 Alan Dell, born 1924	Ken 'Snakehips' Johnson, died 1941 Dave Williams, died 1941 Martin Poulsen, died 1941 Harry Bentley, died 1935	ML
Mar 9	Joe Daniels, born 1909 Philip Brown, born 1895	Sydney Baynes, died 1938	BDBD,MT ML
Mar 10		Gerry Brereton, died 2005 Jack Leon, died 1967	Pearl Dickson ML
Mar 11	Jessie Matthews, born 1907 Norman Burns, born 1920	Oscar Grasso, died 1982 Ken Beaumont, died 1996	2050, ML
Mar 12	Gene Crowley, born 1913	Tolchard Evans, died 1978	ML MT
Mar 13	Freddy Clayton, born 1927	Fela Sowande, died 1987	ML
Mar 14	Abe Walters, born 1913	Bill Weeden, died 1985 Bernard Rabin, died 1993 Clarrie Wright, died 1992 Reginald Kilbey, died 1982	ML,FS ML ML BDYG
Mar 15	Kitty Masters, born 1902 Pat O'Malley,born 1901 Eddie Calvert, born 1922	Andy McDevitt, died 1980 Reginald Pursglove, died 1982 Freddie Bretherton, died 1954 Tommy Kinsman, died 1984	ML,FS 2050,FS ML,ML SB,ML
Mar 16	Leslie 'Jiver' Hutchinson, born 1906	Phyllis Robins, died 1982 Pat McCormack, died 1972 Roy Henderson, died 2000 Bebe Daniels, died 1971	BDBD, ML ML SB
Mar 17	Peggy Dell, born 1905 Ray Ellington, born 1910 Pat Dodd, born 1909	Charlie Kunz, died 1957 Stan Emery, died 1988	2050, ML 2050, ML ML
Mar 18		Alan Green, died 1956 Johny Helfer, died 1984 Harry Hayes, died 2002	ML BBC
Mar 19	Max Goldberg, born 1905 George Clouston, born 1913 Brian Rust, born 1922	Les Carew, died 1994	ML
Mar 20	Joe Crossman, born 1905 Paul Fenoulhet, born 1906 Vera Lynn, born 1917	Roy Fox, died 1982 Jack Nathan, died 1990	ML
Mar 21	Jack Cooper, born 1912 Toni Eden, born 1927	Arthur Mouncey, died 1992 Pasquale Troise, died 1957	ML,ML 2050,BDYG
Mar 22		Bill McGuffie, died 1987	ML
Mar 23	Harry Hayes, born 1909 George Posford, born 1906 Josef Locke, born 1917	Billy Ternent, died 1977	ML,ML 2050 2050
Mar 24	Revell Terry, born 1913 Tommy Trinder, born 1909		ML 2050
Mar 25	Dan Donovan, born 1901 Dorothy Squires, born 1915 Beryl Davis, born 1925	Billy Mayerl, died 1959 Billy Cotton, died 1969 John Snagge, died 1996	FS,MT 2050,ML 2050,ML
Mar 26	Sam Browne, born 1898 Charles Shadwell, born 1898 Carole Carr, born 1928	Noel Coward, died 1973	ML,SB ML 2050
Mar 27		Maurice Sterndale, died 1986	ML
Mar 28	Maurice Winnick, born 1902 Duncan Whyte, bon 1910	Alec Templeton, died 1963	TE,SB 2050
Mar 29	Van Phillips, born 1905 Betty Kent, born 1913 Les Gilbert, born 1915 George Chisholm, born 1915 Ruby Murray, born 1935	Jan Ralfini, died 1976	ML,ML ML ML 2050 SB
Mar 30	Ted Heath, born 1902	Mantovani, died 1980 Tommy Bonny, died 1990	ML
Mar 31
APRIL	Births	Deaths	Source
Apr 1	Steve Race, born 1921		SB
Apr 2	Jack Buchanan, born 1890	Betty Bolton, died 2005 Ray Noble, died 1978 Gaby Rogers, died 1988 Hubert David, died 1999	ML, FS ML
Apr 3		Jack Cooper, died 1977	ML
Apr 4		Billy Thorburn, died 1971
Apr 5	Arthur Mouncey, born 1909		ML
Apr 6
Apr 7	Nat Allen, born 1909		ML
Apr 8	Fred Douglas, born 1885	Reg Williams, died 1988 Ossie Noble, died 1975	ML
Apr 9
Apr 10		Pearl Pleydell-Bouverie, died 1996	ML
Apr 11	Debroy Somers, born 1890 Douglas Brownsmith, born 1902		ML FS
Apr 12		Bill Weeks, died 1939	ML
Apr 13		George Firestone, died 1984	ML
Apr 14		Lionel Falkman, died 1963 Dorothy Squires, died 1998	MT SB
Apr 15	Robert Naylor, born 1899	Will Hurst, died 1938 Jimmy Phillips, died 1982	GR, MT ML
Apr 16	Benny Loban, born 1902 Doreen Harris, born 1914		ML
Apr 17	Herman Darewski, born 1883 Leonard Hopkinson, born 1892	Al Bowlly, died 1941	FS, ML
Apr 18
Apr 19		Steve Conway, died 1952	ML
Apr 20	Stanley Andrews, born 1903	Archie Slavin, died 1992	ML
Apr 21	Issy Bonn, born 1893	Issy Bonn, died 1977	SB
Apr 22	Cyril Shane, born 1922	Michael Flome, died 1944 Steffi Duna, died 1992	ML,MT SB
Apr 23	Sid Plummer, born 1901 George Rowe, born 1903 Billy Scott-Coomber, born 1905	Bill Shuttleworth, died 2001	ML
Apr 24	Jack Leon, born 1905	George Posford, died 1976	ML,SB
Apr 25	Eric Delaney, born 1924	Dave Frost, died 1989	ML
Apr 26	Oscar Rabin, born 1899 Sid Buckman, born 1906		ML ML
Apr 27	Daphne Anderson, born 1922	Bobby Howes, died 1972	2050, GR
Apr 28	Phil Tate, born 1922	Al Read, died 1981	ML
Apr 29	Jack Bentley, born 1913 Lonnie Donegan, born 1931	Eric Wild, died 1989 Joe Deniz, died 1994	2050,ML 2050,ML
Apr 30		Teddy Brown, 1946	obit.
MAY	Births	Deaths	Source
May 1	George Melachrino, born 1909 Sonnie Hale, born 1902 Leslie Douglas, born 1914	Ella Logan, died 1969 Jose Norman, died 1990	2050,ML 2050,FS SN
May 2	Henry Hall, born 1898	Victor Knight, died 1990 Eric Winstone, died 1974	ML SB
May 3	Al Tabor, born 1898 Ted Rowley, born 1920	Hughie Green, died 1997 Gene Raymond, died 1998	ML
May 4		Dan Barrigo, died 1977 Bert Quarmby, died 2004	ML SB
May 5
May 6	Billy Cotton, born 1899 Freddy Randall, born 1921	Billy Scott-Coomber, died 1990 Ivy Benson, died 1993	TE ML ML
May 7		Dickie Valentine, died 1971	ML
May 8		Phil Silverstone, died 1992	FS
May 9	Johny Helfer, born 1904 Frank Chacksfield, born 1914		ML SB
May 10	Harry Shalson, born 1898	Carroll Gibbons, died 1954 Betty Kent, died 1966 Hughie Tripp, died 1985 Harold Berens, died 1995	FS,ML
May 11	Eve Boswell, born 1922 Beryl Bryden, born 1920		SB SB 2050
May 12	Billy Thorburn, born 1900 Billy Munn, born 1911	Frank Weir, died 1981	TE, FS ML
May 13		Whispering Jack Smith, died 1950	SB
May 14
May 15	Norrie Paramour, born 1914		SB
May 16	Stan Osborne, born 1906 Jack Jones, born 1903	Django Reinhardt, died 1953 Austin Croom-Johnson, died 1964	ML,ML ML,MT
May 17	George Scott Wood, born 1903 Dave Shand, born 1909		2050 2050
May 18		Julie Dawn, died 2000 Freddy Randall, died 1999 Jack Doyle, died 1985	ML
May 19	Terry Devon, born 1922 Sandy Wilson, born 1924 Alma Cogan, born 1932	Jimmy Blades, died 1999	ML, ML 2050 ML
May 20	Betty Driver, born 1920		ML
May 21	Melville Gideon, born 1884		ML
May 22	Eddie Cromar, born 1904 Binnie Hale, born 1899 Kenny Ball, born 1930		ML GR 2050
May 23		Bill Herbert, died 1985	ML
May 24	Sylvester Ahola, born 1902	Freddie Holmes, died 2000	2050, ML
May 25	Binnie Barnes, born 1905	Sid Phillips, died 1973 John R T Davies, died 2004	SB,ML obit.
May 26	George Formby, born 1904	Maurice Winnick, died 1962	ML
May 27	Leon Cortez, born 1898 George Scott-Wood, born 1903	Debroy Somers, died 1952 Ethel Levy, died 1980	ML
May 28	Lew Stone, born 1898 Reginald Foresythe, born 1907	Judy Shirley, died 1996	ML
May 29	Mario 'Harp' Lorenzi, born 1894		ML
May 30	Billy Mayerl, born 1902	Valaida Snow, died 1956 Doris Hare, died 2000	MT,ML SB
May 31	Florrie Desmond, born 1905 Judy Campbell, born 1916 Whispering Jack Smith, born 1898	Barrington Hooper, died 1934 Garland Wilson, died 1954	SB,ML ML,SB SB
JUNE	Births	Deaths	Source
Jun 1	Sydney Kyte, born 1896	Gwen Jones, died 1993	BDBD, ML
Jun 2	Valaida Snow, born 1903?	Herman Darewski, died 1947	ML
Jun 3	Aubrey Franks, born 1921 Harry Conn, born 1921	Aubrey Franks, died 1993 Estelle Brody, died 1995 Anna Neagle, died 1986	ML SB SB
Jun 4		Anne lenner, died 1997 Frank Gregori, died 1952	ML FS
Jun 5
Jun 6	Lloyd Shakespeare, born 1895 Jack Plant, born 1897 Rita Odoli, born 1907 Pat Smuts, born 1910 Al Wynette, born 1921 Lennie Bush, born 1927	Sid Plummer, died 1967 Joe Loss, died 1990 Judy Campbell, died 2004	ML, ML TE,ML SA,SB ML obit.
Jun 7	Dolores Gray, born 1924		SB
Jun 8	Girvan Dundas, born 1908 John Bain, born 1914	Tubby Hayes, died 1973	ML,SB 2050
Jun 9	Archie Slavin, born 1915	Doreen Henry, died 1990 Frank Chacksfield, died 1995 Sonnie Hale, died 1959	ML SB SB
Jun 10	Eric Maschwitz, born 1901	Bertini, died 1952 Howard Baker, died 1985 Arthur Fall, died 1990	2050, ML ML
Jun 11		Dan Wylie, died 1988	ML
Jun 12	Don Barrigo, born 1906 Mickey Greeve, born 1914	Bert Ambrose, died 1971 Eddie Palmer, died 1985	ML, ML 2050, ML
Jun 13	Art Hickman, born 1886 Garland Wilson,born 1909	Clive Erard, died 1988 George Crow, died 1986 George Ratcliffe, died 1996	2050, ML 2050, ML OKFS
Jun 14	Maurice Elwin, born 1896 Sid Phillips, born 1907 Maurice Burman, born 1908 Stanley Black, born 1913	Gerry Fitzgerald, died 1964 Val Rosing, died 1969 Ann Driver, died 1985	ML,ML ML,ML 2050,ML 2050
Jun 15
Jun 16	George Ratcliffe, born 1899 George Dickinson, born 1905	Lennie Bush, died 2004	OKFS, obit. ML
Jun 17	Sam Costa, born 1910	Claude Cavalotti, died 1991	ML
Jun 18		George Melachrino, died 1965	SB
Jun 19	Bertie King, born 1912	Bert Collier, died 1983 Vivien Ellis, died 1996	2050, ML SB
Jun 20		Oscar Rabin, died 1958 Lloyd Shakespeare, died 1963	ML
Jun 21
Jun 22	Joe Loss, born 1909 Bram Martin, born 1901 Jack Halsall, born 1907	Webster Booth, died 1984	TE ML, BDYG
Jun 23
Jun 24
Jun 25	Arthur Tracey, born 1899	Les Allen, died 1996 Jack White, died 1988	BDYG ML
Jun 26	Bert Read, born 1909	Dolores Gray, died 2002	ML, ML
Jun 27
Jun 28	Peter Knight, born 1917	Joy Nichols, died 1992	ML
Jun 29	George Crow, born 1911 Roberto Inglez, born 1913	Les Allen, died 1996 Cliff Townshend, died 1986	ML ML
Jun 30
JULY	Births	Deaths	Source
Jul 1	Percival Mackey, born 1894 Cavan O'Connor, born 1899	Joe Daniels, died 1993	ML, ML TE
Jul 2	Jack Hylton, born 1892 Phil Cardew, born 1903	Eddie Collis, died 1977	ML, FS FS
Jul 3		Ronnie Munro, died 1989 Charlie Winter, died 1988 Rudy Vallee, died 1986	ML ML SB
Jul 4	Gertrude Lawrence, born 1898 Roy Henderson, born 1899 Alec Templeton, born 1909		2050 ML SB
Jul 5	Bruce Turner, born 1922	Don Lusher, died 2006	2050, obit.
Jul 6	Bernard Rabin, born 1920 Betty Smith, born 1929	Jules Ruben, died 2006	ML, FS 2050
Jul 7
Jul 8	Howard Jacobs, born 1900	Geoff Love, died 1991 Irene Prado, died 1996	ML
Jul 9
Jul 10	Donald Peers, born 1908 Harry Landau, born 1909 Ossie Noble, born 1910 Evelyn Laye, born 1900	Tommy Trinder, died 1989	ML,SB ML ML 2050
Jul 11		Danny Polo, died 1949 Diane, died 2001 Jack Trafford, died 2001 Woolf Phillips, died 2003	ML PW FS SB
Jul 12		Benny Carter, died 2003 Buddy Featherstonhaugh, died 1976 Eddie Palmer, died 1985	MDB 2050 ML
Jul 13		Harold Kaye, died 2004	BDYG
Jul 14		Jean (Geraldine) Farrar, died 2001	obit.
Jul 15	Noel Gay, born 1898 Ronald Binge, born 1910	Elisabeth Welch, died 2003	2050 2050
Jul 16
Jul 17		Irene King, died 1986 Janet Lind, died 1986 Mish Bowlly, died 1994 Frank Deniz, died 2005	ML
Jul 18	Ivor Mairants, born 1908	Bram Martin, died 1984	2050,ML
Jul 19	Eddie Collis, born 1902 Eddie Palmer, born 1908	Sydney Lipton, died 1993	FS, ML ML
Jul 20	Rudy Starita, born 1899		SB
Jul 21
Jul 22	Pat McCormack, born 1914	Marjie Bowlly (Perella), died 1968	ML
Jul 23
Jul 24	Hugh Charles, born 1907	Billy Merrin, died 1980 Barrie Oliver, died 1991	ML,TE SB
Jul 25		Howard Godfrey, died 1992 Binnie Barnes, died 1998	MT,ML
Jul 26	Danny Walters, born 1907	Freddy Gardner, died 1950	2050, ML ML
Jul 27		Harry Hudson, died 1969 Robin Richmond, died 1998	BDBD ML
Jul 28	Rudy Vallee, born 1901	Charles Shadwell, died 1979 Eric Tann, died 1988	ML
Jul 29	Vic Lewis, born 1919	Sydney Kyte, died 1981 Gerry Didymus, died 2001	2050,ML ML
Jul 30	Tibor Kunstler, born 1910	Ian Stewart, died 1989 Peter Knight, died 1985	ML
Jul 31	Frank Deniz, born 1912	Anne Shelton, died 1994	SB,ML
AUGUST	Births	Deaths	Source
Aug 1		Syd Dean, died 1993	ML
Aug 2	Julie Dawn, born 1920		ML
Aug 3		Maurice Kinn, died 2000	ML
Aug 4	Lew Davis, born 1903 Bobby Howes, born 1895	Monte Rey, died 1982 Eric Whitley, died 1991	ML SB
Aug 5	George Hurley, born 1907		ML
Aug 6	Robert Tredinnick, born 1902 Jack Parnell, born 1923	Nat Gonella, died 1998 Seymour Beard, died 1989	ML, ML 2050, ML
Aug 7	George Evans, born 1915	Eddie Calvert, died 1978	2050, ML
Aug 8	Benny Carter, born 1907	Joy Worth, died 1987 Nigel 'Cod' Hill, died 1999	obit., ML
Aug 9		Pat Dodd, died 1991 Peggy Cochrane, died 1988 Donald Peers, died 1973	ML
Aug 10	Geraldo, born 1904 Bert Howard, born 1908	Ken Mac, died 1987	TE,ML 2050
Aug 11	Max Abrams, born 1907 Johnny Claes, born 1916 Benny Lee, born 1916		2050 ML ML
Aug 12		Leslie Jeffries, died 1960 Charles Imeson, died 2000	ML
Aug 13	Mary Lee, born 1921 George Shearing, born 1919 Gene Raymond, born 1908	Hughie Diamond, died 2007	ML, FS ML SB
Aug 14	Jimmy Harris, born 1908	Victor Silvester, died 1978 Heddle Nash, died 1961 Eve Boswell, died 1998	ML GR SB
Aug 15	Jose Norman, born 1906 Les Carew, born 1908 Estelle Brody, born 1900		FS ML SB
Aug 16	Danny Moss, born 1927		2050
Aug 17	Ray Sheeran, born 1915		ML
Aug 18	Charlie Kunz, born 1896 Bill Shakespeare, born 1900 Bill Apps, born 1908 Reg Williams, born 1914	Louis Levy, died 1957 Leslie 'Hutch' Hutchinson, died 1969 Alan Dell, died 1995	SB, 2050 ML
Aug 19		Ord Hamilton, died 1955	MT
Aug 20	Billy Amstell, born 1911	Jessie Matthews, died 1981 Joe Jeannette, died 1986	ML
Aug 21	Bruce Trent, born 1912 Tommy Reilly, born 1919	Abe Romain, died 1994 Jack Plant, died 1973	ML,ML ML,ML
Aug 22	Jack Payne, born 1899 Burt Gillis, born 1900	Alan Kane, died 1996	ML
Aug 23	Jack Nathan, born 1910	Tommy Douglas, died 1988	ML
Aug 24	Billy Bissett, born 1907 Nat Star, born 1887	Carl Barriteau, died 1998 Albert Sammons, died 1957	FS,ML GR
Aug 25
Aug 26	Jack Plant, born 1896 Billy Amstell, born 1911	Raie da Costa, died 1934	ML ML
Aug 27	Abe Romain, born 1905		ML
Aug 28	Benny Davis, born 1893	Jimmy Mesene, died 1969 Chick Henderson, died 1944	SB,ML
Aug 29	Les Allen, born 1902 Jack Trafford, born 1910 Paul Rich, born 1921		BDYG FS ML
Aug 30
Aug 31		Laurie Payne, died 1983	FS
SEPTEMBER	Births	Deaths	Source
Sep 1	Violet Carson, born 1898		ML
Sep 2	Princess Pearl (Elizabeth Brooke) born 1913		BDYG
Sep 3		Sam Gelsley, died 1997	ML
Sep 4	Tommy McQuater, born 1914 Geoff Love, born 1917	Roberto Inglez, died 1978	ML ML
Sep 5		Elsie Carlisle, died 1977	PW
Sep 6	Jack Simpson, born 1906 Cynthia Read, born 1925	Ronald Binge, died 1979 Gertrude Lawrence, died 1952	ML,SB ML,SB
Sep 7	Sid Fearn, born 1907		ML
Sep 8		Jim Bellamy, died 1934	FS
Sep 9	Fred Latham, born 1905 Jimmy Blades, born 1901	Norrie Paramour, died 1979 Chili Bouchier, died 1999	ML,ML SB,ML
Sep 10	Bert Quarmby, born 1923 Ken 'Snakehips' Johnson, born 1914		2050 SB
Sep 11	George Metaxa, born 1899 Mick Burberry, born 1899	Brian Lawrance, died 1983 Sylvia Cecil, died 1983	2050,ML ML,ML
Sep 12	Chili Bouchier, born 1909	Fred Latham, died 1985	ML
Sep 13	Leonard Feather, born 1914	J.H.Squire, died 1956	SB,ML
Sep 14
Sep 15	Bert Ambrose, born 1896		MT
Sep 16	Bertha Wilmott, born 1894		BDYG
Sep 17	Stanley Holt, born 1889 Ralph Sharon, born 1923	Frankie Vaughan, died 1999	JM,SB 2050
Sep 18
Sep 19	Jim Bellamy, born 1875 Felix Mendelssohn, born 1911		FS TE
Sep 20	Alan Kane, born 1913 Tolchard Evans, born 1901 Johnny Dankworth, born 1927		ML ML 2050
Sep 21		Art Christmas, died 1961 Christine Norden, died 1988	FS IMDB
Sep 22		Sam Costa, died 1981 Leonard Feather, died 1994	PW
Sep 23		Rita Odoli, died 2004 Alfred Piccaver, died 1958	SA ML
Sep 24
Sep 25	Joe Brannelly, born 1900 Dave Wilkins, born 1914	Gene Crowley, died 1989 Kitty Masters, died 1994 Tommy Reilly, died 2000	ML, ML 2050,ML ML SB
Sep 26		Peter Dawson, died 1961 Dave Toff, died 1983 Carl Brisson, died 1958	GR ML SB
Sep 27	Bert Collier, born 1903	Gracie Fields, died 1979	ML
Sep 28
Sep 29	Cecil Norman, born 1897		ML
Sep 30		Sid Buckman, died 1981 Ronnie Aldrich, died 1993 Abe Walters, died 1993	ML
Sep 31
OCTOBER	Births	Deaths	Source
Oct 1	Billy Bartholomew, born 1901 Kay Cavendish, born 1919 Les Cripwell, born 1904 Stanley Holloway, born 1890	Bill Shakespeare, died 1982 June Clyde, died 1987	ML, ML 2050, BDBG ML 2050
Oct 2	Eddie Gross-Bart, born 1901,	Doreen Stephens, died 1965 Denny Vaughn, died 1972	MT,ML ML
Oct 3
Oct 4	Buddy Featherstonhaugh, born 1909	Joe Crossman, died 1989	2050, ML
Oct 5	Frank Guarente, born 1893 Monte Rey, born 1900	Maurice Elwin, died 1975 Monia Liter, died 1988	2050, ML ML
Oct 6		Hugh Charles, dies 1995 Girvan Dundas, died 1944 Phil Green, died 1982 Arthur Tracey, died 1997	SS ML
Oct 7	Dave Frost, born 1901		ML
Oct 8	Gerry Moore, born 1904 George Webb, born 1917		ML 2050
Oct 9	Alan Breeze, born 1909 Gerry Brereton, born 1921	Patricia Rossborough, died 1992 Mick Burberry, died 1998	ML
Oct 10	Billy Ternent, born 1899	Pat Smuts, died 1999 Nat Allen, died 1964	TE,ML MT
Oct 11		Stan Atkins, died 1973	MT
Oct 12	Steve Conway, born 1920
Oct 13	Brian Lawrance, born 1908		ML
Oct 14	Bud Flanagan, born 1896	Josef Locke, died 1999	ML,SB
Oct 15	P. G. Wodehouse, born 1881		2050
Oct 16	Reginald Dixon, born 1904		ML
Oct 17	Leslie Thompson, born 1901 Con Lamprecht, born 1908		ML ML
Oct 18	Jimmy Phillips, born 1902	Charles Derickson, died 1935 Freddy Clayton, died 1989	MDB, ML ML
Oct 19	Spike Hughes, born 1908	Phil Cardew, dies 1960 Ronnie Hill, died 1991	BDBD, FS ML
Oct 20	E.O.Poggy Pogson, born 1904 Adelaide Hall, born 1901 Anna Neagle, born 1904	Bud Flanagan, died 1968	ML,SB 2050 2050
Oct 21		Jack Buchanan, died 1957 George Scott Wood, died 1978	ML
Oct 22	Jack Harris, born 1906	Howard Jacobs, died 1977	ML
Oct 23	Sammy Sharp, born 1919		2050
Oct 24	Florence Oldham, born 1903		ML
Oct 25	Roy Fox, born 1901 Morton Downey, born 1895	Eddie Gross-Bart, died 1985 Douglas Brownsmith, died 1965	ML,MT SB,FS
Oct 26	Roy Berry, born 1919	Eric Maschwitz, died 1969 Alma Cogan, died 1966	ML, BW SB
Oct 27		Stanley Andrews, died 1953 Bob Deal, died 2005	ML ML
Oct 28		Henry Hall, died 1989 Chips Chippendall, died 1999 George Scott-Wood, died 1978	ML
Oct 29	Vivian Ellis, born 1904	Cliff Ball, died 2003 Vic Filmer, died 1973 Michael Holliday, died 1963	SB,FS ML ML
Oct 30		George Barclay, died 1989	ML
Oct 31	W.F.De Mornys, born 1891		ML
NOVEMBER	Births	Deaths	Source
Nov 1	Denny Dennis, born 1913	Denny Dennis, died 1993 Florence Mills dies 1927	ML
Nov 2
Nov 3	Bob Easson, born 1896		ML
Nov 4	Harry Woods, born 1896 Doreen Lundy, born 1925 Dickie Valentine, born 1929		ML
Nov 5	Laurie Payne, born 1908	Max Abrams, died 1995	2050,ML
Nov 6	Doreen Stephens, born 1922 Don Lusher, born 1923	Van Phillips, died 1992 Jimmy Knagg, died 1961	ML FS
Nov 7		Adelaide Hall, died 1993	SB
Nov 8	Bertini, born 1890		MT
Nov 9		Alf Ralston, died 1988	ML
Nov 10	Anne Shelton, born 1928		ML
Nov 11	Joyce Stone, born 1912 Ivy Benson, born 1913	Melville Gideon, died 1933	ML,ML 2050
Nov 12
Nov 13		Harry Gold, died 2005	ML
Nov 14	Morton Downey, born 1901	Lou Preager, died 1978 Al Bollington, died 1991	2050,ML ML
Nov 15	Mantovani, born 1905 Eric Tann, born 1911	Harry Bidgood, died 1957 Jill Day, died 1990 Richard Addinsell, died 1977	ML,MT ML,ML SB
Nov 16		Tiny Stock, died 1935	MT
Nov 17	James Moody, born 1907		ML
Nov 18	Harry Bidgood, born 1903	Ted Heath, died 1969	SB,SB
Nov 19		Bruce Trent, died 1995	ML
Nov 20	Louis Levy, born 1884		SB
Nov 21	Reginald Pursglove, born 1902		FS
Nov 22	Dave Toff, born 1901 Chick Henderson, born 1912 Phil Silverstone, born 1902		ML ML FS
Nov 23	Sydney Williams, born 1908	Vladimir Rosing (snr), died 1963	ML
Nov 24		Lew Davis, died 1986	ML
Nov 25	Michael Holliday, born 1925	Al Tabor, died 1983 Jock Cummings, died 1988	ML
Nov 26		Pat Hyde, died 1992 Stanley Black, died 2002	ML ML
Nov 27
Nov 28		Harry Landau, died 1992 Tommy Connor, died 1993 Bruce Turner, died 1993	ML ML AW
Nov 29	Walter Kent, born 1911		SB
Nov 30	Bill Weeden, born 1913	Jack Padbury, died 1992	FS,ML
DECEMBER	Births	Deaths	Source
Dec 1	Ike Isaacs, born 1919	Stephane Grappelly, died 1997	ML
Dec 2	Jack White, born 1905 June Clyde, born 1909		ML SB
Dec 3		Max Bacon, died 1969	SB
Dec 4		Jack Payne, died 1969	ML
Dec 5	Jill Day, born 1930	Bobby Alderson, died 1993 Dajos Bela, died 1978	ML SB
Dec 6	Al Bollington, born 1904	Dan Donovan, died 1986	ML,FS
Dec 7	Edmundo Ros, born 1910	Kenny Baker, died 1999 Chris Hayes, died 2002 Charles Ernesco, died 1998	TE,ML ML
Dec 8		Les Gilbert, died 1979 Benny Lee, died 1995 George Metaxa, died 1950	ML ML
Dec 9	Sid Millward, born 1909	Phil Tate, died 2005	ML
Dec 10
Dec 11	Bill McGuffie, born 1927		2050
Dec 12	Fred Elizalde, born 1907 Dick James, born 1920		BDBD ML
Dec 13
Dec 14	Ernest Ritte, born 1904	Norman Hackforth, died 1996	ML
Dec 15
Dec 16	Noel Coward, born 1899 Frances Day, born 1908	George Elrick, died 1999	2050, ML GR
Dec 17	Ray Noble born, 1903	Ruby Murray, died 1996	ML
Dec 18		Eddie Carroll, died 1969	ML
Dec19	Bob Dale, born 1921	Billy Amstell, died 2005	ML, FS
Dec 20	Eric Whitley, born 1910 Norman Hackforth, 1908	Benny Davis, died 1979	ML SB
Dec 21	Denny Vaughn, born 1921	Wemyss Craigie, died 1986	ML
Dec 22	Danny Polo, born 1901 Art Christmas, born 1909	Harry Balen, died 1983 Ken Mackintosh, died 2005	ML, FS ML
Dec 23	Freddy Gardner, born 1910	W.F.De Mornys, died 1979 Danny Walters, died 1985 Reginald Foresythe, died 1958 Ronnie Scott, died 1996	ML,ML ML SB SB
Dec 24	Anne Lenner, born 1912 Carl Brisson, born 1893	Mary O'Rourke, died 1963	ML,ML SB
Dec 25	Dajos Bela, born 1897 Christine Norden, born 1924	Bert Yarlett, died 1985	ML
Dec 26	Dick Ball, born 1902	Violet Carson, died 1983 Leslie Thompson, died 1987	FS SB
Dec 27	Gertie Gitana, born 1887 George Barclay, born 1911 Sylvia Cecil, born 1906	Ronnie Pleydell, died 1994	ML ML SB
Dec 28
Dec 29	George Elrick, born 1903	Paul Fenoulhet, died 1979	TE,ML
Dec 30	Alf Ralston, born 1907		SB
Dec 31	Sid Roy, born 1895 Harry Hudson, born 1898 Cyril Stapleton, born 1914	Harry Shalson, died 1972	ML,ML MT 2050

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