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This article is a list of people who led their own British dance band (distinct from British big band leaders, who played big band music). It includes those performers who were not British, but led a band based in Britain. [1
The BBC Radio programme Dance Band Days ran from 1969 to 1995 with a playlist of British dance band music. It was presented by Alan Dell, and subsequently by Malcolm Laycock. The programme was later transferred to Sunday Night at 10, until the British dance band content was dropped by the BBC in 2008. [13]
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Frankie Laine (at piano) and Patti Page, c. 1950 Harry Belafonte, 1954 This is a partial list of notable active and inactive bands and musicians of the 1950s . Musicians
Abingdon. Radiohead; Accrington. Diana Vickers; Andover. The Troggs; Anstey. Molly Smitten-Downes; Ashby-de-la-Zouch. The Young Knives; Ashford. Oliver Sykes; Aylesbury
Jazz began to be played by British musicians from the 1930s and on a widespread basis in the 1940s, often within dance bands. From the late 1950s British "modern jazz", highly influenced by American bebop, began to emerge, led by figures such as John Dankworth and Ronnie Scott, while Ken Colyer, George Webb and Humphrey Lyttelton emphasised New ...
While the Big Band Era suggests that big bands flourished for a short period, they have been a part of jazz music since their emergence in the 1920s when white concert bands adopted the rhythms and musical forms of small African-American jazz combos.
A Band Called O; Barndance Boys; Basement Jaxx; Batu (group) The Bays (band) Beats International; The Beloved (band) Big Audio Dynamite; Big Fun (group) Black Grape; Black Science Orchestra; Blacksmith (musical group) Blu Mar Ten; Blue Mercedes; Blue October (British band) The Brand New Heavies; Brilliant (band) Bus Stop (band)