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Often, comedians of the day or music hall personalities would sing novelty recordings backed by well-known British dance band leaders. [3] Some of the British dance band leaders and musicians went on to fame in the United States in the swing era. [4] Thanks to Britain's continuing ballroom dancing tradition and its recording copyright laws ...
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
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An overall list of dance music artists from the United Kingdom. Subcategories. ... British dance music groups (10 C, 42 P) M. Madchester musicians (14 P)
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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)
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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 1940s, British "modern jazz", highly influenced by American bebop, began to emerge and was led by figures such as Sir John Dankworth, Tony Crombie and Ronnie Scott, while Ken Colyer, George Webb and ...