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The Squadronaires is a Royal Air Force band which began and performed in Britain during and after World War II.The official title of the band was 'The Royal Air Force Dance Orchestra', but it was always known by the more popular title "The Squadronaires".
They moved into a war-damaged house in Acton, and Betty Townshend ended her singing career but continued to assist with office work and management for The Squadronaires. The enforced separation caused by the band's continued tours caused stresses in the marriage; however, the couple sometimes took their son and went together on the band's tours.
Aldrich was educated at The Harvey Grammar School, Folkestone, and taught violin at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. [1] Before the Second World War, he went to India to play jazz and first gained fame in the 1940s with the Squadronaires, which he led from 1951, when the band was then billed as Ronnie Aldrich and The Squadronaires, up until their disbanding in 1964.
Members of the British big band The Squadronaires, which during the war years was known as the Royal Air Force Dance Orchestra. Pages in category "The Squadronaires members" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Lee experienced similar success when she moved to London and joined the popular dance band The Squadronaires. [1] In 1955 her first solo record was released, followed by a further two the next year. [2]
Together with eight other members of the Ambrose orchestra, Lewis joined the Royal Air Force at the start of the Second World War, and they subsequently formed a new band, The Royal Air Force Dance Orchestra (who were known as The Squadronaires after the war).
Joan E. Bethell was born in either Romford, Essex, or West Ham, London (sources disagree), on 19 January 1928, [2] the youngest of six children born to Joseph Bethell and Katherine E. Hartnett, whose marriage was registered in March 1916.
After 18 months she and Geldard left to join the Squadronaires, the most influential big band of the time, [4] where she was again the only woman. However Cole found the male prejudice she experienced there made life uncomfortable, and she left to form her own all-female band, [ 7 ] which she fronted between 1952 and 1956.