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From May 1961 the show remained as The Billy Cotton Band Show until October 1965, after which it saw out its days as Billy Cotton's Music-Hall. Preceded by Cotton 's cry (often in extreme close-up) of "Wakey Wakey!", the band would launch into its theme tune, 'Somebody Stole My Gal', heralding the start of another exuberant show of song, dance, comedy, and general knees-up jollity.
Billy Cotton was one of the few whose orchestras survived the British dance band era. Today, he is mainly remembered as a 1950s-60s radio and television personality, although his musical talent emerged as early as the 1920s. He had a long-running variety show on BBC Radio, "The Billy Cotton Band Show" (1949-68).
Alan Louis Breeze (9 October 1909 – 15 January 1980) was an English singer of the British dance band era and regular entertainer on the post-war BBC radio programme the Billy Cotton Band Show. He was born in West Ham , London , to Louis Breeze, a concert and oratorio singer and a member of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company , and his wife Isobel, who taught with the old London County Council .
The band recorded for Regal-Zonophone, Rex and Decca throughout the 1930s and 1940s. Famous musicians who played in Billy Cotton's band during the 1920s and 1930s included Syd Lipton and Nat Gonella. The band was also noted for their African American trombonist and tap dancer, Ellis Jackson. Their signature tune was "Somebody Stole My Gal".
1. Mai 2009 · The second instalment from the late Bill Cotton. His programmes were a Saturday night 'experience' in the 1950's and 60's, not to be missed! Oh the nostalgia...
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Born in 1899, Billy Cotton began his career as a drummer boy in the First World War. He gave a false age to the recruiting sergeant and found himself in the Dardanelles at the age of 15. When this was discovered, and he was shipped home, he joined the Royal Flying Corps and became a pilot. He had a go at being a bus conductor, played football ...
The Billy Cotton Band Show. BBC Television. Sun 24th Feb 1963, 19:25 on BBC Television. in which Billy Cotton calls Wakey-Wakey! Starring Cliff Richard and the Shadows. with the regulars Alan Breeze, Kathie Kay, The High-Lights, The Leslie Roberts Silhouettes. Contributors. Presenter/bandleader:
