29th January 1965
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Jack Hylton was a very popular band leader in England and on
the Continent (even playing for Herman Goering in Berlin) throughout the 1920’s
and 1930’s. In 1936 he took America by storm and toured Canada. He also dabbled
in entrepreneurship, having brought Duke Ellington over the Britain for the
first time in 1933. In 1940 he stopped performing and concentrated on
theatrical and TV production, having London West End hits with shows like ‘Kiss
Me Kate’, ‘Kismet’ and ‘Salad Days’. At the age of 70 in 1963 he married 29
year-old Beverley Prowse and, as detailed above, died in 1965.
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