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HILTON,
JACK, ESQ.
Neg.
No: (GP) L 9066
Neg.
Size: 12"x15"
Neg.
Date: 23-07-1923
Sitters:
Jack Hylton (formerly Hilton) (1892-1965) and his band.
- Jack Hylton (1892-1965)
and his band were considered the premier European show band of the 1920s
and 30s, appearing on continental Europe and achieving the honour of
being the first British band to broadcast to the United States.
- H ylton was famous both
for presenting symphonic concert arrangements and for his impressive
stage effects.
- Musical highlights of the
band's recording career were Button Up Your Overcoat, and a concert
arrangement of Handsome Gigolo.
- The band made many top-selling
recordings, and between 1923 and 1933 they sold over seven million records.
- Musicians who may possibly
be seen in this image are:
- Bernard Tipping, trombone
- Basil Wiltshire drums
- Bert Heath Trumpert
- Jack Raine, trumpet
- Chappie d'Amato, saxaphone
- Dick de Pauw, violin,
and
- Bert Bassett, banjo
Date:
23 July 1923.
Occasion:
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Location:
The Lafayette Studio, 160 New Bond Street, London, W.
Descr:
FL.
Costume:
-
Furniture
& Props: Painted backdrop; studio set suggesting Claridge's
interior.
Photographer:
Lafayette Ltd., 160 New Bond Street, London.
Evidence
of photographer at work: -
No
of poses: 2.
 
Copyright:
V&A
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please contact the V&A Picture Library: [email protected]
including the URL of the relevant page Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.
References:
Biog:
Dictionary of National Biography; Who's Who; The
Times, 30 January 1965, p 10e.
Occasion:
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Costume:
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Reproduced:
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Additional
Information: -
Acknowledgements:
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