Profile
Jack Hylton
Showman + Singer + Musician
Male
Born
Jul 2, 1892
Hometown
Great Lever
Died
Jan 29, 1965
Death Place
Marylebone
Jack Hylton was a British band leader and impresario. He was born John Greenhalgh Hilton in the Great Lever area of Bolton, Lancashire, the son of George Hilton, a cotton yarn twister. His father was an amateur singer at the local Labour Club and Jack… Read More
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Original London Cast Recording Of Camelot To Be Released In June Broadway WorldGoogle News - Apr 25, 2011
Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1892
Birth
Born on July 2, 1892.
THIRTIES
1922
30 Years Old
Hylton was married twice; firstly in 1922 to bandleader Ennis Parkes (they separated in 1929) and secondly, in Geneva in 1963, to Australian model and beauty queen Beverley Prowse (1932–2000).
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1923
31 Years Old
After World War I Hylton played with the Queen's Dance Orchestra, wrote arrangements of popular songs and recorded them under the label 'Directed by Jack Hylton'. He then formed his own band, recording the new style of jazz-derived American dance music under the Jack Hylton name from 1923.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
At the same time he was still producing stage shows, as well as taking a leading role in organising various Royal Command Performances, until his final stage production Camelot in 1965.
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