Billy Cotton

Billy Cotton
1899 - 1969
Billy Cotton  British Musician
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First Name Billy
Last Name Cotton
Full Name at Birth William Edward Cotton
Alternative Name Billy Cotton, William Edward Cotton
Birthday 6th May, 1899
Birthplace Smith Square, London, England, UK
Died 25th March, 1969
Place of Death Wembley, London, England, UK
Cause of Death Heart Attack
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Nationality British
Occupation Text Drummer, band leader, radio personality
Occupation Musician
Music Genre (Text) Big band
Music Genre Jazz
Year(s) Active early 1920s-1969
Music Style Dance Bands, Vocal, Music Hall, British Dance Bands
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William Edward Cotton (6 May 1899 – 25 March 1969) as Billy Cotton was an English band leader and entertainer, one of the few whose orchestras survived the British dance band era. Cotton is now mainly remembered as a 1950s and 1960s radio and television personality, but his musical career had begun in the 1920s. In his younger years Billy Cotton was also an amateur footballer for Brentford (and later, for the then Athenian league club Wimbledon), an accomplished racing driver and the owner of a Gipsy Moth, which he piloted himself. His autobiography, I Did It My Way, was published in 1970, a year after his death.

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FilmYearCharacterType
Ninety Years On1964PerformerTV Movie
Pantomania, or Dick Whittington1956Alderman FitzwarrenTV Movie
Channel Nine1955PerformerTV Movie
Dick Barton Strikes Back1949Bandleader (uncredited)Movie
Music Hall Parade1939Band LeaderMovie
Variety1935And His Band (uncredited)Movie
The First Mrs. Fraser1932Band LeaderMovie

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