1899 - 1969
Billy Cotton British Musician
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Details
First Name |
Billy
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Last Name |
Cotton
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Full Name at Birth |
William Edward Cotton
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Alternative Name |
Billy Cotton, William Edward Cotton
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Birthday |
6th May, 1899
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Birthplace |
Smith Square, London, England, UK
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Died |
25th March, 1969
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Place of Death |
Wembley, London, England, UK
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Cause of Death |
Heart Attack
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Zodiac Sign |
Taurus
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Nationality |
British
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Occupation Text |
Drummer, band leader, radio personality
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Occupation |
Musician
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Music Genre (Text) |
Big band
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Music Genre |
Jazz
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Year(s) Active |
early 1920s-1969
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Music Style |
Dance Bands, Vocal, Music Hall, British Dance Bands
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Instrument |
Leader
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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.