Billy Cotton & His Band

William Edward Cotton (6 May 1899 – 25 March 1969) 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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The Green Tie on the Little Yellow Dog - 2018-10-27T00:00:00.000000Z

We Must Have Another Little One - 2018-10-27T00:00:00.000000Z

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Tea For Two at the Ritz : Those Dance Band Years 1931-1934 - 2017-11-15T00:00:00.000000Z

A Bungalow, A Piccolo and You (British Dance Bands - Original Recordings 1932 - 1933) - 2017-08-31T00:00:00.000000Z

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Big British Dance Bands Play the 20's and 30's - 2016-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Happy Days Are Here Again: Songs from the Thirties - 2016-05-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Say it Isn´t so (The Songs of Irving Berlin Vol.3) - 2011-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

This Is Ballroom Dancing - 2010-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (The Songs of Irving Berlin, Vol. 5) - 2010-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

I'm Just Wild About Harry - 2010-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Sleepy Time Down South 1931 - 1932 - 2010-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

British Dance Band Music, volume 3, Recordings 1926 - 1945 - 2009-10-06T00:00:00.000000Z

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When You're Smiling - 2008-06-23T00:00:00.000000Z

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Everybody Dance: The Very Best Of The British Dance Bands - 2005-03-22T00:00:00.000000Z

British Dance Music, Volume 1 / Recordings 1926-1945 - 2004-10-07T00:00:00.000000Z

British Dance Band Music, volume 2, Recordings 1926 - 1945 - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

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