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The Squadronaires

Index The Squadronaires

The Squadronaires is a Royal Air Force band which began and performed in Britain during and after World War II. [1]

26 relations: Ambrose (bandleader), Bandleader, BBC, Big band, Cliff Townshend, Decca Records, England, Europe, George Chisholm (musician), Harry Lewis (musician), Imperial War Museum, Isle of Man, Jazz, Joan Regan, Normandy landings, Pop Idol, Prince of Wales, Ronnie Aldrich, Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, Royal Air Force, Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, Sid Colin, Tommy McQuater, United Kingdom, Will Young, World War II.

Ambrose (bandleader)

Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (11 September 1896 – 11 June 1971), known professionally as Ambrose or Bert Ambrose, was an English bandleader and violinist.

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Bandleader

A bandleader is the leader of a music group such as a rock or pop group or jazz quartet.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Big band

A big band is a type of musical ensemble that usually consists of ten or more musicians with four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and a rhythm section.

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Cliff Townshend

Clifford Blandford "Cliff" Townshend (28 January 1916 – 29 June 1986) was an English jazz musician noted for playing the saxophone in The Royal Air Force Dance Orchestra, popularly known as The Squadronaires.

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Decca Records

Decca Records is a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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George Chisholm (musician)

George Chisholm OBE (29 March 1915 – 6 December 1997) was a Scottish jazz trombonist and vocalist.

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Harry Lewis (musician)

Harry Lewis (1915–1998) was an English saxophonist and clarinetist and the husband of singer Vera Lynn.

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Imperial War Museum

Imperial War Museums (IWM) is a British national museum organisation with branches at five locations in England, three of which are in London.

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Isle of Man

The Isle of Man (Ellan Vannin), also known simply as Mann (Mannin), is a self-governing British Crown dependency in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Joan Regan

Joan Regan (born Joan Bethel or Siobhan Bethel; 19 January 1928 – 12 September 2013) was an English traditional pop music singer, popular during the 1950s and early 1960s.

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Normandy landings

The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II.

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Pop Idol

Pop Idol is a British television music competition created by Simon Fuller which ran on ITV from 2001 to 2003.

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Prince of Wales

Prince of Wales (Tywysog Cymru) was a title granted to princes born in Wales from the 12th century onwards; the term replaced the use of the word king.

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Ronnie Aldrich

Ronnie Aldrich (born Ronald Frank Aldrich; 15 February 1916, Erith, Kent, England – 30 September 1993, Isle of Man) was a British easy listening and jazz pianist, arranger, conductor, and composer.

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Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club

Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club is a prominent jazz club which has operated in London, England, since 1959.

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Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's aerial warfare force.

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Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo is an annual series of military tattoos performed by British Armed Forces, Commonwealth and international military bands and artistic performance teams on the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle in the capital of Scotland.

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Sid Colin

Sid Colin (1920 – 1989) was an English screenwriter, working for both television and the cinema.

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Tommy McQuater

Thomas Mossie "Tommy" McQuater (4 September 1914 – 20 January 2008) was a Scottish jazz trumpeter.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Will Young

William Robert Young (born 20 January 1979) is a British singer-songwriter and actor from Wokingham, England, who came to prominence after winning the 2002 inaugural series of the ITV talent contest Pop Idol, making him the first winner of the worldwide Idol franchise.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Squadronaires

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