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One of Britain’s longest serving bandleaders, Billy Cotton (born William Edward Cotton in London on 6 May 1899) was the host of The Billy Cotton Band Show, one of the most popular variety …
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Tommy Dorsey, byname of Thomas Francis Dorsey, Jr., (born November 27, 1905, Mahanoy Plane, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died November 26, 1956, Greenwich, Connecticut), American musician who—both independently and with his brother Jimmy—led several of …
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Before the chart was established in August 1958, which was based on a formula combining sales data of commercially available singles and airplay on American radio stations, the Billboard used …
1940s Billboard number-one singles chart Read More