Billy Cotton

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Born
6 May 1899
Born In
Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom
Died
25 March 1969 (aged 69)
William Edward "Billy" 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 (soccer player) for Brentford F.C. (and later, for the then Athenian league club Wimbledon F.C.), an accomplished racing driver and the owner of a Gipsy Moth, which he piloted himself. His autobiography, I Di… read more
William Edward "Billy" 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 h… read more
William Edward "Billy" 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 ama… read more

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1 Play track My Southern Home You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me
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2 Best of the Essential Years: Billy Cotton Kiss Me Goodnight Sergeant Major
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3 Top 50 Classics - The Very Best of Billy Cotton The Red Red Robin
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4 Puttin' On the Ritz (That's Entertainment) One Little Word Led to Another
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5 Play track A Retrospective Billy Cotton Adolf
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6 The Billy Cotton Collection I've Got A Lovely Bunch Of Coconuts
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7 When Santa Got Stuck Up The Chimney When Santa Got Stuck Up The Chimney
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8 The Genius of Arthur Schwartz (Remastered) Louisiana Hayride
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9 My Southern Home You're Lucky to Me
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10 The Billy Cotton Collection Dardenella
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  1. 9,221 listeners

    26 Nov 2010 · 20 tracks

    My Southern Home (1928-1931)
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  2. 693 listeners

    19 Jul 2012 · 28 tracks

    Best of the Essential Years: Billy Cotton
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  3. 450 listeners

    9 Dec 2010 · 19 tracks

    Sleepy Time Down South 1931 - 1932
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  4. 268 listeners

    21 Jul 2008 · 28 tracks

    The Billy Cotton Collection
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