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Bandleader Jack Payne

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Jack Payne who was born in 1899 went to Rookery Rd Council School as a child and from their went on to Handsworth Grammar School, while at the school he got interested in flying and joined the schools Officer Training Corps ....when the Great War broke out he quickly joined up into the Royal Flying Corps during which he won his wings and was a First Lieutenant at the age of 18
After the war he began a career as a Bandleader and started his own band with a well know signature tune Say It With Music....he died in 1969
 
Cromwell we never mised a Billy Cotton Band Show on Saturday evenings, then it was off to the local.:)
 
Alf, Jack Payne was playing a the Birmingham Hippodrome in the 30's but later on in his career he had a row with the BBC and left taking the whole band with him........
 
Although I remember Jack Payne's Saturday morning slot on the Home Service in 1945, I never realised he was another Brummie. He was a good musician, and I think I still have a pre-war sampler record he made, single-sided, about 5 inches diameter, 78 rpm, lasting about 90 seconds as I remember. If anyone's interested, send me a PM, and you can have it.
Peter
 
1934 Ad of Jack Paynes music.
I wonder if any of our Super Sleuths could tell me were he was born ?
 
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Jack Payne
  • Genre: Jazz
  • Active: '20s, '30s
  • Instrument: Vocals
Biography

British bandleader Jack Payne was born in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire on August 22, 1899; while serving as an aviator during World War I, he organized a series of dance bands to entertain his fellow troops, and after the war continued performing in small group settings. In 1925, his six-piece band was tapped to appear at London's Hotel Cecil; by the end of the year, they were regularly featured on BBC remote broadcasts from the venue, and in 1928 Payne was named the radio network's Director of Dance Music. After four years with the BBC he quit his post, returning to the hotel circuit; in addition to appearing in the film Say It with Music, Payne also made a number of recordings, including a 1935 date with the noted jazz pianist Garland Wilson. He disbanded the group in 1937, retiring to his Buckinghamshire stud farm before forming a 20-piece big band the following year; in late 1939, Payne became the first British bandleader to perform for the troops in France. He resumed his BBC duties in 1941, remaining Director of Dance Music for five years before going to work as a disc jockey. Payne died December 4, 1969. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
 
Nice one Alf and Pom. great to see a picture build up after finding bits of info on Jack Payne
 
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