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Victor Albert FULLMAN |
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1901, London (S/1901, Islington, 1b, 274) (Free BMD) bapt view parent's family group |
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1930 (D/1930, Dover, 2a, 2906) (Free BMD) spouse Elizabeth Jessie COLE b c1912, Ramsgate? (VU) view family group |
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The story in the family was that Albert was brought up by some people who were not his natural parents, he wasn't really sure why, but that his real parents were not dead at that time. It is certain that he played the trombone and was a member of the Harry Leader dance band before and during the first few years of the second world war. This was a fairly famous band which made some recordings (VU) - see below.
Issue from this marriage: Peter
Victor FULLMAN b 22 Sep 1931 Walthamstow / Balham (VU) Evacuated
to Cornwall just after the start of the war. (VU) Michael
J FULLMAN b 1935 (M/1935, Lambeth, 1d, 416) (FreeBMD) FULLMAN
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FULLMAN b c1946 possibly Birmingham. (VU) |
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Harry Leader was one of the best-known British bandleaders and songwriters before and after the last war. Born in London, the son of a Russian Army trumpeter, he taught himself how to play alto sax and clarinet. He began his professional career at the Regent Ballroom in Brighton and returned there as resident bandleader between 1959 and 1963. Leader wrote more than 350 songs, many of them with his wife Rona and sold millions of records. His career spanned three generations of jazz and swing extending from the dance band days to The Beatles. His signature tune was Music Maestro Please but the best known song he recorded was Little Man You’ve Had A Busy Day in 1934. Leader and his band often appeared on BBC radio, particularly with Music While You Work. He discovered Matt Monro, the bus driver who became an internationally famous singing star. Leader completed his life story on cassette just before his death in Brighton aged 80 in 1987. |
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This page last updated 5 January, 2011 |
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