Albert Victor FULLMAN

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Victor Albert FULLMAN known as Albert		No Picture
born	1901, London (S/1901, Islington, 1b, 274) (Free BMD) bapt view parent's family group

married	1930 (D/1930, Dover, 2a, 2906) (Free BMD) spouse Elizabeth Jessie COLE b c1912, Ramsgate? (VU) view family group

died	1966 aged 65 (J/1966, Birmingham, 9c, 344) (Free BMD) buried

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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.

By 1924, Victor was in the army when, as a bandsman, he gave evidence in a case where an off-duty soldier was accused of using foul language.

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.	Harry Leader

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