Margot's wondering if any readers can help with this one?Another search someone might be able to help with.This could be a bit before my time - the only big band I can remember at the Tower is Eric Delaney (pictured) who was a drummer and had a small band who re-created the big band sound.
I was discussing with my other half the big bands that used to come to the tower and Winter gardens and one of them was "Ted Heath's band" who were wonderful but there was another band I used to like better with a fantastic drummer.
Any of your's members help on that one? The name Ken seems to come to mind.
Regards Margot
It's possible that "Ken" wasn't the drummer though - I have a few 78rpm records of Ken Mackintosh, the saxophonist, and he had a band from the late 1940s onwards, recording several early TV themes and backing singers such as Anne Shelton, Alma Cogan and Frankie Vaughan. He toured extensively between 1953 and 1963; does anyone remember him coming to Blackpool?
He died in 2005, The Independant newspaper published an obituary which can be read online.
Nice to see a picture of Eric Delaney I had not seen before. As his biographer (THE MAGNIFICENT ERIC DELANEY - Upfront Publishing available from the publisher or Amazon.co) I have seen many rare pics of Eric (many in the book). Eric at 85 is still going strong touring with the UK Glenn Miller Orchestra.
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