Arthur Rosebery (1904-1986) was an

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pianist and singer. He began working as a pianist in 1921, and a few years later he formed a trio which included

Billy Cotton William Edward Cotton (6 May 1899 – 25 March 1969) as Billy Cotton 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 a ...

. With his orchestra, the ''Kit Cat band'', Rosebery worked in various London clubs and also made a number of recordings of contemporary dance music, which became very popular in the 1930s. After

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, Rosebery worked for some time in

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. He changed his name to Al Shine in order to sound more American. Later in his life he worked at Flanagan's Restaurant in London. In 1930 he and his Kit-Kat Dance Band covered '' Amy, Wonderful Amy'', a song about

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Dance Band Encyclopaedia: Arthur Rosebery
1904 births 1986 deaths English bandleaders English jazz pianists 20th-century pianists 20th-century English musicians {{UK-jazz-musician-stub