Léo Souris (18 July 1911 — 14 March 1990) was a Belgian composer, arranger, planner and conductor. He was mostly known for conducting

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in the Eurovision Song Contest

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. In 1928, at the age of 17, he was founded and led his own orchestra.

Singles & EP's

Playing career

Before conducting, he played for two orchestras. In 1952, he played "Paul Norman And His Orchestra - Rocking Horse Rag / Hésitation. He then performed "Jean Woodman With Léo Souris' Swingettes - Shoo Shoo Baby / I'll Be Seeing You".

Conducting career

For his previous performance which was "Jean Woodman With Léo Souris' Swingettes - Shoo Shoo Baby / I'll Be Seeing You", he was playing, but then was the conductor, the years following.

References

External links

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