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• Harry Babbitt - A native of St Louis, Harry Babbitt was born in 1913 and became the lead male singer with Kay Kyser's band. After serving two years in the US Navy, Babbitt rejoined Kyser awhile before embarking on a...
• Harry James - Trumpet ace Harry James (1916-83), was a top sideman with Goodman, married Betty Grable and became a bandleader.
• Harry Roy - Diminutive and peppy, Harry Roy was happy to maintain his 'King Of Hotcha' image. His recording of Eeny Meeny Miney Mo was made when he was resident at the Mayfair Hotel.
• Helen Forrest
• Helen Kane -  The 'Boop-Boop-a-Doop' girl Helen Kane epitomized the flapper era of the late Twenties and no song is more representative of this than I Wanna Be Loved By You, introduced by Helen in the Broadway...
• Helen OConnell - Ray Eberle was joined by the personable Helen O'Connell early in 1939. Listen to her sultry, Billie Holiday-influenced All Of Me.
• Henry Hall - Henry Hall made a major impact on the popular music scene through the medium of the 'wireless' as we used to know it. Appointed from outside the West End coterie to direct the BBC's own dance orchestra...
• Henry Red Allen - Red Allen was a trumpet star and fine jazz vocalist who but for the commanding presence of Louis Armstrong would have gained wider public recognition.
• Hildegarde - Born in Wisconsin, Hildegarde only retired in 1995. Her last London appearance was an unforgettable two week engagement at London's Pizza on the Park in October 1992. Capture if you will her sophisticated...
• Hoagy Carmichael - The laconic, jazz-orientated singer-songwriter Hoagy Carmichael played a number of supporting roles in films, and usually got to sing one of his songs at some point.
• Howard Lanin - Howard Lanin &  His Orchestra's unforgettable track Black Bottom, became all the rage in Britain in 1927.
• Hutch - Popular, attractive, handsome, well-dressed and unfailingly courteous - this was Leslie Hutchinson, known to everyone simply as Hutch (1900-1969).  Born in Grenada, he was sent to New York as a sixteen...