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The Golden Age of British Dance Bands
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Golden_Age_of_British_Dance_Bands
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:culturalSignificance
popularized social dancing in Britain
gptkbp:declinedAfter
rise of rock and roll
changing musical tastes
gptkbp:endDate
early 1950s
gptkbp:genre
gptkb:band
jazz
swing
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
The Golden Age of British Dance Bands
gptkbp:influencedBy
American jazz
gptkbp:legacy
influenced later British pop and jazz musicians
gptkbp:location
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:mediaType
BBC radio broadcasts
gramophone records
gptkbp:notableArtist
gptkb:Al_Bowlly
gptkb:Vera_Lynn
gptkb:Sam_Browne
gptkbp:notableEvent
BBC Dance Band Days
Dance band broadcasts on BBC Radio
gptkbp:notableGroup
gptkb:Bert_Ambrose
gptkb:Ambrose_and_His_Orchestra
gptkb:Roy_Fox_and_His_Band
Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra
gptkbp:notablePlace
gptkb:Savoy_Hotel
gptkb:Café_de_Paris
gptkb:Hammersmith_Palais
gptkbp:notableRecordLabels
gptkb:Columbia_Records
gptkb:HMV
gptkb:Decca_Records
gptkbp:startDate
1920s
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Michael_Kilgarriff
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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