Louis Jacob Preager (12 January 1906 – 14 November 1978), known as Lou Preager, was an English pianist, dance band leader, disc jockey and businessman...
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and manager Lou Preager (1906–1978), British dance band leader Lou Rawls (1933–2006), American singer, songwriter and record producer Lou Reed (1942–2013)...
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(Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra) "Cruising Down the River" – Lou Preager Orchestra "Don't Fence Me In" – Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters "It...
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documentary, May I Have the Pleasure?, about the Hammersmith Palais de Danse, Lou Preager comments on how his was the first band to record the 'Okey Cokey'. EMI...
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Nancy Mitford (1904–1973), author, at 13 Blomfield Road in the 1930s. Lou Preager (1906–1978), British dance band leader, at 198 Wymering Mansions, Wymering...
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the UK in January 1946 on the Columbia record label (FB 3180), was by Lou Preager and his Orchestra, with vocals by Paul Rich. This was immensely popular...
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particularly the ultra fast thrash metal sub-genre which emerged in the 1980s. Lou Preager (1906–1978), bandleader and pianist. Keith Reid (born 1946), lyricist...
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greatest number of Embassy recordings is Paul Rich, a singer with the Lou Preager Orchestra, who recorded for Embassy between 1957 and 1965. However, the...
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Preger (born 1930), British doctor working in the Indian city of Kolkata Lou Preager (1906–1978), British dance band leader Prager (crater), an impact crater...
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which he retained for the rest of his life. He worked with the pianist Lou Preager and the clarinettist Carl Barriteau at the Cotton Club in Soho, with...
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