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British dance band is a genre of popular jazz and dance music that developed in British dance halls and hotel ballrooms during the 1920s and 1930s, often called a Golden Age of British music prior to World War II. Thousands of miles away from the origins of jazz in the United States, British dance bands of this era typically played melodic, good-time music that had jazz and big band influences but also maintained a peculiarly British sense of rhythm and style which came from the music hall tradition. Often comedians of the day or music hall personalities would sing novelty recordings backed by well-known British dance band leaders. Some of the British dance band leaders and musicians went on to fame in the United States in the swing era. Thanks to Britain's continuing ballroom dancing tradition and its recording copyright laws, British dance music of the pre-swing era still attracts a modest audience, which American dance music of the same period does not. == Notable band leaders and musicians == Famous British dance band leaders and musicians included (see also List of British big band leaders): * Bert Ambrose * Bertini * Billy Cotton * Fred Elizalde * Roy Fox * Geraldo * Carroll Gibbons * Nat Gonella * Henry Hall * Jack Harris * Bobby Howell * Jack Hylton * Jack Jackson * Sidney Kyte * Charlie Kunz * Sidney Lipton * Joe Loss * Percival Mackey * Mantovani * Billy Merrin * Ray Noble * Jack Payne * Lou Preager * Oscar Rabin * Edmundo Ros * Harry Roy * Victor Silvester * Debroy Somers * Lew Stone * Billy Ternent * Billy Thorburn * Jay Whidden * Jay Wilbur * Maurice Winnick 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「British dance band」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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