(1913-11-11)11 November 1913 Holbeck, Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died
6 May 1993(1993-05-06) (aged 79) Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England
Genres
Jazz, swing
Occupation(s)
Bandleader
Instrument(s)
Alto saxophone, clarinet, piano
Years active
1921–1982
Musical artist
Ivy Benson (11 November 1913 – 6 May 1993) was an English musician and bandleader, who led an all-female swing band. Benson and her band gained prominence in the 1940s, headlining variety theatres and topping the bill at the London Palladium, and became the BBC's resident house band.
IvyBenson (11 November 1913 – 6 May 1993) was an English musician and bandleader, who led an all-female swing band. Benson and her band gained prominence...
Bill Ashton (National Youth Jazz Orchestra) Kenny Baker Chris Barber IvyBenson Tito Burns Phil Collins (The Phil Collins Big Band) Laurence Cottle (Laurence...
(tenor) Daniel Bennett (born 1979) (alto) Eli Bennett (born 1989) (tenor) IvyBenson (1913–1993) (alto) Bob Berg (1951–2002) (tenor, soprano) Totti Bergh (1935–2012)...
and trombone at the Royal Academy of Music, then was a member of the IvyBenson All Girls Band between 1956 and 1958. Subsequently, she formed a vocal/trombone...
was 16, she left school to become a member of a female big band led by IvyBenson. She played with the band for two years before moving to Jersey. Unhappy...
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– Mick Ronson, guitarist (The Spiders from Mars), 46 (cancer) 6 May – IvyBenson, bandleader, 79 22 May – Melville Cook, organist, conductor and composer...
Sir Dermot Boyle, British Royal Air Force commander (born 1904) 6 May IvyBenson, bandleader (born 1913) Ian Mikardo, politician (born 1908) 8 May – Edward...
June Havoc, vaudeville performer and film star (d. 2010) November 11 – IvyBenson, bandleader (d. 1993) November 15 – Gus Johnson, jazz drummer (d. 2000)...
Lady Sue Ryder of Warsaw Scarcroft Grange, Wetherby Road, LS14 3HJ 129 IvyBenson 59 Cemetery Road, Beeston LS11 130 Central Station Hoist Wellington Place...
2006) was a British trumpeter and bandleader. She was lead soloist in IvyBenson's all-girls band during the 1940s, going on to form her own all-female...
Talking Heads) and scriptwriter (including The Madness of King George) IvyBenson – bandleader Richard Bentley – classical scholar, critic, and theologian...
various meetings with band leaders and solo artists, including Joe Loss, IvyBenson, Bud Freeman and Humphrey Lyttleton. Jim Caine died at Noble's Hospital...
nationalmuseums.org.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2021. "Object of the week- IvyBenson ceramic". Leeds City Council News. Retrieved 13 March 2021. "January 2018...
an all-female band appearing on NBC Radio and for Vitaphone and RKO. IvyBenson's "All Girls Band" was the BBC's resident dance band in 1943 and toured...
Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson (July 10, 1905 – May 28, 2002) was an American journalist and writer of children's books. She wrote some of the earliest...
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