Denny Dennis

Denny Dennis (b. November 1, 1913 in Derby - d. November 2, 1993 in Barrow-in-Furness) with a career as a band singer, solo recording star and broadcaster which spanned three decades.

The first Englishman to sing with an American big band, Tommy Dorsey in 1948. By then he was a household name, recording in the Thirties, touring Britain and Europe with Roy Fox and broadcasting not only on the BBC but the two commercial stations Radio Normandy and Radio Luxembourg.

It was Fox who renamed him Denny Dennis only moments before his first BBC broadcast with Roy Fox & His Band.