George Edward "Ted" Heath (30 March 1902 – 18 November 1969) was a British musician and big band leader.
He led Britain's greatest post-war big band recording more than 100 albums which sold over 20 million copies. Considered the most successful band in Britain during the 1950s, it remained in existence as a ghost band long after Heath died, surviving in such a form until 2000.
Musical beginnings
After playing tenor horn at the age of six, encouraged by his father, the leader of the Wandsworth Town Brass Band, Heath later switched to trombone.
Earning a living for his family in the post-war years he, and his brother Harold with three other musicians, formed a band that played to commuters outside London Bridge Station before winding their way along the streets in London to a location outside the Queen’s Hall Gardens venue. It was here that Heath’s professional career began as he was spotted on the street and asked to play with the Jack Hylton Band who had a residence there. He did not last long, not having the experience required, but it gave him the ambition to pursue a career as a professional musician.
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Does this sound familiar? ... It wasn’t entirely Healey’s fault. the roots of the crisis lay with the “going for growth” Barber boom unleashed by the previous Conservative government under Ted Heath ... In the event, things have gone the other way ... Copy link ... .
For the first time since 1979, I enjoyed Christmas week in Glasgow, in my mother’s new pad and not far from our old manse off Queen VictoriaDrive... There were disconcerting aspects ... Advertisement ... ‘Who governs Britain?’ Ted Heath dramatically asked ... .
How has 2024 been for you? Ours has been a funny old year ... After failing to legislate against union militancy in the late 1960s, and having profited from Ted Heath’s defeat by the miners, neither Labour PM had any appetite for a rematch ... “stagflation”.
The Mail on Sunday’s peerless cartoonist Stan ‘Mac’ McMurtry has been chosen as an Oldie of the Year ... I asked if I could hand it over personally ... So, too, were Ted Heath, Harold Wilson with his pipe and Margaret Thatcher with her bouffant hairstyle ... ... .
In 1974 he tried to set up a photo-op with supermarket baskets to show how much less you could buy for your money under the Ted Heath government, but he left it too late, overlooking the fact that the ...
The bugle is sounding the retreat across Whitehall... In the early 1970s, for instance, the Tory prime minister Ted Heath was determined to make Britain a member of the European Community, but he was profoundly dishonest about the impact of membership ... .
From 1962 he focused wholly on wrestling ... He fared better against Ted Heath and Ron Oakley, and his 1966 bout with Alan Sargeant ended in a draw, but until his second encounter with Sargeant, in 1969, he had done little to excite the fans ... Copy link ... .
Ladies and gentlemen, compare and contrast… ... Because there are many more threats, domestic and international, than there were in the days when security was not high up the agenda when it came to Harold Wilson or Ted Heath’s retirements ... Show comments ... .
SIR – I am the part-owner of a small shop in a nearby town ...Last week he contacted me to say that he had decided not to take an extended tenancy ... London SW3 ... SIR – In 1959 Ted Heath, then a minister, introduced me to my future husband with the words ... .
Folks who’ve met Margaret Gibson know she’s a wise, compassionate, thoughtful and gentle person ... Ted Mook and HeathAllen will provide the evening’s musical component ... Q ... A ... Q ... A ... Margaret Gibson with Tori Richnavsky and musicians Ted Mook and Heath Allen.
