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RADIO WHO'S WHO
" Someday Soon." Broadcast frequently with Sandy Macpherson in "String Along with Sandy " programmes.
JIMMY LEACH
Records exclusively for Columbia. Plays the piano and Hammond organ. Hobbies : Golf, orchestrating.
LEADER, HARRY.
Bandleader. 6. London, 28th January, 1906. Specialises in modern dance music. Address: 86, Lea Bridge Road, Clapton, E.5. Phone: Amherst 5620. After touring the Continent started recording with his own band in 1932, and broadcasting in 1933. Resident band at Hammersmith Palais de Danse, 1940-43, and from there went to the Astoria Dance Salon, where his band is still playing. Signature tune is " Music Maestro, Please." Is a composer under the name of " John Mason." Hobby : Cycling.
HARRY LEADER j
LEAN, TANGYE.
B.B.C. West European Director and Commentator, b. Merstham, Surrey, 23rd February, 1911. Author of a book on broadcasting during the war. Address: c/o B.B.C, London. Educated Leighton Park and University College, Oxford. Leader writer, " News Chronicle," 1933, and afterwards literary critic and Leader Page Editor. During the war years served in various European radio departments as editor and commentator. Author of novels and short stories.
LEE, BENNY.
Vocalist and actor. b. Glasgow, August, 1916. Began in radio as an actor in the B.B.C. Glasgow studios in 1938. First sang in school choir, became a tailor's assistant, then joined an acrobatic song and dance act in which he toured the country. Left the act when