Background
He was born in West Ham, London, to Louis Breeze, a concert and oratorio singer and a member of the D."Oyly Carte Opera Company, and Isobel, who taught with the old London County Council.
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Alan Breeze
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At the beginning of his career, Breeze sang in working men"s clubs, restaurants and even theatre queues. He produced some 78 recordings, for example from his later repertoire: "I"ve Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts". He produced recordings at film studios for actors who could not sing.
He met the band leader Billy Cotton, who was to change his career forever.
Breeze started with Billy Cotton in 1932, without a contract, and stayed for 36 years. He became one of the most popular United Kingdom vocalists, on radio, television and in theatres around the United Kingdom.
His recordings are still occasionally heard on the radio. Breeze died in January 1980 in Norwich.
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United Kingdom