Jack Jackson (British radio)
| Jack Jackson | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Jack Jackson |
| Born |
20 February 1906 Barnsley, Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 15 January 1978 (aged 71) Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England |
| Genres | British dance band |
| Occupation(s) | Bandleader, trumpeter, composer, disc jockey |
| Instruments | Trumpet |
| Associated acts | the BBC Dance Orchestra |
Jack Jackson (20 February 1906 – 15 January 1978) was an English trumpeter and bandleader popular during the British dance band era, and who later became a highly influential radio disc jockey.
He was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, the son of a brass band player and conductor, and began playing cornet at the age of 11 before playing violin and cello in dance bands. He learnt to play trumpet and worked in swing bands in circuses, revues, ballrooms and ocean liners before joining Jack Hylton's band in 1927. He left Hylton in 1929 and freelanced for a while.
Jackson joined Jack Payne and the BBC Dance Orchestra in 1931. He left Payne to form his own band in 1933. By the end of year, Jack Jackson and his Orchestra started a five-year residency at the Dorchester Hotel in London. His signature tune was Make Those People Sway, and his regular closing theme tune was Dancing in the Dark. By 1939, he had a regular radio show on Radio Luxembourg.
After the war, he decided not to reform his band, and turned to compering on the BBC Light Programme in such shows as "Record Roundup", which ran from 1948 to 1977. His methods of presentation included punctuating records with surreal comedy clips and using quick cutting of pre-recorded tapes to humorous effect. This was a major influence on later British disc jockeys such as Kenny Everett and Noel Edmonds.
He had a chat show on ITV in 1955. His presentation style was evident in the 1960 comedy and musical film Climb Up the Wall, in which he starred. He emigrated to Tenerife in 1962, sending his taped programmes by air to the BBC each week. He was one of the disc jockeys that launched BBC Radio 1 on Saturday 30th September 1967. He broadcast at 1pm with the "Jack Jackson Show". He then moved from Radio 1 to BBC Radio 2. Suffering from a bronchial illness, he returned to Britain to live in 1973, and died in Rickmansworth in 1978. He is remembered as a member of the UK Radio Academy's Hall of Fame.
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