Artist Info: Eric Winstone

b. 1 January 1915, London, England.
d. 2 May 1974, Pagham, Sussex, England.

A popular bandleader and composer from the 30s through to the 70s, Winstone worked as a clerk at the Gas Light and Coke Company in Westminster, and played the piano in his spare time, before leaving to become a full time musician. After leading his first band at the Spanish Club in Cavendish Square, London in 1935, he learned to play the accordion, and eventually founded an accordion school. [read more...]