Ivy Benson

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Ivy Benson (11 November 1913 – 6 May 1993) was an English musician and bandleader, who led an all-female swing band: Ivy Benson & her Girls Band. Benson and her band rose to fame in the 1940s, headlining variety theatres and topping the bill at the London Palladium, and became the BBC's resident house band. Benson was born on 11 November 1913 in Holbeck, Leeds, the daughter of Douglas Rolland "Digger" Benson and his wife Mary Jane Mead. Her father, a musician who played with ensembles including the Leeds Symphony Orchestra, began teaching h...read more

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