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- Birth nameHandel Huckridge
- Jack Dorsey was born in February 1929 in Wrexham, Wales, UK. Jack was a composer, known for The Great British Striptease (1980) and Anything for Love (1985). Jack died on April 30, 2017 in Hove, England, UK.
- In 1961 he formed a band to play at the Rank Organisation's Astoria Dance Salon in London. When he first arrived, he was surprised to find notices advertising 'Jack Dorsey and his Orchestra'. 'I am the new bandleader here, who's this Jack Dorsey?' he enquired. 'You are!' he was told. It would appear that the management did not feel that the name Handel Huckridge was very commercial, therefore they found a name that was synonymous with dance band music. Thus Handel Huckridge became Jack Dorsey, which he remains to this day.
- Early in 1963, the Rank Organisation Management gave Jack the opportunity to create a new 17-piece orchestra, possibly the largest band to hold a ballroom residency.
- After leaving school he joined the Band of the Grenadier Guards, where he played cornet and trumpet.
- To the general public Jack is best known as a musical director.
- When 'Music While You Work' was revived for a week in 1982 as part of the BBC's 60th Anniversary celebrations, Jack Dorsey and his Orchestra were invited to contribute.
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