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Les Welch Free Music

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Les Welch Free Music

Les Welch

Effective period / Period of releases: 1957

One of Australia's most prolific bandleaders of the 1950s.
Early A&R representative for Festival Records, and who famously acquired the Australian rights to Bill Haley's Rock Around The Clock.
His single "Meet Mr Callaghan" was record label Festival Records' first ever release, back on Nov 14th, 1952 (cat# FM-1019)
Born 6 August 1925 in UK.
Family migrated to Australia circa 1928
Died in 2014.

External Pages

globaldogproductions.info/f/festival-oz-original-series-part1.html

nugrape.net/welch.htm

maas.museum/inside-the-collection/2014/11/01/les-welch-1925-2014

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Welch