Maurice Winnick

Maurice Winnick

Maurice Winnick

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British Ballroom: Maurice Winnick at the Dancehall album art
  • British Ballroom: Maurice Winnick at the Dancehall
  • August 2025
  • 11 Songs

Top Songs

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Stars in My Eyes
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Sunset Trail
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Your Heart and Mine
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Alone
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Beautiful Lady in Blue

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About

Maurice Winnick

Biography

b. 28 March 1902, Manchester, Lancashire, England, d. 26 May 1962, England. A child prodigy, Winnick studied violin at the Manchester College of Music before taking a job in a cinema orchestra, playing for silent films. While still in his teens, he led a band on a transatlantic liner and around this time also studied saxophone. In 1928 he formed a small dance band he took into Manchester's Plaza and worked with artists such as the male soprano, Frank Colman. Winnick moved to Nottingham to take charge of the city's Palais band, until then directed by Jan Ralfini but from the ea...
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