The Jack Hylton archive contains memorabilia from the life and work of Jack Hylton. His career spanned the early 1920s up until his death in 1965. He was a successful bandleader setting trends within popular music of the time in the U.K. and expanding into the world of entertainment. Much of the archive has press cuttings from this period of his career and contains many references to famous stars.
Jack Hylton was born in Bolton on 2nd July 1892. .
