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- Birth nameWilliam Ternent
- Billy Ternent was born on October 10, 1899 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England, UK. He was an actor and composer, known for She Shall Have Music (1935), The Rosalina Neri Show (1959) and The Anne Shelton Show (1958). He died on March 23, 1977 in the UK.
- He was a British orchestra leader, popular from the 1940s to the 1970s.
- Ternent was discovered by Jack Hylton while playing with the Selma Four in a Newcastle restaurant. Hylton took him to London where Ternent played in Al Starita's dance band at the Kit Kat Restaurant before joining Hylton's showband.
- He made his first recordings with his Sweet Rhythm Orchestra in 1938, and among the top musicians and singers who were associated with his stylish and tasteful dance band were Harry Roche, Don Lusher, Tommy Whittle, Duncan Campbell, Stan Roderick, Duncan Lamont, Rick Kennedy, Tony Mercer, Shirley Norman, Margaret Rose, and Eva Beynon.
- His life-long signature tune was Vivian Ellis' 'She's My Lovely.
- On leaving Hylton, he led various BBC orchestras for four years before forming his own band in 1944 and touring throughout the UK.
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