Title:
The
Prince
of
Melody
Artist:
Hutch
(Leslie
A.
Hutchinson)
Catalogue
No:
SEPIA
1064
Barcode:
5055122110644
Release
Date:
6
March
2006
Although
Leslie
A.
Hutchinson
was
born
in
Grenada
and
spent
some
time
as
a
young
man
performing
in
New
York
and
subsequently
Paris,
it
was
really
in
London
where
Hutch
(as
he
was
commonly
known)
achieved
fame
and
success
as
a
performer
who
played
the
piano
and
sang
and
whose
fans
included
royalty.
After
leaving
New
York
in
1924
Hutch
moved
to
Paris
where
he
performed
at
elegant
clubs
like
the
Romance,
the
Boite
and
Zelli’s.
A
year
after
arriving
in
Paris,
Hutch
met
and
became
the
protégé
of
Cole
Porter
who
was
based
there
throughout
the
1920s.
Porter
taught
Hutch
socially
and
intellectually,
as
well
as
about
music,
clothes
and
style.
Of
the
songs
Cole
wrote
most
often
associated
with
Hutch,
two
are
included
on
this
CD:
“Let’s
Do
It”
and
“Begin
The
Beguine”,
and
it
was
he
who
showed
Hutch
exactly
how
he
wanted
his
songs
played
and
performed.
At
the
invitation
of
impresario
Charles
Cochran,
Hutch
came
to
London
in
1927
to
appear
in
Cochran's
West
End
revue
“One
Dam’
Thing
After
Another”
starring
Jessie
Matthews
and
Edythe
Baker.
Initially
playing
the
piano
in
the
orchestra
pit,
such
was
his
success
that
when
Edythe
Baker
fell
ill,
Hutch
replaced
her
on
stage
at
the
white
piano.
From
then
on
Hutch’s
fame
grew
in
Britain
through
radio
and
personal
appearances.
He
recorded
over
600
songs
for
various
British
labels
between
the
1920s
and
1954
when
his
career
started
to
lose
momentum.
This
CD
comprises
the
very
last
78s
Hutch
made
in
the
1950s
and
most
are
appearing
on
CD
for
the
first
time.
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