Leslie Hutchinson originally emigrated to study for a degree in medicine as he had won a place due to his high aptitude, but instead he began playing the piano and singing in bars.
12 Facts About Leslie Hutchinson
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Leslie Hutchinson went on to be the second pianist in the pit in the Rodgers and Hart musical, One Dam' Thing After Another, which opened at the London Pavilion on 20 May 1927.
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Leslie Hutchinson had moved from the Cafe de Paris to another London club, Chez Victor, in February 1927 and after an extended spell there, he transferred to the Devonshire Restaurant in November 1927.
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Leslie Hutchinson soon became the darling of society and the population in general.
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Leslie Hutchinson was regularly heard on air with the BBC, with one of his biggest hits, his version of "These Foolish Things".
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Leslie Hutchinson soon became embittered by being frequently obliged to enter parties via the servant's entrance, in spite of his popularity.
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Leslie Hutchinson's final recording, made just before his death, was for Morgan Records and was the LP "The Magic That Was Hutch".
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Leslie Hutchinson married Ella Byrd, a woman of African, English, and Chinese ancestry, in 1923 or 1924 in New York City.
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Leslie Hutchinson fathered seven further children with six different mothers.
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Leslie Hutchinson's family tried to hush up the affair, hastily marrying Sperling off to an army officer Col Arthur Corbett, and attempting to pass off the child as his.
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Leslie Hutchinson was put up for adoption and Sperling's outraged father, the former diplomat Rowland Sperling sued Hutch.
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Leslie Hutchinson suffered from ill-health in his later years and died at New End Hospital, Hampstead in London from pneumonia on 18 August 1969.