Louis Jacob Preager, known as Lou Preager, was an English pianist, dance band leader, disc jockey and businessman.
12 Facts About Lou Preager
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Lou Preager was active from the 1930s to the 1950s; with his band he made many recordings.
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Louis Jacob Preager was born in Poplar, London, in 1906, and came from a Jewish background.
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Lou Preager was the son of Louis Preager, a tailor, and his wife Rebecca.
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Lou Preager played in fashionable London clubs and restaurants; in 1931 he joined "Eugene Pini and his Tango Orchestra" at the Monseigneur, and later joined the Billy Reid Accordion Band.
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In 1933, Lou Preager led an 11-piece band, playing at Ciro's and later at Romano's in the Strand.
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Lou Preager was invalided out of the army in 1942, and he formed a 14-piece orchestra to play at the Hammersmith Palais in London; it was the resident band there for 18 years.
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Lou Preager won three Carl Alan Awards for the best Palais Band.
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Lou Preager was owner of a book publishing company, founder of a record company, and had interests in film and television.
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In 1958, Lou Preager married Rose Sharp in Marylebone, where the couple lived.
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Lou Preager moved to Slough and bought the Carlton Ballroom in the town; it was sold after he suffered a heart attack in 1967.
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Lou Preager died on 14 November 1978 in Mallorca, aged 72.