Sydney Lipton

English violinist and bandleader, born Simon Jacob Lipchik. Born 4 January 1906 in Mile End, in London’s East End, England. Died 19 July 1995, aged 89, in Palm Beach, Florida, USA, during a visit to his daughter, singer Celia Lipton. Lipton learned the violin as a child before joining cinema orchestras providing the accompaniment to silent movies. He began playing professionally in the band led by Murray Hedges, before joining the Billy Cotton Band in 1925 and making his first recordings. He left Cotton to form his own dance band in 1931. Lipton was popular from the 1930s-60s when he led "one of the most polished of the British Dance Bands".