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Ken 'Snakehips' Johnson
1914-1941 GB, Georgetown, Guyana
of Jazz and Pop
A.k.a. Kenrick Reginald Hymans Johnson
Ken 'Snakehips' Johnson (born in British Guiana, now the independent nation of Guyana, September 10, 1914 - d. 1941) was Britain's first black swing bandleader and a dancer. His own band was called Ken Johnson and his Rhythm Swingers (later renamed The West Indian Orchestra), which played jazz and swing music. The band had a residency at the London nightclub Café de Paris . It was here on March 8, 1941, during the blitz, that two bombs came through the Rialto roof straight onto the Café dance floor soon after the start of a performance. Eighty people died, including Johnson and most of his band.
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