Popular British entertainer and bandleader of the 1930s and 1940s. Played a huge role in the success of bandleader Harry Roy, Mendelssohn's first band started to record for Decca Records in 1937. Perhaps it was just chance that his first session included a Hawaiian song, the Oscar-winning Sweet Leilani. They were heard regularly in commercial programmes, such as "Top Hat Express" and "Café Aulait" from Radio Luxembourg and Radio Normandy. They also provided music for the BBC’s "Crooners’ Corner", a quiz programme devised by Felix which aired in 1938-9. Stanley Barnett, bandleader at the Café Anglais, was Felix’s musical director. He died at Charing Cross Hosptial and was cremated on the 7th February, 1952. His ashes were scattered somewhere in Section 1 of the Gardens of Remembrance.
Popular British entertainer and bandleader of the 1930s and 1940s. Played a huge role in the success of bandleader Harry Roy, Mendelssohn's first band started to record for Decca Records in 1937. Perhaps it was just chance that his first session included a Hawaiian song, the Oscar-winning Sweet Leilani. They were heard regularly in commercial programmes, such as "Top Hat Express" and "Café Aulait" from Radio Luxembourg and Radio Normandy. They also provided music for the BBC’s "Crooners’ Corner", a quiz programme devised by Felix which aired in 1938-9. Stanley Barnett, bandleader at the Café Anglais, was Felix’s musical director. He died at Charing Cross Hosptial and was cremated on the 7th February, 1952. His ashes were scattered somewhere in Section 1 of the Gardens of Remembrance.
Bio by: Kieran Smith
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