{"id":1069,"date":"2025-02-05T09:08:53","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T08:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/jukebox\/?page_id=1069"},"modified":"2025-02-05T09:08:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T08:08:53","slug":"jbp-ot-06","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/jukebox\/stories\/interviews\/jbp-ot-06\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Hylton Jnr."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#JPBOT6-interview\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#JPBOT6-interview\">Interview<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#JPBOT6-summary\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#JPBOT6-summary\">Summary<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#JPBOT6-transcript\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#code-transcript\">Transcript of interview<\/a>(to be added)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#JPBOT6-keywords\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#code-keywords\">Keywords<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#JPBOT6-documentation\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#code-documentation\">Supporting documentation<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"JPBOT6-interview\">Interview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Interview of Jack Hylton Jnr. (JBP\/OT\/6) conducted on the 14th November 2024 at Lancaster University Library by Alex Pomeroy. In the interview, he talks about his memories of his father, Jack Hylton, and his father&#8217;s career. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/jukebox\/files\/2025\/02\/JBP-OT-006_20241114.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Audio recording of an interview with Jack Hylton Jnr. conducted by Alex Pomeroy on 14th November 2024 at Lancaster University Library for the Jukebox Project. Duration: 01:00:49. Jukebox Project Collection, JBP\/2\/OT\/6\/2.  This record is available under a Creative Commons by Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence with permission of the copyright holders.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"JPBOT6-summary\">Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Time<\/th><th>Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><a href=\"#code-timestamp\" data-type=\"internal\" data-id=\"#code-timestamp\">00.00.00-00.02:10<\/a><\/td><td>Introduction of participant including name, age and a brief overview of their childhood and career.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>00:02:10 \u2013 00:04:25<\/td><td>Participant talks about their childhood memories, including boarding school, flying to the United States and his relationship with Jack Hylton as a father.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>00:04:25 \u2013 00:10:30<\/td><td>Jack Hylton\u2019s contribution to the British jukebox industry is discussed, including his desire to use the jukebox to disseminate his own music across Britain &amp; general business philosophy.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>00:10:30 \u2013 00:13:50<\/td><td>Various co-stars of Hylton\u2019s are discussed, including Tommy Handley, as well as his childhood in his parent\u2019s pubs, falling in love with music and starting his career in the 1910s.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>00:13:50 \u2013 00:20:30<\/td><td>The participant tells the story of how his father put Morecambe &amp; Wise together as an act, discovering Shirley Bassey, Audrey Hepburn &amp; Peter O\u2019Toole.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>00:20:30 \u2013 00:23:10<\/td><td>Participant gives a wonderful anecdote about meeting Frank Sinatra with his father at Monte Carlo in the early sixties, leads into a discussion on his father\u2019s collection of newspaper clippings from his career.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>00:23:10 \u2013 00:25:20<\/td><td>Participant talks about his own career development within theatre production, working his way up the ladder. Talks about working with stars like Barry Humphries, Cliff Richard, Elton John and Dire Straits.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>00:25:20 \u2013 00:31:00<\/td><td>Participant talks about other interests during his childhood and teenage years, particularly history &amp; A.J.P Taylor, also meeting Winston Churchill. Discusses holidays to the South of France and his passion for water-skiing, as well as memories of boarding school and entering work.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>00:31:00 \u2013 00:34:15<\/td><td>Discussion around the participant\u2019s lifelong love of music, especially with the accessibility of music in today\u2019s world and meeting musicians whilst touring the world \u2013 particularly Elton John.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>00:34:20 \u2013 00:36:20<\/td><td>Participant talks about Hylton\u2019s lack of interest in Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll but admiration for Johnnie Ray, The Beatles and George Martin.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>00:36:20 \u2013 00:37:30<\/td><td>Liverpool\u2019s roll in the British music industry and Jack Hylton\u2019s discovery of Arthur Askey.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>00:37:30 \u2013 00:39:30<\/td><td>Hylton\u2019s touring success and record sales during the 1930s are discussed, including his popularity in the United States \u2013 the first Transatlantic live music broadcast.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>00:39:30 \u2013 00:45:00<\/td><td>Participant talks about how his father brought major US acts to the British market, such as Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong, the Jack Hylton Radio Show in the US and working with Glenn Miller\u2019s band.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>00:45:00 \u2013 00:49:00<\/td><td>The importance of the Northwest of England to Jack Hylton\u2019s career is discussed, particularly Blackpool (Royal Variety performances) in the late 1950s with his orchestra. His connection to Manchester is also covered.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>00:49:00 \u2013 00:52:20<\/td><td>Participant tells the story of how Lancaster University\u2019s Jack Hylton archive came into existence from its original site at the Adelphi Theatre, as well as the records still held at the VMA in London.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>00:52:20 \u2013 01:00:26<\/td><td>The conversation turns to the changes in the Lancaster and Morecambe area over the last 60 years, technological advancements (streaming services) in the music industry and theatre, as well as the modern ticketing industry.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>01:00:26 \u2013 01:00:49<\/td><td>Finishing thoughts from the participant.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"JPBOT6-transcript\">Transcript<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\" id=\"code-starttime\">00:00:00-00:00:00<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"JPBOT6-keywords\">Keywords<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Places:<\/strong>\u00a0London; Blackpool; Morecambe; Manchester; USA<br><strong>Venues:\u00a0<\/strong>Adelphi Theatre London; France<br><strong>People:<\/strong>\u00a0Louis Armstrong; Arthur Askey; Winston Churchill; Duke Ellington; Jack Hylton; George Martin; Johnnie Ray; A.J.P Taylor<br><strong>Organisations<\/strong>: Lancaster University; Jack Hylton and his Orchestra; Glen Miller Band; The Beatles<br><strong>Subjects:<\/strong>\u00a0music industry; history<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"JPBOT6-documentation\">Supporting Documentation <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>[Downloadable files eg summary or transcript.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-5913b2a2-6be1-41b8-be9b-ca60dd3887a0\" href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/jukebox\/files\/2025\/02\/JBP-02-OT-06-01_Jukebox-Project-Content-Summary.pdf\">JBP\/2\/OT\/6\/1 Content Summary: Jack Hylton Jnr<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/jukebox\/files\/2025\/02\/JBP-02-OT-06-01_Jukebox-Project-Content-Summary.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-5913b2a2-6be1-41b8-be9b-ca60dd3887a0\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interview Interview of Jack Hylton Jnr. 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