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Big band crooner of the 1950s who also turned his hand to film and theatre

Creep was a monster that charted around the world and gave a British act a rare hit in the United States. But when the single was first released, the BBC refused to play it and Radiohead's label eventually gave up on it.

Music stars of the 1920s and 1930s, including Spike Hughes and Reginald Foresythe, transformed American jazz to suit British tastes, explains Bob Stanley in an extract from his book charting the birth of pop