Ken Snakehips Johnson - band leader
Kenrick Reginald Hijmans Johnson (1914 - 1941), known as Ken "Snakehips" Johnson, jazz band leader and dancer. A leading figure in black British music of the 1930s. Johnson and his band had a residency at London's glamorous nightspot the Cafe de Paris. He was killed on 8 March 1941 during the Blitz when he was among 34 victims of a high explosive bomb falling straight onto the dancefloor
Picture No
12548385
Media ID
46119897
Size
4197px x 5181px
(3.1MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph in The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News', 6 September 1940, page 317
Date
1940
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