Eric Delaney is an English drummer and bandleader, popular in the 1950s and early 1960s. Aged 16 he won the Best Swing Drummer award and later joined the Bert Ambrose Octet which featured George Shearing on piano. During 1947-54 he appeared with the Geraldo Orchestra and filled his time with regular session work in recording studios and on film, TV and radio. In 1954 he formed his own band and later signed with the new Pye Records label.

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  • Eric Delaney is an English drummer and bandleader, popular in the 1950s and early 1960s. Aged 16 he won the Best Swing Drummer award and later joined the Bert Ambrose Octet which featured George Shearing on piano. During 1947-54 he appeared with the Geraldo Orchestra and filled his time with regular session work in recording studios and on film, TV and radio. In 1954 he formed his own band and later signed with the new Pye Records label. He made three Royal Variety Show appearances, the first in 1956. Delaney specialised in up-tempo dance hall music, often carrying a rock n' roll label but closer in spirit to that of Geraldo and Joe Loss. As with many similar artists, the music Delaney performed moved out of vogue after The Beatles. Nonetheless, Delaney remained active touring in the UK, notably in holiday resorts. Fuller details of Delaney's life - he's still touring - along with photographs and comments from Kenny Ball, Elkie Brooks,Terry Lightfoot, Humphrey Lyttelton and others - are in "The Magnificent Eric Delaney" by Eddie Sammons (Upfront Publishing, 2007). Eric's grandson, Jake Delaney, is also a talented drummer. He will probably inherit Eric's drum kit. Although best known as a jazz drummer, Eric is a talented multi-percussionist. As well as the drum kit he plays xylophone, glockenspiel, timpani, military side drum, tubular bells, a variety of Chinese gongs and tam tams and has incorporated many every day items such as brushes and whistles into his shows over the years.
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  • Eric Delaney is an English drummer and bandleader, popular in the 1950s and early 1960s. Aged 16 he won the Best Swing Drummer award and later joined the Bert Ambrose Octet which featured George Shearing on piano. During 1947-54 he appeared with the Geraldo Orchestra and filled his time with regular session work in recording studios and on film, TV and radio. In 1954 he formed his own band and later signed with the new Pye Records label.
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