Geraldo

Geraldo was born on Aug 10, 1904 in UK. Geraldo's big-screen debut came with Girl in the Street directed by Herbert Wilcox in 1937, strarring Orchestra Leader. Geraldo is known for Girl in the Street directed by Herbert Wilcox, Anna Neagle stars as Jacqueline and Tullio Carminati as Marius Andreani. The upcoming new movie Geraldo plays is The End of the Affair which will be released on Jan 21, 2000.

Pianist (a child prodigy) and band leader, trained at London's Royal Academy of Music. The son of a master tailor, Geraldo began as a relief pianist at a cinema on the Old Kent Road and then played organ at a restaurant in London. He first fronted his 'Light Orchestra' -- under his real name, Gerald Bright -- at the Hotel Majestic at St. Anne's-on-Sea for a five-year residency. After touring South America to study Latin rhythms and collect arrangements, he created the 'Geraldo Tango Gaucho Band' and briefly became 'The Tango King' of England, based for ten years at the Savoy from where he made more than 2000 broadcasts. By 1933, he led a more conventional dance orchestra under the tag line 'Geraldo & His Sweet Music' with "Hello, Again" as his signature song. He revamped this organisation yet again in the 1940's and 50's, transforming it into one of the foremost American-styled swing bands in Britain, particularly after the inclusion of trumpeter Leslie