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    Born in 1903, Leonard Milford grew up in Cape Town, South Africa. In 1923 he moved to London with his pianist Edgar Adeler and worked with Jack Hylton's "Kit-Cat" band and Fred Elizalde at the Savoy Hotel playing plectrum banjo.
    He later changed to tenor and worked in both Britain and Australia.   He is credited with writing nearly a 100 compositions and played what were described as  muted "Hot" single-string choruses.
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