Leslie Hutchinson

Leslie Arthur Julien Hutchinson, known as "Hutch" (7 March 1900 – 18 August 1969), was a Grenada-born singer and musician. He was one of the biggest cabaret stars in the world during the 1920s and 1930s. He recorded several of Cole Porter's songs, including "Begin the Beguine" and "Let's Do It, Let's Fall in Love" One of his biggest hits was his version of "These Foolish Things" He fathered seven children with six different mothers. His final recording, made just before his death, was for Morgan Records and was the LP "The Magic That Was Hutch" He was "one of the first stars in Britain" to volunteer to entertain the troops at home and abroad during World War II, but he received no formal recognition for his service. He had a lengthy affair with Edwina Mountbatten, Countess of Burma, and was effectively shunned by many of his former patrons, and his career was effectively over. He died in a nursing home in London in 1969, aged 80.