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1 Singles & EP's  





2 Playing career  





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Léo Souris
Born(1911-07-18)18 July 1911
Died14 March 1990(1990-03-14) (aged 78)
NationalityBelgian
Occupation(s)Composer, arranger, planner, conductor

Léo Souris (18 July 1911 — 14 March 1990) was a Belgian composer, arranger, planner and conductor.[1] He was mostly known for conducting Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest 1956.

In 1928, at the age of 17, he was founded and led his own orchestra.

Singles & EP's[edit]

Singles & EP's
Title[2] Year
English Medley / Scotch Medl 1944
If I Had My Way / The Rose Covered Shack 1944
All's Well, Mademoiselle / It's Love, Love, Love Unknown
Shoo Shoo Baby / I'll Be Seeing You Unknown

Playing career[edit]

Before conducting, he played for two orchestras. In 1952, he played "Paul Norman And His Orchestra - Rocking Horse Rag / Hésitation.

He then performed "Jean Woodman With Léo Souris' Swingettes - Shoo Shoo Baby / I'll Be Seeing You".

Conducting career[edit]

For his previous performance which was "Jean Woodman With Léo Souris' Swingettes - Shoo Shoo Baby / I'll Be Seeing You", he was playing, but then was the conductor, the years following.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Dictionnaire du jazz à Bruxelles et en Wallonie. Belgium: Conseil de la musique de la Communauté française de Belgique. 1991. pp. 273–276. ISBN 287009468X. OCLC 30357595.
  • ^ "Léo Souris' Swingtette". Discogs.
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