VIC LEWIS RARE AUTOGRAPH:THE BEATLES / ELTON JOHN / ROBIN GIBB & BIG BAND LEADER
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Dec 28, 2016 Sold Date
Dec 20, 2016 Start Date
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VICTOR JOSEPH  LEWIS 1919 - 2009 : MUSICIAN / NEMS DIRECTOR 
LEWIS PLAYED A PROMINENT PART IN THE BRITISH JAZZ AND POPULAR MUSIC WORLD FOR OVER 70 YEARS.IN HIS CAREER IN HIS CAREER AS AN AGENT HE WAS CLOSELY CONNECTED WITH THE BEATLES, CILLA BLACK , ELTON JOHN AND ROBIN GIBB AS WELL AS A HOST OF OTHER MAJOR STARS. HE WAS BORN IN 1919,  AT 16 HE WON A TALENT CONTEST PLAYING HIS GUITAR WITH HIS YOUNG BAND ‘THE VIC LEWIS SWING STRING QUARTET’ IT LAUNCHED HIS CAREER IN MUSIC .FOLLOWING WORLD WAR II HE PUT TOGETHER THE FAMOUS VIC LEWIS BIG BAND WHICH CONTAINED MANY TOP NAMES IN THE JAZZ WORLD. THE BAND TOURED  IN THE UK AND FURTHER AFIELD WITH SINGERS SUCH AS JOHNIE RAY AND FRANKIE LANE BUT THE BIG BANDS BECAME LESS POPULAR AND IN 1960 LEWIS SET UP AS A BOOKING AGENT ONE OF HIS FIRST CLIENTS BEING DUDLEY MOORE, PIANIST AND COMEDIAN . IN THE YEARS THAT FOLLOWED HE DEALT WITH MOST OF THE ESTABLISHED NAMES IN SHOWBUSINESS. .
IN 1965 HE SOLD HIS AGENCY TO THE BEATLES MANAGER BRIAN EPSTEIN.RETAINING A SEAT ON THE BOARD OF EPSTEINS COMPANY ‘NEMS’. IT WAS HIS DUTY TO TRAVEL AHEAD OF THE BEATLES ON TOUR SEEING TO ALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES .  THE GROUPS 1966 FAR EAST TOUR WENT FAIRLY WELL UNTIL THEY REACHED MANILLA .PLANS HAD BEEN MADE FOR THE BAND TO LUNCH WITH THE PRESIDENT AND MRS MARCOS.HOWEVER NO ONE HAD INFORMED LEWIS , EPSTEIN OR THE BEATLES THEMSELVES. IT WAS TAKEN AS AN INSULT WHEN THEY DID NOT APPEAR .LEWIS WAS TAKEN TO THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS AND WAS INTERROGATED OVER THIS INSULT ,A GRILLING WHICH LASTED ALL NIGHT ! 
HE RETIRED AND CONCENTRATED AGAIN ON HIS JAZZ AND LOVE FOR CRICKET HE RAISED  A CELEBRITY TEAM WHICH INCLUDED ELSTON JOHN AND IN THE PROCESS RAISED 3 MILLION POUNDS FOR CHARITY .
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