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Autographs of Ivy Benson

Ivy Benson (11 November 1913 – 6 May 1993) was an English musician and bandleader, who led an all-female swing band. Benson and her band gained prominence in the 1940s, headlining variety theatres and topping the bill at the London Palladium, and became the BBC's resident house band. More about Ivy Benson

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Current items with a signature of Ivy Benson

These are the most current items with a signature of Ivy Benson that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.

Picture Item Title Price Store
thumbnail IVY BENSON AND HER ORCHESTRA- LP( SIGNED COPY)£7.99logo
thumbnail1943 IVY BENSON FEMALE SWING BAND LEADER AUTOGRAPHED PICTURE CARD£59.95logo
thumbnailIVY BENSON (1913-1993) Female Big Band Orchestra Leader Signed page£2.50logo
Benson was born on 11 November 1913 in Holbeck, Leeds, the daughter of Douglas Rolland "Digger" Benson and his wife Mary Jane Mead. Her father, a musician who played several instruments including trombone for the Leeds Symphony Orchestra, began teaching her the piano at the age of five. She played at working men's clubs from the age of eight, billed as Baby Benson, and performed on BBC Radio's Children's Hour aged nine.

Ivy's father had ambitions for her to become a concert pianist, but she was inspired to become a jazz musician after hearing a Benny Goodman record and learned to play clarinet and alto saxophone. She left school at 14 and took a job at the Montague Burton factory in Leeds, putting aside half a crown from her wages each week to save up for her first saxophone. She supplemented her income by playing in dance bands in the evenings. Read even more about Ivy Benson at Wikipedia

Traded items with a signature of Ivy Benson

The most expensive item with a signature of Ivy Benson (**Signed** Promo IVY BENSON AND HER ORCHESTRA LP Debut Album Jazz 1972 Palladium) was sold in November 2019 for £50.00 while the cheapest item (Signed Ivy Benson 1913-1993 English Musician Jazz Bandleader Palladium 1940s 50s) found a new owner for £0.99 in May 2020. The month with the most items sold (2) was February 2021 with an average selling price of £5.30 for an autographed item of Ivy Benson. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in November 2019 with £50.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.99 was June 2016. In average, an autographed item from Ivy Benson is worth £4.99.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Ivy Benson were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture Item Title Price Store
thumbnailAUTOGRAPHED Ivy Benson & Her Orchestra. I'd Like To Teach The World To Blow. LP£8.50logo
thumbnailIVY BENSON - All Girl Bandleader & Sax Player - signed album page £3.92logo
thumbnailIVY BENSON - All Girl Bandleader & Sax Player - signed piece £5.53logo
thumbnailIVY BENSON - POPULAR MUSICIAN AND BANDLEADER - SIGNED VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPH£5.51logo
thumbnailIVY BENSON / BIG BAND LEADER / SIGNED POSTCARD SIZE PHOTO£19.99logo
thumbnailIVY BENSON 1940's > MUSICIAN & BAND LEADER etc HAND-SIGNED ALBUM PAGE £5.60logo
thumbnailIvy Benson and her Orchestra, Autographed,Vinyl LP£2.99logo
thumbnailIvy Benson autograph 1940s jazz big band singer£5.00logo
thumbnailIVY BENSON BIG BAND LEADER AUTOGRAPH AND VINTAGE PHOTO CARD£14.00logo
thumbnailMantovani / Ivy Benson Orchestra signed autograph album page 1949 conductor£7.99logo