Sidney Torch

Sidney Torch
Background information
Birth nameSidney Torchinsky
Born5 June 1908
St Pancras, London, United Kingdom
DiedJuly 16, 1990(1990-07-16) (aged 82)
Eastbourne, Sussex
GenresLight music
OccupationConductor
Instrument(s)Piano, theatre organ
LabelsRegal, Columbia, Decca, Parlophone

Sidney Torch MBE (born Sidney Torchinsky; 5 June 1908 – 16 July 1990) was a British pianist, cinema organist, conductor, orchestral arranger and a composer of light music.[1]

  1. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise ed.). Virgin Books. pp. 1183–4. ISBN 1-85227-745-9.