Humphrey Lyttelton

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Humphrey Lyttelton

British jazz musician & broadcaster

From
Eton, United Kingdom
Active
1921–2008
Releases
28
  • dixieland
  • jazz
  • post-bop
  • swing

About

Humphrey Richard Adeane "Humph" Lyttelton (23 May 1921 – 25 April 2008) was an English jazz musician and broadcaster from the Lyttelton family.

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Having taught himself the trumpet at school, Lyttelton became a professional musician, leading his own eight-piece band, which recorded a hit single, "Bad Penny Blues", in 1956. As a broadcaster, he presented BBC Radio 2's The Best of Jazz for forty years, and hosted the comedy panel game I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue on BBC Radio 4, becoming the UK's oldest panel game host.
Lyttelton was also a cartoonist, collaborating on the long-running Flook series in the Daily Mail, and a calligrapher and president of The Society for Italic Handwriting.

From Humphrey Lyttelton on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Discography

Albums 22
Live 1
Compilations 5

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Also known as

Humph · Humph Lyttelton · Humphrey Littleton · Humphrey Lyttleton · Humphrey Richard Adeane Lyttelton

Tags

  • british
  • classic pop and rock
  • english
  • uk

Identifiers

ISNI
0000000368597846
IPI
00018840679

Data from MusicBrainz, saved 12 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.