Singer. He is remembered as one of the biggest cabaret stars in the world during the 1920s and 1930s. Born Leslie Arthur Julian Hutchinson but called “Hutch,” he learned to play the piano from his father. Scoring high on aptitude testing, he was sent to New York City to study medicine but the nightlife of the clubs of Harlem appealed to him more. In the early 1920s, he married and by 1926, the couple had their only child, a daughter. In 1927 he arrived in London, England after a stay in Paris, France where he studied music furthering his career. He had befriended songwriter, Cole Porter, while in Paris. Porter often gave him professional advice. He made his London's West End debut in Sir Charles B. Cochran's “One Dam Thing After Another,” an expensive revue with costumes by Coco Chanel. Between 1928 and 1930 he performed in four more successful Cochran revues and gained a national notoriety after touring England with the shows. There were some racial remarks published in newspapers about “a black man did not belong on a stage performing with white women.” He gained professional success on the stage along with monetary. He dressed in expensive tailored suits from Savile Row, was chauffeured in a Rolls Royce, rode the hounds and fished for trout with society, and spoke with a delightful upper-crust English accent. He was highly-sought after performing at private parties as well as public affairs for upper society which included British royalty. He performed regularly at the London Pavilion and Quaglino's. Some of his most admiring fans were the Prince of Wales and his fiancee, Wallis Simpson, who was an American divorcee; along with Lord Louis Mountbatten and his wife Lady Edwina. After scandalizing remarks naming a royal were published in a newspaper in 1932, his professional career waned dramatically for any alleged involvement on his part, and at this point, his contact with society was cut. During World War II, he was one of the first to entertain the British military, but never received recognition as others were. He made famous such standards as “High Hat,” “Ain't Misbehaving.” “You're the Cream in my Coffee,” “A Nightingale Sang in Berkely Square,” “Night and Day,” “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes,” “These Foolish Things,” and Cole Porter's “Begin the Beguine.” He died from pneumonia in almost total obscurity with 42 people attending his funeral. Lord Mountbatten paid for his grave and grave marker. On October 5, 2012, a English Heritage Blue Plaque was unveiled on the grand house that was his residence from 1929 to 1967. It was requested by one of his eight children. Although he became very wealthy in the 1930s, he had gambled and lost his fortune, thus after his wife's death, he sold this home to pay debts. The fictional character Jack Ross in the successful TV series “Downton Abbey” was based on the real-life of Hutchinson.