Editing Lew Grade (section)

==Talent agent==
Around 1934, Grade went into partnership with Joe Collins and became a [[talent agent]] in their company Collins & Grade. Among their earliest clients were the harmonica player [[Larry Adler]] and the [[jazz]] group [[Quintette du Hot Club de France]].<ref name="Faith">{{Cite news |last=Faith |first=Nicholas |date=14 December 1998 |title=Obituary: Lord Grade |work=[[The Independent]] |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-lord-grade-1191347.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-lord-grade-1191347.html |archive-date=14 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |access-date=12 August 2017}}</ref>

Following the beginning of the [[Second World War]] in 1939, Grade became involved in arranging entertainment for soldiers in [[Harrogate]],<ref name="TH" /> and later joined the [[British Army]]. He was discharged after two years when an old problem with [[Knee effusion|swelling of the knees]], which had earlier ended his dancing career, recurred.<ref name=Faith/> In 1945, the arrangement with Collins having been terminated, Grade formed a partnership with his brother Leslie (Lew and Leslie Grade Ltd., or the Grade Organisation). That year, the brothers travelled in the United States, where they developed their entertainment interests. His connections included, among others, [[Bob Hope]] and [[Judy Garland]], who performed in Britain for the first time.<ref name=Faith/> The brothers became the main bookers of artists for the [[London Palladium]] in 1948, then managed by [[Val Parnell]] for the [[Moss Empires]] Group owned by the family of [[Prince Littler]].<ref name="Angelini" /> The agency became the most successful in the UK and in 1967 it was acquired by [[EMI]] for $21&nbsp;million with Grade and his two brothers joining the EMI board.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=22 March 1967 |title=EMI Buys Grade; Huge Talent Pool In $21-Mil Deal |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |page=1}}</ref>