Milt Britton was the stage name of Milton Levy (January 3, 1894 – April 29, 1948), who was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and moved to New York as a child.
He started playing in vaudeville bands in 1914, and in 1917 formed a duo with New York-born Frank Louis Wenzel (July 8, 1892 – April 27, 1992), who also took the surname Britton as his stage name.
[1][2] The band expanded with other musicians joining the ensemble, including at various times accordion player Tito Guidotti, trombonist Walter Powell, drummer Tiny Kahn and trumpeter Norman Faye.
[1] Critic Kevin Whitehead described them as "musical Dadaists of the first order", precursors to Spike Jones, and stated that "the band's level of interpersonal violence makes the Three Stooges look sedate.
In 1948, Milt Britton died at the age of 54, from a heart attack shortly after performing at a social function for radio executives in New York.