Jack Payne was born on August 22, 1899 in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England. He is known for Say It with Music (1932), Jamboree! (1957) and Pantomania, or It Was Never Like This (1955). He was married to Peggy Cochrane. He died on December 4, 1969 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England.