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Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose.
Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally — first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity.
In 1922 he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer in order to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back — Edward".
This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader; this was largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair Hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting.
In 1933 Ambrose was asked to accept a cut in pay at the May Fair; refusing, he went back to the Embassy Club, and after three years there (and a national tour), he rejected American offers and returned to the May Fair Hotel in 1936. He then went into partnership with Jack Harris (an American bandleader), and in 1937 they bought a club together (Ciro's Club). For 3 months they even employed Art Tatum there, some think the greatest jazz pianist who ever lived. Ambrose and Harris alternated performances in Ciro's until a disagreement led to the rupture of their partnership. Ambrose then worked at the Café de Paris until the outbreak of World War II, when he again went on tour. His major discovery in the years leading up to the war was the singer Vera (later Dame Vera) Lynn (b. 1917), who sang with his band from 1937 to 1940 and, during the war, became known as the "Forces' Sweetheart". Lynn married Harry Lewis, a clarinettist in the band, in 1939. Other singers with the Ambrose band included Sam Browne, Elsie Carlisle, Denny Dennis (who recorded a number of duets with Vera Lynn), and Evelyn Dall.
After a short period back at the May Fair Hotel, he retired from performing in 1940 (though he and his orchestra continued to make records for Decca until 1947). Several members of his band became part of the Royal Air Force band, The Squadronaires, during the war. Ambrose's retirement was not permanent, however, and he formed and toured with the Ambrose Octet, and dabbled in management.
In the mid-1950s, despite appearances back in London's West End and a number of recordings for MGM, Ambrose was — in common with other bandleaders — struggling; rock and roll had arrived. He was forced to start performing in small clubs with casual musicians, and his financial position deteriorated catastrophically. His situation was saved, however, by his discovery of the singer Kathy Kirby (b. 1940), whom he heard singing at the age of sixteen at the Ilford Palais) and whose career he promoted.
It was during the recording of one of Kirby's television programmes (at the Yorkshire Television studios) that Ambrose collapsed, dying later the same night in London. His music was kept alive after death by, among others, the Radio 2 broadcasters Alan Dell (1924-1995) and Malcolm Laycock, the latter continuing to play his records into the 21st century.
Ambrose and his Orchestra - All Of Me (1932)
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose.
Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally — first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity.
In 1922 he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer in order to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back — Edward".
This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader; this was largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair Hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting.
Ambrose stayed at the May Fair for six years, during which time the band made recordings for Brunswick Records, HMV, and Decca Records. This period also saw the musical development of the band, partly as a result of Ambrose's hiring of first-class musicians, including Sylvester Ahola, Ted Heath, Joe Crossman, Joe Jeannette, Bert Read, Joe Brannelly, Dick Escott, and trumpeter Max Goldberg.
In 1933 Ambrose was asked to accept a cut in pay at the May Fair; refusing, he went back to the Embassy Club, and after three years there (and a national tour), he rejected American offers and returned to the May Fair Hotel in 1936. He then went into partnership with Jack Harris (an American bandleader), and in 1937 they bought a club together (Ciro's Club). For 3 months they even employed Art Tatum there, some think the greatest jazz pianist who ever lived. Ambrose and Harris alternated performances in Ciro's until a disagreement led to the rupture of their partnership. Ambrose then worked at the Café de Paris until the outbreak of World War II, when he again went on tour. His major discovery in the years leading up to the war was the singer Vera (later Dame Vera) Lynn (b. 1917), who sang with his band from 1937 to 1940 and, during the war, became known as the "Forces' Sweetheart". Lynn married Harry Lewis, a clarinettist in the band, in 1939. Other singers with the Ambrose band included Sam Browne, Elsie Carlisle, Denny Dennis (who recorded a number of duets with Vera Lynn), and Evelyn Dall.
After a short period back at the May Fair Hotel, he retired from performing in 1940 (though he and his orchestra continued to make records for Decca until 1947). Several members of his band became part of the Royal Air Force band, The Squadronaires, during the war. Ambrose's retirement was not permanent, however, and he formed and toured with the Ambrose Octet, and dabbled in management.
In the mid-1950s, despite appearances back in London's West End and a number of recordings for MGM, Ambrose was — in common with other bandleaders — struggling; rock and roll had arrived. He was forced to start performing in small clubs with casual musicians, and his financial position deteriorated catastrophically. His situation was saved, however, by his discovery of the singer Kathy Kirby (b. 1940), whom he heard singing at the age of sixteen at the Ilford Palais) and whose career he promoted.
It was during the recording of one of Kirby's television programmes (at the Yorkshire Television studios) that Ambrose collapsed, dying later the same night in London. His music was kept alive after death by, among others, the Radio 2 broadcasters Alan Dell (1924-1995) and Malcolm Laycock, the latter continuing to play his records into the 21st century.
Ambrose and his Mayfair Hotel Orchestra, Sam Browne vocal - All Through the Night (1934)
- published: 26 Jun 2015
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Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose.
Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally - first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity.
In 1922 he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer in order to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back - Edward".
This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader; this was largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair Hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting.
Ambrose stayed at the May Fair for six years, during which time the band made recordings for Brunswick Records, HMV, and Decca Records. This period also saw the musical development of the band, partly as a result of Ambrose's hiring of first-class musicians, including Sylvester Ahola, Ted Heath, Joe Crossman, Joe Jeannette, Bert Read, Joe Brannelly, Dick Escott, and trumpeter Max Goldberg.
In 1933 Ambrose was asked to accept a cut in pay at the May Fair; refusing, he went back to the Embassy Club, and after three years there (and a national tour), he rejected American offers and returned to the May Fair Hotel in 1936. He then went into partnership with Jack Harris (an American bandleader), and in 1937 they bought a club together (Ciro's Club). For 3 months they even employed Art Tatum there, some think the greatest jazz pianist who ever lived. Ambrose and Harris alternated performances in Ciro's until a disagreement led to the rupture of their partnership. Ambrose then worked at the Café de Paris until the outbreak of World War II, when he again went on tour. His major discovery in the years leading up to the war was the singer Vera (later Dame Vera) Lynn (b. 1917), who sang with his band from 1937 to 1940 and, during the war, became known as the "Forces' Sweetheart". Lynn married Harry Lewis, a clarinettist in the band, in 1939. Other singers with the Ambrose band included Sam Browne, Elsie Carlisle, Denny Dennis (who recorded a number of duets with Vera Lynn), and Evelyn Dall.
After a short period back at the May Fair Hotel, he retired from performing in 1940 (though he and his orchestra continued to make records for Decca until 1947). Several members of his band became part of the Royal Air Force band, The Squadronaires, during the war. Ambrose's retirement was not permanent, however, and he formed and toured with the Ambrose Octet, and dabbled in management.
In the mid-1950s, despite appearances back in London's West End and a number of recordings for MGM, Ambrose was - in common with other bandleaders - struggling; rock and roll had arrived. He was forced to start performing in small clubs with casual musicians, and his financial position deteriorated catastrophically. His situation was saved, however, by his discovery of the singer Kathy Kirby (b. 1940), whom he heard singing at the age of sixteen at the Ilford Palais) and whose career he promoted.
It was during the recording of one of Kirby's television programmes (at the Yorkshire Television studios) that Ambrose collapsed, dying later the same night in London. His music was kept alive after death by, among others, the Radio 2 broadcasters Alan Dell (1924-1995) and Malcolm Laycock, the latter continuing to play his records into the 21st century.
Ambrose and his Orchestra, Sam Browne vocal - Stormy Weather (1933)
- published: 09 Dec 2013
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Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose.
Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally — first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity.
In 1922 he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer in order to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back — Edward".
This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader; this was largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair Hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting.
Ambrose stayed at the May Fair for six years, during which time the band made recordings for Brunswick Records, HMV, and Decca Records. This period also saw the musical development of the band, partly as a result of Ambrose's hiring of first-class musicians, including Sylvester Ahola, Ted Heath, Joe Crossman, Joe Jeannette, Bert Read, Joe Brannelly, Dick Escott, and trumpeter Max Goldberg.
In 1933 Ambrose was asked to accept a cut in pay at the May Fair; refusing, he went back to the Embassy Club, and after three years there (and a national tour), he rejected American offers and returned to the May Fair Hotel in 1936. He then went into partnership with Jack Harris (an American bandleader), and in 1937 they bought a club together (Ciro's Club). For 3 months they even employed Art Tatum there, some think the greatest jazz pianist who ever lived. Ambrose and Harris alternated performances in Ciro's until a disagreement led to the rupture of their partnership. Ambrose then worked at the Café de Paris until the outbreak of World War II, when he again went on tour. His major discovery in the years leading up to the war was the singer Vera (later Dame Vera) Lynn (b. 1917), who sang with his band from 1937 to 1940 and, during the war, became known as the "Forces' Sweetheart". Lynn married Harry Lewis, a clarinettist in the band, in 1939. Other singers with the Ambrose band included Sam Browne, Elsie Carlisle, Denny Dennis (who recorded a number of duets with Vera Lynn), and Evelyn Dall.
After a short period back at the May Fair Hotel, he retired from performing in 1940 (though he and his orchestra continued to make records for Decca until 1947). Several members of his band became part of the Royal Air Force band, The Squadronaires, during the war. Ambrose's retirement was not permanent, however, and he formed and toured with the Ambrose Octet, and dabbled in management.
In the mid-1950s, despite appearances back in London's West End and a number of recordings for MGM, Ambrose was — in common with other bandleaders — struggling; rock and roll had arrived. He was forced to start performing in small clubs with casual musicians, and his financial position deteriorated catastrophically. His situation was saved, however, by his discovery of the singer Kathy Kirby (b. 1940), whom he heard singing at the age of sixteen at the Ilford Palais) and whose career he promoted.
It was during the recording of one of Kirby's television programmes (at the Yorkshire Television studios) that Ambrose collapsed, dying later the same night in London. His music was kept alive after death by, among others, the Radio 2 broadcasters Alan Dell (1924-1995) and Malcolm Laycock, the latter continuing to play his records into the 21st century.
Ambrose and his Orchestra - Stormy Weather (1933)
- published: 19 May 2015
- views: 750
Catchy theme song of the famed British bandleader, born Benjamin Baruch Ambrose in 1896 Warsaw.
Transferred and digitally processed from U.S. issue 78rpm: Decca 500 - Hors D’oeuvres (Colmer) by Ambrose & his Orchestra, recorded in London January 4, 1935
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- published: 27 Jan 2016
- views: 653
„BERT" AMBROSE (Benjamin Baruch Ambrose) was born in the East End of London, the son of a wool merchant. He was playing the violin at a very young age. At the age of 15 he was taken to America by an aunt and soon after he was playing his first professional job on violin for Emil Coleman at Reisenweber's restaurant in New York, later playing in a big band at the Palais Royal, backing the floor show. When the bandleader was taken ill, Ambrose took over the role and did so well, that he was asked to form his own 15-piece band at $50 a week. He was only 20 at the time. He was visiting his sick mother in London in 1922 when he was asked by the owner of the Embassy Club to form a 7-piece band to play there, for £360 a week. This was a huge amount of money at the time. Almost immediately, the club was bought by restaurenteur, Luigi, who became a business associate of Ambrose.
During this period Ambrose made his first recordings: 12 sides for Columbia. The members of the band at the time included Arthur Aaronson and Rupert Dixon on alto and tenor saxes respectively; Max Raderman (brother of Lou Raderman, the violinist and Harry Raderman, trombonist, all Americans) on piano; Harry Edelson, banjo, Julius Nussbaum, tuba and American Eddie Gross-Bart on drums The following year, Ambrose - who went back to the US - took a job at New York's Clover Gardens for $200 a night. Luigi was frantic and spent the next twelve months sending a stream of cables to Ambrose, imploring him to return. In desperation, Luigi enlisted the help of the Prince of Wales who sent the following cable:- "The Embassy needs you. Come back - Edward". This did the trick and Ambrose returned in 1925, remaining at the club until 1927, when he jumped at the chance of directing the band at the newly-opened May Fair Hotel, which included broadcasting in the contract.
The job at the May Fair brought him great fame. His band was an Anglo-American and included top-notch musicians who could play in many different styles, sight-read and improvise at will. It is not surprising that many were used by some record company's musical directors to form the core of their studio bands. John & Bert Firman (Zonophone) and Jay Wilbur (Dominion and Imperial) being just two examples.
In June 1933, Ambrose returned to the Embassy Club for nearly three years, before setting off on a variety tour of the country in January 1936. Again, America tried to tempt him with a personal salary of £600 a week, but failed and Ambrose returned to the May Fair in September 1936. He bought Ciro's Club in partnership with fellow American violinist and bandleader, Jack Harris, and the two bandleaders played there alternately in 1937. However, they disagreed over who should play when, and the partnership broke up, with Ambrose moving to the Cafe de Paris until war broke out, when he resumed touring.
He returned to the May Fair for a short spell, before retiring in August 1940, being fed up with air raids, and resting at a farm in Hertfordshire which he had bought. He continued to record with his orchestra on Decca until 1947, the musicians he used still being the best around. On Saturday, June 11th, 1971, Ambrose collapsed at Yorkshire Television Studios and he died of a haemorrhage that night
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SAM BROWNE, born in London, became one of the most popular British dance band vocalists of the 1930's. He is particularly remembered singing with Ambrose and his Orchestra, at the Mayfair Hotel and Embassy Club, with whom he made many recordings from 1930 to 1942.
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Recording:
Ambrose with His Orch., voc. Sam Browne - The Show Is Over (Coslow/Dubin/Conrad), Decca 1934
- published: 20 Mar 2008
- views: 38813
THE BRITISH BANDS PLAY DUKE ELLINGTON. here we have the great Ambrose & His Orchestra in the 1930's, playing the Juan Tizol, Ellington classic Caravan.
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (15 September 1896 -- 11 June 1971), known professionally as Ambrose or Bert Ambrose, was an English bandleader and violinist. Ambrose become the leader of a highly acclaimed English dance band.
- published: 20 Nov 2011
- views: 3474
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose.
Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally — first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity.
In 1922 he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer in order to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back — Edward".
This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader; this was largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair Hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting.
Ambrose stayed at the May Fair for six years, during which time the band made recordings for Brunswick Records, HMV, and Decca Records. This period also saw the musical development of the band, partly as a result of Ambrose's hiring of first-class musicians, including Sylvester Ahola, Ted Heath, Joe Crossman, Joe Jeannette, Bert Read, Joe Brannelly, Dick Escott, and trumpeter Max Goldberg.
In 1933 Ambrose was asked to accept a cut in pay at the May Fair; refusing, he went back to the Embassy Club, and after three years there (and a national tour), he rejected American offers and returned to the May Fair Hotel in 1936. He then went into partnership with Jack Harris (an American bandleader), and in 1937 they bought a club together (Ciro's Club). For 3 months they even employed Art Tatum there, some think the greatest jazz pianist who ever lived. Ambrose and Harris alternated performances in Ciro's until a disagreement led to the rupture of their partnership. Ambrose then worked at the Café de Paris until the outbreak of World War II, when he again went on tour. His major discovery in the years leading up to the war was the singer Vera (later Dame Vera) Lynn (b. 1917), who sang with his band from 1937 to 1940 and, during the war, became known as the "Forces' Sweetheart". Lynn married Harry Lewis, a clarinettist in the band, in 1939. Other singers with the Ambrose band included Sam Browne, Elsie Carlisle, Denny Dennis (who recorded a number of duets with Vera Lynn), and Evelyn Dall.
After a short period back at the May Fair Hotel, he retired from performing in 1940 (though he and his orchestra continued to make records for Decca until 1947). Several members of his band became part of the Royal Air Force band, The Squadronaires, during the war. Ambrose's retirement was not permanent, however, and he formed and toured with the Ambrose Octet, and dabbled in management.
In the mid-1950s, despite appearances back in London's West End and a number of recordings for MGM, Ambrose was — in common with other bandleaders — struggling; rock and roll had arrived. He was forced to start performing in small clubs with casual musicians, and his financial position deteriorated catastrophically. His situation was saved, however, by his discovery of the singer Kathy Kirby (b. 1940), whom he heard singing at the age of sixteen at the Ilford Palais) and whose career he promoted.
It was during the recording of one of Kirby's television programmes (at the Yorkshire Television studios) that Ambrose collapsed, dying later the same night in London. His music was kept alive after death by, among others, the Radio 2 broadcasters Alan Dell (1924-1995) and Malcolm Laycock, the latter continuing to play his records into the 21st century.
Ambrose and his Orchestra - Too Many Tears (1932)
- published: 04 May 2015
- views: 1852
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose.
Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally — first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity.
In 1922 he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer in order to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back — Edward".
This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader; this was largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair Hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting.
Ambrose stayed at the May Fair for six years, during which time the band made recordings for Brunswick Records, HMV, and Decca Records. This period also saw the musical development of the band, partly as a result of Ambrose's hiring of first-class musicians, including Sylvester Ahola, Ted Heath, Joe Crossman, Joe Jeannette, Bert Read, Joe Brannelly, Dick Escott, and trumpeter Max Goldberg.
In 1933 Ambrose was asked to accept a cut in pay at the May Fair; refusing, he went back to the Embassy Club, and after three years there (and a national tour), he rejected American offers and returned to the May Fair Hotel in 1936. He then went into partnership with Jack Harris (an American bandleader), and in 1937 they bought a club together (Ciro's Club). For 3 months they even employed Art Tatum there, some think the greatest jazz pianist who ever lived. Ambrose and Harris alternated performances in Ciro's until a disagreement led to the rupture of their partnership. Ambrose then worked at the Café de Paris until the outbreak of World War II, when he again went on tour. His major discovery in the years leading up to the war was the singer Vera (later Dame Vera) Lynn (b. 1917), who sang with his band from 1937 to 1940 and, during the war, became known as the "Forces' Sweetheart". Lynn married Harry Lewis, a clarinettist in the band, in 1939. Other singers with the Ambrose band included Sam Browne, Elsie Carlisle, Denny Dennis (who recorded a number of duets with Vera Lynn), and Evelyn Dall.
After a short period back at the May Fair Hotel, he retired from performing in 1940 (though he and his orchestra continued to make records for Decca until 1947). Several members of his band became part of the Royal Air Force band, The Squadronaires, during the war. Ambrose's retirement was not permanent, however, and he formed and toured with the Ambrose Octet, and dabbled in management.
In the mid-1950s, despite appearances back in London's West End and a number of recordings for MGM, Ambrose was — in common with other bandleaders — struggling; rock and roll had arrived. He was forced to start performing in small clubs with casual musicians, and his financial position deteriorated catastrophically. His situation was saved, however, by his discovery of the singer Kathy Kirby (b. 1940), whom he heard singing at the age of sixteen at the Ilford Palais) and whose career he promoted.
It was during the recording of one of Kirby's television programmes (at the Yorkshire Television studios) that Ambrose collapsed, dying later the same night in London. His music was kept alive after death by, among others, the Radio 2 broadcasters Alan Dell (1924--1995) and Malcolm Laycock, the latter continuing to play his records into the 21st century.
Ambrose Mayfair Hotel Orchestra - I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan (1932)
- published: 19 Oct 2011
- views: 3914
Recorded in 1935.
BERT AMBROSE:
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (11 September 1896 – 11 June 1971), known professionally as Ambrose or Bert Ambrose, was an English bandleader and violinist. Ambrose became the leader of a highly acclaimed British dance band, Bert Ambrose & His Orchestra, in the 1930s.
Ambrose was born in Warsaw in 1896 whilst it was part of Russia. At some time after, the family moved to London. They were Jewish; his father being a 'Dealer in rags' in the 1911 UK Census where Ambrose was named as 'Barnett' (a "Violin musician student"). He began playing the violin while young, and travelled to New York with his aunt. He began playing professionally, first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity.
Whilst at the Palais Royal, on 5 June 1918, he registered for the Draft (Local Board Division 169, City of NY NY, 144 St Nicholas Ave; Registration 232). He gave: date of birth 11 Sept 1896; place of birth Warsaw, Russia; nationality Russian; father's birthplace Grietza, Russia; place of employment Palais Royal 48 St & Broadway; nearest relative Mrs Becky Ambrose, Mother, 56 "Blaksley" St London England. He signed Bert Ambrose. The registrar recorded: medium height; medium build; brown hair; brown eyes; no physical disability that would render him exempt.
In 1922, he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back—Edward".
This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader, largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting.
SAM BROWNE:
Sam Browne (1898 – 1972) was an English dance band singer, who became one of the most popular British dance band vocalists of the 1930s. He is remembered for singing with Jack Hylton and with Ambrose and his Orchestra, at the Mayfair Hotel and Embassy Club, with whom he made many recordings from 1930 to 1942, and for his duets and variety performances with the singer, Elsie Carlisle.
Born in London, England, Sam Browne's first recording was made with the Jack Hylton band on 23 August 1928, "That's My Weakness Now", issued on HMV B5520. The band at that time included Jack Jackson (trumpet), Lew Davis and Leo Vauchant (trombone), Chappie D'Amato, E.O. Pogson, Billy Ternent (reeds) and Hugo Rignold (vn).
Over approximately a year and a half, Browne made over 100 records with Hylton, including sessions in Berlin and Milan, and was to return to the studios with the Hylton band between 1938 and 1940.
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Ambrose (bandleader)
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (11 September 1896 – 11 June 1971), known professionally as Ambrose or Bert Ambrose, was an English bandleader and violinist. Ambrose became the leader of a highly acclaimed British dance band, Bert Ambrose & His Orchestra, in the 1930s.
Early life
Ambrose was born in Warsaw in 1896, when it was part of the Russian Empire. After a time the family moved to London. They were Jewish, his father being registered as a "Dealer in rags" in the 1911 UK census, where Ambrose was named as "Barnett' (a "Violin musician student"). He began playing the violin while young, and travelled to New York City with his aunt. He began playing professionally, first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of 20 he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity.
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3:06Ambrose and his Orchestra - All Of Me (1932)
Ambrose and his Orchestra - All Of Me (1932)Ambrose and his Orchestra - All Of Me (1932)
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose. Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally — first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity. In 1922 he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer in order to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back — Edward". This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader; this was largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair Hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting. In 1933 Ambrose was asked to accept a cut in pay at the May Fair; refusing, he went back to the Embassy Club, and after three years there (and a national tour), he rejected American offers and returned to the May Fair Hotel in 1936. He then went into partnership with Jack Harris (an American bandleader), and in 1937 they bought a club together (Ciro's Club). For 3 months they even employed Art Tatum there, some think the greatest jazz pianist who ever lived. Ambrose and Harris alternated performances in Ciro's until a disagreement led to the rupture of their partnership. Ambrose then worked at the Café de Paris until the outbreak of World War II, when he again went on tour. His major discovery in the years leading up to the war was the singer Vera (later Dame Vera) Lynn (b. 1917), who sang with his band from 1937 to 1940 and, during the war, became known as the "Forces' Sweetheart". Lynn married Harry Lewis, a clarinettist in the band, in 1939. Other singers with the Ambrose band included Sam Browne, Elsie Carlisle, Denny Dennis (who recorded a number of duets with Vera Lynn), and Evelyn Dall. After a short period back at the May Fair Hotel, he retired from performing in 1940 (though he and his orchestra continued to make records for Decca until 1947). Several members of his band became part of the Royal Air Force band, The Squadronaires, during the war. Ambrose's retirement was not permanent, however, and he formed and toured with the Ambrose Octet, and dabbled in management. In the mid-1950s, despite appearances back in London's West End and a number of recordings for MGM, Ambrose was — in common with other bandleaders — struggling; rock and roll had arrived. He was forced to start performing in small clubs with casual musicians, and his financial position deteriorated catastrophically. His situation was saved, however, by his discovery of the singer Kathy Kirby (b. 1940), whom he heard singing at the age of sixteen at the Ilford Palais) and whose career he promoted. It was during the recording of one of Kirby's television programmes (at the Yorkshire Television studios) that Ambrose collapsed, dying later the same night in London. His music was kept alive after death by, among others, the Radio 2 broadcasters Alan Dell (1924-1995) and Malcolm Laycock, the latter continuing to play his records into the 21st century. Ambrose and his Orchestra - All Of Me (1932) -
2:55Ambrose and his Orchestra - All Through the Night (1934)
Ambrose and his Orchestra - All Through the Night (1934)Ambrose and his Orchestra - All Through the Night (1934)
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose. Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally — first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity. In 1922 he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer in order to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back — Edward". This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader; this was largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair Hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting. Ambrose stayed at the May Fair for six years, during which time the band made recordings for Brunswick Records, HMV, and Decca Records. This period also saw the musical development of the band, partly as a result of Ambrose's hiring of first-class musicians, including Sylvester Ahola, Ted Heath, Joe Crossman, Joe Jeannette, Bert Read, Joe Brannelly, Dick Escott, and trumpeter Max Goldberg. In 1933 Ambrose was asked to accept a cut in pay at the May Fair; refusing, he went back to the Embassy Club, and after three years there (and a national tour), he rejected American offers and returned to the May Fair Hotel in 1936. He then went into partnership with Jack Harris (an American bandleader), and in 1937 they bought a club together (Ciro's Club). For 3 months they even employed Art Tatum there, some think the greatest jazz pianist who ever lived. Ambrose and Harris alternated performances in Ciro's until a disagreement led to the rupture of their partnership. Ambrose then worked at the Café de Paris until the outbreak of World War II, when he again went on tour. His major discovery in the years leading up to the war was the singer Vera (later Dame Vera) Lynn (b. 1917), who sang with his band from 1937 to 1940 and, during the war, became known as the "Forces' Sweetheart". Lynn married Harry Lewis, a clarinettist in the band, in 1939. Other singers with the Ambrose band included Sam Browne, Elsie Carlisle, Denny Dennis (who recorded a number of duets with Vera Lynn), and Evelyn Dall. After a short period back at the May Fair Hotel, he retired from performing in 1940 (though he and his orchestra continued to make records for Decca until 1947). Several members of his band became part of the Royal Air Force band, The Squadronaires, during the war. Ambrose's retirement was not permanent, however, and he formed and toured with the Ambrose Octet, and dabbled in management. In the mid-1950s, despite appearances back in London's West End and a number of recordings for MGM, Ambrose was — in common with other bandleaders — struggling; rock and roll had arrived. He was forced to start performing in small clubs with casual musicians, and his financial position deteriorated catastrophically. His situation was saved, however, by his discovery of the singer Kathy Kirby (b. 1940), whom he heard singing at the age of sixteen at the Ilford Palais) and whose career he promoted. It was during the recording of one of Kirby's television programmes (at the Yorkshire Television studios) that Ambrose collapsed, dying later the same night in London. His music was kept alive after death by, among others, the Radio 2 broadcasters Alan Dell (1924-1995) and Malcolm Laycock, the latter continuing to play his records into the 21st century. Ambrose and his Mayfair Hotel Orchestra, Sam Browne vocal - All Through the Night (1934) -
3:05Ambrose and his Orchestra, Sam Browne vocal - Stormy Weather (1933)
Ambrose and his Orchestra, Sam Browne vocal - Stormy Weather (1933)Ambrose and his Orchestra, Sam Browne vocal - Stormy Weather (1933)
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose. Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally - first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity. In 1922 he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer in order to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back - Edward". This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader; this was largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair Hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting. Ambrose stayed at the May Fair for six years, during which time the band made recordings for Brunswick Records, HMV, and Decca Records. This period also saw the musical development of the band, partly as a result of Ambrose's hiring of first-class musicians, including Sylvester Ahola, Ted Heath, Joe Crossman, Joe Jeannette, Bert Read, Joe Brannelly, Dick Escott, and trumpeter Max Goldberg. In 1933 Ambrose was asked to accept a cut in pay at the May Fair; refusing, he went back to the Embassy Club, and after three years there (and a national tour), he rejected American offers and returned to the May Fair Hotel in 1936. He then went into partnership with Jack Harris (an American bandleader), and in 1937 they bought a club together (Ciro's Club). For 3 months they even employed Art Tatum there, some think the greatest jazz pianist who ever lived. Ambrose and Harris alternated performances in Ciro's until a disagreement led to the rupture of their partnership. Ambrose then worked at the Café de Paris until the outbreak of World War II, when he again went on tour. His major discovery in the years leading up to the war was the singer Vera (later Dame Vera) Lynn (b. 1917), who sang with his band from 1937 to 1940 and, during the war, became known as the "Forces' Sweetheart". Lynn married Harry Lewis, a clarinettist in the band, in 1939. Other singers with the Ambrose band included Sam Browne, Elsie Carlisle, Denny Dennis (who recorded a number of duets with Vera Lynn), and Evelyn Dall. After a short period back at the May Fair Hotel, he retired from performing in 1940 (though he and his orchestra continued to make records for Decca until 1947). Several members of his band became part of the Royal Air Force band, The Squadronaires, during the war. Ambrose's retirement was not permanent, however, and he formed and toured with the Ambrose Octet, and dabbled in management. In the mid-1950s, despite appearances back in London's West End and a number of recordings for MGM, Ambrose was - in common with other bandleaders - struggling; rock and roll had arrived. He was forced to start performing in small clubs with casual musicians, and his financial position deteriorated catastrophically. His situation was saved, however, by his discovery of the singer Kathy Kirby (b. 1940), whom he heard singing at the age of sixteen at the Ilford Palais) and whose career he promoted. It was during the recording of one of Kirby's television programmes (at the Yorkshire Television studios) that Ambrose collapsed, dying later the same night in London. His music was kept alive after death by, among others, the Radio 2 broadcasters Alan Dell (1924-1995) and Malcolm Laycock, the latter continuing to play his records into the 21st century. Ambrose and his Orchestra, Sam Browne vocal - Stormy Weather (1933) -
3:05Ambrose and his Orchestra - Stormy Weather (1933)
Ambrose and his Orchestra - Stormy Weather (1933)Ambrose and his Orchestra - Stormy Weather (1933)
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose. Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally — first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity. In 1922 he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer in order to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back — Edward". This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader; this was largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair Hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting. Ambrose stayed at the May Fair for six years, during which time the band made recordings for Brunswick Records, HMV, and Decca Records. This period also saw the musical development of the band, partly as a result of Ambrose's hiring of first-class musicians, including Sylvester Ahola, Ted Heath, Joe Crossman, Joe Jeannette, Bert Read, Joe Brannelly, Dick Escott, and trumpeter Max Goldberg. In 1933 Ambrose was asked to accept a cut in pay at the May Fair; refusing, he went back to the Embassy Club, and after three years there (and a national tour), he rejected American offers and returned to the May Fair Hotel in 1936. He then went into partnership with Jack Harris (an American bandleader), and in 1937 they bought a club together (Ciro's Club). For 3 months they even employed Art Tatum there, some think the greatest jazz pianist who ever lived. Ambrose and Harris alternated performances in Ciro's until a disagreement led to the rupture of their partnership. Ambrose then worked at the Café de Paris until the outbreak of World War II, when he again went on tour. His major discovery in the years leading up to the war was the singer Vera (later Dame Vera) Lynn (b. 1917), who sang with his band from 1937 to 1940 and, during the war, became known as the "Forces' Sweetheart". Lynn married Harry Lewis, a clarinettist in the band, in 1939. Other singers with the Ambrose band included Sam Browne, Elsie Carlisle, Denny Dennis (who recorded a number of duets with Vera Lynn), and Evelyn Dall. After a short period back at the May Fair Hotel, he retired from performing in 1940 (though he and his orchestra continued to make records for Decca until 1947). Several members of his band became part of the Royal Air Force band, The Squadronaires, during the war. Ambrose's retirement was not permanent, however, and he formed and toured with the Ambrose Octet, and dabbled in management. In the mid-1950s, despite appearances back in London's West End and a number of recordings for MGM, Ambrose was — in common with other bandleaders — struggling; rock and roll had arrived. He was forced to start performing in small clubs with casual musicians, and his financial position deteriorated catastrophically. His situation was saved, however, by his discovery of the singer Kathy Kirby (b. 1940), whom he heard singing at the age of sixteen at the Ilford Palais) and whose career he promoted. It was during the recording of one of Kirby's television programmes (at the Yorkshire Television studios) that Ambrose collapsed, dying later the same night in London. His music was kept alive after death by, among others, the Radio 2 broadcasters Alan Dell (1924-1995) and Malcolm Laycock, the latter continuing to play his records into the 21st century. Ambrose and his Orchestra - Stormy Weather (1933) -
3:061935 HITS ARCHIVE: Hors D’oeuvres - Ambrose
1935 HITS ARCHIVE: Hors D’oeuvres - Ambrose1935 HITS ARCHIVE: Hors D’oeuvres - Ambrose
Catchy theme song of the famed British bandleader, born Benjamin Baruch Ambrose in 1896 Warsaw. Transferred and digitally processed from U.S. issue 78rpm: Decca 500 - Hors D’oeuvres (Colmer) by Ambrose & his Orchestra, recorded in London January 4, 1935 TIP: Click this link to browse through all 72 videos of the 1935 HITS ARCHIVE collection, alphabetically arranged in the convenient YouTube Playlist format: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTFzQlK7fWk9uSqUlwMN9EewrnWFyzPyX THE 1935 HITS ARCHIVE - a collection of commercial recordings and songs that proved popular during the calendar year 1935 (some were recorded in 1934) via sales, jukebox play, or radio exposure…plus some others that have gained increased recognition or have been shown to have had an impact during the decades that followed. Check out the daily music posts on my Facebook group: 1950s HITS--EVERY DAY! https://www.facebook.com/groups/824194430969202/ MusicProf78 Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Musicprof78/689903871053047 -
2:55Swinging London: Ambrose & Sam Browne: The Show Is Over,1934
Swinging London: Ambrose & Sam Browne: The Show Is Over,1934Swinging London: Ambrose & Sam Browne: The Show Is Over,1934
„BERT" AMBROSE (Benjamin Baruch Ambrose) was born in the East End of London, the son of a wool merchant. He was playing the violin at a very young age. At the age of 15 he was taken to America by an aunt and soon after he was playing his first professional job on violin for Emil Coleman at Reisenweber's restaurant in New York, later playing in a big band at the Palais Royal, backing the floor show. When the bandleader was taken ill, Ambrose took over the role and did so well, that he was asked to form his own 15-piece band at $50 a week. He was only 20 at the time. He was visiting his sick mother in London in 1922 when he was asked by the owner of the Embassy Club to form a 7-piece band to play there, for £360 a week. This was a huge amount of money at the time. Almost immediately, the club was bought by restaurenteur, Luigi, who became a business associate of Ambrose. During this period Ambrose made his first recordings: 12 sides for Columbia. The members of the band at the time included Arthur Aaronson and Rupert Dixon on alto and tenor saxes respectively; Max Raderman (brother of Lou Raderman, the violinist and Harry Raderman, trombonist, all Americans) on piano; Harry Edelson, banjo, Julius Nussbaum, tuba and American Eddie Gross-Bart on drums The following year, Ambrose - who went back to the US - took a job at New York's Clover Gardens for $200 a night. Luigi was frantic and spent the next twelve months sending a stream of cables to Ambrose, imploring him to return. In desperation, Luigi enlisted the help of the Prince of Wales who sent the following cable:- "The Embassy needs you. Come back - Edward". This did the trick and Ambrose returned in 1925, remaining at the club until 1927, when he jumped at the chance of directing the band at the newly-opened May Fair Hotel, which included broadcasting in the contract. The job at the May Fair brought him great fame. His band was an Anglo-American and included top-notch musicians who could play in many different styles, sight-read and improvise at will. It is not surprising that many were used by some record company's musical directors to form the core of their studio bands. John & Bert Firman (Zonophone) and Jay Wilbur (Dominion and Imperial) being just two examples. In June 1933, Ambrose returned to the Embassy Club for nearly three years, before setting off on a variety tour of the country in January 1936. Again, America tried to tempt him with a personal salary of £600 a week, but failed and Ambrose returned to the May Fair in September 1936. He bought Ciro's Club in partnership with fellow American violinist and bandleader, Jack Harris, and the two bandleaders played there alternately in 1937. However, they disagreed over who should play when, and the partnership broke up, with Ambrose moving to the Cafe de Paris until war broke out, when he resumed touring. He returned to the May Fair for a short spell, before retiring in August 1940, being fed up with air raids, and resting at a farm in Hertfordshire which he had bought. He continued to record with his orchestra on Decca until 1947, the musicians he used still being the best around. On Saturday, June 11th, 1971, Ambrose collapsed at Yorkshire Television Studios and he died of a haemorrhage that night ________________________________________________________ SAM BROWNE, born in London, became one of the most popular British dance band vocalists of the 1930's. He is particularly remembered singing with Ambrose and his Orchestra, at the Mayfair Hotel and Embassy Club, with whom he made many recordings from 1930 to 1942. ________________________________________________________ Recording: Ambrose with His Orch., voc. Sam Browne - The Show Is Over (Coslow/Dubin/Conrad), Decca 1934 -
2:37Caravan - Ambrose & His Orchestra
Caravan - Ambrose & His OrchestraCaravan - Ambrose & His Orchestra
THE BRITISH BANDS PLAY DUKE ELLINGTON. here we have the great Ambrose & His Orchestra in the 1930's, playing the Juan Tizol, Ellington classic Caravan. Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (15 September 1896 -- 11 June 1971), known professionally as Ambrose or Bert Ambrose, was an English bandleader and violinist. Ambrose become the leader of a highly acclaimed English dance band. -
3:18Ambrose and his Orchestra - Too Many Tears (1932)
Ambrose and his Orchestra - Too Many Tears (1932)Ambrose and his Orchestra - Too Many Tears (1932)
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose. Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally — first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity. In 1922 he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer in order to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back — Edward". This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader; this was largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair Hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting. Ambrose stayed at the May Fair for six years, during which time the band made recordings for Brunswick Records, HMV, and Decca Records. This period also saw the musical development of the band, partly as a result of Ambrose's hiring of first-class musicians, including Sylvester Ahola, Ted Heath, Joe Crossman, Joe Jeannette, Bert Read, Joe Brannelly, Dick Escott, and trumpeter Max Goldberg. In 1933 Ambrose was asked to accept a cut in pay at the May Fair; refusing, he went back to the Embassy Club, and after three years there (and a national tour), he rejected American offers and returned to the May Fair Hotel in 1936. He then went into partnership with Jack Harris (an American bandleader), and in 1937 they bought a club together (Ciro's Club). For 3 months they even employed Art Tatum there, some think the greatest jazz pianist who ever lived. Ambrose and Harris alternated performances in Ciro's until a disagreement led to the rupture of their partnership. Ambrose then worked at the Café de Paris until the outbreak of World War II, when he again went on tour. His major discovery in the years leading up to the war was the singer Vera (later Dame Vera) Lynn (b. 1917), who sang with his band from 1937 to 1940 and, during the war, became known as the "Forces' Sweetheart". Lynn married Harry Lewis, a clarinettist in the band, in 1939. Other singers with the Ambrose band included Sam Browne, Elsie Carlisle, Denny Dennis (who recorded a number of duets with Vera Lynn), and Evelyn Dall. After a short period back at the May Fair Hotel, he retired from performing in 1940 (though he and his orchestra continued to make records for Decca until 1947). Several members of his band became part of the Royal Air Force band, The Squadronaires, during the war. Ambrose's retirement was not permanent, however, and he formed and toured with the Ambrose Octet, and dabbled in management. In the mid-1950s, despite appearances back in London's West End and a number of recordings for MGM, Ambrose was — in common with other bandleaders — struggling; rock and roll had arrived. He was forced to start performing in small clubs with casual musicians, and his financial position deteriorated catastrophically. His situation was saved, however, by his discovery of the singer Kathy Kirby (b. 1940), whom he heard singing at the age of sixteen at the Ilford Palais) and whose career he promoted. It was during the recording of one of Kirby's television programmes (at the Yorkshire Television studios) that Ambrose collapsed, dying later the same night in London. His music was kept alive after death by, among others, the Radio 2 broadcasters Alan Dell (1924-1995) and Malcolm Laycock, the latter continuing to play his records into the 21st century. Ambrose and his Orchestra - Too Many Tears (1932) -
3:02Ambrose Mayfair Hotel Orchestra - I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan (1932)
Ambrose Mayfair Hotel Orchestra - I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan (1932)Ambrose Mayfair Hotel Orchestra - I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan (1932)
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose. Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally — first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity. In 1922 he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer in order to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back — Edward". This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader; this was largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair Hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting. Ambrose stayed at the May Fair for six years, during which time the band made recordings for Brunswick Records, HMV, and Decca Records. This period also saw the musical development of the band, partly as a result of Ambrose's hiring of first-class musicians, including Sylvester Ahola, Ted Heath, Joe Crossman, Joe Jeannette, Bert Read, Joe Brannelly, Dick Escott, and trumpeter Max Goldberg. In 1933 Ambrose was asked to accept a cut in pay at the May Fair; refusing, he went back to the Embassy Club, and after three years there (and a national tour), he rejected American offers and returned to the May Fair Hotel in 1936. He then went into partnership with Jack Harris (an American bandleader), and in 1937 they bought a club together (Ciro's Club). For 3 months they even employed Art Tatum there, some think the greatest jazz pianist who ever lived. Ambrose and Harris alternated performances in Ciro's until a disagreement led to the rupture of their partnership. Ambrose then worked at the Café de Paris until the outbreak of World War II, when he again went on tour. His major discovery in the years leading up to the war was the singer Vera (later Dame Vera) Lynn (b. 1917), who sang with his band from 1937 to 1940 and, during the war, became known as the "Forces' Sweetheart". Lynn married Harry Lewis, a clarinettist in the band, in 1939. Other singers with the Ambrose band included Sam Browne, Elsie Carlisle, Denny Dennis (who recorded a number of duets with Vera Lynn), and Evelyn Dall. After a short period back at the May Fair Hotel, he retired from performing in 1940 (though he and his orchestra continued to make records for Decca until 1947). Several members of his band became part of the Royal Air Force band, The Squadronaires, during the war. Ambrose's retirement was not permanent, however, and he formed and toured with the Ambrose Octet, and dabbled in management. In the mid-1950s, despite appearances back in London's West End and a number of recordings for MGM, Ambrose was — in common with other bandleaders — struggling; rock and roll had arrived. He was forced to start performing in small clubs with casual musicians, and his financial position deteriorated catastrophically. His situation was saved, however, by his discovery of the singer Kathy Kirby (b. 1940), whom he heard singing at the age of sixteen at the Ilford Palais) and whose career he promoted. It was during the recording of one of Kirby's television programmes (at the Yorkshire Television studios) that Ambrose collapsed, dying later the same night in London. His music was kept alive after death by, among others, the Radio 2 broadcasters Alan Dell (1924--1995) and Malcolm Laycock, the latter continuing to play his records into the 21st century. Ambrose Mayfair Hotel Orchestra - I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan (1932) -
3:10AMBROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA / SAM BROWNE - Red Sails In The Sunset (1935)
AMBROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA / SAM BROWNE - Red Sails In The Sunset (1935)AMBROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA / SAM BROWNE - Red Sails In The Sunset (1935)
Recorded in 1935. BERT AMBROSE: Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (11 September 1896 – 11 June 1971), known professionally as Ambrose or Bert Ambrose, was an English bandleader and violinist. Ambrose became the leader of a highly acclaimed British dance band, Bert Ambrose & His Orchestra, in the 1930s. Ambrose was born in Warsaw in 1896 whilst it was part of Russia. At some time after, the family moved to London. They were Jewish; his father being a 'Dealer in rags' in the 1911 UK Census where Ambrose was named as 'Barnett' (a "Violin musician student"). He began playing the violin while young, and travelled to New York with his aunt. He began playing professionally, first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity. Whilst at the Palais Royal, on 5 June 1918, he registered for the Draft (Local Board Division 169, City of NY NY, 144 St Nicholas Ave; Registration 232). He gave: date of birth 11 Sept 1896; place of birth Warsaw, Russia; nationality Russian; father's birthplace Grietza, Russia; place of employment Palais Royal 48 St & Broadway; nearest relative Mrs Becky Ambrose, Mother, 56 "Blaksley" St London England. He signed Bert Ambrose. The registrar recorded: medium height; medium build; brown hair; brown eyes; no physical disability that would render him exempt. In 1922, he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back—Edward". This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader, largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting. SAM BROWNE: Sam Browne (1898 – 1972) was an English dance band singer, who became one of the most popular British dance band vocalists of the 1930s. He is remembered for singing with Jack Hylton and with Ambrose and his Orchestra, at the Mayfair Hotel and Embassy Club, with whom he made many recordings from 1930 to 1942, and for his duets and variety performances with the singer, Elsie Carlisle. Born in London, England, Sam Browne's first recording was made with the Jack Hylton band on 23 August 1928, "That's My Weakness Now", issued on HMV B5520. The band at that time included Jack Jackson (trumpet), Lew Davis and Leo Vauchant (trombone), Chappie D'Amato, E.O. Pogson, Billy Ternent (reeds) and Hugo Rignold (vn). Over approximately a year and a half, Browne made over 100 records with Hylton, including sessions in Berlin and Milan, and was to return to the studios with the Hylton band between 1938 and 1940.
'Ambrose' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
Rango (2011)
Actors: Harry Dean Stanton (actor), Lew Temple (actor), Stephen Root (actor), Stephen Root (actor), Bill Nighy (actor), Alfred Molina (actor), Johnny Depp (actor), Charles Fleischer (actor), Stephen Root (actor), Ned Beatty (actor), Blake Clark (actor), Ian Abercrombie (actor), Johnny Depp (actor), Ray Winstone (actor), Lew Temple (actor),
Plot: Rango is a pet chameleon always on the lookout for action and adventure, except the fake kind, where he directs it and acts in it. After a car accident, he winds up in an old western town called Dirt. What this town needs the most is water, but they also need a hero and a sheriff. The thirsty Rango instantly takes on the role of both and selfishly agrees to take on the case of their missing water.
Keywords: anthropomorphic-animal, anthropomorphism, armadillo, bank, bank-manager, bank-robbery, bottle, bound-and-gagged, breaking-the-fourth-wall, breathing-fireGenres: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Western,
Quotes:
Rango: [from trailer] So you want something to believe in? [points at the "Sheriff" sign] Believe in that there sign. For as long as it hangs there we've got hope.Rango: [from trailer] The name's Rango. [crowd gasp]
Rango: [from trailer] [burps fire in face] I'll take care of that for you.::Rango: There all better.
Rango: Now, remember son: stay in school, eat your veggies, and burn everything but Shakespeare.
Rattlesnake Jake: [after Beans refuses to sign a deed] Sign the damn paper, woman!::Beans: Go to Hell!::Rattlesnake Jake: [wraps Beans in his coils and suspends her upside down] Where do you think I come from?
Rango: [after some kids throw rocks at him] Hey! What was that for?::Priscilla: You're funny-looking.::Rango: Well? You're funny-looking too.::Priscilla: That's a funny-looking shirt.::Rango: That's a funny-looking dress.::Priscilla: You got funny-looking eyes.::Rango: You got a funny-looking face!::Priscilla: [small pause] You're a stranger. Strangers don't last long here. [walks away]
Beans: Get your slimy, webbed phalanges off ma boots!
Rango: Us reptiles gotta stick together. Right, my brother?::Buford: I'm an amphibian.::Rango: Ain't no shame in that.
Rango: Is this Heaven?::Spirit of the West: If it were, we'd be eatin' Pop-Tarts with Kim Novak.
Rango: Crunchy-creamy-cookie-candy-cupcake. Okay everybody, let's take it from the top!
The Magnificent Dead (2010)
Actors: Ric Maddox (actor), Steve Uzzell (actor), Jamie Teer (actress), Michael Sorrells (actor), Venda D'Abato (actress), Fred Ellis (actor), Joseph Fotinos (actor), Joseph Fotinos (costume designer), Joseph Fotinos (producer), Seth Kuhn (actor), Mark A. Hernandez (actor), Marita De La Torre (actress), Mitchell Rad (actor), Adam Simon (actor), Shane Scott (producer),
Plot: The Magnificent Dead takes place in the 1870's in the small Texas town of Rosewood where local rancher Jared Hamilton and his men have declared war on the town, using fear and death to prevent a new railroad line from coming through. Guided by a priest, Father Julian the desperate town leaders decide to hire a group of six gunmen to help clean up the town. These gunmen are legendary, as they are afflicted with Leprosy and fight with reckless abandon and ruthlessness, for they have nothing to lose.
Genres: Adventure, Horror, Western,Quotes:
John Harris: I'm used to these boys leaving my place in this condition not arriving!Luna: Spirit of the Whale (2007)
Actors: Jason Priestley (actor), Stephen Dimopoulos (actor), Jason Crosby (miscellaneous crew), Brenda Crichlow (actress), Tantoo Cardinal (actress), Alf Humphreys (actor), David Lewis (actor), Adam Beach (actor), Tom McBeath (actor), Graham Greene (actor), Juan Riedinger (actor), Craig Stapleton (miscellaneous crew), Adam Behr (miscellaneous crew), Michelle Harrison (actress), Adam Behr (actor),
Plot: Mike Maquinna returns to his home town of Gold River on Vancouver Island to attend the funeral of his father, Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nations Chief Ambrose Maquinna. With a troubled past including alcoholism, Mike does not intend on staying to claim his rightful place as Chief, but intends on returning to his current life as a logger in Bella Coola. Meanwhile, a lone Orca whale - dubbed Luna by western media - has been spotted in the area, the whale unusually socialized to boats and humans. Luna, suspected to be a missing juvenile from a pod now living south of the area in Puget Sound, becomes a public sensation, both as a spectacle and a human interest story. The Department of Fisheries & Oceans (DFO) administration, led by Ted Jeffries, plans on reuniting Luna with his pod, which means capturing the young Orca. This move by DFO does not sit well with Mike and the band, who see the spirit of Ambrose inhabited within Luna. They feel it best for Luna to decide where he chooses to live. This issue - in combination with caring for a troubled band youth, Adam Ross - reintegrates Mike into his band life. The band does have an ally in local DFO officer Jill Mackay, who - behind the scenes - is continually butting heads with her boss, Jeffries, the public face of the DFO.
Keywords: british-columbia-canada, environmental-issues, killer-whale, native-canadianGenres: Drama, Family,
Taglines: A clash of two cultures. The freedom of one whale.
Quotes:
Mike Maquinna: As our people count time, we have lived here since the beginning, between the mountains and the sea. To us, two animals are sacred, the whale protects the ocean and the wolf protects the land. When a chief dies his spirit can choose to join with either one.Mike Maquinna: You know you got enough on your plate ma.::Gloria Maquinna: They'll put him in foster care. Another lost Indian kid in the system. They'll bounce him around 'til he breaks. [speaking about Adam]
Gloria Maquinna: There's always been a Maquinna chief Mike. That's who you are.::Mike Maquinna: I'm a recovering alcoholic, that's who I am.
Mike Maquinna: You know I betcha she has a glass somewhere. [to Adam drinking from a carton]
Young Mike - Age 9: You keep on bringing me here, how come?::Ambrose: It's where you're from. We used to hunt from those canoes back there, we knew how then because we knew who we were. A chief always has to remember who we are.
Adam: Ambrose told me that when a chief dies, his spirit can come back as a whale. Do you think it's true?::Mike Maquinna: He's gone Adam. My father's dead.
Gloria Maquinna: He needs your Tsuu-qiit. Touch his spirit. [praying to Luna for Mike]
Mike Maquinna: How you been?::Lucy: Hey, a whale in the bay keeps the tax-man away, right?
Bill Louis: Must be nice to come home and be hero-for-the-week, huh? [to Mike]
Ernie Ivers: I was just trying to scare him. If I wanted to kill him, you think I would have missed?::Jill Mackay: Your license is suspended for a month. If I see your boat on the water, Ernie, I'll impound it.::Ernie Ivers: I got a right to make a living. That's my right, and you people are supposed to protect it. Why don't you just do your job? [after shooting at Luna]
A Love Divided (1999)
Actors: John Kavanagh (actor), Liam Cunningham (actor), Alan Moloney (producer), Ian McElhinney (actor), Rod Stoneman (producer), David Wilmot (actor), Jim Norton (actor), Doreen Keogh (actress), Tony Doyle (actor), Ger Ryan (actress), Jim Shortall (miscellaneous crew), Brendan Conroy (actor), Michael Swan (miscellaneous crew), Garrett Keogh (actor), Brian McGrath (actor),
Plot: The true story of a Catholic man and his Protestant wife, and the events resulting in the Co. Wexford, Ireland community when the wife decides she doesn't appreciate being forced to send their daughter to a Catholic school, despite the local priest's insistence she is bound by the pre-marriage agreement she signed to raise any children as Catholic.
Keywords: 1950s, ale, argument, auction, barn-fire, beating, belfast-ireland, betrayal, bicycle, bicycle-raceGenres: Biography, Drama, Romance,
The Offspring (1987)
Actors: Jeff Burr (writer), Jeff Burr (director), Susan Tyrrell (actress), Lawrence Tierney (actor), Martine Beswick (actress), C. Courtney Joyner (writer), Vincent Price (actor), Angelo Rossitto (actor), Cameron Mitchell (actor), Terry Kiser (actor), Clu Gulager (actor), Bob Hannah (actor), Terence Knox (actor), Rosalind Cash (actress), Harry Caesar (actor),
Plot: The uncle of an executed murderess relates four stories of his hometown, Oldfield, to a reporter: an elderly man pursues a romance with a younger woman, even to the grave and beyond...a wounded man on the run from creditors is rescued by a backwoods hermit with the secret to eternal life...a glass-eating carny pays the ultimate price for looking for love on the outside...and Civil War soldiers are held captive by a household of orphans with strange intentions for them.
Keywords: american-civil-war, anthology, bathtub, blood, body-part, cannibalism, carnival, child-murder, child-strangling, corpseGenres: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller,
Taglines: Fear......Times Four Welcome to Oldfield, Tennessee. Population: Deadly! Welcome to Oldfield. Stop in for a night of pure terror.
Quotes:
Julian White: One thing I've learned, my dear, is that one is never too old for nightmares.King Arthur, the Young Warlord (1975)
Actors: Norman Bird (actor), Brian Blessed (actor), Peter Firth (actor), Georg Marischka (actor), Oliver Tobias (actor), Gila von Weitershausen (actress), Patrick Dromgoole (producer), Sidney Hayers (director), Pat Jackson (director), Rupert Davies (actor), Michael Gothard (actor), John Watson (actor), Peter Sasdy (director), Michael Graham Cox (actor), Donald Burton (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Drama,The Good Humor Man (1950)
Actors: Edward Keane (actor), Robert Emmett Keane (actor), Chester Conklin (actor), Jack Carson (actor), Chester Clute (actor), Teddy Infuhr (actor), Paul E. Burns (actor), Edgar Dearing (actor), Vernon Dent (actor), Richard Egan (actor), Frank Ferguson (actor), Pat Flaherty (actor), William Forrest (actor), Billy Gray (actor), George Magrill (actor),
Plot: Biff Jones is a driver/salesman for the Good Humor ice-cream company. He hopes to marry his girl Margie, who works as a secretary for Stuart Nagel, an insurance investigator. Margie won't marry Biff, though, because she is the sole support of her kid brother, Johnny. Biff gets involved with Bonnie, a young woman he tries to rescue from gangsters. But Biff's attempts to help her only get him accused of murder. When the police refuse to believe his story, it's up to Biff and Johnny to prove Biff's innocence and solve the crime.
Keywords: 1940s, blonde, bow-tie, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, brother-sister-relationship, captain-marvel, chase, chocolate, cigarette-smoking, club-membershipGenres: Adventure, Comedy, Crime,
Taglines: Following in the fun-packed footsteps of The Fuller Brush Man! (original poster( WHAT AN IDEA !(original poster-all caps) The ONLY comedy that comes in 10 assorted flavors! (original poster) THE BELLS ARE RINGING FOR YOU AND YOUR GAL! (original poster)
Quotes:
Biff Jones: [Buzzsaw falls into pool with Biff and Margie] Margie, look out! Sharks!Swanee River (1939)
Actors: Charles Halton (actor), John Hamilton (actor), Herbert Ashley (actor), Jesse Graves (actor), Matthew 'Stymie' Beard (actor), Felix Bressart (actor), Chick Chandler (actor), Georgie Billings (actor), James Blaine (actor), Don Ameche (actor), Hal K. Dawson (actor), George P. Breakston (actor), Harry Depp (actor), Edward Earle (actor), Harry Hayden (actor),
Plot: More fictional than factual biography of Stephen Foster. Songwriter from Pittsburgh falls in love with the South, marries a Southern gal (Leeds), then is accused of sympathizing when the Civil War breaks out.
Genres: Drama,Taglines: The Story of Stephen C. Foster - The Great American Troubadour YOU"LL Thrill To the Songs...the Romances of STEPHEN FOSTER!!
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
Actors: Lionel Atwill (actor), Frank Austin (actor), Max Barwyn (actor), Matthew Betz (actor), Wade Boteler (actor), Harry C. Bradley (actor), Arthur Edmund Carewe (actor), Wallis Clark (actor), Frank Darien (actor), William B. Davidson (actor), James Donlan (actor), Frank Fanning (actor), Gavin Gordon (actor), Holmes Herbert (actor), Otto Hoffman (actor),
Plot: In London, sculptor Ivan Igor struggles in vain to prevent his partner Worth from burning his wax museum...and his 'children.' Years later, Igor starts a new museum in New York, but his maimed hands confine him to directing lesser artists. People begin disappearing (including a corpse from the morgue); Igor takes a sinister interest in Charlotte Duncan, fiancée of his assistant Ralph, but arouses the suspicions of Charlotte's roommate, wisecracking reporter Florence.
Keywords: arson, based-on-play, body-snatching, bootlegger, burn-scar, christmas-tree, confetti, corpse, deaf-mute, disfigurementGenres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller,
Taglines: Warner Bros.' Supreme Thriller Another Lovely Woman Vanished from the Earth!...Another Beauty Molded to His Desire! IS SHE WOMAN OR WAX??? Solve it -- if you dare! You might as well know the truth as suspect it!---Here's every nerve-shattering fact laid before your startled eyes! The love riddle the police were afraid to solve brought under the lens of public scrutiny in a picture made behind bolted doors! Women of FLESH become WAX in his hands... women of wax become flesh! Images of wax that throbbed with human passion! Almost woman....what did they lack?
Quotes:
Florence: OK, brother, then you can go to some nice warm place, and I don't mean California.Winton: I've only known you twenty-four hours, but I'm in love with you.::Florence: Doesn't usually take that long.
Ivan Igor: My dear, why are you so pitifully afraid? Immortality has been the dream, the inspiration of mankind through the ages. And I am going to give you immortality!
Ivan Igor: I offer you immortality, my child. Think of it: in a thousand years you shall be as lovely as you are now!
Florence: I don't know WHAT he was, but he made Frankenstein look like a lily!
Florence: Listen, Joan Gale's body was swiped from the morgue, have you ever heard of such a thing as a death mask?::Jim: I used to be married to one.::Florence: Then it came to life and divorced you, I know all about that.
Charlotte Duncan: Ready, Florence?::Florence: Well, you two will have to struggle along without me, I've got a heavy date. No fouling in the clinches...
Ivan Igor: For twelve years... twelve awful years... this terrible living dead man, with these burned hands and face, has searched for this fiend. Now the account is closed! [opens packing case to reveal the body of Worth]
Charlotte Duncan: You fiend.::Ivan Igor: My Marie Antoinette you must not say that to me.::Charlotte Duncan: You fiend.::Ivan Igor: My dear, why are you so pitifully afraid?
Charlotte Duncan: I can just see it now you telling the landlady you didn't have the rent but ralph was awfully sweet.::Charlotte Duncan: It just so happens that the poor people are happier.::Florence: Then marry Ralph you'll be the happiest couple in the world.::Charlotte Duncan: I don't know what your going on about, I don't see any millionaires running after you.::Florence: Met one last night, all the money this side of peoria.::Charlotte Duncan: Who?::Florence: George Winton of the Park Avenue Wintons.
A Soul Enslaved (1916)
Actors: Alfred Allen (actor), Tom Chatterton (actor), Douglas Gerrard (actor), Cleo Madison (actress), Patricia Palmer (actress), Cleo Madison (director), Lule Warrenton (actress), Adele Farrington (writer), Olga Printzlau (writer), Irma Sorter (actress),
Plot: Tired of poverty, Jane finally accepts the advances of Ambrose, the wealthy owner of the factory in which she works, and becomes his mistress. Years later, long after she has left Ambrose, Jane falls in love with Richard Newton, whose own past, like hers, hardly stands out as scrupulous. They get married and have a child, but then Richard finds out that Jane had been a kept woman, and insists on a separation. He soon begins to think about his own past indiscretions, however, and realizes the hypocrisy of judging Jane by a higher standard than the one by which he has lived. As a result, he asks her forgiveness, and she eagerly takes him back.
Keywords: sex, title-directed-by-femaleGenres: Drama,
Ambrose Filmography
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1952, role: actor , character name: Chief Insuza
Ambrose Filmography
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1990, role: actress , character name: Hound of Hell
Ambrose Filmography
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2000, role: actor , character name: Patient
Matching books:
Ambrose
ALBUMS
- The Grace of Breaking Moments released: 2002
- Transatlantic Blues released: 2001
- Power House, Volume 2 released: 1999
The Grace of Breaking Moments
Released 2002- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Been There Done That
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Analysis of Beauty
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Full Moon Minute
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Sleeper
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Tiny Universe
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Thin
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Silent Spring
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Mediated
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Eclipse
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen But Worth Denying
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Nowwhere No. 35
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Everyday Wish
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Untold / Reminder
Transatlantic Blues
Released 2001- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Head in the Sand
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Can You Smell the Seasons
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen The Door Behind You
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Silver and Blue
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Engine Breakdown
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Watermiles
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen August Rain
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Breathing Machines
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Monitor Symptom
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen A New Horizon
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Outro
Power House, Volume 2
Released 1999- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen The Donkey Serenade
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen It's Home
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen B'Wanga
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Serenade in the Night
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen When the Poppies Bloom Again
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen The Lady in Red
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Dodging a Divorcee
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Peter's Pop Keeps a Lollipop Shop
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Music in May
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Powerhouse
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Memphis Blues
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Streamline Strut
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen The Miller's Daughter, Marianne
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Ali Baba
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Lovely to Look At
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Toy Trumpet
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Ten Pretty Girls
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Muchacha
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen If I Had a Million Dollars
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Lament for Congo
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen I Got Love
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Twilight in Turkey
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Willow Weep for Me
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Embassy Stomp
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Punch and Judy Show
Ambrose
ALBUMS
- Pleasure Pain Dezire released: 2002
Pleasure Pain Dezire
Released 2002- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen My Only One
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen The Equalizer
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Tequila
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen My Sweet Baby
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Sao Ysidro
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Fiero
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Magic Island
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Bells Are Ringing
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Stollin' With B' (Beata's Song)
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen El Vaquero
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen Desert Child (Prayor For Peace)
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen The Work Song
- add to main playlist Play in Full Screen He Brings Her Flowers (La Trae Flores)
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Ambrose and his Orchestra - All Of Me (1932)
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose. Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally — first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity. In 1922 he returned to London, ...
published: 30 Jun 2016 -
Ambrose and his Orchestra - All Through the Night (1934)
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose. Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally — first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity. In 1922 he returned to London, ...
published: 26 Jun 2015 -
Ambrose and his Orchestra, Sam Browne vocal - Stormy Weather (1933)
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose. Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally - first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity. In 1922 he returned to London, ...
published: 09 Dec 2013 -
Ambrose and his Orchestra - Stormy Weather (1933)
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose. Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally — first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity. In 1922 he returned to London, ...
published: 19 May 2015 -
1935 HITS ARCHIVE: Hors D’oeuvres - Ambrose
Catchy theme song of the famed British bandleader, born Benjamin Baruch Ambrose in 1896 Warsaw. Transferred and digitally processed from U.S. issue 78rpm: Decca 500 - Hors D’oeuvres (Colmer) by Ambrose & his Orchestra, recorded in London January 4, 1935 TIP: Click this link to browse through all 72 videos of the 1935 HITS ARCHIVE collection, alphabetically arranged in the convenient YouTube Playlist format: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTFzQlK7fWk9uSqUlwMN9EewrnWFyzPyX THE 1935 HITS ARCHIVE - a collection of commercial recordings and songs that proved popular during the calendar year 1935 (some were recorded in 1934) via sales, jukebox play, or radio exposure…plus some others that have gained increased recognition or have been shown to have had an impact during the decades tha...
published: 27 Jan 2016 -
Swinging London: Ambrose & Sam Browne: The Show Is Over,1934
„BERT" AMBROSE (Benjamin Baruch Ambrose) was born in the East End of London, the son of a wool merchant. He was playing the violin at a very young age. At the age of 15 he was taken to America by an aunt and soon after he was playing his first professional job on violin for Emil Coleman at Reisenweber's restaurant in New York, later playing in a big band at the Palais Royal, backing the floor show. When the bandleader was taken ill, Ambrose took over the role and did so well, that he was asked to form his own 15-piece band at $50 a week. He was only 20 at the time. He was visiting his sick mother in London in 1922 when he was asked by the owner of the Embassy Club to form a 7-piece band to play there, for £360 a week. This was a huge amount of money at the time. Almost immediately, the clu...
published: 20 Mar 2008 -
Caravan - Ambrose & His Orchestra
THE BRITISH BANDS PLAY DUKE ELLINGTON. here we have the great Ambrose & His Orchestra in the 1930's, playing the Juan Tizol, Ellington classic Caravan. Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (15 September 1896 -- 11 June 1971), known professionally as Ambrose or Bert Ambrose, was an English bandleader and violinist. Ambrose become the leader of a highly acclaimed English dance band.
published: 20 Nov 2011 -
Ambrose and his Orchestra - Too Many Tears (1932)
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose. Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally — first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity. In 1922 he returned to London, ...
published: 04 May 2015 -
Ambrose Mayfair Hotel Orchestra - I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan (1932)
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose. Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally — first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity. In 1922 he returned to London, ...
published: 19 Oct 2011 -
AMBROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA / SAM BROWNE - Red Sails In The Sunset (1935)
Recorded in 1935. BERT AMBROSE: Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (11 September 1896 – 11 June 1971), known professionally as Ambrose or Bert Ambrose, was an English bandleader and violinist. Ambrose became the leader of a highly acclaimed British dance band, Bert Ambrose & His Orchestra, in the 1930s. Ambrose was born in Warsaw in 1896 whilst it was part of Russia. At some time after, the family moved to London. They were Jewish; his father being a 'Dealer in rags' in the 1911 UK Census where Ambrose was named as 'Barnett' (a "Violin musician student"). He began playing the violin while young, and travelled to New York with his aunt. He began playing professionally, first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint ...
published: 06 May 2015
Ambrose and his Orchestra - All Of Me (1932)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:06
- Updated: 30 Jun 2016
- views: 294
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was uni...
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose.
Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally — first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity.
In 1922 he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer in order to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back — Edward".
This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader; this was largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair Hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting.
In 1933 Ambrose was asked to accept a cut in pay at the May Fair; refusing, he went back to the Embassy Club, and after three years there (and a national tour), he rejected American offers and returned to the May Fair Hotel in 1936. He then went into partnership with Jack Harris (an American bandleader), and in 1937 they bought a club together (Ciro's Club). For 3 months they even employed Art Tatum there, some think the greatest jazz pianist who ever lived. Ambrose and Harris alternated performances in Ciro's until a disagreement led to the rupture of their partnership. Ambrose then worked at the Café de Paris until the outbreak of World War II, when he again went on tour. His major discovery in the years leading up to the war was the singer Vera (later Dame Vera) Lynn (b. 1917), who sang with his band from 1937 to 1940 and, during the war, became known as the "Forces' Sweetheart". Lynn married Harry Lewis, a clarinettist in the band, in 1939. Other singers with the Ambrose band included Sam Browne, Elsie Carlisle, Denny Dennis (who recorded a number of duets with Vera Lynn), and Evelyn Dall.
After a short period back at the May Fair Hotel, he retired from performing in 1940 (though he and his orchestra continued to make records for Decca until 1947). Several members of his band became part of the Royal Air Force band, The Squadronaires, during the war. Ambrose's retirement was not permanent, however, and he formed and toured with the Ambrose Octet, and dabbled in management.
In the mid-1950s, despite appearances back in London's West End and a number of recordings for MGM, Ambrose was — in common with other bandleaders — struggling; rock and roll had arrived. He was forced to start performing in small clubs with casual musicians, and his financial position deteriorated catastrophically. His situation was saved, however, by his discovery of the singer Kathy Kirby (b. 1940), whom he heard singing at the age of sixteen at the Ilford Palais) and whose career he promoted.
It was during the recording of one of Kirby's television programmes (at the Yorkshire Television studios) that Ambrose collapsed, dying later the same night in London. His music was kept alive after death by, among others, the Radio 2 broadcasters Alan Dell (1924-1995) and Malcolm Laycock, the latter continuing to play his records into the 21st century.
Ambrose and his Orchestra - All Of Me (1932)
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Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose.
Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally — first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity.
In 1922 he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer in order to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back — Edward".
This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader; this was largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair Hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting.
In 1933 Ambrose was asked to accept a cut in pay at the May Fair; refusing, he went back to the Embassy Club, and after three years there (and a national tour), he rejected American offers and returned to the May Fair Hotel in 1936. He then went into partnership with Jack Harris (an American bandleader), and in 1937 they bought a club together (Ciro's Club). For 3 months they even employed Art Tatum there, some think the greatest jazz pianist who ever lived. Ambrose and Harris alternated performances in Ciro's until a disagreement led to the rupture of their partnership. Ambrose then worked at the Café de Paris until the outbreak of World War II, when he again went on tour. His major discovery in the years leading up to the war was the singer Vera (later Dame Vera) Lynn (b. 1917), who sang with his band from 1937 to 1940 and, during the war, became known as the "Forces' Sweetheart". Lynn married Harry Lewis, a clarinettist in the band, in 1939. Other singers with the Ambrose band included Sam Browne, Elsie Carlisle, Denny Dennis (who recorded a number of duets with Vera Lynn), and Evelyn Dall.
After a short period back at the May Fair Hotel, he retired from performing in 1940 (though he and his orchestra continued to make records for Decca until 1947). Several members of his band became part of the Royal Air Force band, The Squadronaires, during the war. Ambrose's retirement was not permanent, however, and he formed and toured with the Ambrose Octet, and dabbled in management.
In the mid-1950s, despite appearances back in London's West End and a number of recordings for MGM, Ambrose was — in common with other bandleaders — struggling; rock and roll had arrived. He was forced to start performing in small clubs with casual musicians, and his financial position deteriorated catastrophically. His situation was saved, however, by his discovery of the singer Kathy Kirby (b. 1940), whom he heard singing at the age of sixteen at the Ilford Palais) and whose career he promoted.
It was during the recording of one of Kirby's television programmes (at the Yorkshire Television studios) that Ambrose collapsed, dying later the same night in London. His music was kept alive after death by, among others, the Radio 2 broadcasters Alan Dell (1924-1995) and Malcolm Laycock, the latter continuing to play his records into the 21st century.
Ambrose and his Orchestra - All Of Me (1932)
- published: 30 Jun 2016
- views: 294
Ambrose and his Orchestra - All Through the Night (1934)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 2:55
- Updated: 26 Jun 2015
- views: 485
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was uni...
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose.
Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally — first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity.
In 1922 he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer in order to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back — Edward".
This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader; this was largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair Hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting.
Ambrose stayed at the May Fair for six years, during which time the band made recordings for Brunswick Records, HMV, and Decca Records. This period also saw the musical development of the band, partly as a result of Ambrose's hiring of first-class musicians, including Sylvester Ahola, Ted Heath, Joe Crossman, Joe Jeannette, Bert Read, Joe Brannelly, Dick Escott, and trumpeter Max Goldberg.
In 1933 Ambrose was asked to accept a cut in pay at the May Fair; refusing, he went back to the Embassy Club, and after three years there (and a national tour), he rejected American offers and returned to the May Fair Hotel in 1936. He then went into partnership with Jack Harris (an American bandleader), and in 1937 they bought a club together (Ciro's Club). For 3 months they even employed Art Tatum there, some think the greatest jazz pianist who ever lived. Ambrose and Harris alternated performances in Ciro's until a disagreement led to the rupture of their partnership. Ambrose then worked at the Café de Paris until the outbreak of World War II, when he again went on tour. His major discovery in the years leading up to the war was the singer Vera (later Dame Vera) Lynn (b. 1917), who sang with his band from 1937 to 1940 and, during the war, became known as the "Forces' Sweetheart". Lynn married Harry Lewis, a clarinettist in the band, in 1939. Other singers with the Ambrose band included Sam Browne, Elsie Carlisle, Denny Dennis (who recorded a number of duets with Vera Lynn), and Evelyn Dall.
After a short period back at the May Fair Hotel, he retired from performing in 1940 (though he and his orchestra continued to make records for Decca until 1947). Several members of his band became part of the Royal Air Force band, The Squadronaires, during the war. Ambrose's retirement was not permanent, however, and he formed and toured with the Ambrose Octet, and dabbled in management.
In the mid-1950s, despite appearances back in London's West End and a number of recordings for MGM, Ambrose was — in common with other bandleaders — struggling; rock and roll had arrived. He was forced to start performing in small clubs with casual musicians, and his financial position deteriorated catastrophically. His situation was saved, however, by his discovery of the singer Kathy Kirby (b. 1940), whom he heard singing at the age of sixteen at the Ilford Palais) and whose career he promoted.
It was during the recording of one of Kirby's television programmes (at the Yorkshire Television studios) that Ambrose collapsed, dying later the same night in London. His music was kept alive after death by, among others, the Radio 2 broadcasters Alan Dell (1924-1995) and Malcolm Laycock, the latter continuing to play his records into the 21st century.
Ambrose and his Mayfair Hotel Orchestra, Sam Browne vocal - All Through the Night (1934)
wn.com/Ambrose And His Orchestra All Through The Night (1934)
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose.
Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally — first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity.
In 1922 he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer in order to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back — Edward".
This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader; this was largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair Hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting.
Ambrose stayed at the May Fair for six years, during which time the band made recordings for Brunswick Records, HMV, and Decca Records. This period also saw the musical development of the band, partly as a result of Ambrose's hiring of first-class musicians, including Sylvester Ahola, Ted Heath, Joe Crossman, Joe Jeannette, Bert Read, Joe Brannelly, Dick Escott, and trumpeter Max Goldberg.
In 1933 Ambrose was asked to accept a cut in pay at the May Fair; refusing, he went back to the Embassy Club, and after three years there (and a national tour), he rejected American offers and returned to the May Fair Hotel in 1936. He then went into partnership with Jack Harris (an American bandleader), and in 1937 they bought a club together (Ciro's Club). For 3 months they even employed Art Tatum there, some think the greatest jazz pianist who ever lived. Ambrose and Harris alternated performances in Ciro's until a disagreement led to the rupture of their partnership. Ambrose then worked at the Café de Paris until the outbreak of World War II, when he again went on tour. His major discovery in the years leading up to the war was the singer Vera (later Dame Vera) Lynn (b. 1917), who sang with his band from 1937 to 1940 and, during the war, became known as the "Forces' Sweetheart". Lynn married Harry Lewis, a clarinettist in the band, in 1939. Other singers with the Ambrose band included Sam Browne, Elsie Carlisle, Denny Dennis (who recorded a number of duets with Vera Lynn), and Evelyn Dall.
After a short period back at the May Fair Hotel, he retired from performing in 1940 (though he and his orchestra continued to make records for Decca until 1947). Several members of his band became part of the Royal Air Force band, The Squadronaires, during the war. Ambrose's retirement was not permanent, however, and he formed and toured with the Ambrose Octet, and dabbled in management.
In the mid-1950s, despite appearances back in London's West End and a number of recordings for MGM, Ambrose was — in common with other bandleaders — struggling; rock and roll had arrived. He was forced to start performing in small clubs with casual musicians, and his financial position deteriorated catastrophically. His situation was saved, however, by his discovery of the singer Kathy Kirby (b. 1940), whom he heard singing at the age of sixteen at the Ilford Palais) and whose career he promoted.
It was during the recording of one of Kirby's television programmes (at the Yorkshire Television studios) that Ambrose collapsed, dying later the same night in London. His music was kept alive after death by, among others, the Radio 2 broadcasters Alan Dell (1924-1995) and Malcolm Laycock, the latter continuing to play his records into the 21st century.
Ambrose and his Mayfair Hotel Orchestra, Sam Browne vocal - All Through the Night (1934)
- published: 26 Jun 2015
- views: 485
Ambrose and his Orchestra, Sam Browne vocal - Stormy Weather (1933)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:05
- Updated: 09 Dec 2013
- views: 1776
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was uni...
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose.
Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally - first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity.
In 1922 he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer in order to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back - Edward".
This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader; this was largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair Hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting.
Ambrose stayed at the May Fair for six years, during which time the band made recordings for Brunswick Records, HMV, and Decca Records. This period also saw the musical development of the band, partly as a result of Ambrose's hiring of first-class musicians, including Sylvester Ahola, Ted Heath, Joe Crossman, Joe Jeannette, Bert Read, Joe Brannelly, Dick Escott, and trumpeter Max Goldberg.
In 1933 Ambrose was asked to accept a cut in pay at the May Fair; refusing, he went back to the Embassy Club, and after three years there (and a national tour), he rejected American offers and returned to the May Fair Hotel in 1936. He then went into partnership with Jack Harris (an American bandleader), and in 1937 they bought a club together (Ciro's Club). For 3 months they even employed Art Tatum there, some think the greatest jazz pianist who ever lived. Ambrose and Harris alternated performances in Ciro's until a disagreement led to the rupture of their partnership. Ambrose then worked at the Café de Paris until the outbreak of World War II, when he again went on tour. His major discovery in the years leading up to the war was the singer Vera (later Dame Vera) Lynn (b. 1917), who sang with his band from 1937 to 1940 and, during the war, became known as the "Forces' Sweetheart". Lynn married Harry Lewis, a clarinettist in the band, in 1939. Other singers with the Ambrose band included Sam Browne, Elsie Carlisle, Denny Dennis (who recorded a number of duets with Vera Lynn), and Evelyn Dall.
After a short period back at the May Fair Hotel, he retired from performing in 1940 (though he and his orchestra continued to make records for Decca until 1947). Several members of his band became part of the Royal Air Force band, The Squadronaires, during the war. Ambrose's retirement was not permanent, however, and he formed and toured with the Ambrose Octet, and dabbled in management.
In the mid-1950s, despite appearances back in London's West End and a number of recordings for MGM, Ambrose was - in common with other bandleaders - struggling; rock and roll had arrived. He was forced to start performing in small clubs with casual musicians, and his financial position deteriorated catastrophically. His situation was saved, however, by his discovery of the singer Kathy Kirby (b. 1940), whom he heard singing at the age of sixteen at the Ilford Palais) and whose career he promoted.
It was during the recording of one of Kirby's television programmes (at the Yorkshire Television studios) that Ambrose collapsed, dying later the same night in London. His music was kept alive after death by, among others, the Radio 2 broadcasters Alan Dell (1924-1995) and Malcolm Laycock, the latter continuing to play his records into the 21st century.
Ambrose and his Orchestra, Sam Browne vocal - Stormy Weather (1933)
wn.com/Ambrose And His Orchestra, Sam Browne Vocal Stormy Weather (1933)
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose.
Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally - first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity.
In 1922 he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer in order to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back - Edward".
This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader; this was largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair Hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting.
Ambrose stayed at the May Fair for six years, during which time the band made recordings for Brunswick Records, HMV, and Decca Records. This period also saw the musical development of the band, partly as a result of Ambrose's hiring of first-class musicians, including Sylvester Ahola, Ted Heath, Joe Crossman, Joe Jeannette, Bert Read, Joe Brannelly, Dick Escott, and trumpeter Max Goldberg.
In 1933 Ambrose was asked to accept a cut in pay at the May Fair; refusing, he went back to the Embassy Club, and after three years there (and a national tour), he rejected American offers and returned to the May Fair Hotel in 1936. He then went into partnership with Jack Harris (an American bandleader), and in 1937 they bought a club together (Ciro's Club). For 3 months they even employed Art Tatum there, some think the greatest jazz pianist who ever lived. Ambrose and Harris alternated performances in Ciro's until a disagreement led to the rupture of their partnership. Ambrose then worked at the Café de Paris until the outbreak of World War II, when he again went on tour. His major discovery in the years leading up to the war was the singer Vera (later Dame Vera) Lynn (b. 1917), who sang with his band from 1937 to 1940 and, during the war, became known as the "Forces' Sweetheart". Lynn married Harry Lewis, a clarinettist in the band, in 1939. Other singers with the Ambrose band included Sam Browne, Elsie Carlisle, Denny Dennis (who recorded a number of duets with Vera Lynn), and Evelyn Dall.
After a short period back at the May Fair Hotel, he retired from performing in 1940 (though he and his orchestra continued to make records for Decca until 1947). Several members of his band became part of the Royal Air Force band, The Squadronaires, during the war. Ambrose's retirement was not permanent, however, and he formed and toured with the Ambrose Octet, and dabbled in management.
In the mid-1950s, despite appearances back in London's West End and a number of recordings for MGM, Ambrose was - in common with other bandleaders - struggling; rock and roll had arrived. He was forced to start performing in small clubs with casual musicians, and his financial position deteriorated catastrophically. His situation was saved, however, by his discovery of the singer Kathy Kirby (b. 1940), whom he heard singing at the age of sixteen at the Ilford Palais) and whose career he promoted.
It was during the recording of one of Kirby's television programmes (at the Yorkshire Television studios) that Ambrose collapsed, dying later the same night in London. His music was kept alive after death by, among others, the Radio 2 broadcasters Alan Dell (1924-1995) and Malcolm Laycock, the latter continuing to play his records into the 21st century.
Ambrose and his Orchestra, Sam Browne vocal - Stormy Weather (1933)
- published: 09 Dec 2013
- views: 1776
Ambrose and his Orchestra - Stormy Weather (1933)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:05
- Updated: 19 May 2015
- views: 750
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was uni...
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose.
Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally — first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity.
In 1922 he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer in order to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back — Edward".
This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader; this was largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair Hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting.
Ambrose stayed at the May Fair for six years, during which time the band made recordings for Brunswick Records, HMV, and Decca Records. This period also saw the musical development of the band, partly as a result of Ambrose's hiring of first-class musicians, including Sylvester Ahola, Ted Heath, Joe Crossman, Joe Jeannette, Bert Read, Joe Brannelly, Dick Escott, and trumpeter Max Goldberg.
In 1933 Ambrose was asked to accept a cut in pay at the May Fair; refusing, he went back to the Embassy Club, and after three years there (and a national tour), he rejected American offers and returned to the May Fair Hotel in 1936. He then went into partnership with Jack Harris (an American bandleader), and in 1937 they bought a club together (Ciro's Club). For 3 months they even employed Art Tatum there, some think the greatest jazz pianist who ever lived. Ambrose and Harris alternated performances in Ciro's until a disagreement led to the rupture of their partnership. Ambrose then worked at the Café de Paris until the outbreak of World War II, when he again went on tour. His major discovery in the years leading up to the war was the singer Vera (later Dame Vera) Lynn (b. 1917), who sang with his band from 1937 to 1940 and, during the war, became known as the "Forces' Sweetheart". Lynn married Harry Lewis, a clarinettist in the band, in 1939. Other singers with the Ambrose band included Sam Browne, Elsie Carlisle, Denny Dennis (who recorded a number of duets with Vera Lynn), and Evelyn Dall.
After a short period back at the May Fair Hotel, he retired from performing in 1940 (though he and his orchestra continued to make records for Decca until 1947). Several members of his band became part of the Royal Air Force band, The Squadronaires, during the war. Ambrose's retirement was not permanent, however, and he formed and toured with the Ambrose Octet, and dabbled in management.
In the mid-1950s, despite appearances back in London's West End and a number of recordings for MGM, Ambrose was — in common with other bandleaders — struggling; rock and roll had arrived. He was forced to start performing in small clubs with casual musicians, and his financial position deteriorated catastrophically. His situation was saved, however, by his discovery of the singer Kathy Kirby (b. 1940), whom he heard singing at the age of sixteen at the Ilford Palais) and whose career he promoted.
It was during the recording of one of Kirby's television programmes (at the Yorkshire Television studios) that Ambrose collapsed, dying later the same night in London. His music was kept alive after death by, among others, the Radio 2 broadcasters Alan Dell (1924-1995) and Malcolm Laycock, the latter continuing to play his records into the 21st century.
Ambrose and his Orchestra - Stormy Weather (1933)
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Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose.
Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally — first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity.
In 1922 he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer in order to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back — Edward".
This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader; this was largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair Hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting.
Ambrose stayed at the May Fair for six years, during which time the band made recordings for Brunswick Records, HMV, and Decca Records. This period also saw the musical development of the band, partly as a result of Ambrose's hiring of first-class musicians, including Sylvester Ahola, Ted Heath, Joe Crossman, Joe Jeannette, Bert Read, Joe Brannelly, Dick Escott, and trumpeter Max Goldberg.
In 1933 Ambrose was asked to accept a cut in pay at the May Fair; refusing, he went back to the Embassy Club, and after three years there (and a national tour), he rejected American offers and returned to the May Fair Hotel in 1936. He then went into partnership with Jack Harris (an American bandleader), and in 1937 they bought a club together (Ciro's Club). For 3 months they even employed Art Tatum there, some think the greatest jazz pianist who ever lived. Ambrose and Harris alternated performances in Ciro's until a disagreement led to the rupture of their partnership. Ambrose then worked at the Café de Paris until the outbreak of World War II, when he again went on tour. His major discovery in the years leading up to the war was the singer Vera (later Dame Vera) Lynn (b. 1917), who sang with his band from 1937 to 1940 and, during the war, became known as the "Forces' Sweetheart". Lynn married Harry Lewis, a clarinettist in the band, in 1939. Other singers with the Ambrose band included Sam Browne, Elsie Carlisle, Denny Dennis (who recorded a number of duets with Vera Lynn), and Evelyn Dall.
After a short period back at the May Fair Hotel, he retired from performing in 1940 (though he and his orchestra continued to make records for Decca until 1947). Several members of his band became part of the Royal Air Force band, The Squadronaires, during the war. Ambrose's retirement was not permanent, however, and he formed and toured with the Ambrose Octet, and dabbled in management.
In the mid-1950s, despite appearances back in London's West End and a number of recordings for MGM, Ambrose was — in common with other bandleaders — struggling; rock and roll had arrived. He was forced to start performing in small clubs with casual musicians, and his financial position deteriorated catastrophically. His situation was saved, however, by his discovery of the singer Kathy Kirby (b. 1940), whom he heard singing at the age of sixteen at the Ilford Palais) and whose career he promoted.
It was during the recording of one of Kirby's television programmes (at the Yorkshire Television studios) that Ambrose collapsed, dying later the same night in London. His music was kept alive after death by, among others, the Radio 2 broadcasters Alan Dell (1924-1995) and Malcolm Laycock, the latter continuing to play his records into the 21st century.
Ambrose and his Orchestra - Stormy Weather (1933)
- published: 19 May 2015
- views: 750
1935 HITS ARCHIVE: Hors D’oeuvres - Ambrose
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- Duration: 3:06
- Updated: 27 Jan 2016
- views: 653
Catchy theme song of the famed British bandleader, born Benjamin Baruch Ambrose in 1896 Warsaw.
Transferred and digitally processed from U.S. issue 78rpm: Decc...
Catchy theme song of the famed British bandleader, born Benjamin Baruch Ambrose in 1896 Warsaw.
Transferred and digitally processed from U.S. issue 78rpm: Decca 500 - Hors D’oeuvres (Colmer) by Ambrose & his Orchestra, recorded in London January 4, 1935
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THE 1935 HITS ARCHIVE - a collection of commercial recordings and songs that proved popular during the calendar year 1935 (some were recorded in 1934) via sales, jukebox play, or radio exposure…plus some others that have gained increased recognition or have been shown to have had an impact during the decades that followed.
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Catchy theme song of the famed British bandleader, born Benjamin Baruch Ambrose in 1896 Warsaw.
Transferred and digitally processed from U.S. issue 78rpm: Decca 500 - Hors D’oeuvres (Colmer) by Ambrose & his Orchestra, recorded in London January 4, 1935
TIP: Click this link to browse through all 72 videos of the 1935 HITS ARCHIVE collection, alphabetically arranged in the convenient YouTube Playlist format: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTFzQlK7fWk9uSqUlwMN9EewrnWFyzPyX
THE 1935 HITS ARCHIVE - a collection of commercial recordings and songs that proved popular during the calendar year 1935 (some were recorded in 1934) via sales, jukebox play, or radio exposure…plus some others that have gained increased recognition or have been shown to have had an impact during the decades that followed.
Check out the daily music posts on my Facebook group: 1950s HITS--EVERY DAY! https://www.facebook.com/groups/824194430969202/
MusicProf78 Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Musicprof78/689903871053047
- published: 27 Jan 2016
- views: 653
Swinging London: Ambrose & Sam Browne: The Show Is Over,1934
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- Duration: 2:55
- Updated: 20 Mar 2008
- views: 38813
„BERT" AMBROSE (Benjamin Baruch Ambrose) was born in the East End of London, the son of a wool merchant. He was playing the violin at a very young age. At the a...
„BERT" AMBROSE (Benjamin Baruch Ambrose) was born in the East End of London, the son of a wool merchant. He was playing the violin at a very young age. At the age of 15 he was taken to America by an aunt and soon after he was playing his first professional job on violin for Emil Coleman at Reisenweber's restaurant in New York, later playing in a big band at the Palais Royal, backing the floor show. When the bandleader was taken ill, Ambrose took over the role and did so well, that he was asked to form his own 15-piece band at $50 a week. He was only 20 at the time. He was visiting his sick mother in London in 1922 when he was asked by the owner of the Embassy Club to form a 7-piece band to play there, for £360 a week. This was a huge amount of money at the time. Almost immediately, the club was bought by restaurenteur, Luigi, who became a business associate of Ambrose.
During this period Ambrose made his first recordings: 12 sides for Columbia. The members of the band at the time included Arthur Aaronson and Rupert Dixon on alto and tenor saxes respectively; Max Raderman (brother of Lou Raderman, the violinist and Harry Raderman, trombonist, all Americans) on piano; Harry Edelson, banjo, Julius Nussbaum, tuba and American Eddie Gross-Bart on drums The following year, Ambrose - who went back to the US - took a job at New York's Clover Gardens for $200 a night. Luigi was frantic and spent the next twelve months sending a stream of cables to Ambrose, imploring him to return. In desperation, Luigi enlisted the help of the Prince of Wales who sent the following cable:- "The Embassy needs you. Come back - Edward". This did the trick and Ambrose returned in 1925, remaining at the club until 1927, when he jumped at the chance of directing the band at the newly-opened May Fair Hotel, which included broadcasting in the contract.
The job at the May Fair brought him great fame. His band was an Anglo-American and included top-notch musicians who could play in many different styles, sight-read and improvise at will. It is not surprising that many were used by some record company's musical directors to form the core of their studio bands. John & Bert Firman (Zonophone) and Jay Wilbur (Dominion and Imperial) being just two examples.
In June 1933, Ambrose returned to the Embassy Club for nearly three years, before setting off on a variety tour of the country in January 1936. Again, America tried to tempt him with a personal salary of £600 a week, but failed and Ambrose returned to the May Fair in September 1936. He bought Ciro's Club in partnership with fellow American violinist and bandleader, Jack Harris, and the two bandleaders played there alternately in 1937. However, they disagreed over who should play when, and the partnership broke up, with Ambrose moving to the Cafe de Paris until war broke out, when he resumed touring.
He returned to the May Fair for a short spell, before retiring in August 1940, being fed up with air raids, and resting at a farm in Hertfordshire which he had bought. He continued to record with his orchestra on Decca until 1947, the musicians he used still being the best around. On Saturday, June 11th, 1971, Ambrose collapsed at Yorkshire Television Studios and he died of a haemorrhage that night
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SAM BROWNE, born in London, became one of the most popular British dance band vocalists of the 1930's. He is particularly remembered singing with Ambrose and his Orchestra, at the Mayfair Hotel and Embassy Club, with whom he made many recordings from 1930 to 1942.
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Recording:
Ambrose with His Orch., voc. Sam Browne - The Show Is Over (Coslow/Dubin/Conrad), Decca 1934
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„BERT" AMBROSE (Benjamin Baruch Ambrose) was born in the East End of London, the son of a wool merchant. He was playing the violin at a very young age. At the age of 15 he was taken to America by an aunt and soon after he was playing his first professional job on violin for Emil Coleman at Reisenweber's restaurant in New York, later playing in a big band at the Palais Royal, backing the floor show. When the bandleader was taken ill, Ambrose took over the role and did so well, that he was asked to form his own 15-piece band at $50 a week. He was only 20 at the time. He was visiting his sick mother in London in 1922 when he was asked by the owner of the Embassy Club to form a 7-piece band to play there, for £360 a week. This was a huge amount of money at the time. Almost immediately, the club was bought by restaurenteur, Luigi, who became a business associate of Ambrose.
During this period Ambrose made his first recordings: 12 sides for Columbia. The members of the band at the time included Arthur Aaronson and Rupert Dixon on alto and tenor saxes respectively; Max Raderman (brother of Lou Raderman, the violinist and Harry Raderman, trombonist, all Americans) on piano; Harry Edelson, banjo, Julius Nussbaum, tuba and American Eddie Gross-Bart on drums The following year, Ambrose - who went back to the US - took a job at New York's Clover Gardens for $200 a night. Luigi was frantic and spent the next twelve months sending a stream of cables to Ambrose, imploring him to return. In desperation, Luigi enlisted the help of the Prince of Wales who sent the following cable:- "The Embassy needs you. Come back - Edward". This did the trick and Ambrose returned in 1925, remaining at the club until 1927, when he jumped at the chance of directing the band at the newly-opened May Fair Hotel, which included broadcasting in the contract.
The job at the May Fair brought him great fame. His band was an Anglo-American and included top-notch musicians who could play in many different styles, sight-read and improvise at will. It is not surprising that many were used by some record company's musical directors to form the core of their studio bands. John & Bert Firman (Zonophone) and Jay Wilbur (Dominion and Imperial) being just two examples.
In June 1933, Ambrose returned to the Embassy Club for nearly three years, before setting off on a variety tour of the country in January 1936. Again, America tried to tempt him with a personal salary of £600 a week, but failed and Ambrose returned to the May Fair in September 1936. He bought Ciro's Club in partnership with fellow American violinist and bandleader, Jack Harris, and the two bandleaders played there alternately in 1937. However, they disagreed over who should play when, and the partnership broke up, with Ambrose moving to the Cafe de Paris until war broke out, when he resumed touring.
He returned to the May Fair for a short spell, before retiring in August 1940, being fed up with air raids, and resting at a farm in Hertfordshire which he had bought. He continued to record with his orchestra on Decca until 1947, the musicians he used still being the best around. On Saturday, June 11th, 1971, Ambrose collapsed at Yorkshire Television Studios and he died of a haemorrhage that night
________________________________________________________
SAM BROWNE, born in London, became one of the most popular British dance band vocalists of the 1930's. He is particularly remembered singing with Ambrose and his Orchestra, at the Mayfair Hotel and Embassy Club, with whom he made many recordings from 1930 to 1942.
________________________________________________________
Recording:
Ambrose with His Orch., voc. Sam Browne - The Show Is Over (Coslow/Dubin/Conrad), Decca 1934
- published: 20 Mar 2008
- views: 38813
Caravan - Ambrose & His Orchestra
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- Duration: 2:37
- Updated: 20 Nov 2011
- views: 3474
THE BRITISH BANDS PLAY DUKE ELLINGTON. here we have the great Ambrose & His Orchestra in the 1930's, playing the Juan Tizol, Ellington classic Caravan.
Benjam...
THE BRITISH BANDS PLAY DUKE ELLINGTON. here we have the great Ambrose & His Orchestra in the 1930's, playing the Juan Tizol, Ellington classic Caravan.
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (15 September 1896 -- 11 June 1971), known professionally as Ambrose or Bert Ambrose, was an English bandleader and violinist. Ambrose become the leader of a highly acclaimed English dance band.
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THE BRITISH BANDS PLAY DUKE ELLINGTON. here we have the great Ambrose & His Orchestra in the 1930's, playing the Juan Tizol, Ellington classic Caravan.
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (15 September 1896 -- 11 June 1971), known professionally as Ambrose or Bert Ambrose, was an English bandleader and violinist. Ambrose become the leader of a highly acclaimed English dance band.
- published: 20 Nov 2011
- views: 3474
Ambrose and his Orchestra - Too Many Tears (1932)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:18
- Updated: 04 May 2015
- views: 1852
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was uni...
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose.
Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally — first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity.
In 1922 he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer in order to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back — Edward".
This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader; this was largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair Hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting.
Ambrose stayed at the May Fair for six years, during which time the band made recordings for Brunswick Records, HMV, and Decca Records. This period also saw the musical development of the band, partly as a result of Ambrose's hiring of first-class musicians, including Sylvester Ahola, Ted Heath, Joe Crossman, Joe Jeannette, Bert Read, Joe Brannelly, Dick Escott, and trumpeter Max Goldberg.
In 1933 Ambrose was asked to accept a cut in pay at the May Fair; refusing, he went back to the Embassy Club, and after three years there (and a national tour), he rejected American offers and returned to the May Fair Hotel in 1936. He then went into partnership with Jack Harris (an American bandleader), and in 1937 they bought a club together (Ciro's Club). For 3 months they even employed Art Tatum there, some think the greatest jazz pianist who ever lived. Ambrose and Harris alternated performances in Ciro's until a disagreement led to the rupture of their partnership. Ambrose then worked at the Café de Paris until the outbreak of World War II, when he again went on tour. His major discovery in the years leading up to the war was the singer Vera (later Dame Vera) Lynn (b. 1917), who sang with his band from 1937 to 1940 and, during the war, became known as the "Forces' Sweetheart". Lynn married Harry Lewis, a clarinettist in the band, in 1939. Other singers with the Ambrose band included Sam Browne, Elsie Carlisle, Denny Dennis (who recorded a number of duets with Vera Lynn), and Evelyn Dall.
After a short period back at the May Fair Hotel, he retired from performing in 1940 (though he and his orchestra continued to make records for Decca until 1947). Several members of his band became part of the Royal Air Force band, The Squadronaires, during the war. Ambrose's retirement was not permanent, however, and he formed and toured with the Ambrose Octet, and dabbled in management.
In the mid-1950s, despite appearances back in London's West End and a number of recordings for MGM, Ambrose was — in common with other bandleaders — struggling; rock and roll had arrived. He was forced to start performing in small clubs with casual musicians, and his financial position deteriorated catastrophically. His situation was saved, however, by his discovery of the singer Kathy Kirby (b. 1940), whom he heard singing at the age of sixteen at the Ilford Palais) and whose career he promoted.
It was during the recording of one of Kirby's television programmes (at the Yorkshire Television studios) that Ambrose collapsed, dying later the same night in London. His music was kept alive after death by, among others, the Radio 2 broadcasters Alan Dell (1924-1995) and Malcolm Laycock, the latter continuing to play his records into the 21st century.
Ambrose and his Orchestra - Too Many Tears (1932)
wn.com/Ambrose And His Orchestra Too Many Tears (1932)
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose.
Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally — first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity.
In 1922 he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer in order to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back — Edward".
This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader; this was largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair Hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting.
Ambrose stayed at the May Fair for six years, during which time the band made recordings for Brunswick Records, HMV, and Decca Records. This period also saw the musical development of the band, partly as a result of Ambrose's hiring of first-class musicians, including Sylvester Ahola, Ted Heath, Joe Crossman, Joe Jeannette, Bert Read, Joe Brannelly, Dick Escott, and trumpeter Max Goldberg.
In 1933 Ambrose was asked to accept a cut in pay at the May Fair; refusing, he went back to the Embassy Club, and after three years there (and a national tour), he rejected American offers and returned to the May Fair Hotel in 1936. He then went into partnership with Jack Harris (an American bandleader), and in 1937 they bought a club together (Ciro's Club). For 3 months they even employed Art Tatum there, some think the greatest jazz pianist who ever lived. Ambrose and Harris alternated performances in Ciro's until a disagreement led to the rupture of their partnership. Ambrose then worked at the Café de Paris until the outbreak of World War II, when he again went on tour. His major discovery in the years leading up to the war was the singer Vera (later Dame Vera) Lynn (b. 1917), who sang with his band from 1937 to 1940 and, during the war, became known as the "Forces' Sweetheart". Lynn married Harry Lewis, a clarinettist in the band, in 1939. Other singers with the Ambrose band included Sam Browne, Elsie Carlisle, Denny Dennis (who recorded a number of duets with Vera Lynn), and Evelyn Dall.
After a short period back at the May Fair Hotel, he retired from performing in 1940 (though he and his orchestra continued to make records for Decca until 1947). Several members of his band became part of the Royal Air Force band, The Squadronaires, during the war. Ambrose's retirement was not permanent, however, and he formed and toured with the Ambrose Octet, and dabbled in management.
In the mid-1950s, despite appearances back in London's West End and a number of recordings for MGM, Ambrose was — in common with other bandleaders — struggling; rock and roll had arrived. He was forced to start performing in small clubs with casual musicians, and his financial position deteriorated catastrophically. His situation was saved, however, by his discovery of the singer Kathy Kirby (b. 1940), whom he heard singing at the age of sixteen at the Ilford Palais) and whose career he promoted.
It was during the recording of one of Kirby's television programmes (at the Yorkshire Television studios) that Ambrose collapsed, dying later the same night in London. His music was kept alive after death by, among others, the Radio 2 broadcasters Alan Dell (1924-1995) and Malcolm Laycock, the latter continuing to play his records into the 21st century.
Ambrose and his Orchestra - Too Many Tears (1932)
- published: 04 May 2015
- views: 1852
Ambrose Mayfair Hotel Orchestra - I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan (1932)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:02
- Updated: 19 Oct 2011
- views: 3914
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was uni...
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose.
Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally — first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity.
In 1922 he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer in order to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back — Edward".
This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader; this was largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair Hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting.
Ambrose stayed at the May Fair for six years, during which time the band made recordings for Brunswick Records, HMV, and Decca Records. This period also saw the musical development of the band, partly as a result of Ambrose's hiring of first-class musicians, including Sylvester Ahola, Ted Heath, Joe Crossman, Joe Jeannette, Bert Read, Joe Brannelly, Dick Escott, and trumpeter Max Goldberg.
In 1933 Ambrose was asked to accept a cut in pay at the May Fair; refusing, he went back to the Embassy Club, and after three years there (and a national tour), he rejected American offers and returned to the May Fair Hotel in 1936. He then went into partnership with Jack Harris (an American bandleader), and in 1937 they bought a club together (Ciro's Club). For 3 months they even employed Art Tatum there, some think the greatest jazz pianist who ever lived. Ambrose and Harris alternated performances in Ciro's until a disagreement led to the rupture of their partnership. Ambrose then worked at the Café de Paris until the outbreak of World War II, when he again went on tour. His major discovery in the years leading up to the war was the singer Vera (later Dame Vera) Lynn (b. 1917), who sang with his band from 1937 to 1940 and, during the war, became known as the "Forces' Sweetheart". Lynn married Harry Lewis, a clarinettist in the band, in 1939. Other singers with the Ambrose band included Sam Browne, Elsie Carlisle, Denny Dennis (who recorded a number of duets with Vera Lynn), and Evelyn Dall.
After a short period back at the May Fair Hotel, he retired from performing in 1940 (though he and his orchestra continued to make records for Decca until 1947). Several members of his band became part of the Royal Air Force band, The Squadronaires, during the war. Ambrose's retirement was not permanent, however, and he formed and toured with the Ambrose Octet, and dabbled in management.
In the mid-1950s, despite appearances back in London's West End and a number of recordings for MGM, Ambrose was — in common with other bandleaders — struggling; rock and roll had arrived. He was forced to start performing in small clubs with casual musicians, and his financial position deteriorated catastrophically. His situation was saved, however, by his discovery of the singer Kathy Kirby (b. 1940), whom he heard singing at the age of sixteen at the Ilford Palais) and whose career he promoted.
It was during the recording of one of Kirby's television programmes (at the Yorkshire Television studios) that Ambrose collapsed, dying later the same night in London. His music was kept alive after death by, among others, the Radio 2 broadcasters Alan Dell (1924--1995) and Malcolm Laycock, the latter continuing to play his records into the 21st century.
Ambrose Mayfair Hotel Orchestra - I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan (1932)
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Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose.
Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally — first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity.
In 1922 he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer in order to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back — Edward".
This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader; this was largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair Hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting.
Ambrose stayed at the May Fair for six years, during which time the band made recordings for Brunswick Records, HMV, and Decca Records. This period also saw the musical development of the band, partly as a result of Ambrose's hiring of first-class musicians, including Sylvester Ahola, Ted Heath, Joe Crossman, Joe Jeannette, Bert Read, Joe Brannelly, Dick Escott, and trumpeter Max Goldberg.
In 1933 Ambrose was asked to accept a cut in pay at the May Fair; refusing, he went back to the Embassy Club, and after three years there (and a national tour), he rejected American offers and returned to the May Fair Hotel in 1936. He then went into partnership with Jack Harris (an American bandleader), and in 1937 they bought a club together (Ciro's Club). For 3 months they even employed Art Tatum there, some think the greatest jazz pianist who ever lived. Ambrose and Harris alternated performances in Ciro's until a disagreement led to the rupture of their partnership. Ambrose then worked at the Café de Paris until the outbreak of World War II, when he again went on tour. His major discovery in the years leading up to the war was the singer Vera (later Dame Vera) Lynn (b. 1917), who sang with his band from 1937 to 1940 and, during the war, became known as the "Forces' Sweetheart". Lynn married Harry Lewis, a clarinettist in the band, in 1939. Other singers with the Ambrose band included Sam Browne, Elsie Carlisle, Denny Dennis (who recorded a number of duets with Vera Lynn), and Evelyn Dall.
After a short period back at the May Fair Hotel, he retired from performing in 1940 (though he and his orchestra continued to make records for Decca until 1947). Several members of his band became part of the Royal Air Force band, The Squadronaires, during the war. Ambrose's retirement was not permanent, however, and he formed and toured with the Ambrose Octet, and dabbled in management.
In the mid-1950s, despite appearances back in London's West End and a number of recordings for MGM, Ambrose was — in common with other bandleaders — struggling; rock and roll had arrived. He was forced to start performing in small clubs with casual musicians, and his financial position deteriorated catastrophically. His situation was saved, however, by his discovery of the singer Kathy Kirby (b. 1940), whom he heard singing at the age of sixteen at the Ilford Palais) and whose career he promoted.
It was during the recording of one of Kirby's television programmes (at the Yorkshire Television studios) that Ambrose collapsed, dying later the same night in London. His music was kept alive after death by, among others, the Radio 2 broadcasters Alan Dell (1924--1995) and Malcolm Laycock, the latter continuing to play his records into the 21st century.
Ambrose Mayfair Hotel Orchestra - I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan (1932)
- published: 19 Oct 2011
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AMBROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA / SAM BROWNE - Red Sails In The Sunset (1935)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:10
- Updated: 06 May 2015
- views: 689
Recorded in 1935.
BERT AMBROSE:
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (11 September 1896 – 11 June 1971), known professionally as Ambrose or Bert Ambrose, was an English band...
Recorded in 1935.
BERT AMBROSE:
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (11 September 1896 – 11 June 1971), known professionally as Ambrose or Bert Ambrose, was an English bandleader and violinist. Ambrose became the leader of a highly acclaimed British dance band, Bert Ambrose & His Orchestra, in the 1930s.
Ambrose was born in Warsaw in 1896 whilst it was part of Russia. At some time after, the family moved to London. They were Jewish; his father being a 'Dealer in rags' in the 1911 UK Census where Ambrose was named as 'Barnett' (a "Violin musician student"). He began playing the violin while young, and travelled to New York with his aunt. He began playing professionally, first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity.
Whilst at the Palais Royal, on 5 June 1918, he registered for the Draft (Local Board Division 169, City of NY NY, 144 St Nicholas Ave; Registration 232). He gave: date of birth 11 Sept 1896; place of birth Warsaw, Russia; nationality Russian; father's birthplace Grietza, Russia; place of employment Palais Royal 48 St & Broadway; nearest relative Mrs Becky Ambrose, Mother, 56 "Blaksley" St London England. He signed Bert Ambrose. The registrar recorded: medium height; medium build; brown hair; brown eyes; no physical disability that would render him exempt.
In 1922, he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back—Edward".
This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader, largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting.
SAM BROWNE:
Sam Browne (1898 – 1972) was an English dance band singer, who became one of the most popular British dance band vocalists of the 1930s. He is remembered for singing with Jack Hylton and with Ambrose and his Orchestra, at the Mayfair Hotel and Embassy Club, with whom he made many recordings from 1930 to 1942, and for his duets and variety performances with the singer, Elsie Carlisle.
Born in London, England, Sam Browne's first recording was made with the Jack Hylton band on 23 August 1928, "That's My Weakness Now", issued on HMV B5520. The band at that time included Jack Jackson (trumpet), Lew Davis and Leo Vauchant (trombone), Chappie D'Amato, E.O. Pogson, Billy Ternent (reeds) and Hugo Rignold (vn).
Over approximately a year and a half, Browne made over 100 records with Hylton, including sessions in Berlin and Milan, and was to return to the studios with the Hylton band between 1938 and 1940.
wn.com/Ambrose And His Orchestra Sam Browne Red Sails In The Sunset (1935)
Recorded in 1935.
BERT AMBROSE:
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (11 September 1896 – 11 June 1971), known professionally as Ambrose or Bert Ambrose, was an English bandleader and violinist. Ambrose became the leader of a highly acclaimed British dance band, Bert Ambrose & His Orchestra, in the 1930s.
Ambrose was born in Warsaw in 1896 whilst it was part of Russia. At some time after, the family moved to London. They were Jewish; his father being a 'Dealer in rags' in the 1911 UK Census where Ambrose was named as 'Barnett' (a "Violin musician student"). He began playing the violin while young, and travelled to New York with his aunt. He began playing professionally, first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity.
Whilst at the Palais Royal, on 5 June 1918, he registered for the Draft (Local Board Division 169, City of NY NY, 144 St Nicholas Ave; Registration 232). He gave: date of birth 11 Sept 1896; place of birth Warsaw, Russia; nationality Russian; father's birthplace Grietza, Russia; place of employment Palais Royal 48 St & Broadway; nearest relative Mrs Becky Ambrose, Mother, 56 "Blaksley" St London England. He signed Bert Ambrose. The registrar recorded: medium height; medium build; brown hair; brown eyes; no physical disability that would render him exempt.
In 1922, he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back—Edward".
This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader, largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting.
SAM BROWNE:
Sam Browne (1898 – 1972) was an English dance band singer, who became one of the most popular British dance band vocalists of the 1930s. He is remembered for singing with Jack Hylton and with Ambrose and his Orchestra, at the Mayfair Hotel and Embassy Club, with whom he made many recordings from 1930 to 1942, and for his duets and variety performances with the singer, Elsie Carlisle.
Born in London, England, Sam Browne's first recording was made with the Jack Hylton band on 23 August 1928, "That's My Weakness Now", issued on HMV B5520. The band at that time included Jack Jackson (trumpet), Lew Davis and Leo Vauchant (trombone), Chappie D'Amato, E.O. Pogson, Billy Ternent (reeds) and Hugo Rignold (vn).
Over approximately a year and a half, Browne made over 100 records with Hylton, including sessions in Berlin and Milan, and was to return to the studios with the Hylton band between 1938 and 1940.
- published: 06 May 2015
- views: 689
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Next Generation Jazz Orchestra 2012 Live at Monterey with Ambrose Akinmusire
SAXOPHONES David Milazzo, alto Bow High School Bow, NH Connor Anderson, alto** FAME Public Charter School Newark, CA Cameron Vohr, tenor Garfield High School Seattle, WA Jacob Shulman, tenor LA County High School for the Arts Los Angeles, CA Jasper Dutz, baritone** LA County High School for the Arts Los Angeles, CA Elena Pinderhughes, flute Berkeley High School Berkeley, CA TROMBONES Joonas Lemetyinen** West Linn High School West Linn, OR Coleman Hughes Newark Academy Livingston, NJ Matthew Bumgardner Mount Si High School Snoqualmie, WA Blake Manternach West High SchooI Iowa City, IA Chris Palowitch (bass)*** Amador Valley High School Pleasanton, CA TRUMPETS Tyler Tritt Julia R. Masterman School Philadelphia, PA Ryan DeWeese Esperanza High School Anaheim, CA Adam O'Farril...
published: 24 Feb 2013 -
Swinging London: Ambrose & His Orch. - Too Many Tears, 1932
Bert AMBROSE (1897-1971), the bandleader & violinist, in 1927 he was elected musical director of the exclusive Mayfair Hotel at a then record annual fee of £10,000 and whose outfit was by the early 1930s regarded as crème de la crème among British bands. He paid the best money and got the finest players, many of whom went on to become bandleaders themselves. It might be interesting to ponder just how many of the rich and famous clients who danced to Ambrose's sophisticated arrangements were aware that their favourite was the son of an East End rag-and-bone man. Recording: Too Many Tears (Dubin-Warren) - Ambrose & His Orchestra At The May Fair Hotel, London (HMV 1932)
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Ambrose Orchestra, Sam Browne - Without That Certain Thing (1934)
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose. Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally — first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity. In 1922 he returned to London, ...
published: 18 Nov 2015 -
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Bert Ambrose & His Orchestra - Stormy Weather (1932)
Performed by: Bert Ambrose & His Orchestra Full Song Title: Stormy Weather Recorded in: 1932 Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (15 September 1896 – 11 June 1971), known professionally as Ambrose or Bert Ambrose, was an popular English bandleader and violinist of the late 1920s and 30s. Ambrose became the leader of a highly acclaimed British dance band, Bert Ambrose & His Orchestra, in the 1930s. Ambrose was born in Warsaw in 1896 whilst it was part of Russia. At some time after, the family moved to London. They were Jewish; his father being a 'Dealer in rags' in the 1911 UK Census where Ambrose was named as 'Barnett' (a "Violin musician student"). He began playing the violin while young, and travelled to New York with his aunt. He began playing professionally, first for Emil Coleman at New York'...
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Ambrose and His Orchestra - The Peanut Vendor
Ambrose and his Orchestra - The Peanut Vendor. At the May Fair Hotel ,London. Label:"His Master's Voice". Nr.:B 5979 (30- 5815). Rec.:1931 Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (15 September 1896 – 11 June 1971), known professionally as Ambrose or Bert Ambrose, was an English bandleader and violinist. Ambrose became the leader of a highly acclaimed British dance band, Bert Ambrose & His Orchestra, in the 1930s.
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2016 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert
The NEA honored four individuals: vibraphonist, bandleader and educator Gary Burton; musicians' advocate Wendy Oxenhorn; saxophonist and composer Pharoah Sanders; and saxophonist, composer and educator Archie Shepp. The concert was hosted by Jason Moran, pianist and Kennedy Center artistic director for Jazz, and included remarks by Jane Chu, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts; Deborah F. Rutter, president of the Kennedy Center; as well as the 2016 NEA Jazz Masters. The concert featured performances by NEA Jazz Masters Chick Corea, Randy Weston, and Jimmy Heath, as well as Ambrose Akinmusire, Lakecia Benjamin, Billy Harper, Stefon Harris, Justin Kauflin, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Pedrito Martinez, Jason Moran, David Murray, Linda Oh, Karriem Riggins, Roswell Rudd, and Catherine Rus...
published: 06 Apr 2016 -
Streamline Strut - Ambrose And His Orchestra
Recorded in 1935. Destined to become the leader of what was perhaps the most highly acclaimed of all English dance bands during the 1930s, Bert Ambrose was born in London but crossed the Atlantic as a lad with his auntie to settle for a few years on U.S. soil. His very first professional engagement was as violinist for Emil Coleman at Reisenweber's restaurant in New York. He then worked in a big band at the Palais Royal. By 1917 he was directing musical entertainments at New York's Club de Vingt, and remained there through 1920. Although he led a band at Clover Gardens in 1924, Ambrose maintained a steady professional presence in London during the 1920s, periodically leading bands at the Embassy Club from 1920-1926 and in the Mayfair Hotel from 1927-1933. Having waxed a handful of phon...
published: 10 Feb 2012 -
It's The Rhythm In Me - Evelyn Dall (Vocal) with Ambrose & His Orchestra
Nice old clip of Evelyn Dall with British 30's bandleader Ambrose, from the movie Millionaire Merry Go Round
published: 30 May 2010
Next Generation Jazz Orchestra 2012 Live at Monterey with Ambrose Akinmusire
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 16:18
- Updated: 24 Feb 2013
- views: 20017
SAXOPHONES
David Milazzo, alto
Bow High School
Bow, NH
Connor Anderson, alto**
FAME Public Charter School
Newark, CA
Cameron Vohr, tenor
Garfield High Scho...
SAXOPHONES
David Milazzo, alto
Bow High School
Bow, NH
Connor Anderson, alto**
FAME Public Charter School
Newark, CA
Cameron Vohr, tenor
Garfield High School
Seattle, WA
Jacob Shulman, tenor
LA County High School for the Arts
Los Angeles, CA
Jasper Dutz, baritone**
LA County High School for the Arts
Los Angeles, CA
Elena Pinderhughes, flute
Berkeley High School
Berkeley, CA
TROMBONES
Joonas Lemetyinen**
West Linn High School
West Linn, OR
Coleman Hughes
Newark Academy
Livingston, NJ
Matthew Bumgardner
Mount Si High School
Snoqualmie, WA
Blake Manternach
West High SchooI
Iowa City, IA
Chris Palowitch (bass)***
Amador Valley High School
Pleasanton, CA
TRUMPETS
Tyler Tritt
Julia R. Masterman School Philadelphia, PA
Ryan DeWeese
Esperanza High School
Anaheim, CA
Adam O'Farrill**
LaGuardia Arts High School
New York, NY
Jeric Rocamora
Rio Americano High School Sacramento, CA
Max Boiko
Dillard High School
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
RHYTHM
Nick Lamb, piano
Berkeley High School
Berkeley, CA
Daryl Johns, bass**
Dwight-Englewood School
Englewood, NJ
Lake Jiroudek, guitar
Idyllwild Arts Academy Idyllwild-Pine Cove, CA
Cameron MacIntosh, drums Columbia High School
Maplewood, NJ
Laila Smith, vocals
Marin School of the Arts
Novato, CA
** 2-time member of NGJO
*** 3-time member of NGJO
As part of a continuing commitment to jazz education and the perpetuation and development of top-level jazz musicians and jazz performance, Monterey Jazz Festival proudly sponsors the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra.
Created in 1971 as a part of Monterey Jazz Festival's continuing commitment to jazz education and selected through an application process during the Next Generation Jazz Festival each spring, former members of the Orchestra include pianists Benny Green and Patrice Rushen, bassist Larry Grenadier, drummer Chad Wackerman, saxophonists Joshua Redman, Donny McCaslin, Eric Marienthal, Dave Koz, trombonist Andy Martin, trumpeters Gilbert Castellanos, Ambrose Akinmusire, and big band leader Gordon Goodwin to name a few. In the past, the band has been under the leadership of Ladd McIntosh, Don Schamber, Benny Golson, Bill Berry, and many more. Now under the tutelage of Mr. Paul Contos, the renowned saxophonist and flautist who serves as the director of the Orchestra, the ensemble is dedicated to the study and performance of the most challenging big band literature available.
After obtaining a place in the Orchestra, members of this ensemble gather for one weekend in the summer to begin rehearsals in preparation for a domestic or international tour. Having received worldwide acclaim, previous tour destinations for the Orchestra have included performances in festivals and various venues in Canada, Japan, Australia, and Europe. In 2008, the NGJO performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, The Netherlands; and in 2009, the NGJO performed eight gigs from Kansas City to Washington D.C. in a tour of the United States. 2010 performed in Canada and New York City, and in 2011, the Orchestra toured the West Coast. In 2012, the NGJO toured Japan.
The Next Generation Jazz Orchestra has been performing on the Arena Stage since 1971, and has been part of the Monterey tradition of presenting young musicians at the Festival. Many of jazz's greatest stars have appeared with the band, including Louis Bellson, Ray Brown, Ron Carter, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Golson, John Lewis, Gerry Mulligan, Oliver Nelson, Max Roach, Clark Terry, and many more.
Each year, the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra performs with the Festival's Artist-In-Residence. In recent times at the Monterey Jazz Festival, the NGJO has performed with GRAMMY Award-winning saxophonist, Branford Marsalis (2005); GRAMMY Award-winning jazz vocalist and DownBeat magazine's Male Vocalist of the Year Kurt Elling (2006); GRAMMY Award-winning trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard (2007); with Maceo Parker and with GRAMMY Award-winning bassist, Christian McBride (2008); multiple GRAMMY Award-winner and Pulitzer Prize recipient, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis (2009); GRAMMY Award winner, vocalist Dianne Reeves (2010); Artist-In-Residence Joshua Redman, and special guests (and former band alumni) Benny Green and Donny McCaslin; and with award-winning trumpeter and NGJO alumnus Ambrose Akinmusire. In 2013, the Orcheatra will perform with GRAMMY-winning saxophonist, Joe Lovano.
wn.com/Next Generation Jazz Orchestra 2012 Live At Monterey With Ambrose Akinmusire
SAXOPHONES
David Milazzo, alto
Bow High School
Bow, NH
Connor Anderson, alto**
FAME Public Charter School
Newark, CA
Cameron Vohr, tenor
Garfield High School
Seattle, WA
Jacob Shulman, tenor
LA County High School for the Arts
Los Angeles, CA
Jasper Dutz, baritone**
LA County High School for the Arts
Los Angeles, CA
Elena Pinderhughes, flute
Berkeley High School
Berkeley, CA
TROMBONES
Joonas Lemetyinen**
West Linn High School
West Linn, OR
Coleman Hughes
Newark Academy
Livingston, NJ
Matthew Bumgardner
Mount Si High School
Snoqualmie, WA
Blake Manternach
West High SchooI
Iowa City, IA
Chris Palowitch (bass)***
Amador Valley High School
Pleasanton, CA
TRUMPETS
Tyler Tritt
Julia R. Masterman School Philadelphia, PA
Ryan DeWeese
Esperanza High School
Anaheim, CA
Adam O'Farrill**
LaGuardia Arts High School
New York, NY
Jeric Rocamora
Rio Americano High School Sacramento, CA
Max Boiko
Dillard High School
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
RHYTHM
Nick Lamb, piano
Berkeley High School
Berkeley, CA
Daryl Johns, bass**
Dwight-Englewood School
Englewood, NJ
Lake Jiroudek, guitar
Idyllwild Arts Academy Idyllwild-Pine Cove, CA
Cameron MacIntosh, drums Columbia High School
Maplewood, NJ
Laila Smith, vocals
Marin School of the Arts
Novato, CA
** 2-time member of NGJO
*** 3-time member of NGJO
As part of a continuing commitment to jazz education and the perpetuation and development of top-level jazz musicians and jazz performance, Monterey Jazz Festival proudly sponsors the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra.
Created in 1971 as a part of Monterey Jazz Festival's continuing commitment to jazz education and selected through an application process during the Next Generation Jazz Festival each spring, former members of the Orchestra include pianists Benny Green and Patrice Rushen, bassist Larry Grenadier, drummer Chad Wackerman, saxophonists Joshua Redman, Donny McCaslin, Eric Marienthal, Dave Koz, trombonist Andy Martin, trumpeters Gilbert Castellanos, Ambrose Akinmusire, and big band leader Gordon Goodwin to name a few. In the past, the band has been under the leadership of Ladd McIntosh, Don Schamber, Benny Golson, Bill Berry, and many more. Now under the tutelage of Mr. Paul Contos, the renowned saxophonist and flautist who serves as the director of the Orchestra, the ensemble is dedicated to the study and performance of the most challenging big band literature available.
After obtaining a place in the Orchestra, members of this ensemble gather for one weekend in the summer to begin rehearsals in preparation for a domestic or international tour. Having received worldwide acclaim, previous tour destinations for the Orchestra have included performances in festivals and various venues in Canada, Japan, Australia, and Europe. In 2008, the NGJO performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam, The Netherlands; and in 2009, the NGJO performed eight gigs from Kansas City to Washington D.C. in a tour of the United States. 2010 performed in Canada and New York City, and in 2011, the Orchestra toured the West Coast. In 2012, the NGJO toured Japan.
The Next Generation Jazz Orchestra has been performing on the Arena Stage since 1971, and has been part of the Monterey tradition of presenting young musicians at the Festival. Many of jazz's greatest stars have appeared with the band, including Louis Bellson, Ray Brown, Ron Carter, Dizzy Gillespie, Benny Golson, John Lewis, Gerry Mulligan, Oliver Nelson, Max Roach, Clark Terry, and many more.
Each year, the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra performs with the Festival's Artist-In-Residence. In recent times at the Monterey Jazz Festival, the NGJO has performed with GRAMMY Award-winning saxophonist, Branford Marsalis (2005); GRAMMY Award-winning jazz vocalist and DownBeat magazine's Male Vocalist of the Year Kurt Elling (2006); GRAMMY Award-winning trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard (2007); with Maceo Parker and with GRAMMY Award-winning bassist, Christian McBride (2008); multiple GRAMMY Award-winner and Pulitzer Prize recipient, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis (2009); GRAMMY Award winner, vocalist Dianne Reeves (2010); Artist-In-Residence Joshua Redman, and special guests (and former band alumni) Benny Green and Donny McCaslin; and with award-winning trumpeter and NGJO alumnus Ambrose Akinmusire. In 2013, the Orcheatra will perform with GRAMMY-winning saxophonist, Joe Lovano.
- published: 24 Feb 2013
- views: 20017
Swinging London: Ambrose & His Orch. - Too Many Tears, 1932
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:23
- Updated: 11 Jan 2008
- views: 153201
Bert AMBROSE (1897-1971), the bandleader & violinist, in 1927 he was elected musical director of the exclusive Mayfair Hotel at a then record annual fee of £10...
Bert AMBROSE (1897-1971), the bandleader & violinist, in 1927 he was elected musical director of the exclusive Mayfair Hotel at a then record annual fee of £10,000 and whose outfit was by the early 1930s regarded as crème de la crème among British bands. He paid the best money and got the finest players, many of whom went on to become bandleaders themselves. It might be interesting to ponder just how many of the rich and famous clients who danced to Ambrose's sophisticated arrangements were aware that their favourite was the son of an East End rag-and-bone man.
Recording:
Too Many Tears (Dubin-Warren) - Ambrose & His Orchestra At The May Fair Hotel, London (HMV 1932)
wn.com/Swinging London Ambrose His Orch. Too Many Tears, 1932
Bert AMBROSE (1897-1971), the bandleader & violinist, in 1927 he was elected musical director of the exclusive Mayfair Hotel at a then record annual fee of £10,000 and whose outfit was by the early 1930s regarded as crème de la crème among British bands. He paid the best money and got the finest players, many of whom went on to become bandleaders themselves. It might be interesting to ponder just how many of the rich and famous clients who danced to Ambrose's sophisticated arrangements were aware that their favourite was the son of an East End rag-and-bone man.
Recording:
Too Many Tears (Dubin-Warren) - Ambrose & His Orchestra At The May Fair Hotel, London (HMV 1932)
- published: 11 Jan 2008
- views: 153201
Ambrose Orchestra, Sam Browne - Without That Certain Thing (1934)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:13
- Updated: 18 Nov 2015
- views: 316
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was uni...
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose.
Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally — first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity.
In 1922 he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer in order to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back — Edward".
This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader; this was largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair Hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting.
Ambrose stayed at the May Fair for six years, during which time the band made recordings for Brunswick Records, HMV, and Decca Records. This period also saw the musical development of the band, partly as a result of Ambrose's hiring of first-class musicians, including Sylvester Ahola, Ted Heath, Joe Crossman, Joe Jeannette, Bert Read, Joe Brannelly, Dick Escott, and trumpeter Max Goldberg.
In 1933 Ambrose was asked to accept a cut in pay at the May Fair; refusing, he went back to the Embassy Club, and after three years there (and a national tour), he rejected American offers and returned to the May Fair Hotel in 1936. He then went into partnership with Jack Harris (an American bandleader), and in 1937 they bought a club together (Ciro's Club). For 3 months they even employed Art Tatum there, some think the greatest jazz pianist who ever lived. Ambrose and Harris alternated performances in Ciro's until a disagreement led to the rupture of their partnership. Ambrose then worked at the Café de Paris until the outbreak of World War II, when he again went on tour. His major discovery in the years leading up to the war was the singer Vera (later Dame Vera) Lynn (b. 1917), who sang with his band from 1937 to 1940 and, during the war, became known as the "Forces' Sweetheart". Lynn married Harry Lewis, a clarinettist in the band, in 1939. Other singers with the Ambrose band included Sam Browne, Elsie Carlisle, Denny Dennis (who recorded a number of duets with Vera Lynn), and Evelyn Dall.
After a short period back at the May Fair Hotel, he retired from performing in 1940 (though he and his orchestra continued to make records for Decca until 1947). Several members of his band became part of the Royal Air Force band, The Squadronaires, during the war. Ambrose's retirement was not permanent, however, and he formed and toured with the Ambrose Octet, and dabbled in management.
In the mid-1950s, despite appearances back in London's West End and a number of recordings for MGM, Ambrose was — in common with other bandleaders — struggling; rock and roll had arrived. He was forced to start performing in small clubs with casual musicians, and his financial position deteriorated catastrophically. His situation was saved, however, by his discovery of the singer Kathy Kirby (b. 1940), whom he heard singing at the age of sixteen at the Ilford Palais) and whose career he promoted.
It was during the recording of one of Kirby's television programmes (at the Yorkshire Television studios) that Ambrose collapsed, dying later the same night in London. His music was kept alive after death by, among others, the Radio 2 broadcasters Alan Dell (1924-1995) and Malcolm Laycock, the latter continuing to play his records into the 21st century.
Ambrose and his Orchestra, Sam Browne vocal - Without That Certain Thing (1934)
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Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose.
Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally — first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity.
In 1922 he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer in order to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back — Edward".
This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader; this was largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair Hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting.
Ambrose stayed at the May Fair for six years, during which time the band made recordings for Brunswick Records, HMV, and Decca Records. This period also saw the musical development of the band, partly as a result of Ambrose's hiring of first-class musicians, including Sylvester Ahola, Ted Heath, Joe Crossman, Joe Jeannette, Bert Read, Joe Brannelly, Dick Escott, and trumpeter Max Goldberg.
In 1933 Ambrose was asked to accept a cut in pay at the May Fair; refusing, he went back to the Embassy Club, and after three years there (and a national tour), he rejected American offers and returned to the May Fair Hotel in 1936. He then went into partnership with Jack Harris (an American bandleader), and in 1937 they bought a club together (Ciro's Club). For 3 months they even employed Art Tatum there, some think the greatest jazz pianist who ever lived. Ambrose and Harris alternated performances in Ciro's until a disagreement led to the rupture of their partnership. Ambrose then worked at the Café de Paris until the outbreak of World War II, when he again went on tour. His major discovery in the years leading up to the war was the singer Vera (later Dame Vera) Lynn (b. 1917), who sang with his band from 1937 to 1940 and, during the war, became known as the "Forces' Sweetheart". Lynn married Harry Lewis, a clarinettist in the band, in 1939. Other singers with the Ambrose band included Sam Browne, Elsie Carlisle, Denny Dennis (who recorded a number of duets with Vera Lynn), and Evelyn Dall.
After a short period back at the May Fair Hotel, he retired from performing in 1940 (though he and his orchestra continued to make records for Decca until 1947). Several members of his band became part of the Royal Air Force band, The Squadronaires, during the war. Ambrose's retirement was not permanent, however, and he formed and toured with the Ambrose Octet, and dabbled in management.
In the mid-1950s, despite appearances back in London's West End and a number of recordings for MGM, Ambrose was — in common with other bandleaders — struggling; rock and roll had arrived. He was forced to start performing in small clubs with casual musicians, and his financial position deteriorated catastrophically. His situation was saved, however, by his discovery of the singer Kathy Kirby (b. 1940), whom he heard singing at the age of sixteen at the Ilford Palais) and whose career he promoted.
It was during the recording of one of Kirby's television programmes (at the Yorkshire Television studios) that Ambrose collapsed, dying later the same night in London. His music was kept alive after death by, among others, the Radio 2 broadcasters Alan Dell (1924-1995) and Malcolm Laycock, the latter continuing to play his records into the 21st century.
Ambrose and his Orchestra, Sam Browne vocal - Without That Certain Thing (1934)
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AMBROSE ~ SOUTH AMERICAN JOE ~ 1935 .
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Bert Ambrose & His Orchestra - Stormy Weather (1932)
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Performed by: Bert Ambrose & His Orchestra
Full Song Title: Stormy Weather
Recorded in: 1932
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (15 September 1896 – 11 June 1971), know...
Performed by: Bert Ambrose & His Orchestra
Full Song Title: Stormy Weather
Recorded in: 1932
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (15 September 1896 – 11 June 1971), known professionally as Ambrose or Bert Ambrose, was an popular English bandleader and violinist of the late 1920s and 30s. Ambrose became the leader of a highly acclaimed British dance band, Bert Ambrose & His Orchestra, in the 1930s.
Ambrose was born in Warsaw in 1896 whilst it was part of Russia. At some time after, the family moved to London. They were Jewish; his father being a 'Dealer in rags' in the 1911 UK Census where Ambrose was named as 'Barnett' (a "Violin musician student"). He began playing the violin while young, and travelled to New York with his aunt. He began playing professionally, first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity.
Whilst at the Palais Royal, on 5 June 1918, he registered for the Draft (Local Board Division 169, City of NY NY, 144 St Nicholas Ave; Registration 232). He gave: date of birth 11 Sept 1896; place of birth Warsaw, Russia; nationality Russian; father's birthplace Grietza, Russia; place of employment Palais Royal 48 St & Broadway; nearest relative Mrs Becky Ambrose, Mother, 56 "Blaksley" St London England. He signed Bert Ambrose. The registrar recorded: medium height; medium build; brown hair; brown eyes; no physical disability that would render him exempt.
In 1922, he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back—Edward".
This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader, largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting.
During his time at the Embassy, he married "Kathryn Lucille otherwise Kitty Brady" a 24 y.o. Irish-American, from New Jersey, on 20 January 1924. Oddly, he is named and signed as "Bernard Ambrose" a 27 y.o. "Musical Director" on the certificate. They had two daughters: Patricia S (1931) and Monica J (1933).
Ambrose stayed at the May Fair for six years, during which time the band made recordings for Brunswick Records, HMV and Decca. He teamed up with Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, and an American harmony song trio, the Hamilton Sisters and Fordyce (aka, Three X Sisters) to record songs including "My Heart Stood Still" and other tunes. This period also saw the musical development of the band, partly as a result of Ambrose's hiring of first-class musicians, including Sylvester Ahola, Ted Heath, Joe Crossman, Joe Jeannette, Bert Read, Joe Brannelly, Dick Escott and trumpeter Max Goldberg.
In 1933, Ambrose was asked to accept a cut in pay at the May Fair; refusing, he went back to the Embassy Club, and after three years there (and a national tour), he rejected American offers and returned to the May Fair in 1936. He then went into partnership with Jack Harris (an American bandleader), and in 1937 they bought a club together (Ciro's Club). For three months they even employed Art Tatum there, some think the greatest jazz pianist who ever lived. Ambrose and Harris alternated performances in Ciro's until a disagreement led to the rupture of their partnership. Ambrose then worked at the Café de Paris until the outbreak of World War II, when he again went on tour.
After a short period back at the May Fair Hotel, he retired from performing in 1940 (though he and his orchestra continued to make records for Decca until 1947). Several members of his band became part of the Royal Air Force band, the Squadronaires, during the war. Ambrose's retirement was not permanent, however, and he formed and toured with the Ambrose Octet, and dabbled in management.
I hope you enjoy this as much as I have.
Best wishes,
Stu
______________________
Please Note: I do not claim copyright or ownership of the song played in this video. All copyrighted content remains property of their respective owners.
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Performed by: Bert Ambrose & His Orchestra
Full Song Title: Stormy Weather
Recorded in: 1932
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (15 September 1896 – 11 June 1971), known professionally as Ambrose or Bert Ambrose, was an popular English bandleader and violinist of the late 1920s and 30s. Ambrose became the leader of a highly acclaimed British dance band, Bert Ambrose & His Orchestra, in the 1930s.
Ambrose was born in Warsaw in 1896 whilst it was part of Russia. At some time after, the family moved to London. They were Jewish; his father being a 'Dealer in rags' in the 1911 UK Census where Ambrose was named as 'Barnett' (a "Violin musician student"). He began playing the violin while young, and travelled to New York with his aunt. He began playing professionally, first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity.
Whilst at the Palais Royal, on 5 June 1918, he registered for the Draft (Local Board Division 169, City of NY NY, 144 St Nicholas Ave; Registration 232). He gave: date of birth 11 Sept 1896; place of birth Warsaw, Russia; nationality Russian; father's birthplace Grietza, Russia; place of employment Palais Royal 48 St & Broadway; nearest relative Mrs Becky Ambrose, Mother, 56 "Blaksley" St London England. He signed Bert Ambrose. The registrar recorded: medium height; medium build; brown hair; brown eyes; no physical disability that would render him exempt.
In 1922, he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back—Edward".
This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader, largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting.
During his time at the Embassy, he married "Kathryn Lucille otherwise Kitty Brady" a 24 y.o. Irish-American, from New Jersey, on 20 January 1924. Oddly, he is named and signed as "Bernard Ambrose" a 27 y.o. "Musical Director" on the certificate. They had two daughters: Patricia S (1931) and Monica J (1933).
Ambrose stayed at the May Fair for six years, during which time the band made recordings for Brunswick Records, HMV and Decca. He teamed up with Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, and an American harmony song trio, the Hamilton Sisters and Fordyce (aka, Three X Sisters) to record songs including "My Heart Stood Still" and other tunes. This period also saw the musical development of the band, partly as a result of Ambrose's hiring of first-class musicians, including Sylvester Ahola, Ted Heath, Joe Crossman, Joe Jeannette, Bert Read, Joe Brannelly, Dick Escott and trumpeter Max Goldberg.
In 1933, Ambrose was asked to accept a cut in pay at the May Fair; refusing, he went back to the Embassy Club, and after three years there (and a national tour), he rejected American offers and returned to the May Fair in 1936. He then went into partnership with Jack Harris (an American bandleader), and in 1937 they bought a club together (Ciro's Club). For three months they even employed Art Tatum there, some think the greatest jazz pianist who ever lived. Ambrose and Harris alternated performances in Ciro's until a disagreement led to the rupture of their partnership. Ambrose then worked at the Café de Paris until the outbreak of World War II, when he again went on tour.
After a short period back at the May Fair Hotel, he retired from performing in 1940 (though he and his orchestra continued to make records for Decca until 1947). Several members of his band became part of the Royal Air Force band, the Squadronaires, during the war. Ambrose's retirement was not permanent, however, and he formed and toured with the Ambrose Octet, and dabbled in management.
I hope you enjoy this as much as I have.
Best wishes,
Stu
______________________
Please Note: I do not claim copyright or ownership of the song played in this video. All copyrighted content remains property of their respective owners.
- published: 02 Dec 2015
- views: 173
Ambrose and His Orchestra - The Peanut Vendor
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- Duration: 3:00
- Updated: 19 Sep 2015
- views: 290
Ambrose and his Orchestra - The Peanut Vendor.
At the May Fair Hotel ,London.
Label:"His Master's Voice".
Nr.:B 5979 (30- 5815).
Rec.:1931
Benjamin Baruch Ambro...
Ambrose and his Orchestra - The Peanut Vendor.
At the May Fair Hotel ,London.
Label:"His Master's Voice".
Nr.:B 5979 (30- 5815).
Rec.:1931
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (15 September 1896 – 11 June 1971), known professionally as Ambrose or Bert Ambrose, was an English bandleader and violinist. Ambrose became the leader of a highly acclaimed British dance band, Bert Ambrose & His Orchestra, in the 1930s.
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Ambrose and his Orchestra - The Peanut Vendor.
At the May Fair Hotel ,London.
Label:"His Master's Voice".
Nr.:B 5979 (30- 5815).
Rec.:1931
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (15 September 1896 – 11 June 1971), known professionally as Ambrose or Bert Ambrose, was an English bandleader and violinist. Ambrose became the leader of a highly acclaimed British dance band, Bert Ambrose & His Orchestra, in the 1930s.
- published: 19 Sep 2015
- views: 290
2016 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert
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- Duration: 106:00
- Updated: 06 Apr 2016
- views: 3691
The NEA honored four individuals: vibraphonist, bandleader and educator Gary Burton; musicians' advocate Wendy Oxenhorn; saxophonist and composer Pharoah Sander...
The NEA honored four individuals: vibraphonist, bandleader and educator Gary Burton; musicians' advocate Wendy Oxenhorn; saxophonist and composer Pharoah Sanders; and saxophonist, composer and educator Archie Shepp.
The concert was hosted by Jason Moran, pianist and Kennedy Center artistic director for Jazz, and included remarks by Jane Chu, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts; Deborah F. Rutter, president of the Kennedy Center; as well as the 2016 NEA Jazz Masters. The concert featured performances by NEA Jazz Masters Chick Corea, Randy Weston, and Jimmy Heath, as well as Ambrose Akinmusire, Lakecia Benjamin, Billy Harper, Stefon Harris, Justin Kauflin, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Pedrito Martinez, Jason Moran, David Murray, Linda Oh, Karriem Riggins, Roswell Rudd, and Catherine Russell.
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The NEA honored four individuals: vibraphonist, bandleader and educator Gary Burton; musicians' advocate Wendy Oxenhorn; saxophonist and composer Pharoah Sanders; and saxophonist, composer and educator Archie Shepp.
The concert was hosted by Jason Moran, pianist and Kennedy Center artistic director for Jazz, and included remarks by Jane Chu, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts; Deborah F. Rutter, president of the Kennedy Center; as well as the 2016 NEA Jazz Masters. The concert featured performances by NEA Jazz Masters Chick Corea, Randy Weston, and Jimmy Heath, as well as Ambrose Akinmusire, Lakecia Benjamin, Billy Harper, Stefon Harris, Justin Kauflin, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Pedrito Martinez, Jason Moran, David Murray, Linda Oh, Karriem Riggins, Roswell Rudd, and Catherine Russell.
- published: 06 Apr 2016
- views: 3691
Streamline Strut - Ambrose And His Orchestra
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- Duration: 2:47
- Updated: 10 Feb 2012
- views: 694
Recorded in 1935. Destined to become the leader of what was perhaps the most highly acclaimed of all English dance bands during the 1930s, Bert Ambrose was born...
Recorded in 1935. Destined to become the leader of what was perhaps the most highly acclaimed of all English dance bands during the 1930s, Bert Ambrose was born in London but crossed the Atlantic as a lad with his auntie to settle for a few years on U.S. soil. His very first professional engagement was as violinist for Emil Coleman at Reisenweber's restaurant in New York. He then worked in a big band at the Palais Royal. By 1917 he was directing musical entertainments at New York's Club de Vingt, and remained there through 1920. Although he led a band at Clover Gardens in 1924, Ambrose maintained a steady professional presence in London during the 1920s, periodically leading bands at the Embassy Club from 1920-1926 and in the Mayfair Hotel from 1927-1933.
Having waxed a handful of phonograph recordings for Columbia in April of 1923, Ambrose began to attract attention a bit later on with titles like "Take Your Finger Out of Your Mouth," recorded for the English Brunswick label in 1927, and "Singapore Sorrows," recorded in April of 1928 for His Master's Voice. From that point onward, the act was almost invariably billed as Bert Ambrose & His Orchestra. They were well received at the London Palladium and began to broadcast live over the BBC from the Mayfair Hotel in 1928, whereupon Ambrose quickly found himself in a position of resounding nationwide popularity. In addition to English players like Ted Heath and Dennis Ratcliffe, the band was regularly fortified with American talent (vocalist Sam Browne, reedman Danny Polo, and trumpeter Sylvester Ahola). Its recording repertoire became stronger after Ambrose signed with Decca during the early summer of 1928.
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Recorded in 1935. Destined to become the leader of what was perhaps the most highly acclaimed of all English dance bands during the 1930s, Bert Ambrose was born in London but crossed the Atlantic as a lad with his auntie to settle for a few years on U.S. soil. His very first professional engagement was as violinist for Emil Coleman at Reisenweber's restaurant in New York. He then worked in a big band at the Palais Royal. By 1917 he was directing musical entertainments at New York's Club de Vingt, and remained there through 1920. Although he led a band at Clover Gardens in 1924, Ambrose maintained a steady professional presence in London during the 1920s, periodically leading bands at the Embassy Club from 1920-1926 and in the Mayfair Hotel from 1927-1933.
Having waxed a handful of phonograph recordings for Columbia in April of 1923, Ambrose began to attract attention a bit later on with titles like "Take Your Finger Out of Your Mouth," recorded for the English Brunswick label in 1927, and "Singapore Sorrows," recorded in April of 1928 for His Master's Voice. From that point onward, the act was almost invariably billed as Bert Ambrose & His Orchestra. They were well received at the London Palladium and began to broadcast live over the BBC from the Mayfair Hotel in 1928, whereupon Ambrose quickly found himself in a position of resounding nationwide popularity. In addition to English players like Ted Heath and Dennis Ratcliffe, the band was regularly fortified with American talent (vocalist Sam Browne, reedman Danny Polo, and trumpeter Sylvester Ahola). Its recording repertoire became stronger after Ambrose signed with Decca during the early summer of 1928.
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- published: 10 Feb 2012
- views: 694
It's The Rhythm In Me - Evelyn Dall (Vocal) with Ambrose & His Orchestra
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- Duration: 2:14
- Updated: 30 May 2010
- views: 2159
Nice old clip of Evelyn Dall with British 30's bandleader Ambrose, from the movie Millionaire Merry Go Round
Nice old clip of Evelyn Dall with British 30's bandleader Ambrose, from the movie Millionaire Merry Go Round
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Nice old clip of Evelyn Dall with British 30's bandleader Ambrose, from the movie Millionaire Merry Go Round
- published: 30 May 2010
- views: 2159
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Stanley Black & His Orchestra! (1 Hr. Beautiful Music Video Album!) 1080p
Stanley Black OBE (1913 – 2002) was an English bandleader, composer, conductor, arranger and pianist. He wrote and arranged many film scores and recorded prolifically for the Decca label (including Londonand Phase 4). Beginning with jazz collaborations with American musicians such as Coleman Hawkins and Benny Carter during the 1930s, he moved into arranging and recording in the Latin American music style and also won awards for his classical conducting. - Wikipedia +++ STANLEY BLACK SONG LIST: Andalusia, Green Eyes, Holiday For Strings, Stranger In Paradise, They Say It’s Wonderful, The Big Country, El Choclo Tango, Be My Love, A Woman In Love, Around The World, It’s Magic, My Foolish Heart, Stairway To The Stars, The Night Was Made For Love, True Love, Malaguena, +++ BONUS SONG LIST...
published: 28 Jul 2016 -
Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra
Glen Gray was the bandleader of the the Casa Loma Orchestra, one of the most popular big bands of the Swing Era (1930s-1940s). "Smoke Rings", "No Name Jive", and "Maniacs Ball" were some of his greatest hits, here in stereophonic sound. Playlist: Track/ Time 1 Take the "A" Train 00:10 2 White Jazz 03:21 3 Begin the Beguine 06:32 4 Song of India 09:54 No Name Jive 13:06 6 Sunrise Serenade 19:37 7 Memories of You 22:47 8 I Cried for You 25:54 9 One O'Clock Jump 29:01 10 Cherokee 32:14 11 A String of Pearls 35:39 12 Come and Get It 38:29 13 Maniac's Ball 41:24 14 Casa Loma Stomp 44:33 15 Just an Old Manuscript 47:24 16 Chinatown, My Chinatown 50:15 17 Sleepy Time Gal 52:57 18 Dance of the Lame Duck 57:33 19 For You 0...
published: 27 Jul 2014 -
The Hit Parade (1937)
Aka 'I'll Reach For A Star" American musicians and Vaudeville performers show their stuff in this romantic adventure. Director: Gus Meins Writers: Bradford Ropes (screenplay), Samuel Ornitz (screenplay), Harry Ruskin The Actors: Frances Langford (Ruth Allison, nee Swanson), Phil Regan (Pete Garland), Max Terhune (Rusty Callahan), Edward Brophy (Mr. Mulrooney), Louise Henry (Monica Barrett), Pert Kelton (Eadie White), J. Farrell MacDonald (Sergeant O'Hara), Monroe Owsley (Teddy Leeds), Inez Courtney (Tillie), William Demarest (parole officer), George Givot (Herman), Sammy White (dancer), Paul 'Mousie' Garner (member of The Gentle Maniacs), Sam Wolfe (member of The Gentle Maniacs), Richard Hakins (member of The Gentle Maniacs), Yvonne Manoff (member of the Tic Toc Girls), Mildred Winston (...
published: 27 Aug 2014 -
Skafish on "Flying Around the Sun" 9/6/2012
To buy BOOTLEG 21-35: on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/bootleg-21-35/id548459676 on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Bootleg-21-35/dp/B008PVOLDI/ on CDBaby: https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/skafish3 Skafish made his second appearance as a guest on WJOB radio's "Flying Around the Sun" on September 6, 2012 in Hammond Indiana, where he was interviewed by show hosts Mark Mybeck and Phil Rapchak. On the show, Skafish discussed the recent release of BOOTLEG 21-35, the first-ever live Skafish album, which was recorded August 29, 1977 at the artist's 21st birthday party performance in Chicago at Ratso's. In addition to premiering tracks from the bootleg. Skafish gave away free digital copies of the album to those who called in by phone. For more info on the bootleg and purchasing options, vis...
published: 08 Sep 2012 -
KQRS Radio Aircheck (11/8/1969) – Format evolving from Middle of the Road to Freeform Rock
In this KQRS radio aircheck from November 8, 1969 (92.5 FM and 1440 AM, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN), the sound quality is a bit rough due to the age of the recording. But it’s interesting to hear how this radio station’s format was evolving in the late 1960’s from a Middle of the Road (MOR), soft adult contemporary, smooth jazz format to a Freeform Rock format. The change didn’t happen overnight for KQ. It was a process. In this 11/8/1969 clip (the 6 o’clock hour of his Saturday night 6pm to Midnight shift), the DJ Don DuChene’s playlist contains an eclectic variety of song genres… rock, jazz, folk, R&B;, country, orchestral ballads, standards… you name it! In our modern 21st century era, it seems most radio stations are highly segmented with each station (or channel on satellite radio) ...
published: 25 Jul 2015 -
Dan Donovan - With Vocal Refrain 1931-1938
DAN DONOVAN -- With Vocal Refrain 1931-1938 1. You're Driving Me Crazy -- Harry Bidgood's Broadcasters as Lew Sylva's Band Recorded on Thursday 12th February 1931 2. When Your Hair Has Turned To Silver -- with piano accompaniment. Dan recording under the name Dick Sullivan Recorded on Saturday 28th February 1931 3. Bathing In The Sunshine - with piano accompaniment. Dan recording under the name Dick Sullivan Recorded on Saturday 28th February 1931 4. The Night When Love Was Born -- Debroy Somers and his Band Recorded on Tuesday 23rd August 1932 5. My Song Goes Round The World -- The Romany Band directed by Oscar Rabin Recorded on Wednesday 22nd November 1933 6. Say The Word And It's Yours -- The BBC Dance Orchestra directed by Henry Hall Recorded on Wednesday 23rd October 1935 7. The Brok...
published: 11 Feb 2014 -
Old Time Radio SUSPENSE An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge
Subscribe for more great audio! Please give the video a thumbs up. It helps us keep bringing you great audio. One of the premier drama programs of the Golden Age of Radio, was subtitled "radio's outstanding theater of thrills" and focused on suspense thriller-type scripts, usually featuring leading Hollywood actors of the era. Approximately 945 episodes were broadcast during its long run, and more than 900 still exist. Suspense went through several major phases, characterized by different hosts, sponsors, and director/producers. Formula plot devices were followed for all but a handful of episodes: the protagonist was usually a normal person suddenly dropped into a threatening or bizarre situation; solutions were "withheld until the last possible second"; and evildoers were usually puni...
published: 04 Mar 2016 -
Old Time Radio SUSPENSE De Mortuis
Subscribe for more great audio! Please give the video a thumbs up. It helps us keep bringing you great audio. One of the premier drama programs of the Golden Age of Radio, was subtitled "radio's outstanding theater of thrills" and focused on suspense thriller-type scripts, usually featuring leading Hollywood actors of the era. Approximately 945 episodes were broadcast during its long run, and more than 900 still exist. Suspense went through several major phases, characterized by different hosts, sponsors, and director/producers. Formula plot devices were followed for all but a handful of episodes: the protagonist was usually a normal person suddenly dropped into a threatening or bizarre situation; solutions were "withheld until the last possible second"; and evildoers were usually puni...
published: 26 Nov 2015
Stanley Black & His Orchestra! (1 Hr. Beautiful Music Video Album!) 1080p
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- Duration: 107:55
- Updated: 28 Jul 2016
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Stanley Black OBE (1913 – 2002) was an English bandleader, composer, conductor, arranger and pianist. He wrote and arranged many film scores and recorded prolif...
Stanley Black OBE (1913 – 2002) was an English bandleader, composer, conductor, arranger and pianist. He wrote and arranged many film scores and recorded prolifically for the Decca label (including Londonand Phase 4). Beginning with jazz collaborations with American musicians such as Coleman Hawkins and Benny Carter during the 1930s, he moved into arranging and recording in the Latin American music style and also won awards for his classical conducting. - Wikipedia
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STANLEY BLACK SONG LIST:
Andalusia, Green Eyes, Holiday For Strings, Stranger In Paradise, They Say It’s Wonderful, The Big Country, El Choclo Tango, Be My Love, A Woman In Love, Around The World, It’s Magic, My Foolish Heart, Stairway To The Stars, The Night Was Made For Love, True Love, Malaguena,
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BONUS SONG LIST:
Etude In E Major - Chopin
Theme From Carnival - David Rose
Getting To Know You - 101 Strings
Isle Of Capri - Frank Chacksfield
Once Upon A Time - Mantovani
Serenade In The Night - Melachrino Strings
All The Things You Are - 101 Strings
Thou Swell - Ambrose & His Orchestra
In The Still Of The Night - 101 Strings & The Alshire Singers
Tea For Two - 101 Strings Orchestra
Audios - 101 Strings
The Way You Look Tonight - The Romantic Strings
The Way You Look Tonight - The Norman Luboff Choir
While We’re Young - Percy Faith
While We’re Young - Walter Schumann
While We’re Young - Andre Kostelanetz
While We’re Young - The Melachrino Strings
While We’re Young - The Four Lads
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Music From When Lyrics Were
Both Beautiful & Romantic!
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Isle Of Capri - Frank Chacksfield And His Orchestra
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Be My Love - Stanley Black
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Holiday for Strings - Stanley Black
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The Big Country - Main Title - Stanley Black, London Symphony Orchestra
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Adios - 101 Strings Orchestra
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1:22:32 - 1:25:10 play match
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Etude In E Major, Op. 10, No. 3 - Various Artists
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A Woman in Love (Tango Bolero) - Stanley Black and His Orchestra
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Stanger In Paradise - Stanley Black & His Piano
9:50 - 11:18
The Way You Look Tonight - The Norman Luboff Choir
1:29:17 - 1:29:58
While We're Young - The Four Lads
1:44:24 - 1:48:02
Andulucia - Stanley Black
0:00 - 2:19
Thou Swell - Ambrose and His Orchestra
1:10:44 - 1:13:29
Serenade In The Night - George Melachrino
1:04:15 - 1:06:11
In The Still Of The Night - 101 Strings Orchestra
1:13:48 - 1:19:10
Once Upon a Time - Mantovani
1:01:21 - 1:04:10
They Say It's Wonderful - Stanley Black
11:21 - 14:21
While We're Young - The Melachrino Strings
1:41:40 - 1:44:21
My Foolish Heart - Stanley Black & His Orchestra
32:06 - 35:29
Falling Leaves - Stanley Black and His Orchestra
38:02 - 40:00
It's Magic - Stanley Black & His Orchestra
29:08 - 32:05
True Love - Stanley Black & His Orchestra
40:03 - 43:31
The Way You Look Tonight (From "My Best Friend's Wedding") - Charles Gerhardt; National Philharmonic Orchestra
1:25:46 - 1:28:29
All The Things You Are - Instrumental 101 Orchestra
1:06:11 - 1:09:35
Green Eyes - Stanley Black and His Piano With Stanley Black Orchestra
2:41 - 5:05
Tea for Two - 101 Strings
1:19:15 - 1:22:20
Getting to Know You - 101 Strings Orchestra
55:35 - 58:36
El choclo - Orchestra Stanley Black
17:34 - 19:38
Malaguena - Stanley Black and His Orchestra
43:32 - 48:43
Theme from 'Carnival' - David Rose
53:29 - 55:34
Around the World (Waltz) - Stanley Black and His Orchestra
26:15 - 29:07
Stairway to the Stars - Stanley Black and His Orchestra
35:29 - 38:02
While We're Young - Andre Kostelanetz And His Orchestra
1:39:50 - 1:41:37
While We're Young - Percy Faith
1:32:06 - 1:35:33
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Stanley Black OBE (1913 – 2002) was an English bandleader, composer, conductor, arranger and pianist. He wrote and arranged many film scores and recorded prolifically for the Decca label (including Londonand Phase 4). Beginning with jazz collaborations with American musicians such as Coleman Hawkins and Benny Carter during the 1930s, he moved into arranging and recording in the Latin American music style and also won awards for his classical conducting. - Wikipedia
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STANLEY BLACK SONG LIST:
Andalusia, Green Eyes, Holiday For Strings, Stranger In Paradise, They Say It’s Wonderful, The Big Country, El Choclo Tango, Be My Love, A Woman In Love, Around The World, It’s Magic, My Foolish Heart, Stairway To The Stars, The Night Was Made For Love, True Love, Malaguena,
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BONUS SONG LIST:
Etude In E Major - Chopin
Theme From Carnival - David Rose
Getting To Know You - 101 Strings
Isle Of Capri - Frank Chacksfield
Once Upon A Time - Mantovani
Serenade In The Night - Melachrino Strings
All The Things You Are - 101 Strings
Thou Swell - Ambrose & His Orchestra
In The Still Of The Night - 101 Strings & The Alshire Singers
Tea For Two - 101 Strings Orchestra
Audios - 101 Strings
The Way You Look Tonight - The Romantic Strings
The Way You Look Tonight - The Norman Luboff Choir
While We’re Young - Percy Faith
While We’re Young - Walter Schumann
While We’re Young - Andre Kostelanetz
While We’re Young - The Melachrino Strings
While We’re Young - The Four Lads
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Music From When Lyrics Were
Both Beautiful & Romantic!
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GOOGLE SONG LIST:
Isle Of Capri - Frank Chacksfield And His Orchestra
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Be My Love - Stanley Black
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Holiday for Strings - Stanley Black
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The Big Country - Main Title - Stanley Black, London Symphony Orchestra
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Adios - 101 Strings Orchestra
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Etude In E Major, Op. 10, No. 3 - Various Artists
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A Woman in Love (Tango Bolero) - Stanley Black and His Orchestra
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Stanger In Paradise - Stanley Black & His Piano
9:50 - 11:18
The Way You Look Tonight - The Norman Luboff Choir
1:29:17 - 1:29:58
While We're Young - The Four Lads
1:44:24 - 1:48:02
Andulucia - Stanley Black
0:00 - 2:19
Thou Swell - Ambrose and His Orchestra
1:10:44 - 1:13:29
Serenade In The Night - George Melachrino
1:04:15 - 1:06:11
In The Still Of The Night - 101 Strings Orchestra
1:13:48 - 1:19:10
Once Upon a Time - Mantovani
1:01:21 - 1:04:10
They Say It's Wonderful - Stanley Black
11:21 - 14:21
While We're Young - The Melachrino Strings
1:41:40 - 1:44:21
My Foolish Heart - Stanley Black & His Orchestra
32:06 - 35:29
Falling Leaves - Stanley Black and His Orchestra
38:02 - 40:00
It's Magic - Stanley Black & His Orchestra
29:08 - 32:05
True Love - Stanley Black & His Orchestra
40:03 - 43:31
The Way You Look Tonight (From "My Best Friend's Wedding") - Charles Gerhardt; National Philharmonic Orchestra
1:25:46 - 1:28:29
All The Things You Are - Instrumental 101 Orchestra
1:06:11 - 1:09:35
Green Eyes - Stanley Black and His Piano With Stanley Black Orchestra
2:41 - 5:05
Tea for Two - 101 Strings
1:19:15 - 1:22:20
Getting to Know You - 101 Strings Orchestra
55:35 - 58:36
El choclo - Orchestra Stanley Black
17:34 - 19:38
Malaguena - Stanley Black and His Orchestra
43:32 - 48:43
Theme from 'Carnival' - David Rose
53:29 - 55:34
Around the World (Waltz) - Stanley Black and His Orchestra
26:15 - 29:07
Stairway to the Stars - Stanley Black and His Orchestra
35:29 - 38:02
While We're Young - Andre Kostelanetz And His Orchestra
1:39:50 - 1:41:37
While We're Young - Percy Faith
1:32:06 - 1:35:33
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Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 97:01
- Updated: 27 Jul 2014
- views: 23197
Glen Gray was the bandleader of the the Casa Loma Orchestra, one of the most popular big bands of the Swing Era (1930s-1940s).
"Smoke Rings", "No Name Jive", an...
Glen Gray was the bandleader of the the Casa Loma Orchestra, one of the most popular big bands of the Swing Era (1930s-1940s).
"Smoke Rings", "No Name Jive", and "Maniacs Ball" were some of his greatest hits, here in stereophonic sound.
Playlist:
Track/ Time
1
Take the "A" Train 00:10
2
White Jazz 03:21
3
Begin the Beguine 06:32
4
Song of India 09:54
No Name Jive 13:06
6
Sunrise Serenade 19:37
7
Memories of You 22:47
8
I Cried for You 25:54
9
One O'Clock Jump 29:01
10
Cherokee 32:14
11
A String of Pearls 35:39
12
Come and Get It 38:29
13
Maniac's Ball 41:24
14
Casa Loma Stomp 44:33
15
Just an Old Manuscript 47:24
16
Chinatown, My Chinatown 50:15
17
Sleepy Time Gal 52:57
18
Dance of the Lame Duck 57:33
19
For You 01:00:19
20
Limehouse Blues 01:03:30
21
Black Jazz 01:07:01
22
White Star Stomp 01:10:20
23
Smoke Rings 01:12:23
24
Can't We Be Friends? 01:15:22
25
After Hours 01:18:06
26
Woodchopper's Ball 01:21:28
27
Flying Home 01:24:56
28
Boogie Woogie on St. Louis Blues 01:27:54
29
Tenderly 01:30:52
30
Symphony in Riffs 01:33:48
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Glen Gray was the bandleader of the the Casa Loma Orchestra, one of the most popular big bands of the Swing Era (1930s-1940s).
"Smoke Rings", "No Name Jive", and "Maniacs Ball" were some of his greatest hits, here in stereophonic sound.
Playlist:
Track/ Time
1
Take the "A" Train 00:10
2
White Jazz 03:21
3
Begin the Beguine 06:32
4
Song of India 09:54
No Name Jive 13:06
6
Sunrise Serenade 19:37
7
Memories of You 22:47
8
I Cried for You 25:54
9
One O'Clock Jump 29:01
10
Cherokee 32:14
11
A String of Pearls 35:39
12
Come and Get It 38:29
13
Maniac's Ball 41:24
14
Casa Loma Stomp 44:33
15
Just an Old Manuscript 47:24
16
Chinatown, My Chinatown 50:15
17
Sleepy Time Gal 52:57
18
Dance of the Lame Duck 57:33
19
For You 01:00:19
20
Limehouse Blues 01:03:30
21
Black Jazz 01:07:01
22
White Star Stomp 01:10:20
23
Smoke Rings 01:12:23
24
Can't We Be Friends? 01:15:22
25
After Hours 01:18:06
26
Woodchopper's Ball 01:21:28
27
Flying Home 01:24:56
28
Boogie Woogie on St. Louis Blues 01:27:54
29
Tenderly 01:30:52
30
Symphony in Riffs 01:33:48
- published: 27 Jul 2014
- views: 23197
The Hit Parade (1937)
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 66:24
- Updated: 27 Aug 2014
- views: 433
Aka 'I'll Reach For A Star"
American musicians and Vaudeville performers show their stuff in this romantic adventure.
Director:
Gus Meins
Writers:
Bradford Rop...
Aka 'I'll Reach For A Star"
American musicians and Vaudeville performers show their stuff in this romantic adventure.
Director:
Gus Meins
Writers:
Bradford Ropes (screenplay), Samuel Ornitz (screenplay), Harry Ruskin
The Actors:
Frances Langford (Ruth Allison, nee Swanson), Phil Regan (Pete Garland), Max Terhune (Rusty Callahan), Edward Brophy (Mr. Mulrooney), Louise Henry (Monica Barrett), Pert Kelton (Eadie White), J. Farrell MacDonald (Sergeant O'Hara), Monroe Owsley (Teddy Leeds), Inez Courtney (Tillie), William Demarest (parole officer), George Givot (Herman), Sammy White (dancer), Paul 'Mousie' Garner (member of The Gentle Maniacs), Sam Wolfe (member of The Gentle Maniacs), Richard Hakins (member of The Gentle Maniacs), Yvonne Manoff (member of the Tic Toc Girls), Mildred Winston (member of the Tick Toc Girls), Barbara Johnston (member of the Tic Toc Girls), Carl Hoff (bandleader of The Hit Parade Orchestra), Ivie Anderson (Ivy), Duke Ellington (himself), Eddy Duchin (himself), Molasses (part of Molasses and January), January (part of Molasses and January), Pick (part of Pick and Pat), Pat (part of Pick and Pat), Al Pearce (himself), Sayle Taylor (the voice of experience), Ed Thorgersen (Ed Thorgersen), Ed 'Oscar' Platt (Oscar), Lou Fulton (Elmer), Stanley Fields (the bedtime story man), The Gentle Maniacs (comedy team), Tic-Toc Girls (singers), The Hit Parade Orchestra (radio orchestra), Harry Anderson (cabbie), Johnny Arthur (success story teller), Marie Astaire (unknown), Harvey Clark (Mr. Barrett), Jack Daley (desk sergeant), Wyn Davis (opera singer), Kay Deslys (tough lady), Jack Egan (WBR announcer), Jim Farley (Sheriff), Jerry Fletcher (sound mixer), Otto Fries (majordomo), Jack George (Jerry), June Gittelson (fat girl singer), Kit Guard (second mug), Arlene Harris (Arlene Harris), Grace Hayle (cooking expert), Kathleen Howard (Mrs. Barrett), William Jeffrey (doctor), Delos Jewkes (amateur boy singer), Harry C. Johnson (juggler), Eddie Kane (Nick, nightclub owner), Rita La Roy (ex con), Phil La Toska (juggler), Princess Luana (Hawaiian solo dancer), Alphonse Martell (head waiter), William Newell (Burt Ambrose), Wedgwood Nowell (ticket seller), Dagmar Oakland (nurse), Francis Sayles (small cop), Kathryn Sheldon (haughty woman), Lew Sherwood (vocal refrain), Roy Smeck (radio artist), Harry Strang (first mug), Harry Tracy (Mulrooney's chauffeur), Emmett Vogan (news commentator), Carleton Young (radio announcer)
wn.com/The Hit Parade (1937)
Aka 'I'll Reach For A Star"
American musicians and Vaudeville performers show their stuff in this romantic adventure.
Director:
Gus Meins
Writers:
Bradford Ropes (screenplay), Samuel Ornitz (screenplay), Harry Ruskin
The Actors:
Frances Langford (Ruth Allison, nee Swanson), Phil Regan (Pete Garland), Max Terhune (Rusty Callahan), Edward Brophy (Mr. Mulrooney), Louise Henry (Monica Barrett), Pert Kelton (Eadie White), J. Farrell MacDonald (Sergeant O'Hara), Monroe Owsley (Teddy Leeds), Inez Courtney (Tillie), William Demarest (parole officer), George Givot (Herman), Sammy White (dancer), Paul 'Mousie' Garner (member of The Gentle Maniacs), Sam Wolfe (member of The Gentle Maniacs), Richard Hakins (member of The Gentle Maniacs), Yvonne Manoff (member of the Tic Toc Girls), Mildred Winston (member of the Tick Toc Girls), Barbara Johnston (member of the Tic Toc Girls), Carl Hoff (bandleader of The Hit Parade Orchestra), Ivie Anderson (Ivy), Duke Ellington (himself), Eddy Duchin (himself), Molasses (part of Molasses and January), January (part of Molasses and January), Pick (part of Pick and Pat), Pat (part of Pick and Pat), Al Pearce (himself), Sayle Taylor (the voice of experience), Ed Thorgersen (Ed Thorgersen), Ed 'Oscar' Platt (Oscar), Lou Fulton (Elmer), Stanley Fields (the bedtime story man), The Gentle Maniacs (comedy team), Tic-Toc Girls (singers), The Hit Parade Orchestra (radio orchestra), Harry Anderson (cabbie), Johnny Arthur (success story teller), Marie Astaire (unknown), Harvey Clark (Mr. Barrett), Jack Daley (desk sergeant), Wyn Davis (opera singer), Kay Deslys (tough lady), Jack Egan (WBR announcer), Jim Farley (Sheriff), Jerry Fletcher (sound mixer), Otto Fries (majordomo), Jack George (Jerry), June Gittelson (fat girl singer), Kit Guard (second mug), Arlene Harris (Arlene Harris), Grace Hayle (cooking expert), Kathleen Howard (Mrs. Barrett), William Jeffrey (doctor), Delos Jewkes (amateur boy singer), Harry C. Johnson (juggler), Eddie Kane (Nick, nightclub owner), Rita La Roy (ex con), Phil La Toska (juggler), Princess Luana (Hawaiian solo dancer), Alphonse Martell (head waiter), William Newell (Burt Ambrose), Wedgwood Nowell (ticket seller), Dagmar Oakland (nurse), Francis Sayles (small cop), Kathryn Sheldon (haughty woman), Lew Sherwood (vocal refrain), Roy Smeck (radio artist), Harry Strang (first mug), Harry Tracy (Mulrooney's chauffeur), Emmett Vogan (news commentator), Carleton Young (radio announcer)
- published: 27 Aug 2014
- views: 433
Skafish on "Flying Around the Sun" 9/6/2012
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 111:18
- Updated: 08 Sep 2012
- views: 988
To buy BOOTLEG 21-35:
on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/bootleg-21-35/id548459676
on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Bootleg-21-35/dp/B008PVOLDI/
on C...
To buy BOOTLEG 21-35:
on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/bootleg-21-35/id548459676
on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Bootleg-21-35/dp/B008PVOLDI/
on CDBaby: https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/skafish3
Skafish made his second appearance as a guest on WJOB radio's "Flying Around the Sun" on September 6, 2012 in Hammond Indiana, where he was interviewed by show hosts Mark Mybeck and Phil Rapchak.
On the show, Skafish discussed the recent release of BOOTLEG 21-35, the first-ever live Skafish album, which was recorded August 29, 1977 at the artist's 21st birthday party performance in Chicago at Ratso's. In addition to premiering tracks from the bootleg. Skafish gave away free digital copies of the album to those who called in by phone. For more info on the bootleg and purchasing options, visit http://www.skafishbootleg.com/
Among other topics, Skafish talked about the history of his band and being a bandleader, his pioneering days in Chicago as the city's punk/new wave/alternative and indie Godfather, and his role as a co-creator of these art forms internationally. Skafish also discussed his relationship with IRS Records chief Miles Copeland.
In addition to being featured in the international cult classic film "Urgh! A Music War!", Skafish has toured/performed with such artists as The Police, Iggy Pop, Ramones, Cramps, U-2, UB-40, English Beat, XTC, Squeeze, The Stranglers, Ultravox, Dead Boys, Scorpions, Sha Na Na, and Lemonheads.
The interview was streamed live and captured on film by Guy Rhodes.
Guest: Skafish
Hosts: Mark Mybeck, Phil Rapchak
Station Representative: Jim Dedelow
Filmed and Edited by Guy Rhodes
Special Thanks: Glinda Harrison, and to the band: Larry Mazalan, Karen Winner, David Prochazka, Greg Sarchet, and Larry Mysliwiec
Legal Representation: Andrea Brauer, Esq., Tm Kelley
© Copyright 2012 829 Records -- All Rights Reserved
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To buy BOOTLEG 21-35:
on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/bootleg-21-35/id548459676
on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Bootleg-21-35/dp/B008PVOLDI/
on CDBaby: https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/skafish3
Skafish made his second appearance as a guest on WJOB radio's "Flying Around the Sun" on September 6, 2012 in Hammond Indiana, where he was interviewed by show hosts Mark Mybeck and Phil Rapchak.
On the show, Skafish discussed the recent release of BOOTLEG 21-35, the first-ever live Skafish album, which was recorded August 29, 1977 at the artist's 21st birthday party performance in Chicago at Ratso's. In addition to premiering tracks from the bootleg. Skafish gave away free digital copies of the album to those who called in by phone. For more info on the bootleg and purchasing options, visit http://www.skafishbootleg.com/
Among other topics, Skafish talked about the history of his band and being a bandleader, his pioneering days in Chicago as the city's punk/new wave/alternative and indie Godfather, and his role as a co-creator of these art forms internationally. Skafish also discussed his relationship with IRS Records chief Miles Copeland.
In addition to being featured in the international cult classic film "Urgh! A Music War!", Skafish has toured/performed with such artists as The Police, Iggy Pop, Ramones, Cramps, U-2, UB-40, English Beat, XTC, Squeeze, The Stranglers, Ultravox, Dead Boys, Scorpions, Sha Na Na, and Lemonheads.
The interview was streamed live and captured on film by Guy Rhodes.
Guest: Skafish
Hosts: Mark Mybeck, Phil Rapchak
Station Representative: Jim Dedelow
Filmed and Edited by Guy Rhodes
Special Thanks: Glinda Harrison, and to the band: Larry Mazalan, Karen Winner, David Prochazka, Greg Sarchet, and Larry Mysliwiec
Legal Representation: Andrea Brauer, Esq., Tm Kelley
© Copyright 2012 829 Records -- All Rights Reserved
- published: 08 Sep 2012
- views: 988
KQRS Radio Aircheck (11/8/1969) – Format evolving from Middle of the Road to Freeform Rock
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 20:55
- Updated: 25 Jul 2015
- views: 674
In this KQRS radio aircheck from November 8, 1969 (92.5 FM and 1440 AM, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN), the sound quality is a bit rough due to the age of the record...
In this KQRS radio aircheck from November 8, 1969 (92.5 FM and 1440 AM, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN), the sound quality is a bit rough due to the age of the recording. But it’s interesting to hear how this radio station’s format was evolving in the late 1960’s from a Middle of the Road (MOR), soft adult contemporary, smooth jazz format to a Freeform Rock format. The change didn’t happen overnight for KQ. It was a process. In this 11/8/1969 clip (the 6 o’clock hour of his Saturday night 6pm to Midnight shift), the DJ Don DuChene’s playlist contains an eclectic variety of song genres… rock, jazz, folk, R&B;, country, orchestral ballads, standards… you name it! In our modern 21st century era, it seems most radio stations are highly segmented with each station (or channel on satellite radio) now serving only one niche. But back in the day, in the early years of FM radio, KQ played it all. On this night in ‘69, you can hear the Beatles share the spotlight on KQ’s airwaves with Elvis, Blood Sweat and Tears, and Neil Diamond. The traditional folk sounds of Judy Collins are immediately followed by the smooth soul groove of Isaac Hayes. A quirky yet catchy orchestral cover by band leader Hugo Montenegro of the popular instrumental Classical Gas by Mason Williams is then followed by the Kenny Rogers country song, Reuben James. Variety was the name of the game as KQ’s sound evolved.
KQ “News Beat” segments occur at 02:04, 08:44, and 16:08, including updates on Vietnam war protests, college football scores, and the Apollo 12 astronauts’ preparations for their space flight (the 2nd to land on the moon) scheduled to take off “next Friday” November 14, 1969.
Also, at 13:34, listeners are reminded that The Association will appear live in concert at St. Thomas College on Thursday evening, November 20, 1969. Get your tickets for $3.50.
DJ’s Playlist:
- Elvis Presley (Suspicious Minds)
- Blood Sweat and Tears (And When I Die)
- The Sound Symposium
- The Beatles (Come Together)
- Neil Diamond (Holly Holy)
- Judy Collins (Early Morning Rain)
- Isaac Hayes (Walk On By)
- Pat Williams (Eleanor Rigby)
- The Flying Machine (Smile a Little Smile For Me)
- Burt Bacharach (Alfie)
- The Winstons (The Greatest Love)
- Hugo Montenegro (Classical Gas)
- Kenny Rogers (Reuben James)
Another KQRS aircheck from this era can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezgHPeYzjKA
wn.com/Kqrs Radio Aircheck (11 8 1969) – Format Evolving From Middle Of The Road To Freeform Rock
In this KQRS radio aircheck from November 8, 1969 (92.5 FM and 1440 AM, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN), the sound quality is a bit rough due to the age of the recording. But it’s interesting to hear how this radio station’s format was evolving in the late 1960’s from a Middle of the Road (MOR), soft adult contemporary, smooth jazz format to a Freeform Rock format. The change didn’t happen overnight for KQ. It was a process. In this 11/8/1969 clip (the 6 o’clock hour of his Saturday night 6pm to Midnight shift), the DJ Don DuChene’s playlist contains an eclectic variety of song genres… rock, jazz, folk, R&B;, country, orchestral ballads, standards… you name it! In our modern 21st century era, it seems most radio stations are highly segmented with each station (or channel on satellite radio) now serving only one niche. But back in the day, in the early years of FM radio, KQ played it all. On this night in ‘69, you can hear the Beatles share the spotlight on KQ’s airwaves with Elvis, Blood Sweat and Tears, and Neil Diamond. The traditional folk sounds of Judy Collins are immediately followed by the smooth soul groove of Isaac Hayes. A quirky yet catchy orchestral cover by band leader Hugo Montenegro of the popular instrumental Classical Gas by Mason Williams is then followed by the Kenny Rogers country song, Reuben James. Variety was the name of the game as KQ’s sound evolved.
KQ “News Beat” segments occur at 02:04, 08:44, and 16:08, including updates on Vietnam war protests, college football scores, and the Apollo 12 astronauts’ preparations for their space flight (the 2nd to land on the moon) scheduled to take off “next Friday” November 14, 1969.
Also, at 13:34, listeners are reminded that The Association will appear live in concert at St. Thomas College on Thursday evening, November 20, 1969. Get your tickets for $3.50.
DJ’s Playlist:
- Elvis Presley (Suspicious Minds)
- Blood Sweat and Tears (And When I Die)
- The Sound Symposium
- The Beatles (Come Together)
- Neil Diamond (Holly Holy)
- Judy Collins (Early Morning Rain)
- Isaac Hayes (Walk On By)
- Pat Williams (Eleanor Rigby)
- The Flying Machine (Smile a Little Smile For Me)
- Burt Bacharach (Alfie)
- The Winstons (The Greatest Love)
- Hugo Montenegro (Classical Gas)
- Kenny Rogers (Reuben James)
Another KQRS aircheck from this era can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezgHPeYzjKA
- published: 25 Jul 2015
- views: 674
Dan Donovan - With Vocal Refrain 1931-1938
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- Duration: 21:32
- Updated: 11 Feb 2014
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DAN DONOVAN -- With Vocal Refrain 1931-1938
1. You're Driving Me Crazy -- Harry Bidgood's Broadcasters as Lew Sylva's Band
Recorded on Thursday 12th February 1...
DAN DONOVAN -- With Vocal Refrain 1931-1938
1. You're Driving Me Crazy -- Harry Bidgood's Broadcasters as Lew Sylva's Band
Recorded on Thursday 12th February 1931
2. When Your Hair Has Turned To Silver -- with piano accompaniment.
Dan recording under the name Dick Sullivan
Recorded on Saturday 28th February 1931
3. Bathing In The Sunshine - with piano accompaniment.
Dan recording under the name Dick Sullivan
Recorded on Saturday 28th February 1931
4. The Night When Love Was Born -- Debroy Somers and his Band
Recorded on Tuesday 23rd August 1932
5. My Song Goes Round The World -- The Romany Band directed by Oscar Rabin
Recorded on Wednesday 22nd November 1933
6. Say The Word And It's Yours -- The BBC Dance Orchestra directed by Henry Hall
Recorded on Wednesday 23rd October 1935
7. The Broken Record - The BBC Dance Orchestra directed by Henry Hall
Recorded on Tuesday 7th January 1936
8. 'Tis I Myself -- Dan Donovan and his Music from the Lansdowne Restaurant, London
Recorded on Monday 7th March 1938
Dan Donovan was one of the finest singers from the Golden Age of the British Dance Bands, and this selection serves as a sample of his work. Dan rose to prominence when he joined the band of Debroy Somers in 1930 and was Debroy's principal vocalist until Dan accepted an invitation from Henry Hall to join the BBC Dance Orchestra in September 1934. It should be noted that Dan not only sang with these bands, but he was a member of their saxophone sections too.
Before joining the BBC Dance Orchestra, Dan was free to record with other bands when his work schedule with Debroy Somers allowed. Thus he can be heard here with Harry Bidgood's recording band and Oscar Rabin's Romany Band, in its early days. Dan's contract with the BBC meant his services were exclusive to its resident dance orchestra and for several years Dan only recorded with Henry Hall. However this was the period in his career when Dan was a household name and broadcast more than any other singer in Great Britain.
When Henry decided to leave the BBC in 1937, Dan decided not to stay with the orchestra, but instead made the decision to capitalise on his radio fame and branch out into variety. He also, for a short period, became a bandleader and recorded just four titles for HMV, including this recording here, which you may recognise as "Danny Boy". Dan was "branded" as an Irish singer and could sing in the appropriate accent, but Dan was born and bred in Cardiff -- and a Welshman through and through, despite the impression given in some contemporary publications..
If you would like to find out more about this wonderful singer, visit:
http://www.jabw.demon.co.uk/donovan.htm
Recorded for the Broadcast, Regal, Columbia, Sterno and HMV labels, these recordings are long out-of-copyright. These sides have been remastered from original 78rpm discs by this user and are unique transfers. These cannot be copied or sold without the permission of the channel owner.
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DAN DONOVAN -- With Vocal Refrain 1931-1938
1. You're Driving Me Crazy -- Harry Bidgood's Broadcasters as Lew Sylva's Band
Recorded on Thursday 12th February 1931
2. When Your Hair Has Turned To Silver -- with piano accompaniment.
Dan recording under the name Dick Sullivan
Recorded on Saturday 28th February 1931
3. Bathing In The Sunshine - with piano accompaniment.
Dan recording under the name Dick Sullivan
Recorded on Saturday 28th February 1931
4. The Night When Love Was Born -- Debroy Somers and his Band
Recorded on Tuesday 23rd August 1932
5. My Song Goes Round The World -- The Romany Band directed by Oscar Rabin
Recorded on Wednesday 22nd November 1933
6. Say The Word And It's Yours -- The BBC Dance Orchestra directed by Henry Hall
Recorded on Wednesday 23rd October 1935
7. The Broken Record - The BBC Dance Orchestra directed by Henry Hall
Recorded on Tuesday 7th January 1936
8. 'Tis I Myself -- Dan Donovan and his Music from the Lansdowne Restaurant, London
Recorded on Monday 7th March 1938
Dan Donovan was one of the finest singers from the Golden Age of the British Dance Bands, and this selection serves as a sample of his work. Dan rose to prominence when he joined the band of Debroy Somers in 1930 and was Debroy's principal vocalist until Dan accepted an invitation from Henry Hall to join the BBC Dance Orchestra in September 1934. It should be noted that Dan not only sang with these bands, but he was a member of their saxophone sections too.
Before joining the BBC Dance Orchestra, Dan was free to record with other bands when his work schedule with Debroy Somers allowed. Thus he can be heard here with Harry Bidgood's recording band and Oscar Rabin's Romany Band, in its early days. Dan's contract with the BBC meant his services were exclusive to its resident dance orchestra and for several years Dan only recorded with Henry Hall. However this was the period in his career when Dan was a household name and broadcast more than any other singer in Great Britain.
When Henry decided to leave the BBC in 1937, Dan decided not to stay with the orchestra, but instead made the decision to capitalise on his radio fame and branch out into variety. He also, for a short period, became a bandleader and recorded just four titles for HMV, including this recording here, which you may recognise as "Danny Boy". Dan was "branded" as an Irish singer and could sing in the appropriate accent, but Dan was born and bred in Cardiff -- and a Welshman through and through, despite the impression given in some contemporary publications..
If you would like to find out more about this wonderful singer, visit:
http://www.jabw.demon.co.uk/donovan.htm
Recorded for the Broadcast, Regal, Columbia, Sterno and HMV labels, these recordings are long out-of-copyright. These sides have been remastered from original 78rpm discs by this user and are unique transfers. These cannot be copied or sold without the permission of the channel owner.
- published: 11 Feb 2014
- views: 2060
Old Time Radio SUSPENSE An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge
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- Duration: 29:24
- Updated: 04 Mar 2016
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One of the premier drama programs of the Golden Age of Radio, was subtitled "radio's outstanding theater of thrills" and focused on suspense thriller-type scripts, usually featuring leading Hollywood actors of the era. Approximately 945 episodes were broadcast during its long run, and more than 900 still exist.
Suspense went through several major phases, characterized by different hosts, sponsors, and director/producers. Formula plot devices were followed for all but a handful of episodes: the protagonist was usually a normal person suddenly dropped into a threatening or bizarre situation; solutions were "withheld until the last possible second"; and evildoers were usually punished in the end.
In its early years, the program made only occasional forays into science fiction and fantasy. Notable exceptions include adaptations of Curt Siodmak's Donovan's Brain and H. P. Lovecraft's "The Dunwich Horror", but by the late 1950s, such material was regularly featured.
The program's heyday was in the early 1950s, when radio actor, producer and director Elliott Lewis took over (still during the Wilcox/Autolite run). Here the material reached new levels of sophistication. The writing was taut, and the casting, which had always been a strong point of the series (featuring such film stars as Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart, Judy Garland, Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, Eve McVeagh, Lena Horne, and Cary Grant), took an unexpected turn when Lewis expanded the repertory to include many of radio's famous drama and comedy stars — often playing against type — such as Jack Benny. Jim and Marian Jordan of Fibber McGee and Molly were heard in the episode, "Backseat Driver," which originally aired February 3, 1949.
The highest production values enhanced Suspense, and many of the shows retain their power to grip and entertain. At the time he took over Suspense, Lewis was familiar to radio fans for playing Frankie Remley, the wastrel guitar-playing sidekick to Phil Harris in The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show. On the May 10, 1951 Suspense, Lewis reversed the roles with "Death on My Hands": A bandleader (Harris) is horrified when an autograph-seeking fan accidentally shoots herself and dies in his hotel room, and a vocalist (Faye) tries to help him as the townfolk call for vigilante justice against him.
With the rise of television and the departures of Lewis and Autolite, subsequent producers (Antony Ellis, William N. Robson and others) struggled to maintain the series despite shrinking budgets, the availability of fewer name actors, and listenership decline. To save money, the program frequently used scripts first broadcast by another noteworthy CBS anthology, Escape. In addition to these tales of exotic adventure, Suspense expanded its repertoire to include more science fiction and supernatural content. By the end of its run, the series was remaking scripts from the long-canceled program The Mysterious Traveler. A time travel tale like Robert Arthur's "The Man Who Went Back to Save Lincoln" or a thriller about a death ray-wielding mad scientist would alternate with more run-of-the-mill crime dramas.
The series expanded to television with the Suspense series on CBS from 1949 to 1954, and again in 1962. The radio series had a tie-in with Suspense magazine which published four 1946-47 issues edited by Leslie Charteris.
The final broadcasts of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar and Suspense, ending at 7:00 pm Eastern Time on September 30, 1962, are often cited as the end of the Golden Age of Radio.
Old Time Radio SUSPENSE An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge
Old Time Radio SUSPENSE An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge
Old Time Radio SUSPENSE An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge
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One of the premier drama programs of the Golden Age of Radio, was subtitled "radio's outstanding theater of thrills" and focused on suspense thriller-type scripts, usually featuring leading Hollywood actors of the era. Approximately 945 episodes were broadcast during its long run, and more than 900 still exist.
Suspense went through several major phases, characterized by different hosts, sponsors, and director/producers. Formula plot devices were followed for all but a handful of episodes: the protagonist was usually a normal person suddenly dropped into a threatening or bizarre situation; solutions were "withheld until the last possible second"; and evildoers were usually punished in the end.
In its early years, the program made only occasional forays into science fiction and fantasy. Notable exceptions include adaptations of Curt Siodmak's Donovan's Brain and H. P. Lovecraft's "The Dunwich Horror", but by the late 1950s, such material was regularly featured.
The program's heyday was in the early 1950s, when radio actor, producer and director Elliott Lewis took over (still during the Wilcox/Autolite run). Here the material reached new levels of sophistication. The writing was taut, and the casting, which had always been a strong point of the series (featuring such film stars as Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart, Judy Garland, Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, Eve McVeagh, Lena Horne, and Cary Grant), took an unexpected turn when Lewis expanded the repertory to include many of radio's famous drama and comedy stars — often playing against type — such as Jack Benny. Jim and Marian Jordan of Fibber McGee and Molly were heard in the episode, "Backseat Driver," which originally aired February 3, 1949.
The highest production values enhanced Suspense, and many of the shows retain their power to grip and entertain. At the time he took over Suspense, Lewis was familiar to radio fans for playing Frankie Remley, the wastrel guitar-playing sidekick to Phil Harris in The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show. On the May 10, 1951 Suspense, Lewis reversed the roles with "Death on My Hands": A bandleader (Harris) is horrified when an autograph-seeking fan accidentally shoots herself and dies in his hotel room, and a vocalist (Faye) tries to help him as the townfolk call for vigilante justice against him.
With the rise of television and the departures of Lewis and Autolite, subsequent producers (Antony Ellis, William N. Robson and others) struggled to maintain the series despite shrinking budgets, the availability of fewer name actors, and listenership decline. To save money, the program frequently used scripts first broadcast by another noteworthy CBS anthology, Escape. In addition to these tales of exotic adventure, Suspense expanded its repertoire to include more science fiction and supernatural content. By the end of its run, the series was remaking scripts from the long-canceled program The Mysterious Traveler. A time travel tale like Robert Arthur's "The Man Who Went Back to Save Lincoln" or a thriller about a death ray-wielding mad scientist would alternate with more run-of-the-mill crime dramas.
The series expanded to television with the Suspense series on CBS from 1949 to 1954, and again in 1962. The radio series had a tie-in with Suspense magazine which published four 1946-47 issues edited by Leslie Charteris.
The final broadcasts of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar and Suspense, ending at 7:00 pm Eastern Time on September 30, 1962, are often cited as the end of the Golden Age of Radio.
Old Time Radio SUSPENSE An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge
Old Time Radio SUSPENSE An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge
Old Time Radio SUSPENSE An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge
- published: 04 Mar 2016
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Old Time Radio SUSPENSE De Mortuis
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- Duration: 29:33
- Updated: 26 Nov 2015
- views: 36
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One of the premier drama programs of the Golden Age of Radio, was subtitled "radio's outstanding theater of thrills" and focused on suspense thriller-type scripts, usually featuring leading Hollywood actors of the era. Approximately 945 episodes were broadcast during its long run, and more than 900 still exist.
Suspense went through several major phases, characterized by different hosts, sponsors, and director/producers. Formula plot devices were followed for all but a handful of episodes: the protagonist was usually a normal person suddenly dropped into a threatening or bizarre situation; solutions were "withheld until the last possible second"; and evildoers were usually punished in the end.
In its early years, the program made only occasional forays into science fiction and fantasy. Notable exceptions include adaptations of Curt Siodmak's Donovan's Brain and H. P. Lovecraft's "The Dunwich Horror", but by the late 1950s, such material was regularly featured.
The program's heyday was in the early 1950s, when radio actor, producer and director Elliott Lewis took over (still during the Wilcox/Autolite run). Here the material reached new levels of sophistication. The writing was taut, and the casting, which had always been a strong point of the series (featuring such film stars as Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart, Judy Garland, Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, Eve McVeagh, Lena Horne, and Cary Grant), took an unexpected turn when Lewis expanded the repertory to include many of radio's famous drama and comedy stars — often playing against type — such as Jack Benny. Jim and Marian Jordan of Fibber McGee and Molly were heard in the episode, "Backseat Driver," which originally aired February 3, 1949.
The highest production values enhanced Suspense, and many of the shows retain their power to grip and entertain. At the time he took over Suspense, Lewis was familiar to radio fans for playing Frankie Remley, the wastrel guitar-playing sidekick to Phil Harris in The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show. On the May 10, 1951 Suspense, Lewis reversed the roles with "Death on My Hands": A bandleader (Harris) is horrified when an autograph-seeking fan accidentally shoots herself and dies in his hotel room, and a vocalist (Faye) tries to help him as the townfolk call for vigilante justice against him.
With the rise of television and the departures of Lewis and Autolite, subsequent producers (Antony Ellis, William N. Robson and others) struggled to maintain the series despite shrinking budgets, the availability of fewer name actors, and listenership decline. To save money, the program frequently used scripts first broadcast by another noteworthy CBS anthology, Escape. In addition to these tales of exotic adventure, Suspense expanded its repertoire to include more science fiction and supernatural content. By the end of its run, the series was remaking scripts from the long-canceled program The Mysterious Traveler. A time travel tale like Robert Arthur's "The Man Who Went Back to Save Lincoln" or a thriller about a death ray-wielding mad scientist would alternate with more run-of-the-mill crime dramas.
The series expanded to television with the Suspense series on CBS from 1949 to 1954, and again in 1962. The radio series had a tie-in with Suspense magazine which published four 1946-47 issues edited by Leslie Charteris.
The final broadcasts of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar and Suspense, ending at 7:00 pm Eastern Time on September 30, 1962, are often cited as the end of the Golden Age of Radio.
Old Time Radio SUSPENSE De Mortuis
Old Time Radio SUSPENSE De Mortuis
Old Time Radio SUSPENSE De Mortuis
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One of the premier drama programs of the Golden Age of Radio, was subtitled "radio's outstanding theater of thrills" and focused on suspense thriller-type scripts, usually featuring leading Hollywood actors of the era. Approximately 945 episodes were broadcast during its long run, and more than 900 still exist.
Suspense went through several major phases, characterized by different hosts, sponsors, and director/producers. Formula plot devices were followed for all but a handful of episodes: the protagonist was usually a normal person suddenly dropped into a threatening or bizarre situation; solutions were "withheld until the last possible second"; and evildoers were usually punished in the end.
In its early years, the program made only occasional forays into science fiction and fantasy. Notable exceptions include adaptations of Curt Siodmak's Donovan's Brain and H. P. Lovecraft's "The Dunwich Horror", but by the late 1950s, such material was regularly featured.
The program's heyday was in the early 1950s, when radio actor, producer and director Elliott Lewis took over (still during the Wilcox/Autolite run). Here the material reached new levels of sophistication. The writing was taut, and the casting, which had always been a strong point of the series (featuring such film stars as Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart, Judy Garland, Ronald Colman, Marlene Dietrich, Eve McVeagh, Lena Horne, and Cary Grant), took an unexpected turn when Lewis expanded the repertory to include many of radio's famous drama and comedy stars — often playing against type — such as Jack Benny. Jim and Marian Jordan of Fibber McGee and Molly were heard in the episode, "Backseat Driver," which originally aired February 3, 1949.
The highest production values enhanced Suspense, and many of the shows retain their power to grip and entertain. At the time he took over Suspense, Lewis was familiar to radio fans for playing Frankie Remley, the wastrel guitar-playing sidekick to Phil Harris in The Phil Harris-Alice Faye Show. On the May 10, 1951 Suspense, Lewis reversed the roles with "Death on My Hands": A bandleader (Harris) is horrified when an autograph-seeking fan accidentally shoots herself and dies in his hotel room, and a vocalist (Faye) tries to help him as the townfolk call for vigilante justice against him.
With the rise of television and the departures of Lewis and Autolite, subsequent producers (Antony Ellis, William N. Robson and others) struggled to maintain the series despite shrinking budgets, the availability of fewer name actors, and listenership decline. To save money, the program frequently used scripts first broadcast by another noteworthy CBS anthology, Escape. In addition to these tales of exotic adventure, Suspense expanded its repertoire to include more science fiction and supernatural content. By the end of its run, the series was remaking scripts from the long-canceled program The Mysterious Traveler. A time travel tale like Robert Arthur's "The Man Who Went Back to Save Lincoln" or a thriller about a death ray-wielding mad scientist would alternate with more run-of-the-mill crime dramas.
The series expanded to television with the Suspense series on CBS from 1949 to 1954, and again in 1962. The radio series had a tie-in with Suspense magazine which published four 1946-47 issues edited by Leslie Charteris.
The final broadcasts of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar and Suspense, ending at 7:00 pm Eastern Time on September 30, 1962, are often cited as the end of the Golden Age of Radio.
Old Time Radio SUSPENSE De Mortuis
Old Time Radio SUSPENSE De Mortuis
Old Time Radio SUSPENSE De Mortuis
- published: 26 Nov 2015
- views: 36
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Target Practice With Thierry Henry
Arsenal F.C. legend Thierry Henry kicks balls at a spinning target, with James strapped to the target. "Subscribe To ""The Late Late Show"" Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/CordenYouTube Watch Full Episodes of ""The Late Late Show"" HERE: http://bit.ly/1ENyPw4 Like ""The Late Late Show"" on Facebook HERE: http://on.fb.me/19PIHLC Follow ""The Late Late Show"" on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/1Iv0q6k Follow ""The Late Late Show"" on Google+ HERE: http://bit.ly/1N8a4OU Watch The Late Late Show with James Corden weeknights at 12:35 AM ET/11:35 PM CT. Only on CBS. Get the CBS app for iPhone & iPad! Click HERE: http://bit.ly/12rLxge Get new episodes of shows you love across devices the next day, stream live TV, and watch full seasons of CBS fan favorites anytime, anywhere with CBS All Access. Try i...
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Logan Richardson interview (part 1)
Logan about making mixtapes, the saxophone, a healthy work ethic, jazz, a mix of styles, not conforming, not over-thinking things, interconnectedness. More video's: http://www.FaceCulture.com Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/_FaceCulture Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FaceCulture Video interview with the American alto saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. FaceCulture spoke with Logan about making mixtapes, the saxophone, a healthy work ethic, jazz, a mix of styles, not conforming, not over-thinking things, interconnectedness, Shift, forming a band around him, capturing a mood, special moments, being a bandleader, the next chapter, and a lot more!
published: 15 Apr 2016 -
James Corden's Parents Invade WWE's Monday Night Raw
James Corden's parents, Malcolm and Margaret, head to a special edition of WWE's Monday Night Raw live from London, where they meet Big Show, Sheamus, The Miz and Maryse and learn the art of a proper wrestling entrance from The New Day. "Subscribe To ""The Late Late Show"" Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/CordenYouTube Watch Full Episodes of ""The Late Late Show"" HERE: http://bit.ly/1ENyPw4 Like ""The Late Late Show"" on Facebook HERE: http://on.fb.me/19PIHLC Follow ""The Late Late Show"" on Twitter HERE: http://bit.ly/1Iv0q6k Follow ""The Late Late Show"" on Google+ HERE: http://bit.ly/1N8a4OU Watch The Late Late Show with James Corden weeknights at 12:35 AM ET/11:35 PM CT. Only on CBS. Get the CBS app for iPhone & iPad! Click HERE: http://bit.ly/12rLxge Get new episodes of shows you love...
published: 27 Jul 2016 -
Bert Ambrose and his Mayfair Hotel Orchestra - I'm Riding To Glory (1928)
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose. Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally — first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity. In 1922 he returned to London, ...
published: 09 May 2010 -
We Go Aboard The Ocean Queen (1946)
Title reads: "We go aboard the Ocean Queen". Southampton, Hampshire. Ship "Queen Elizabeth" begins her first trip as a civilian liner. John Parsons goes aboard to interview personalities. Various shots of the exterior of the ship. Parsons interviews various crew members and celebrities on board. He interviews Captain Sir James Bisset and the youngest member of the crew, Billy Bath (looks like a porter, cannot be more than about 12 years old). Parsons interviews Frances Day with the ship's Doctor. Nuffield car-king Sir Miles Thomas gives short speech from deck about forging link between UK and USA. Band leader Ambrose and singer Evelyn Dall tell Parsons they are "thrilled to bits". Nuremberg judge Sir Norman Birkett admits he "feels like a schoolboy". Birkett is with his wif...
published: 13 Apr 2014 -
Interview with Miguel Zenon at Newport Jazz Festival 2011
In Person with JazzTimes interview with saxophonist, composer and bandleader Miguel Zenon, from backstage at the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival, presented by Natixis. Zenon talks about the legacy of the festival as well as about his own music education growing up in Puerto Rico. He also discusses the effect of winning a MacArthur fellowship, known as the "genius grant." Interview by Lee Mergner. Video production by Melissa Mergner.
published: 11 Nov 2011 -
The Pace Report: "Nu Müsick for Da' Soul" The Theo Croker Interview
published: 28 Jul 2016 -
Steve Coleman on mentoring and his new band
JazzTimes In Person interview with saxophonist/composer/bandleader Steve Coleman from backstage at the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival, presented by Natixis. In this segment Coleman talks not only about his own role as a mentor to a few generations of jazz musicians, but also about his mentors coming up as a young musician. In addition, Coleman talks about his current band. This segment is one of several done with musicians who were performing at the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival. Interview by Lee Mergner. Video by Melissa Mergner. For more information about JazzTimes magazine, go to jazztimes.com.
published: 27 Dec 2011
Target Practice With Thierry Henry
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- Duration: 3:40
- Updated: 31 Mar 2016
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Arsenal F.C. legend Thierry Henry kicks balls at a spinning target, with James strapped to the target.
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Arsenal F.C. legend Thierry Henry kicks balls at a spinning target, with James strapped to the target.
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Arsenal F.C. legend Thierry Henry kicks balls at a spinning target, with James strapped to the target.
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- published: 31 Mar 2016
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Logan Richardson interview (part 1)
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- Duration: 8:58
- Updated: 15 Apr 2016
- views: 311
Logan about making mixtapes, the saxophone, a healthy work ethic, jazz, a mix of styles, not conforming, not over-thinking things, interconnectedness.
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Video interview with the American alto saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. FaceCulture spoke with Logan about making mixtapes, the saxophone, a healthy work ethic, jazz, a mix of styles, not conforming, not over-thinking things, interconnectedness, Shift, forming a band around him, capturing a mood, special moments, being a bandleader, the next chapter, and a lot more!
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Logan about making mixtapes, the saxophone, a healthy work ethic, jazz, a mix of styles, not conforming, not over-thinking things, interconnectedness.
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Video interview with the American alto saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. FaceCulture spoke with Logan about making mixtapes, the saxophone, a healthy work ethic, jazz, a mix of styles, not conforming, not over-thinking things, interconnectedness, Shift, forming a band around him, capturing a mood, special moments, being a bandleader, the next chapter, and a lot more!
- published: 15 Apr 2016
- views: 311
James Corden's Parents Invade WWE's Monday Night Raw
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James Corden's parents, Malcolm and Margaret, head to a special edition of WWE's Monday Night Raw live from London, where they meet Big Show, Sheamus, The Miz a...
James Corden's parents, Malcolm and Margaret, head to a special edition of WWE's Monday Night Raw live from London, where they meet Big Show, Sheamus, The Miz and Maryse and learn the art of a proper wrestling entrance from The New Day.
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Each week night, THE LATE LATE SHOW with JAMES CORDEN throws the ultimate late night after party with a mix of celebrity guests, edgy musical acts, games and sketches. Corden differentiates his show by offering viewers a peek behind-the-scenes into the green room, bringing all of his guests out at once and lending his musical and acting talents to various sketches. Additionally, bandleader Reggie Watts and the house band provide original, improvised music throughout the show. Since Corden took the reigns as host in March 2015, he has quickly become known for generating buzzworthy viral videos, such as Carpool Karaoke."
- published: 27 Jul 2016
- views: 20664
Bert Ambrose and his Mayfair Hotel Orchestra - I'm Riding To Glory (1928)
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- Duration: 2:47
- Updated: 09 May 2010
- views: 2525
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was uni...
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose.
Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally — first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity.
In 1922 he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer in order to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back — Edward".
This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader; this was largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair Hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting.
Ambrose stayed at the May Fair for six years, during which time the band made recordings for Brunswick Records, HMV, and Decca Records. This period also saw the musical development of the band, partly as a result of Ambrose's hiring of first-class musicians, including Sylvester Ahola, Ted Heath, Joe Crossman, Joe Jeannette, Bert Read, Joe Brannelly, Dick Escott, and trumpeter Max Goldberg.
In 1933 Ambrose was asked to accept a cut in pay at the May Fair; refusing, he went back to the Embassy Club, and after three years there (and a national tour), he rejected American offers and returned to the May Fair Hotel in 1936. He then went into partnership with Jack Harris (an American bandleader), and in 1937 they bought a club together (Ciro's Club). For 3 months they even employed Art Tatum[1] there, some think the greatest jazz pianist who ever lived. Ambrose and Harris alternated performances in Ciro's until a disagreement led to the rupture of their partnership. Ambrose then worked at the Café de Paris until the outbreak of World War II, when he again went on tour. His major discovery in the years leading up to the war was the singer Vera (later Dame Vera) Lynn (b. 1917), who sang with his band from 1937 to 1940 and, during the war, became known as the "Forces' Sweetheart". Lynn married Harry Lewis, a clarinettist in the band, in 1939. Other singers with the Ambrose band included Sam Browne, Elsie Carlisle, Denny Dennis (who recorded a number of duets with Vera Lynn), and Evelyn Dall.
After a short period back at the May Fair Hotel, he retired from performing in 1940 (though he and his orchestra continued to make records for Decca until 1947). Several members of his band became part of the Royal Air Force band, The Squadronaires, during the war. Ambrose's retirement was not permanent, however, and he formed and toured with the Ambrose Octet, and dabbled in management.
In the mid-1950s, despite appearances back in London's West End and a number of recordings for MGM, Ambrose was — in common with other bandleaders — struggling; rock and roll had arrived. He was forced to start performing in small clubs with casual musicians, and his financial position deteriorated catastrophically. His situation was saved, however, by his discovery of the singer Kathy Kirby (b. 1940), whom he heard singing at the age of sixteen at the Ilford Palais) and whose career he promoted.
It was during the recording of one of Kirby's television programmes (at the Yorkshire Television studios) that Ambrose collapsed, dying later the same night in London. His music was kept alive after death by, among others, the Radio 2 broadcasters Alan Dell (19241995) and Malcolm Laycock, the latter continuing to play his records into the 21st century. His records, especially from his many 78RPM discs, still regularly feature on Australian radio 8CCC-FM's long running nostalgia program "Get Out Those Old Records" hosted by Rufl.
Bert Ambrose and his Mayfair Hotel Orchestra - I'm Riding To Glory (1928)
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Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violinist. His professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose.
Ambrose was born in the East End of London; his father was a Jewish wool merchant. He began playing the violin at a young age, and soon after he was taken to the United States by his aunt he began playing professionally — first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of twenty he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity.
In 1922 he returned to London, where he was engaged by the Embassy Club to form a seven-piece band. Ambrose stayed at the Embassy for two years, before walking out on his employer in order to take up a much more lucrative job in New York. After a year there, besieged by continual pleas to return from his ex-employer in London, in 1925 he was finally persuaded to go back by a cable from the Prince of Wales: "The Embassy needs you. Come back — Edward".
This time Ambrose stayed at the Embassy Club until 1927. The club had a policy of not allowing radio broadcasts from its premises, however, and this was a major drawback for an ambitious bandleader; this was largely because the fame gained by radio work helped a band to gain recording contracts (Ambrose's band had been recorded by Columbia Records in 1923, but nothing had come of this). He therefore accepted an offer by the May Fair Hotel, with a contract that included broadcasting.
Ambrose stayed at the May Fair for six years, during which time the band made recordings for Brunswick Records, HMV, and Decca Records. This period also saw the musical development of the band, partly as a result of Ambrose's hiring of first-class musicians, including Sylvester Ahola, Ted Heath, Joe Crossman, Joe Jeannette, Bert Read, Joe Brannelly, Dick Escott, and trumpeter Max Goldberg.
In 1933 Ambrose was asked to accept a cut in pay at the May Fair; refusing, he went back to the Embassy Club, and after three years there (and a national tour), he rejected American offers and returned to the May Fair Hotel in 1936. He then went into partnership with Jack Harris (an American bandleader), and in 1937 they bought a club together (Ciro's Club). For 3 months they even employed Art Tatum[1] there, some think the greatest jazz pianist who ever lived. Ambrose and Harris alternated performances in Ciro's until a disagreement led to the rupture of their partnership. Ambrose then worked at the Café de Paris until the outbreak of World War II, when he again went on tour. His major discovery in the years leading up to the war was the singer Vera (later Dame Vera) Lynn (b. 1917), who sang with his band from 1937 to 1940 and, during the war, became known as the "Forces' Sweetheart". Lynn married Harry Lewis, a clarinettist in the band, in 1939. Other singers with the Ambrose band included Sam Browne, Elsie Carlisle, Denny Dennis (who recorded a number of duets with Vera Lynn), and Evelyn Dall.
After a short period back at the May Fair Hotel, he retired from performing in 1940 (though he and his orchestra continued to make records for Decca until 1947). Several members of his band became part of the Royal Air Force band, The Squadronaires, during the war. Ambrose's retirement was not permanent, however, and he formed and toured with the Ambrose Octet, and dabbled in management.
In the mid-1950s, despite appearances back in London's West End and a number of recordings for MGM, Ambrose was — in common with other bandleaders — struggling; rock and roll had arrived. He was forced to start performing in small clubs with casual musicians, and his financial position deteriorated catastrophically. His situation was saved, however, by his discovery of the singer Kathy Kirby (b. 1940), whom he heard singing at the age of sixteen at the Ilford Palais) and whose career he promoted.
It was during the recording of one of Kirby's television programmes (at the Yorkshire Television studios) that Ambrose collapsed, dying later the same night in London. His music was kept alive after death by, among others, the Radio 2 broadcasters Alan Dell (19241995) and Malcolm Laycock, the latter continuing to play his records into the 21st century. His records, especially from his many 78RPM discs, still regularly feature on Australian radio 8CCC-FM's long running nostalgia program "Get Out Those Old Records" hosted by Rufl.
Bert Ambrose and his Mayfair Hotel Orchestra - I'm Riding To Glory (1928)
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We Go Aboard The Ocean Queen (1946)
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- Duration: 2:28
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Title reads: "We go aboard the Ocean Queen".
Southampton, Hampshire.
Ship "Queen Elizabeth" begins her first trip as a civilian liner. John Parsons goes ...
Title reads: "We go aboard the Ocean Queen".
Southampton, Hampshire.
Ship "Queen Elizabeth" begins her first trip as a civilian liner. John Parsons goes aboard to interview personalities. Various shots of the exterior of the ship.
Parsons interviews various crew members and celebrities on board. He interviews Captain Sir James Bisset and the youngest member of the crew, Billy Bath (looks like a porter, cannot be more than about 12 years old). Parsons interviews Frances Day with the ship's Doctor. Nuffield car-king Sir Miles Thomas gives short speech from deck about forging link between UK and USA. Band leader Ambrose and singer Evelyn Dall tell Parsons they are "thrilled to bits". Nuremberg judge Sir Norman Birkett admits he "feels like a schoolboy". Birkett is with his wife. M/S of Soviet statesman Vyacheslav Molotov on gangplank, followed by his bodyguard.
Various shots of ship leaving docks, escorted out of harbour by tug boats. Great shots of people waving from quayside and from decks.
FILM ID:1412.18
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Title reads: "We go aboard the Ocean Queen".
Southampton, Hampshire.
Ship "Queen Elizabeth" begins her first trip as a civilian liner. John Parsons goes aboard to interview personalities. Various shots of the exterior of the ship.
Parsons interviews various crew members and celebrities on board. He interviews Captain Sir James Bisset and the youngest member of the crew, Billy Bath (looks like a porter, cannot be more than about 12 years old). Parsons interviews Frances Day with the ship's Doctor. Nuffield car-king Sir Miles Thomas gives short speech from deck about forging link between UK and USA. Band leader Ambrose and singer Evelyn Dall tell Parsons they are "thrilled to bits". Nuremberg judge Sir Norman Birkett admits he "feels like a schoolboy". Birkett is with his wife. M/S of Soviet statesman Vyacheslav Molotov on gangplank, followed by his bodyguard.
Various shots of ship leaving docks, escorted out of harbour by tug boats. Great shots of people waving from quayside and from decks.
FILM ID:1412.18
- published: 13 Apr 2014
- views: 272
Interview with Miguel Zenon at Newport Jazz Festival 2011
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- Duration: 9:31
- Updated: 11 Nov 2011
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In Person with JazzTimes interview with saxophonist, composer and bandleader Miguel Zenon, from backstage at the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival, presented by Natixi...
In Person with JazzTimes interview with saxophonist, composer and bandleader Miguel Zenon, from backstage at the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival, presented by Natixis. Zenon talks about the legacy of the festival as well as about his own music education growing up in Puerto Rico. He also discusses the effect of winning a MacArthur fellowship, known as the "genius grant." Interview by Lee Mergner. Video production by Melissa Mergner.
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In Person with JazzTimes interview with saxophonist, composer and bandleader Miguel Zenon, from backstage at the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival, presented by Natixis. Zenon talks about the legacy of the festival as well as about his own music education growing up in Puerto Rico. He also discusses the effect of winning a MacArthur fellowship, known as the "genius grant." Interview by Lee Mergner. Video production by Melissa Mergner.
- published: 11 Nov 2011
- views: 1268
The Pace Report: "Nu Müsick for Da' Soul" The Theo Croker Interview
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- Duration: 26:45
- Updated: 28 Jul 2016
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- published: 28 Jul 2016
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Steve Coleman on mentoring and his new band
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- Updated: 27 Dec 2011
- views: 2288
JazzTimes In Person interview with saxophonist/composer/bandleader Steve Coleman from backstage at the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival, presented by Natixis. In thi...
JazzTimes In Person interview with saxophonist/composer/bandleader Steve Coleman from backstage at the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival, presented by Natixis. In this segment Coleman talks not only about his own role as a mentor to a few generations of jazz musicians, but also about his mentors coming up as a young musician. In addition, Coleman talks about his current band.
This segment is one of several done with musicians who were performing at the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival.
Interview by Lee Mergner. Video by Melissa Mergner.
For more information about JazzTimes magazine, go to jazztimes.com.
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JazzTimes In Person interview with saxophonist/composer/bandleader Steve Coleman from backstage at the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival, presented by Natixis. In this segment Coleman talks not only about his own role as a mentor to a few generations of jazz musicians, but also about his mentors coming up as a young musician. In addition, Coleman talks about his current band.
This segment is one of several done with musicians who were performing at the 2011 Newport Jazz Festival.
Interview by Lee Mergner. Video by Melissa Mergner.
For more information about JazzTimes magazine, go to jazztimes.com.
- published: 27 Dec 2011
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Ambrose and his Orchestra - All Of Me (1932)
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Ambrose and his Orchestra - All Through the Night (1934)
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Ambrose and his Orchestra, Sam Browne vocal - Stormy Weather (1933)
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Ambrose and his Orchestra - Stormy Weather (1933)
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1935 HITS ARCHIVE: Hors D’oeuvres - Ambrose
Catchy theme song of the famed British bandleader, born Benjamin Baruch Ambrose in 1896 Wa...
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1935 HITS ARCHIVE: Hors D’oeuvres - Ambrose
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Swinging London: Ambrose & Sam Browne: The Show Is Over,1934
„BERT" AMBROSE (Benjamin Baruch Ambrose) was born in the East End of London, the son of a ...
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Swinging London: Ambrose & Sam Browne: The Show Is Over,1934
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Caravan - Ambrose & His Orchestra
THE BRITISH BANDS PLAY DUKE ELLINGTON. here we have the great Ambrose & His Orchestra in ...
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Ambrose and his Orchestra - Too Many Tears (1932)
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violin...
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Ambrose Mayfair Hotel Orchestra - I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan (1932)
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Ambrose Mayfair Hotel Orchestra - I Guess I'll Have To Change My Plan (1932)
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AMBROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA / SAM BROWNE - Red Sails In The Sunset (1935)
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AMBROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA / SAM BROWNE - Red Sails In The Sunset (1935)
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Next Generation Jazz Orchestra 2012 Live at Monterey with Ambrose Akinmusire
SAXOPHONES
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Bow High School
Bow, NH
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Next Generation Jazz Orchestra 2012 Live at Monterey with Ambrose Akinmusire
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Swinging London: Ambrose & His Orch. - Too Many Tears, 1932
Bert AMBROSE (1897-1971), the bandleader & violinist, in 1927 he was elected musical dire...
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Swinging London: Ambrose & His Orch. - Too Many Tears, 1932
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Ambrose Orchestra, Sam Browne - Without That Certain Thing (1934)
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violin...
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Ambrose Orchestra, Sam Browne - Without That Certain Thing (1934)
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AMBROSE ~ SOUTH AMERICAN JOE ~ 1935 .
BRITISH BAND LEADER AMBROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA ~ SOUTH AMERICAN JOE ~ 1935 .
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Bert Ambrose & His Orchestra - Stormy Weather (1932)
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Ambrose and His Orchestra - The Peanut Vendor
Ambrose and his Orchestra - The Peanut Vendor.
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2016 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert
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2016 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert
2016 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert
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Streamline Strut - Ambrose And His Orchestra
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Streamline Strut - Ambrose And His Orchestra
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It's The Rhythm In Me - Evelyn Dall (Vocal) with Ambrose & His Orchestra
Nice old clip of Evelyn Dall with British 30's bandleader Ambrose, from the movie Milliona...
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It's The Rhythm In Me - Evelyn Dall (Vocal) with Ambrose & His Orchestra
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Stanley Black & His Orchestra! (1 Hr. Beautiful Music Video Album!) 1080p
Stanley Black OBE (1913 – 2002) was an English bandleader, composer, conductor, arranger a...
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Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra
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Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra
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The Hit Parade (1937)
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The Hit Parade (1937)
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Skafish on "Flying Around the Sun" 9/6/2012
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Skafish on "Flying Around the Sun" 9/6/2012
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KQRS Radio Aircheck (11/8/1969) – Format evolving from Middle of the Road to Freeform Rock
In this KQRS radio aircheck from November 8, 1969 (92.5 FM and 1440 AM, Minneapolis/St. Pa...
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KQRS Radio Aircheck (11/8/1969) – Format evolving from Middle of the Road to Freeform Rock
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Dan Donovan - With Vocal Refrain 1931-1938
DAN DONOVAN -- With Vocal Refrain 1931-1938
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Dan Donovan - With Vocal Refrain 1931-1938
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Old Time Radio SUSPENSE An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge
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Old Time Radio SUSPENSE De Mortuis
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Target Practice With Thierry Henry
Arsenal F.C. legend Thierry Henry kicks balls at a spinning target, with James strapped to...
published: 31 Mar 2016
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Logan Richardson interview (part 1)
Logan about making mixtapes, the saxophone, a healthy work ethic, jazz, a mix of styles, n...
published: 15 Apr 2016
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James Corden's Parents Invade WWE's Monday Night Raw
James Corden's parents, Malcolm and Margaret, head to a special edition of WWE's Monday Ni...
published: 27 Jul 2016
James Corden's Parents Invade WWE's Monday Night Raw
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Bert Ambrose and his Mayfair Hotel Orchestra - I'm Riding To Glory (1928)
Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (Sept.15,1896 - June 11,1971) was an English bandleader and violin...
published: 09 May 2010
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We Go Aboard The Ocean Queen (1946)
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published: 13 Apr 2014
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Interview with Miguel Zenon at Newport Jazz Festival 2011
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published: 11 Nov 2011
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The Pace Report: "Nu Müsick for Da' Soul" The Theo Croker Interview
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Steve Coleman on mentoring and his new band
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Promise Land
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All I Ever Wanted
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South Of The Border
Promise Land
All of our love has washed away
And you leave me feeling the same way
All I ever wanted was you
Only only you
All I ever need was true
All the regrets that I live with
They pull me down and turn and twist me
They twist me baby
And all I ever wanted was you
And only, only you
All I ever need was true
Only you
No more regrets of yesterday
That I can’t take away
And clear out the past
I always writ
There’s got to be a way
And all I ever wanted
And all I ever needed
Was you
All I ever wanted was you
Only, only you
All I ever needed was true
Only you
No more regrets of yesterday
That I can’t take away
And clear out the past I always writ
There’s got to be a way
All I ever wanted
And all I ever need
Was you
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Austrian government to demolish house of Hitler’s birth
Edit Japan Times 18 Oct 2016
The house where Adolf Hitler was born will be torn down and replaced with a new building that has no association with the Nazi dictator, Austria’s government announced Monday as it moved to eliminate the property’s pull as a place of pilgrimage for neo-Nazis. The plan still has to be formalized in legislation and voted appeared first on The Japan Times. > ... ....
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Don’t Drink the Kool-Aid, Clinton Is The Real Spoiler Warns Jill Stein
Edit WorldNews.com 17 Oct 2016
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas DarlingSources claim the reason why the Clinton campaign and Democratic Party are suddenly targeting Jill Stein as a “spoiler” is she’s not your ordinary politician. To be sure, the Green Party’s presidential nominee doesn’t have a record of doing what is politically expedient, but what is politically right for the middle- and lower-working classes ... Along with reminding listeners the former U.S....
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Iraqis push toward IS-held Mosul in long-awaited offensive
Edit Deccan Herald 18 Oct 2016
The long-awaited offensive to retake Mosul from the Islamic State group has begun with a volley of US-led coalition airstrikes and heavy artillery bombardments on a cluster of villages along the edge of Iraq's historic Nineveh plain east of the militant-held city ... By the end of the day Kurdish forces had retaken some 200 square kilometres, according to the president of Iraq's Kurdistan region ... Gen. Haider Fadhil ... ....
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[VIDEO]: Great Pyramid Scans Reveal Two Possible New Rooms – Or Do They?
Edit WorldNews.com 17 Oct 2016
The latest scans of the Great Pyramid at Giza as part of the ScanPyramids project reveals the 4,500-year-old monument has even more mysterious hidden cavities and corridors than their previous work showed, IFL Science reported Monday. The first new discovery, the report said, is a cavity about 105 meters (345 feet) up from the ground on the northeastern corner of the pyramid....
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Melania Trump dismisses Donald Trump's 'grab them by the p****' remarks as 'boy talk'
Edit Mail Guardian South Africa 18 Oct 2016
Melania Trump rose to her husband’s defense on Monday, describing disgusting comments the Republican presidential nominee made on a leaked 2005 video in which he bragged about groping women as “boy talk.”. Trump, who has kept a low profile during her husband’s presidential bid, gave her first television interviews since the October 7 release of the tape that has shaken Donald Trump’s campaign ... “No....
Jim Prentice remembered: Rona Ambrose chokes back tears in Parliament address
Edit Toronto Sun 18 Oct 2016
OTTAWA — Former federal cabinet minister and Alberta premier Jim Prentice was remembered in Ottawa on Monday, days after he and three others died in a plane crash. Interim Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose choked back tears as she paid tribute to Prentice in the House of Commons ... Read more. Complete coverage of the B.C. plane crash and its victims ... pic.twitter.com/myFPQH7dHK — Rona Ambrose (@RonaAmbrose) October 17, 2016 ....
Newark police step up block watch brigade
Edit NJ dot com 18 Oct 2016
"This is something I feel good about ... Anthony Ambrose, the city's public safety director, said there had been more than 200 block watch organizations across the city's five wards little more than a decade ago, but - for one reason or another - they've dwindled to about 70 groups. ... "After doing an assessment at community meetings, there was definitely a need to increase block watch groups,'' Ambrose said....
17 Oct. 2017; New York, USA. (Holland America Line Inc)
Edit Public Technologies 18 Oct 2016
(Source. Holland America Line Inc). Well the weather forecast of a sunny but chilly day did not exactly happen. It was sunny but New York experienced a small heat wave today and the temperature rose to 79oF, hardly cold autumn weather. But it was all to the advantage of the guests and that is the only thing which really matters ... That will take approximately three hours and thus we should be near Ambrose Lighthouse around 19.30 hrs ... (noodl....
NEO coaches, advocates address 'locker room talk' in high schools
Edit Cleveland 18 Oct 2016
CLEVELAND, Ohio – A grotesque way of treating women -- characterized as "locker room talk" in the eyes of GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump – has become a national discussion. Now, many people are wondering what is actually being said within locker rooms walls, specifically in high schools ... 4h ... "It's not what (Trump) said," Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James said on Wednesday ... Pledge led by judge Dick Ambrose ... See related. ... ....
Zimbabwe: Tragic Belinda Mutinhiri Wins Africa Award
Edit Topix 17 Oct 2016
THE late Zimbabwe Tourism Authority staffer Belinda Mutinhiri and Mashonaland East Provincial Affairs minister, Ambrose Mutinhiri's daughter, Belinda, has been honoured for her contribution to tourism in Southern African region. Belinda, who was the daughter of Mashonaland East provincial minister Ambrose Mutinhiri, died in last month in a car crash near Borrowdale Race Course in Harare ... ....
Easton High School graduate Shane Simpson not flinching at work required to reach his goals
Edit The Morning Call 17 Oct 2016
Towson coach Rob Ambrose flinched before the collision even occurred early in the third quarter of a game earlier this month at Richmond. It wasn't the first time Ambrose was holding his breath when prized redshirt freshman Shane Simpson was carrying the ball since returning from reconstructive... ....
Man facing weapons charges after store clerks thought he had gun
Edit NJ dot com 17 Oct 2016
Google ... Police charged 28-year-old Jwuan Bowles of Newark with robbery, possession of a weapon, and possession of a weapon for unlawful purposes, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose announced following the Sunday morning incident ... When the officers arrived, they saw Bowles running from the store and caught him after a brief chase on foot, said Ambrose ... Capt ... ....
Child finds 4 adults after accidental OD
Edit Boston Herald 17 Oct 2016
Clapprood said police officers walked into the single-family home on Ambrose Street to find the women unresponsive amid beer bottles and with music playing ... With last week’s shootings of two police officers answering a domestic disturbance call, Clapprood noted officers responding to Ambrose Street were told to use extra caution in case the four unresponsive bodies were shooting victims and police were being lured into a setup. ....
Lifesaving 911 call: Child finds 4 adults after accidental OD
Edit Boston Herald 17 Oct 2016
Clapprood said police officers walked into the single-family home on Ambrose Street to find the women unresponsive amid beer bottles and with music playing ... With last week’s shootings of two police officers answering a domestic disturbance call, Clapprood noted officers responding to Ambrose Street were told to use extra caution in case the four unresponsive bodies were shooting victims and police were being lured into a setup. ....
Arrested and released Friday, Newark boy, 13, charged again Sunday
Edit NJ dot com 17 Oct 2016
... Derek Glenn, a Newark Police spokesman. ... Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose issued a statement Sunday commending the Newark and Maplewood officers, while expressing frustration over the boy's release Friday. "It is disheartening to our officers and their victims that individuals are allowed to go free where they can continue to pose a threat to our society," Ambrose stated. ... ....
Gov. Edwards Recognizes Male Breast Cancer Awareness Week (The Office of the Governor of the State of Louisiana)
Edit Public Technologies 17 Oct 2016
(Source. The Office of the Governor of the State of Louisiana). BATON ROUGE - Gov ... John Bel Edwards ... Education and early detection are important for women and men ... The Male Breast Cancer Coalition was started by Cheri Ambrose of New Jersey and Bret Miller in 2013 ... 'Our Male Breast Cancer Coalition is working hard every day to change the way the world views breast cancer in men,' said Cheri Ambrose ... Together we will change the world.'....
Jim Prentice remembered in Parliament with tears and tributes
Edit Canada Dot Com 17 Oct 2016
Former federal cabinet minister and Alberta premier Jim Prentice is being remembered in Ottawa, days after he and three others died in a plane crash. Interim Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose choked back tears as she paid tribute to Prentice in the House of Commons. She told the House that Prentice was a “true gentleman politician” […] ... ....
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