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Big band. Occupation (s) Musician Bandleader. Instrument. Violin. Years active. 1916–1971. Benjamin Baruch Ambrose (11 September 1896 – 11 June 1971), known professionally as Ambrose, was an English bandleader and violinist. Ambrose became the leader of a highly acclaimed British dance band, Ambrose & His Orchestra, in the 1930s.
The 1937 British musical comedy film Calling All Stars featured Bert Ambrose, Carroll Gibbons and Evelyn Dall. [6] The 1938 British musical comedy film Kicking the Moon Around featured Bert Ambrose and Evelyn Dall. [7] The BBC Radio programme Dance Band Days ran from 1969 to 1995 with a playlist of British dance band music.
Sam Browne (26 March 1898 – 2 March 1972) [1] 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.
Running time. 78 minutes. Country. United Kingdom. Language. English. Kicking the Moon Around is a 1938 British musical comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Bert Ambrose, Evelyn Dall and Harry Richman. [1] The film marked Maureen O'Hara 's screen debut; she appeared very briefly, speaking one line.
Bert Ambrose and His Orchestra recorded the song with vocals by Sam Browne in 1934 on the Brunswick label as catalog number 01721. [13] María Teresa Vera composed and sang "Veinte años" in 1935 with the melody of the first two lines taken from "Boulevard of Broken Dreams," and Spanish lyrics by Guillermina Aramburu.
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Kathy Kirby (born Catherine Ethel O'Rourke; 20 October 1938 – 20 May 2011) [ 2 ] was an English singer. She is best known for her cover version of Doris Day 's " Secret Love " and for representing the United Kingdom in the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest where she finished in second place.
In 1935, she was invited to become the female vocalist for Bert Ambrose and his Orchestra, in the UK, where she remained until 1946. She was known there as Britain's "Original Blonde Bombshell ". In 1946, she returned to the United States where she married and raised a daughter and son. Widowed in 1974, Dall moved to Jupiter, Florida, in 1980 ...