Dance band leader.
Thought to have been raised in Stamford Hill.
Toured Britain with the young Vera Lynn. Temporarily retired to Hertfordshire to escape the WW2 air raids. When his music went out of fashion he turned to management and in 1958 discovered Kathy Kirby. Collapsed during a recording by Kirby for Yorkshire Television and died in Leeds Infirmary.
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Bert Ambrose
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Bert Ambrose
When the May Fair Hotel opened in 1927 Ambrose took a job as band leader that...
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Incorporated Society of Musicians - London Section
Installers of very attractive plaques.
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Nick Mason
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Sir Christopher Lee
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Sir Michael Costa
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Michael Jackson
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