The Joe Loss Orchestra - Patsy Girl (NME-1964)

[anvilson]

The spit of his son!

[BoweBelle1]

Bless him. Reunited with his lovely Sara

[1ALJAY]

Just heard. Ross died 2 weeks after his wife died.

How sad. Respect to his family.

[lambyjr]

@1ALJAY This is true. He died withing 3 hours of his wife (Sara) being buried. He wasn't at the wake due to his illness, but Dec (Elvis) was with him when he died. He said that, right before he died, Ross reached out and said Sa Sa, as if Sara was calling out to him.

[1ALJAY]

@lambyjr

Thanks for the info. All very sad.

[1ALJAY]

Exactly 50 years ago, I visited the Hammersmith Palais for the first time and got to love the singing of Ross with the Joe Loss Orchestra. It became my" home" for 4 years, until marriage ended my search of the "local talent"!. I remember this little man with the deap brown voice, singing all types of pop songs in many languages.

Thanks for the memories Ross, RIP.

[scrabbler85310]

I am more than a little sad to learn of the passing of Ross. I bought this record when it was first released and about three months ago

included it on one of my home made C-Ds of all time favourites. Little did I know that this was soon to become a tribute.

[Pietro07061993]

RIP Ross MacManus

[shazabia321]

I remember Ross touring the Clubs all over England...I met him and got to know him very well, when I was touring with Professional Recording Artists myself in Blackpool....I was only 15 at the time!!

Happy Birthday Ross....from Doreen..(My Mum)....Sharon...( Me )...and the "Gemini Twins "xoxo

[1ALJAY]

Happy 87th birthday yesterday Ross. First started watching you and the band 50 years ago !  Hope you are well. Sadly, Larry died a few years ago.

[hebneh]

There's a lot of odd/interesting/unexpected stuff happening here. For the lead singer to be Elvis Costello's father is unexpected, but yeah, he sure does resemble his son - plus he's a musician and singer to boot.

I would not ordinarily think of an orchestra like this as being a part of a show called "Big Beat '64" 'cause they ain't rock & roll, and that's odd.

Plus, they're performing a calypso-inspired song, and they certainly are anything BUT Jamaican or black themselves.

[rocktenniscat]

OMG! The apple sure doesn't fall far from the tree! They look SO much alike, old Declan and his Daddy!

[TRexRemark]

Yeaaaaaaaaaah

[kellyadvent]

Ross MacManus (born Ronald Patrick Ross McManus,[1] 20 October 1927, Birkenhead[2]) is an English musician and trumpet player, who performed with Joe Loss and his orchestra. He joined Loss in March 1955.[3]

He is also the father of the singer, Elvis Costello, and father-in-law of Diana Krall.

[cornbruiser]

Elvis Costello's dad.

[1ALJAY]

1ALJAY

I was there at that concert and also frequented the Hammersmith Palais in the 60's,when Joe Loss was in residence. This video shows 2 of his singers, Ross McManus (singing) and Larry Gretton. Rose Brennan made up the singers.

[leoseries]

@1ALJAY Me too! I remember the three (excellent) singers had to sound like everybody around at the time so that they could do all the hit songs.. Ross did a passable Jim Reeeves. Rose did all the Kathy Kirby stuff and had a minor hit with "Tall Dark Stranger." Joe of course had two "Madison" hits in the early sixties plus "Wheels Cha Cha" and "Steptoe Twist." The Palais was the place to be back then.

[sunraze9]

The song is called "Patsy Girl" if anyone is wondering. The recording of it is by Ross McManus and the Joe Loss Blue Beats. Someone else posted a YouTube video of the audio only, from the record. It's under "Ross McManus - Patsy Girl."

[nyrainbow4]

Thanks for the info

[sunraze9]

This is one of my fave videos!!! I have the NME Pollwinners Concert for the Rolling Stones but found a surprise in this one. I had never heard it before seeing that DVD. I love the way they all crouch at the end then yell "yeah" and laugh. They were having so much fun. Ross McManus (Elvis Costello's father) is the lead singer. Brilliant song... excellent performance! Thank you for posting it!

[jentlee1]

Terrible. Joe could do very much better than this. What a let down.