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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[cvwtzhaar]

Ambrose is one of my favorite orchestras.

[MissGraceyBlue]

Heey... My name is Bonnie Ambrose...Bert Ambrose (Ambrose Orchestra) is my Great Great Grandad! To be honest this is the first song i've heard from him...but im proud of him! xxx

[syncopeter]

Ambrose was hired for an even bigger fee to play in Monte Carlo and St. Tropez during the summer season. With him being a compulsive better (and losing loads of money), hiring him was quite a profitable business. Sam Browne was infected with the betting virus and ended up in jail for cheating on his bookmaker boss.

[alekscooper]

@MonteMelkonyan Посмотри "Cчастливые дни" Балабанова. Там она звучит, там я её впервые и услышал. Даже если Балабанова не любишь - это его первый фильм, там он другой совсем.

[alekscooper]

I'm from Russia, so I first heard this song in a movie by somewhat art-house Russian film director Alexei Balabanov 'Days of Happiness'. It's a great song!

[syncopeter]

Ammy in the one of his two best periods.: the HMV years and later the Sid Phillips era. Both characterized by loads of solos and wonderfully swinging arrangements.

[bonnieblue112]

@ramosmanos heey, sorry it took a while to get back to you:) i made a new youtube account as i forgot my other password, but anyway, yes i do think i have some:) my grandma is most likely to have them, but i do have some pictures:)

[MonteMelkonyan]

Легкая и незатейливая песня, но слушать ее хочется снова и снова! Супер!

[6silhouette5]

This is Sam Browne singing------as if you didn't know. Hot-cha-cha!

[NERO1256]

Какая красота,просто нет слов!!!

[vonstollzenberg]

good...