Ambrose and His Orchestra - Chanpagne and similar items

Catalog Number: GNP-9005 Condition Details: Unopened/new vinyl, factory sealed, and in excellent condition. Front top right corner has slight bend. Minor corner wear. Label design can't be confirmed because it's sealed. (Not a cut-out.) Tracks: Swing Tootin' Around Streamline Strut Dinner At Eight The Penguin Mr. Renard's Nightmare Champagne Cocktail Man About Town Dodging A Divorcee South Of The Border Blue Romance Early Morning Blues Plain Jane When Day Is Done About The Record: Champagne Cocktail, is an album by Ambrose and His Orchestra. Ambrose (his professional name was officially Bert Ambrose, but he was universally known simply as Ambrose) was an English bandleader and violinist born in 1896 in London, England. Ambrose studied music in New York and in his teens played violin in cinema pit orchestras, accompanying silent movies. He was dance band leader at the Embassy Club and May Fair Hotel in the 1930s. Ambrose is credited with discovering singers Vera Lynn and Kathy Kirby. Lynn sang with his band from 1937 to 1940. Liner notes say, "Fine arrangements, superb playing...here indeed is the champagne of the 1930's, a unique cocktail mixed and served by...Ambrose."