A crooner named Elsie CarlisleIs a girl with a very nice stisle;But the cheek that she getsFrom Sam Browne in duets —Now how can this chap be so visle?”
– B. C. Hilliam, the “Mr. Flotsam” of the musical comedy duo “Flotsam and Jetsam”
Ambrose & His Orchestra (w. Sam Browne & Elsie Carlisle) – “I’m Gonna Wash My Hands of You” (1934)
HAPPY 116th BIRTHDAY, SAM BROWNE!
Sam Browne and Elsie Carlisle (toward the bottom-left) with Ambrose and His Orchestra.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SAM BROWNE!
Sam Browne (March 26, 1898-March 2, 1972) was an English dance band singer in the 1920s-1940s, most famous for his collaboration with Ambrose and His Orchestra and a frequent recording and touring partner of Elsie Carlisle (1931-1936). He made over 2,000 recordings. In addition to working with Ambrose, he was famous for singing with the orchestras of Jack Hylton, Alfredo, Bertini, Harry Bidgood, Harry Hudson, and Lew Stone. He continued to record into the 1950s.
I wonder how many people first encountered Elsie Carlisle’s music through the 1978 Dennis Potter BBC television series Pennies from Heaven (or through the 1981 movie based on it)?
This clip has Cheryl Campbell miming “You’ve Got Me Crying Again”:
Dennis Potter’s ‘Pennies From Heaven’ – ‘You’ve Got Me Crying Again’
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And here is Bob Hoskins miming “The Clouds Will Soon Roll By” (the Ambrose version):
Dennis Potter’s ‘Pennies From Heaven’ – ‘The Clouds Will Soon Roll By’
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