A crooner named Elsie Carlisle
Is a girl with a very nice stisle;
But the cheek that she gets
From 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”
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.
