Sam Browne (musician)

He is remembered for singing with Jack Hylton and with Ambrose and his orchestra, at the Mayfair Hotel and Embassy Club, with whom he made many recordings from 1930 to 1942.

After leaving the Merchant Navy, Browne bought a drum kit and with two friends who played piano and guitar, they formed the Tottenham Dance Band.

After some success as their vocalist, Browne went solo and found work mainly around various London clubs, including a brief spell in 1921 with Jack Hylton`s Queen`s Roof Orchestra.

The band at that time included Jack Jackson (trumpet), Lew Davis and Leo Vauchant (trombone), Chappie D'Amato, E.O.

Browne first recorded with Bert Ambrose's band on 8 February 1930, the titles, on the Decca label, were "A Little Kiss Each Morning" and "Body And Soul".

By March 1930, Ambrose had switched to the His Master's Voice label, and more Browne recordings began to appear such as "Moanin' For You" (B5813) "Cryin' For the Carolines" (B5814), "A Bench in the Park" (B5842) and "Leven Thirty Saturday Night" (B5847).

Browne's work with Ambrose took him to Monte Carlo and Biarritz, coupled with regular radio broadcasts from the May Fair Hotel.

[8] On November 3, 1941, Browne was travelling by train to fulfil an engagement at the Hippodrome, Bristol, when something crashed through the window and he fell to the floor.