Saturday 16 June 2012

Joe Loss

A photo from 1961 (!)

Joshua Alexander Joe Loss LVO OBE (22 June 1909 – 6 June 1990) was a British musician popular during the British dance band era, and was founder of the Joe Loss Orchestra. When this photo was taken, Elvis Costello's dad, Ross MacManus was a singer with the band.
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3 comments:

  1. Michael Hockinson16 June 2012 at 16:56

    Very nice, Roger! Thanks for sharing this. I see a photoshop in this picture's future.

    The Joe Loss Orchestra shared the bill of the Royal Command Performance at the London Palladium with The Beatles, 4 November 1963.

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  2. pt19821 July 2012 at 22:22

    you say that the beatles's performance didn't survive. so, i wonder. where thay found (the apple guys) the anthology show in high sound quality (i'll get you). I always thought they have much rare footage of the first era in video and audio, unknown to this day, things that not even dream of living.

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  3. wogew5 July 2012 at 16:59

    They performed "I'll Get You", "Twist and Shout", "From Me to You", and "She Loves You." The performance is thought to be no longer in existence on film, but a seperate audio recording made of the show does exist. This audio recording is not sourced from the film of the show, but is a separate recording. Some news reports from the day exists, including their getaway from the venue, but no performance footage.

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