- Credited with discovering Kathy Kirby, and died during a recording of her television show.
- Had a reputation for picking only the very best musicians. Some of the top artists who passed through his organisation included George Shearing, Danny Polo, Vera Lynn, George Melachrino, Stanley Black, Ted Heath, Lew Stone, Elsie Carlisle, Bill Amstell, and Eddie Calvert. He was also very influential in furthering the careers of Evelyn Dall and Kathy Kirby, both of whom he had a romantic liaisons with, despite being married at the time.
- Quit leading a big band in 1956 to work in artist management.
- Ambrose studied music in New York and in his teens played violin in cinema pit orchestras, accompanying silent movies. Between 1917 and 1920, he led his first band at the Palais Royal in New York. He later returned to England, opening at Luigi's Embassy Club in London. Based for six years at the prestigious Mayfair Club (1927-33), Bert Ambrose and His Orchestra became well-established as one of the most popular 'sweet-style' dance bands in the country, with considerable exposure on national radio. With the advent of swing, Ambrose changed the style of his band to resemble that of 'Glenn Miller'.
- Bert Ambrose sang: Lili Marlene.
- In the mid-1950s, despite appearances in London's West End and a number of recordings for MGM, Ambrose, in common with other bandleaders, was struggling because rock and roll had arrived. He was forced to start performing in small clubs with casual musicians, and his financial position deteriorated catastrophically. His situation was saved, however, by his discovery of the singer Kathy Kirby, whom he heard singing at the age of 16 at the Ilford Palais. He started a long personal relationship with Kirby and promoted her career.
- His music was kept alive after his death by, among others, Radio 2 broadcasters Alan Dell and Malcolm Laycock, the latter continuing to play his records into the 21st century.
- His major discovery in the years leading up to the war was the singer Vera Lynn, who sang with his band from 1937 to 1940 and, during the war, became known as the "Forces' Sweetheart". Lynn married Harry Lewis, a clarinettist in the band, in 1939.
- While at the Palais Royal, on 5 June 1918, he registered for the draft (Local Board Division 169, City of NY NY, 144 St Nicholas Ave; Registration 232). The registrar recorded medium height, medium build, brown hair, brown eyes and no physical disability that would render him exempt from the draft.
- Ambrose became the leader of a highly acclaimed British dance band, Bert Ambrose & His Orchestra, in the 1930s.
- Specialist dance band radio stations, such as Radio Dismuke and Swing Street Radio, continue to play his records. Ambrose also features regularly on the Manx Radio programme Sweet & Swing, presented by Howard Caine.
- After a short period back at the May Fair Hotel, Ambrose retired from performing in 1940, although he and his orchestra continued to make records for Decca until 1947. Ambrose's retirement was not permanent, however, and he formed and toured with the Ambrose Octet, and dabbled in management.
- He began playing professionally, first for Emil Coleman at New York's Reisenweber's restaurant, then in the Palais Royal's big band. After making a success of a stint as bandleader, at the age of 20 he was asked to put together and lead his own fifteen-piece band. After a dispute with his employer, he moved his band to another venue, where they enjoyed considerable popularity.
- Singers with the Ambrose band included Sam Browne, Elsie Carlisle, Denny Dennis, who recorded a number of duets with Vera Lynn, Max Bacon (also the band's drummer), Evelyn Dall and Anne Shelton, with whom "When That Man is Dead and Gone", a jibe at Adolf Hitler, written by Irving Berlin, was recorded in 1941. Ambrose's signature tune was "When Day is Done".
- Ambrose was commemorated in 2005 by a blue plaque unveiled on the May Fair Hotel.
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