- Singer and drummer who started working in America in 1913 as a band-boy for 9 years and then returned to his native England as a crooner with Jack Hylton
- 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". It was recorded again on 22 February with a violin solo by Eric Siday.
- He also worked with Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon: before World War II in Radio Luxembourg's Rinso Radio Revue, and during the war in the Hi Gang! radio series. After the war, he continued to tour and record.
- Browne also appeared in the 1950 Royal Variety Performance as part of a presentation titled "The Band That Jack Built" and in the 1951 show as "Sam Browne and His Singers".
- Little is known about his personal life but it is understood that Browne's first wife, Terry, died at an early age in 1931. He remarried a few years later but his second marriage broke up in 1954 as his career waned.
- Browne and Elsie Carlisle became a popular singing pair with Ambrose. Popular duets with Elsie include "What Wouldja Like for Breakfast?" and "I'm Gonna Wash My Hands of You". They appeared together in the Royal Variety Performance in 1935.
- After leaving school, he had several jobs before reaching the age of 18 during the First World War, when he joined the Merchant Navy. Some of the voyages took him to New York and it was there that he discovered "jazz".
- With the publication of a full discography it is now clear that Browne made over 2,000 recordings.
- Some of the other bands that featured him included Alfredo (on Edison), Bertini (on Eclipse), Harry Bidgood (on Broadcast), Harry Hudson (also on Edison) and Lew Stone (Decca).
- Sam Browne was often featured in radio broadcasts and he had his own 15-minute programme called "Sing with Sam" in 1947 on the BBC Light programme.
- In 1948, with the American musicians on strike, Decca issued a number of its records on a "London" label and Browne's recording of "A Tree in the Meadow" reached No. 22 in the Billboard charts during a 5-week stay.
- On November 3, 1941, Browne was travelling by train to fulfill an engagement at the Hippodrome, Bristol, when something crashed through the window and he fell to the floor. It was found that he had been shot in the jaw and neck. When the train reached Bath, Browne was taken to hospital and an operation was performed to remove a bullet.
- 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. In 1928, when Hylton was looking for a new singer he remembered Browne and offered him a job.
- Over approximately a year and a half, Browne made over 100 records with Hylton, including sessions in Berlin and Milan, and was to return to the studios with the Hylton band between 1938 and 1940.
- 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, and for his duets and variety performances with the singer, Elsie Carlisle.
- A reader of music, Browne's confident and warm delivery made him popular with bandleaders and record buyers.
- Browne was featured in several British films, including Calling All Stars, Variety Parade and Hi Gang, as well as on numerous film shorts.
- His first recording was made with the Jack Hylton band on 23 August 1928, "That's My Weakness Now", issued on HMV B5520. The band at that time included Jack Jackson (trumpet), Lew Davis and Leo Vauchant (trombone), Chappie D'Amato, E.O. Pogson, Billy Ternent (reeds) and Hugo Rignold (violin).
- In 1952, Browne, trading as Sam Browne, set up an employment agency and training school for theatrical artists at 11a St. James's Place, London SW1 known as Sam Browne Studios.
- Browne's work with Ambrose took him to Monte Carlo and Biarritz, coupled with regular radio broadcasts from the May Fair Hotel.
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