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- Birth nameJoshua Alexander Loss
- Joe Loss was born on June 22, 1909 in Bishopsgate, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005), The Ugly Duckling (1959) and Two Men Went to War (2002). He died on June 6, 1990 in London, England, UK.
- Bandleader from 1930 right up to the end of the 1980s. Much seen on British TV and made many radio appearances for the BBC.
- Recorded in the UK the song: "Mockin' Bird Hill" by Vaughn Horton.
- Studied violin at the Trinity College of Music and the London College of Music.
- At the age of twenty-one, Loss became the youngest bandleader on the scene, opening at London's Astoria Ballroom in September 1930.
- Was awarded an OBE in 1978 for services to music.
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