As Cragburn became established, many of Britain's top bands visited Cragburn, including Joe Loss, Oscar Rabin, Lew Stone, and many more.
He was the subject of This Is Your Life on two occasions: in May 1963 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews, and again in October 1980, when Andrews surprised him at London’s Portman Hotel during a star-studded party to celebrate Joe’s 50 years in show business.
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Loss started band leading in the early 1930s, working at the Astoria Ballroom and soon breaking into variety at the Kit-Cat Club.
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Famous acts to appear at the Beach Ballroom include The Beatles, The Small Faces, Pink Floyd, Cream, Joe Loss, Ken Mackintosh and more recently The Ordinary Boys.
In 1951 whilst still in the RAF Freddie was coached by Alfie Noakes of the Geraldo Orchestra, and began professional engagements on trumpet with the Joe Loss 'Ambassadors', and went on to play with Billy Ternent, Harry Parry, Joe Loss, Sidney Lipton, the Cyril Grantham Orchestra at the Park Lane Hotel, Claude Cavalotti, Nat Temple, and Geraldo - for whom he also appeared on the cruise liner Queen Mary, making seventeen return trips to New York.
In 1938, a song called "Stop Beatin' Round the Mulberry Bush", with lyrics by Bickley Reichner and music by Clay Boland, was popular with recordings by bands such as Count Basie, Jack Hylton, Nat Gonella, and Joe Loss.