Glasgow loved Joe Loss - and the feeling was mutual
Bandleader Joe Loss once said Glasgow was the most ‘dancingest’ city in the world. According to his obituary in our sister title, The Herald: “His first date was at the Dennistoun Palais in l936. “Four decades later when Radio Clyde invited him to play at the Plaza Ballroom, an anonymous admirer bought space in the Herald to say thank-you for how he kept coming back. “It was like a public kiss in a love affair with the city which began in an empty ballroom.” It added: “When Joe Loss learned that the dance hall above Green’s Playhouse cinema was empty at New Year he t...
Source: glasgowtimes.co.uk
