Cocoanut Grove Ambassadors

I Need Lovin'

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The Cocoanut Grove Ambassadors were a dance orchestra associated with the Cocoanut Grove ballroom at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. This recording features the orchestra performing “I Need Lovin’,” offering a glimpse of the popular dance-band sound heard in the ballroom and on radio in the early 1930s.

Listeners can enjoy the ensemble’s period style and the polished, rhythmic character of a hotel dance orchestra. The focus here is the musical performance rather than a spoken story, making this a concise sample of the band’s repertoire and the era’s social-dance music.


This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.