Edmundo Ros
Sign in to saveTrinidadian-born British musician, vocalist, arranger and bandleader
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- The Latin-American way
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Film & TV
Known for
- I Sold My Cadillac to Diana Dors: The Edmundo Ros Story — Himself2000
- Here Come the Huggetts — Himself1948
- What Do We Do Now? — Himself1946
- Flight from Folly — Self1945
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1910-12-07
- Active to
- 2011-10-21
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 22,646
- Total plays
- 152,255
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Edmundo William Ros OBE (7 December 1910 – 21 October 2011) was a Trinidadian musician, vocalist, arranger and bandleader who made his career in Britain. He directed a highly popular Latin American orchestra, had an extensive recording career and owned one of London's leading nightclubs. Ros was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad. His mother was an Afro-Venezuelan and his father was of Scottish descent. He was the eldest of four children, having two sisters, Ruby and Eleanor, followed by a half-br
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edmundo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Port of Spain
- Place of death
- Alicante
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Educated at
- Royal Academy of Music
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Parlophone
- Official website
- edmundoros.com
- Image
- Edmundo Ros op Schiphol (1957).jpg
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- place of burial
- Cemetery of Alicante
- date of death
- 2011-10-21
- date of birth
- 1910-12-07
- Commons category
- Edmundo Ros
- start of work period
- 1939-00-00
- subject has role
- centenarian
- online catalog URL
- gnudb.org/artists/245385-edmundo-ros
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