- 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.
- Vera Lynn made her first broadcast with Loss in 1935.
- His theme song was the Glenn Miller hit "In the Mood". Loss had previously used "Let's Dance at the Make-Believe Ballroom".
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