Geoff Love (4 September 1917 – 8 July 1991) was a British easy listening, and disco orchestra leader. He was born in Todmorden in the West Riding of Yorkshire.[1] His father was a mixed race American-born guitarist and dancer, and his mother an actress. As a child, Love began to learn to play the violin but then switched to the trombone. He played with Jan Ralfini's band and then embarked on a solo career before military service during World War II in the King's Royal Rifle Corps. After the war he played with Harry Gold.