Roaring Twenties: Bernie Cummins – Lonely Melody, 1929

BERNIE CUMMINS(1900 Akron – 1986 Palm Beach, USA). He is one of the former boxers, lead to a big band. He played the drums & had the looks that put his band on the map as early as 1919. He enjoyed lucrative recording contracts long before it was “down by law” . His band recorded frequently for such labels as Gennett, Brunswick, Columbia, Victor, Vocalion, Bluebird and Decca. The band was also well noted for their live performances. Among the most important engagements were the Biltmore Hotel in New York, the Hotel New Yorker and the Aragon, Trianon, Blackstone and Edgewater Beach Hotel all in Chicago. Over the years the band also featured Belle Mann, Dorothy Crane and the Sophisticates, and Scottee Marsh. Recording: Bernie Cummins & His Orchestra v. Bernie Cummins, Walter Cummins, Paul Roberts – Lonely Melody (Coslow Meroff Dyson), Brunswick 1928
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