Turn on the Heat: Hot Dance Band Sides (1925-1931) Compilation Bernie Cummins and His Orchestra

Bernie Cummins and His Orchestra

Blues in the Night

Paul Levi Specht (1895-1954) was one of the most popular and successful American dance band leaders of the 1920s

He's the Hottest Man in Town

Turn on the Heat: Hot Dance Band Sides (1925-1931) Compilation Bernie Cummins and His OrchestraNOTE: This title is currently available as a digital download only. The CD version is sold out. During the 1920s, perhaps no bandleader was more prolific in the recording studios than Sam Lanin (1891 1977). Over the span of roughly a dozen years from 1920 until 1931 Lanin directed some five hundred sessions for virtually every record company, resulting in nearly two thousand recordings. Fortunately, in Lanin's case, quantity does not preclude