Irving Kaufman - Always (1926)

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Perhaps the award for the most Prestigious singer of the entire 78 era apart from Bing Crosby himself would have to fall to the legendary Irving Kaufman. If we were to count every record that he was ever signing on, it would probably double Sam Lanin's discography, all pseudo-bands included. He sang with many of the greats including the Ipana Troubadours, Ben Selvin, Dalhart, Fred Rich, Chick Bullock, and others. Many artists and producers would request Kaufman for their recordings because of his wide range vocally, availability, and no long standing loyalty to any label, plus he didn't need more than one or two times rehearsing before singing greatly. Oh and Did i mention the psuedo's of his? yeah. they're just as much of a mess as Dalhart's.

He originally started his solo career when he would record the flipside of many Avon Comedy Four records, back when he was still a member of them, starting in 1914 on Victor and sometimes on Edison. He would mainly be on Victor, but sometimes recorded for Columbia or Silvertone. As early as 1919, he would begin recording a bit for multiple labels. Those other ones would be Emerson, Okeh, Gennett, and Medallion. But by 1922, he would be recording on almost all Small an Dimestore Labels. Those would include Vocalion, Okeh, Clarion, Perfect, Pathe Actuelle, Regal, Cameo, and Banner to name a few, This would only continue throughout the 20s, but every once in a while he would sign a short contract lasting a year or so to a certain label. One case of this would be between 1924 and 1925 on Vocalion. Then 1926 and 1927 to the Budget/Dimestore Columbia Labels. But still, almost the entire time, he would have no solid contract and recorded on all the smaller labels. But in 1930 he would stop recording under His name almost all together.

He had some hits here and there. those included: Hail! Hail! The Gang's All Here in 1918, What'll I Do in 1924, The Little White House in 1927, California And You in 1914, Tonight You Belong To Me in 1926, Dirty Hands! Dirty Face! in 1923, and Where The Dreamy Wabash Flow in 1924.

Ernie Golden was an american composer and bandleader from the mid 1920s to the early 1930s. He like many bandleaders of the time was an Dimestore artist. He was at one point the leader of the WMCA Broadcasters, but he also had a few of his own Orchestras. His Main Orchestra, and His Hotel McAlpin Orchestra.

As for his Hotel McAlpin Orchestra, under their own name, when not recording under the name WMCA Broadcasters, they started on Star-Gennett back in 1925. In 1926, they would leave to Brunswick, where they would record on some of the new Light-Ray process electrical recordings. At the same time, they would be approached to record on Columbia dimestore labels, and also by Edison to record. Ernie, naturally accepted to record on all at the same time. Brunswick, Harmony, and Edison. Recording on Harmony the most. They would stop recording in 1928.

No Hits for them unfortunately.

The B Side is called Always by Ernie Golden & His Hotel McAlpin Orchestra which you can listen to here: https://youtu.be/lFRWaP8q3ug