Lloyd Keating and his Music, Tom Frawley vocal - Should I Be Sorry (1930)

Lloyd Keating & His Music was a recording pseudonym of Ben Selvin's Orchestra.

All through the 1920s, it was a common practice for the various recording companies to employ a Musical Director. The record company would tell the MD what song they wished to record and to pay the MD a fixed amount. The MD would then gather together a group of sideman that he knew, and they would meet at the studio, cut the record, and be paid by the MD. The song would then be issued under the name of that particular leader.

Among the the Leaders/Directors active at the time (recording for Perfect, Banner, Plaza, RCA, as well as for other labels at the same time) were men such as Adrian Schubert, Sam and Lester Lanin, Nathan Glantz, Ben Selvin, Vincent Lopez, and Lou Gold. Very often the same band would record under two (or more) names.
For an example, Lou Gold could have used a group of musicians to record in the morning, and in the afternoon (after lunch), the same group would be back in the studio recording different songs under a different director and band name.


Lloyd Keating and his Music (Ben Selvin Orchestra), Tom Frawley vocal - Should I Be Sorry (1930)

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• Selvin
• Tom
• Frawley
• 1930
• 20s
• 30s

[sparqqq]

Hi - A number of bands used "Lloyd Keating". This one is actually Jack Albin's Hotel Pennsylvania Music and "Tom Frawley" is Bill Coty.

[edmundusrex]

@sparqqq

Thank's for the information.

[Masquerade03]

@Maskedhaven It is true vocals are fantastic.!

[Maskedhaven]

I don't care for the opening instrumentals but the vocals are fantastic.