The Westerners was one of the many several that the Broadway Bellhops had during their time. The Broadway Bellhops was a band created 1926, originally as a pseudo band for Sam Lanin. It combined a bunch of artists together including the likes of Red Nichols and Miff Mole for hot jazz. It only recorded for Columbia, and since the band never had any singers in it, naturally they got their singing artists from Columbia. Those singers included Kaufman, Bessinger, Tom Frawley, Charles HartJack Wilson, and others. Sam Lanin only stayed in the group shortly, he would hand the conducting over to Ben Selvin, then him to Frankie Trumbauer, and for a short time Jean Goldkette. Never actually getting onto Columbia itself, and only being on it's dimestore/budget labels Diva, Harmony, Velvet-Tone, and Supertone, until they broke up in 1928. Never a hit for them.
Now you don't really have to go far in the 78 community here on youtube ALONE to hear the name Lou Gold & His Orchestra, or find out some band has correlation with his Orchestra. He had many different Aliases including the Dixie Jazz Band, Ed Loyd & His Orchestra, Jerry Mason & His Orchestra, Majestic Dance Orchestra, and of course Don Carlos. And as far as I have seen, he hasn't ever charted really.
Trying to do a Discographical History on Lou Gold is as hopeless and chaotic as doing one for Vernon Dalhart. But that's not going to stop me from trying. You guys read these not for me to half-ass them! Like Dalhart, Lou Gold & His Orchestra is a staple of many ARC/Dimestore labels such as Perfect, Oriole, Harmony, Silvertone, Regal, and more. His band would start on Cameo in 1924 and stayed there until mid 1925 when he would split off to other labels like Perfect, Pathe-Actuelle, and Diva. This would continue throughout the majority of his recording career. They'd record maybe two or 3 records at a time on one label, move to another, then come back to the previous, almost like a two-step. In 1927 they would record on Domino, Harmony, Perfect. 1928 would be Diva, Puritone, Harmony and Velvet-Tone. 1929 Regal, Perfect, Banner, Oriole, Harmony. It would continue in this pattern until they would break up in 1932. It has been estimated by some collectors that they had recorded on as many as 30 different labels in there time as a band under just the name \"Lou Gold & His Orchestra.\" There were around 10 other Pseudonym bands and possibly more that we haven't discovered yet, just to give you a perspective.
He had only two hits in his time. Those were If You See Sally in 1927, and I Must Be Dreaming in 1928.
