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Bert Dolan's Berkshire Serenaders - Say Yes Today

2016-04-10 2 Dailymotion

Unfortunately, virtually no information at all is available about this band that recorded a dozen of sides in New York in the second half of the 20s. Besides leader Bert Dolan, no instrumentalists are known. The vocalist is credited Pete Killeen on this 1928 side, which is sometimes used as a pseudonym for Irving Kaufman. However, one can tell for sure we are not hearing Kaufman, and most likely the real person behind the name Killeen. As for the only (poor) picture of the band I found online in Australia, I am not entirely sure either whether this really is the same band as the American orchestra recorded on this disc.