Bernie Cummins
Bernard Joseph Cummins (March 14, 1900 – September 22, 1986) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. |
Birth and Death Data: Born March 14, 1900 (Akron), Died September 22, 1986
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1924 - 1940
Roles Represented in DAHR: leader, vocalist, director, drums, songwriter
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BVE-49995 | 10-in. | 2/27/1929 | Till we meet | Bernie Cummins ; New York Biltmore Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist, director | |
| Victor | BVE-49996 | 10-in. | 2/27/1929 | Just an old love affair | Bernie Cummins ; New York Biltmore Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-51103 | 10-in. | 3/29/1929 | Nobody's fault but your own | Bernie Cummins ; New York Biltmore Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, director | |
| Victor | BVE-51104 | 10-in. | 3/29/1929 | Looking for love | Bernie Cummins ; New York Biltmore Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist, director | |
| Victor | BVE-53985 | 10-in. | 8/14/1929 | Little by little | Bernie Cummins ; New York Biltmore Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, director | |
| Victor | BVE-53986 | 10-in. | 8/14/1929 | Every day away from you | Bernie Cummins ; New York Biltmore Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, director | |
| Victor | BVE-56107 | 10-in. | 8/23/1929 | Don't hang your dreams on a rainbow | Bernie Cummins ; New York Biltmore Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, director | |
| Victor | BVE-56108 | 10-in. | 8/23/1929 | The world's greatest sweetheart is you | Bernie Cummins ; New York Biltmore Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist, director | |
| Victor | BVE-58561 | 10-in. | 2/7/1930 | Lucky little devil | Bernie Cummins ; New Yorker Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, director | |
| Victor | BVE-58562 | 10-in. | 2/7/1930 | Everybody tap | Bernie Cummins ; New Yorker Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal chorus | director | |
| Victor | BVE-58618 | 10-in. | 1/23/1930 | Cooking breakfast for the one I love | Bernie Cummins ; Belle Mann ; New Yorker Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-58619 | 10-in. | 1/23/1930 | When a woman loves a man | Bernie Cummins ; Belle Mann ; New Yorker Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo (takes 3 and 4); with male vocal solo (takes 1 and 2) | vocalist, director | |
| Victor | BVE-59621 | 10-in. | 3/10/1930 | Minnie the mermaid | Bernie Cummins ; New Yorker Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | director | |
| Victor | BVE-59622 | 10-in. | 3/10/1930 | You will come back to me | Bernie Cummins ; Walter Cummins ; New Yorker Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-59623 | 10-in. | 3/10/1930 | A cottage for sale | Bernie Cummins ; Walter Cummins ; New Yorker Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-59633 | 10-in. | 3/13/1930 | On the sunny side of the street | Bernie Cummins ; New Yorker Hotel Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | vocalist, director | |
| Victor | BVE-59634 | 10-in. | 3/13/1930 | Exactly like you | Bernie Cummins ; New Yorker Hotel Orchestra | Male vocal solo, with jazz/dance band | director, vocalist | |
| Victor | BVE-59700 | 10-in. | 4/16/1930 | Telling it to the daisies (but it never gets back to you) | Bernie Cummins ; New Yorker Hotel Orchestra ; Paul Small | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-62148 | 10-in. | 5/12/1930 | Absence makes the heart grow fonder for somebody else | Bernie Cummins ; New Yorker Hotel Orchestra ; Paul Small | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-62149 | 10-in. | 5/12/1930 | Dream Avenue | Bernie Cummins ; New Yorker Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-62201 | 10-in. | 4/16/1930 | Livin' in the sunlight, lovin' in the moonlight | Bernie Cummins ; New Yorker Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal chorus | director | |
| Victor | BVE-62692 | 10-in. | 7/24/1930 | In my heart it's you | Bernie Cummins ; Walter Cummins ; New Yorker Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-62693 | 10-in. | 7/24/1930 | F'r instance | Bernie Cummins ; Walter Cummins ; New Yorker Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-62694 | 10-in. | 7/24/1930 | Lonely | Bernie Cummins ; Walter Cummins ; New Yorker Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist, director | |
| Victor | BVE-63164 | 10-in. | 10/22/1930 | I'll never leave you | Bernie Cummins ; Frank Munn ; New Yorker Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-63165 | 10-in. | 10/22/1930 | I love love | Bernie Cummins ; Frank Munn ; New Yorker Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | director | |
| Victor | BVE-63166 | 10-in. | 10/22/1930 | Who's calling you sweetheart to-night | Bernie Cummins ; New Yorker Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, director | |
| Victor | BVE-63192 | 10-in. | 11/4/1930 | Deep sea lowdown | Bernie Cummins ; New Yorker Hotel Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo, and vocal chorus | director, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-053146 | 10-in. | 6/18/1940 | So deep is the night | Bernie Cummins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Victor | BS-053147 | 10-in. | 6/18/1940 | Ragtime Cowboy Joe | Connie Barleau ; Bernie Cummins Orchestra ; Chet James | Jazz/dance band, with female-male duet and vocal ensemble | leader, director | |
| Victor | BS-053148 | 10-in. | 6/18/1940 | Seems like a month of Sundays | Bernie Cummins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader, director, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-053149 | 10-in. | 6/18/1940 | I'm losing my mind (because of you) | Connie Barleau ; Bernie Cummins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with female vocal solo | leader, director | |
| Columbia | W152514 | 10-in. | 10/3/1933 | I'll be faithful | Bernie Cummins and his New Yorkers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Columbia | W152515 | 10-in. | 10/3/1933 | I'm dancin' on a rainbow | Bernie Cummins and his New Yorkers ; Walter Cummins | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Columbia | W152516 | 10-in. | 10/3/1933 | Beautiful girl | Bernie Cummins and his New Yorkers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Columbia | W152517 | 10-in. | 10/3/1933 | You've got ev'rything | Bernie Cummins and his New Yorkers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, leader | |
| Columbia | W152518 | 10-in. | 10/3/1933 | That co-ed party | Bernie Cummins and his New Yorkers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal ensemble | leader | |
| Columbia | W152529 | 10-in. | 10/27/1933 | Our big love scene | Bernie Cummins and his New Yorkers ; Walter Cummins | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Columbia | W152530 | 10-in. | 10/27/1933 | It's oh, it's ah! (It's wonderful) | Bernie Cummins and his New Yorkers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Columbia | W152531 | 10-in. | 10/27/1933 | In a one-room flat | Bernie Cummins and his New Yorkers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and male vocal ensemble | vocalist, leader | |
| Columbia | W152532 | 10-in. | 10/27/1933 | I guess it had to be that way | Bernie Cummins and his New Yorkers ; Walter Cummins | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader | |
| Columbia | W152533 | 10-in. | 10/27/1933 | Alice from Dallas | Bernie Cummins and his New Yorkers | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | vocalist, songwriter, leader | |
| Brunswick | E27336 | 10-in. | 4/12/1928 | My pet | Bernie Cummins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio; without vocal (take G) | leader, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E27337 | 10-in. | 4/12/1928 | Sugar babe I’m leaving | Bernie Cummins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G) | leader, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E27617 | 10-in. | 5/31/1928 | ‘Cause I’m in love | Bernie Cummins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio; without vocal (take G) | vocalist, leader | |
| Brunswick | E27618 | 10-in. | 5/31/1928 | Out-o’-town gal | Bernie Cummins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and vocal effects; without vocal (take G) | vocalist, leader | |
| Brunswick | E27883 | 10-in. | 7/20/1928 | Chiquita | Bernie Cummins Biltmore Orchestra ; Walter Cummins | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G) | leader | |
| Brunswick | E27884 | 10-in. | 7/20/1928 | Out of the dawn | Bernie Cummins Biltmore Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | leader, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E27911 | 10-in. | 7/30/1928 | Old man sunshine (Little boy bluebird) | Bernie Cummins Biltmore Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G) | vocalist, leader | |
| Brunswick | E28454 | 10-in. | 10/6/1928 | Querida | Bernie Cummins Biltmore Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G) | leader | |
| Brunswick | E28455 | 10-in. | 10/6/1928 | My blackbirds are bluebirds now | Bernie Cummins Hotel Biltmore Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G) | vocalist, leader | |
| Brunswick | E24197-E24200 | 10-in. | 8/12/1927 | Who-oo? You-oo! That’s who! | Bernie Cummins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal trio; without vocal (take 24200) | leader, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E24236-E24239 | 10-in. | 8/15/1927 | Who was the lady? | Bernie Cummins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal effects; without vocal (take E24239) | leader | |
| Brunswick | E24342-E24345 | 10-in. | 8/31/1927 | Who was the lady? | Bernie Cummins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with vocal effects | leader | |
| Brunswick | E24346-E24348 | 10-in. | 8/31/1927 | Who-oo? You-oo! That’s who! | Bernie Cummins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | vocalist, leader | |
| Brunswick | E25196-E25199 | 10-in. | 11/12/1927 | (Make my cot) Where the cot-cot-cotton grows | Bernie Cummins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio; without vocal (take E25199) | leader | |
| Brunswick | E25200-E25203 | 10-in. | 11/12/1927 | Ev'rybody loves my girl | Bernie Cummins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take E25203) | leader, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E25292-E25294 | 10-in. | 11/26/1927 | Say it with a red, red rose | Bernie Cummins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio; without vocal and with humming chorus (take 25294) | vocalist, leader | |
| Brunswick | E25295-E25297 | 10-in. | 11/26/1927 | In a shady nook by a babbling brook | Bernie Cummins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and male vocal trio; without vocal and with humming chorus (take 25295) | vocalist, leader | |
| Brunswick | E25566-E25568 | 10-in. | 12/13/1927 | ‘S wonderful | Bernie Cummins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take 25568) | leader | |
| Brunswick | E25569-E25571 | 10-in. | 12/13/1927 | Funny face | Bernie Cummins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and male vocal trio; without vocal (take E25571) | vocalist, leader | |
| Brunswick | E25874-E25876 | 10-in. | 1/7/1928 | When you’re with somebody else | Bernie Cummins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (E25876) | leader, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E25877-E25879 | 10-in. | 1/7/1928 | Lonely melody | Bernie Cummins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio; without vocal (E25879) | leader, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E26335-E26336 | 10-in. | 2/1/1928 | My melancholy baby | Bernie Cummins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio; without vocal (E26336) | leader, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E26355-E26357 | 10-in. | 2/3/1928 | There’s somebody new | Bernie Cummins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (E26357) | leader | |
| Brunswick | E26687-E26689 | 10-in. | 2/27/1928 | Forever and ever | Bernie Cummins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take E26689) | leader | |
| Brunswick | E26690-E26692 | 10-in. | 2/27/1928 | Rain or shine | Bernie Cummins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio; without vocal (take E26692) | leader, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E26784-E26786 | 10-in. | 3/3/1928 | My melancholy baby | Bernie Cummins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio; without vocal (take E26786) | leader, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | E26787-E26789 | 10-in. | 3/3/1928 | There’s somebody new | Bernie Cummins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take E26789) | leader | |
| Gennett | 11741 | 10-in. | 1/28/1924 | Home folks blues | Bernie Cummins and his Toadstool Inn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
| Gennett | 11742 | 10-in. | 1/28/1924 | Ida | Bernie Cummins and his Toadstool Inn Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
| Gennett | 11838 | 10-in. | 4/14/1924 | When the wind blows north (Then I start going south) | Bernie Cummins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
| Gennett | 11839 | 10-in. | 4/14/1924 | Don't mind the rain | Bernie Cummins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
| Gennett | 11840 | 10-in. | 4/14/1924 | St. Louis blues | Bernie Cummins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
| Gennett | 11876 | 10-in. | 5/19/1924 | When | Bernie Cummins and his Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
| Gennett | 11877 | 10-in. | 5/19/1924 | Jiminy gee | Bernie Cummins and his Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
| Gennett | 11878 | 10-in. | 5/19/1924 | When the wind blows north (Then I start going south) | Bernie Cummins and his Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
| Gennett | 11879 | 10-in. | 5/19/1924 | St. Louis blues | Bernie Cummins and his Orchestra ; Gene King | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
| Gennett | 11880 | 10-in. | 5/20/1924 | When the Dixie stars are playing peekaboo | Bernie Cummins and his Orchestra ; Gene King | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
| Gennett | 11881 | 10-in. | 5/20/1924 | Brown eyes | Bernie Cummins and his Orchestra ; Gene King | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums | |
| Gennett | 11882 | 10-in. | 5/20/1924 | Now George! | Bernie Cummins Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, drums |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Cummins, Bernie," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/111950.
Cummins, Bernie. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/111950.
"Cummins, Bernie." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.
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External Sources
Wikipedia: Bernie Cummins
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LCNAR: Cummins, Bernie - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2002109836
Wikidata: Bernie Cummins - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q826541
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