Besides being a popular radio singer, he recorded hundreds of
records, as one of the prominent studio vocalists. His smooth, honest
style of singing was featured on many important hot jazz sides of the
late 1920s and early 1930s (a good example of his vocal style on a
great hot jazz record is his vocal on Frank Traumbauer's version of
"Happy Feet" from 1930, which is available on CD). He also had his own
band for a time during the early 1930s.
