Sadly, Lew Conrad's own band is almost totally forgotten today. Born from a French father and a British mother who were both vocalists, Conrad became a violinist, who played a year with the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra before joining Leo Reisman's band. He also recorded sessions with Shilkret and Selvin. Around 1929 he began appearing in NBC programs. He was offered an exclusive contract with the network in September 1930. In 1933 his band was featured in an installment of the Warner Bros/Vitaphone series of musical shorts 'Rambling Round Radio Row. After 1933, however, mentions of Conrad in radio archives become scarce until 1937 and 1938. Conrad was best known on radio as a star vocalist on NBC in the early 1930s when he was for a brief while considered to be a promising new crooner. This band only recorded 4 sides, this one dating from 1932.
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