He began as a sideman playing the violin in Fred Hamm's band, and in the 1920s and 1930s he led a series of jazz-oriented dance bands (the most famous being the Biltmore Hotel Orchestra), making a large number of recordings in that period for Victor Records.
On the 22nd floor of the hotel was the grand ballroom, called the Cascades; Bert Lown was the conductor in the hotel's early years.
Bert Jansch | Bert Williams | Bert Newton | Bert | Bert Lahr | Bert Kaempfert | Bert Bell | Bert (Sesame Street) | Bert Karlsson | Bert Hinkler | Bert Firman | Bert Campaneris | Bert Sutcliffe | Bert Parks | Bert Fegg's Nasty Book for Boys and Girls | Bert Amato | Cindy & Bert | Bob Bert | Bert Wilson | Bert Cooper | Bert Anciaux | Bert Acosta | Bernard Lown | John, Paul, George, Ringo … and Bert | Bert Wright | Bert Wilson (broadcaster) | Bert Trautmann | Bert Thomas | Bert Sutcliffe Oval | Bert Sperling |