Trivia

Towards the end of his career, he worked as staff arranger/conductor for Columbia Records.

Studied piano at the Royal Irish Academy of Music in 1904. In 1911, enlisted in the Royal Irish Rifles and studied oboe at the Royal Military School of Music. Somers served during World War I, after which time he left the military.

Was arranger for Bert Ralton & His New York Havana Band at the London Savoy Hotel and took over leadership of the group, when Ralton returned to the U.S.. Somers then renamed the band 'The Savoy Hotel Orpheans'. In 1926, Somers quit the band to work as an arranger. In 1927, he formed another orchestra under his own name, which recorded for Columbia, was featured in films and showcased on Radio Luxemburg.