The Revelers, a quintet (including piano) popular from the late teens to early 1930s, first recorded as The Shannon Quartet on Victor in 1917. Comprised of Charles Hart(tenor), Harvey Hindermeyer(tenor),Elliot Shaw(bar) and Wilfred Glenn(bass). They recorded for Brunswick(as The Merrymakers and Shannon Quartet) by 1920 and Columbia (As Shannon Four, Shannon Quartet and Singing Sophomores) after 1925. Their recordings became popular in the United States and then Europe in the late 1920s. The Electrola was issued in Germany, and the HMV was a New Zealand pressing. In 1929, they appeared with Richard Tauber at the Kursaal, Scheveningen and the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, Holland. Individually, they had active recording careers on most major labels. By 1925, they became best known as the Revelers, but only on the Victor label, continuing to record as Shannon Four, Shannon Quartet and the Singing Sophomores on Columbia. Franklyn Baur, Lewis James, Elliot Shaw, Wilfred Glenn, and pianist Ed Smalle became the personnel until 1926, when Smalle was replaced by Frank Black. Baur was replaced by Charles Harrison (1927), Frank Luther and then James Melton. A short movie musical featured them in 1927, with 'Mine', 'Dinah' and 'No Foolin', and a second short with another three songs, awaits restoration by the Vitaphone Project. Stars on radio and in vaudeville, as well as in the recording studio. They were regulars on The Palmolive Hour (1927รป31). Ring Lardner observed, "Under any name, they sound as sweet." Lardner outlined his "perfect radio program" for The New Yorker magazine, and chose The Revelers, Paul Whiteman and Fanny Brice. The Comedian Harmonists formed in Germany 1927 after hearing The Revelers and appeared on the same bill at the Scala in Berlin in August 1929 and they became good friends. The Revelers were inducted into The Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 1999. A special digital hi-definition process was used for fuller, clearer, smoother sound. ~ Mickey Clark
The Revelers #3 161c Recorded 1928 - 1931
MY OHIO HOME COL 1257-D 01/07/28 145487 DONALDSON-KAHN
OL' MAN RIVER VIC 21241 01/11/28 41539 HAMMERSTEIN-KERN
DREAM RIVER VIC 21448 03/27/28 43505 BROWN
GOOD NEWS-SELECTIONS VICTOR ARDEN-PHIL OHMAN AND THEIR VIC 35918 04/05/28 43533 DE SYLVA-BROWN-HENDERSON
FUNNY FACE-SELECTIONS VICTOR ARDEN-PHIL OHMAN AND THEIR VIC 35918 04/05/28 43534 GERSHWIN
MAMMY IS GONE VIC 21448 05/11/28 43972 DE SYLVA-BROWN-HENDERSON
WAS IT A DREAM? VIC 21516 06/08/28 43989 COSLOW-SPEIR-BRITT
LOVER COME BACK TO ME ARDEN-OHMAN ORCHESTRA VIC 21776 10/25/28 47782 HAMMERSTEIN-ROMBERG
MARIANNE ARDEN-OHMAN ORCHESTRA VIC 21776 10/25/28 47783 HAMMERSTEIN-ROMBERG
BLUE SHADOWS VIC 21765 11/06/28 47537 KLAGES-ALTER
DUSKY STEVEDORE VIC 21765 11/06/28 47538 RAZAF-JOHNSON
COMIN' HOME VIC 21807 11/14/28 46381 DEPPEN-HOLLINGSWORTH-BLACK
EVENIN' VIC 21807 11/14/28 46382 MORET-BLACK
MARCH OF THE GRENADIERS JEANNETTE MACDONALD VIC 22247 12/11/29 57596 SCHERTZINGER-GREY
COTTAGE FOR SALE VIC 22382 01/30/30 58536 CONLEY-ROBISON
STRIKE UP THE BAND VICTOR ARDEN-OHMAN VIC 22308 01/31/30 58640 GERSHWIN
WOMAN IN THE SHOE VIC 22382 03/21/30 59647 FREED-BROWN
LADY,PLAY YOUR MANDOLIN VIC 22622 01/26/31 64856 CAESAR-LEVANT
BLUE AGAIN VIC 22622 01/26/31 67419 FIELDS-MCHUGH
WHEN YUBA PLAYS THE RHUMBA ON THE TUBA VIC 22772 07/24/31 70203 HUPFIELD
DANCING IN THE DARK VIC 22772 07/24/31 70204 DIETZ-SCHWARTZ
VICTOR ARTIST'S PARTY PART 1 VIC DL-5 1931 VARIOUS
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