The Revelers #1 Recorded 1925 - 1926 CD161a

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 (1927û31). 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 #1 Recorded 1925 - 1926 161a

1. SAVE YOUR SORROW COL 404-D 06/08/25 140666 SHERMAN-DE SYLVA
2. I'M GONNA CHARLESTON BACK TO CHARLESTON HMV EG111 09/04/25 33251 HANDMAN
3. DINAH HMV 2182 09/04/25 33252 LEWIS-YOUNG-AKST
4. JINGLE BELLS VIC 19791 08/10/25 33090 TRADITIONAL
5. THE QUILTING PARTY VIC 19791 08/10/25 33154 TRADITIONAL
6. SHOW ME THE WAY TO GO HOME INT NOV ORCHESTRA VIC 19809 09/23/25 33506 CONNELLY-KING-CAMPBELL
7. O,MISS HANNAH! VIC 19796 09/24/25 33281 DEPPEN-HOLLINGWORTH
8. BAM BAMMY SHORE VIC 19848 11/05/25 33850 HENDERSON-DIXON
9. WHERE IS MY ROSE OF WAIKIKI? VIC 19949 01/06/26 34300 EGAN-WHITING
10. DON'T WAIT TOO LONG VIC 19949 01/25/26 34360 BERLIN
11. JUST AROUND THE CORNER VIC 19968 02/12/26 34615 SINGER-VON TILZER
12. TIP-TOES-GEMS VIC 35772 02/15/26 34614 GERSHWIN
13. NO FOOLIN' VIC 20064 05/10/26 35386 BUCK-HANLEY
14. TALKIN' TO THE MOON VIC 20064 05/17/26 35609 LITTLE-BASKETTE
15. VALENCIA VIC 20082 06/02/26 35653 BOYER-CHARLES-PADILLA
16. BLUE ROOM VIC 20082 06/08/26 35666 HART-RODGERS
17. LUCKY DAY VIC 20111 07/14/26 35769 DE SYLVA-BROWN-HENDERSON
18. BIRTH OF THE BLUES VIC 20111 07/14/26 35770 DE SYLVA-BROWN-HENDERSON
19. HEIDELBERG COL 730-D 08/13/26 142525 LUNDERS-PIXLEY
20. MY WILD IRISH ROSE COL 730-D 08/13/26 142526 OLCOTT
21. IN THE EVENING BY THE MOONLIGHT COL 747-D 08/31/26 1425584 BLAND
22. WHERE THE SILVERY COLORADO WENDS IT'S WAY COL 747-D 08/31/26 142585 AVRIL
23. MERRYMAKERS IN HAWAII BR 20049 10/01/26 FORD-HAENSCHEN

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