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 #2 Recorded 1926 - 1927 161bmp3
MERRYMAKERS CARNIVAL MEDLEY HARRY RESER BR 20044 10/01/26 FORD-HAENSCHEN
MERRYMAKERS IN SPAIN BR 20049 10/01/26 FORD-HAENSCHEN
RIFF SONG NAT SHILKRET VIC 20373 11/29/26 36981 ROMBERG-HARBACH-HAMMERSTEIN
MARY LOU VIC 20380 12/02/26 36993 LYMAN-WAGGNER-ROBINSON
I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW VIC 20380 12/08/26 37113 CALDWELL-YOUMANS
EVERYTHING'S MADE FOR LOVE VINCENT LOPEZ BR 3415 01/03/27 21100 JOHNSON-TOBIAS-SHERMAN
SONG OF THE WANDERER VINCENT LOPEZ BR 3415 01/03/27 21105 MORET
OH! KAY-GEMS Clap Yo Hands/Someone To Watch/Maybe/Do Do Do VIC 35811 01/14/27 37723 GERSHWIN
IN A LITTLE SPANISH TOWN VIC 20457 01/20/27 37556 WAYNE-LEWIS-YOUNG
LANE IN SPAIN JEAN GOLDKETTE VIC 20491 02/03/27 37738 LEWIS-LOMBARDO
HALLELUJAH! VIC 20609 04/25/27 38489 ROBIN-GREY-YOUMANS
BABY FEET GO PITTER PATTER TROUBADOURS VIC 20967 09/08/27 39164 KAHN
MY BLUE HEAVEN COL 1203-D 10/25/27 144908 DONALDSON-WHITING
WHEN HONEY SINGS AN OLD TIME SONG VAUGHN DE LEATH COL 1203-D 11/25/27 144962 CAREY
VARSITY DRAG FRANK BLACK-PIANO VIC 21039 10/26/27 40514 DE SYLVA-BROWN-HENDERSON
NOLA VIC 21100 11/18/27 40597 BURNS-ARNDT
AMONG MY SOUVENIRS VIC 21100 11/23/27 41106 LESLIE-NICHOLLS
CHLOE(SONG OF THE SWAMP) COL 1257-D 11/29/27 145256 KAHN-MORET
TIN PAN PARADE VIC 21149 12/15/27 41178 GILLESPIE-WHITING
OH! LUCINDY VIC 21241 12/15/27 41179 HOLLINGSWORTH-DEPPEN
GOOD NEWS COL 1237-D 12/16/27 145419 DE SYLVA-BROWN-HENDERSON
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