The Revelers #2 Recorded 1926 - 1927 CD161b

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 #2 161b Recorded 1926 - 1927

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

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