The Revelers [US1]

Aliases: Acme Male Quartet
The Merrymakers [US]
The Shannon Four
Shannon Four
Shannon Quartet
Singing Sophomores
The Singing Sophomores
Country: United States
Comments: Vocal group, featuring four harmony singers and a pianist. The group, established circa 1917, was popular in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Oriignally known as the Shannon Four, changed their name to Shannon Quartet around 1922, and again changed their name to the Revelers in 1925. On their Columbia releases they were sometimes billed as The Singing Sophomores.
Members: Charles Hart [US]
Elliott Shaw
Lewis James
Harvey Hindermyer
Franklyn Baur Tenor (1923-1926)
Ed Smalle
Charles Harrison [US]

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Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
A Cottage for Sale	The Revelers [US1]	June 1930	Victor
A Little Bit of Heaven	Shannon Quartet (The Revelers [US1])	1926	Columbia [US]
All Alone Monday – Maybe	The Revelers – Franklyn Baur	March 1927	Victor
All I Want to Do Is to Be with You	The Singing Sophomores (The Revelers [US1])	August 1926	Columbia [US]
America the Beautiful	Shannon Quartet (The Revelers [US1])	April 1924	Victor
Among My Souvenirs	The Revelers [US1]	January 13, 1928	Victor
Barcelona	The Merrymakers [US] (The Revelers [US1])	1926	Brunswick
Blue Skies	The Merrymakers [US] (The Revelers [US1])	1927	Brunswick
Break the News to Mother - You're a Grand Old Flag	Shannon Four - American Quartet	November 1917	Victor
Breezin' Along (With the Breeze)	The Revelers [US1]	September 1926	Victor
California Here I Come	Shannon Four (The Revelers [US1])	1924	Columbia [US]
Carolina Mammy	Shannon Four (The Revelers [US1])	February 1923	Columbia [US]
Carry Me Back to Old Virginny - Darling Nellie Gray	Shannon Quartet - Peerless Quartet	June 1926	Victor
Chant of the Jungle	The Revelers [US1]	March 1930	Victor
Chloe (Song of the Swamp)	The Singing Sophomores (The Revelers [US1])	1928	Columbia [US]
Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie!	The Merrymakers [US] (The Revelers [US1])	March 1926	Brunswick
Clap Yo' Hands	The Singing Sophomores (The Revelers [US1])	1927	Columbia [US]
Coal-Black Mammy – Lindy Lady	Al Jolson – Shannon Four	1923	Columbia [US]
Collegiate	The Revelers [US1]	November 1925	Victor
Cowboy Song - Whoopee Ti Yi Yo	Wilfred Glenn and Shannon Quartet	July 1923	Victor
Dancin' Dan – Chili Bom Bom	Jack Kaufman-John Ryan – Shannon Four	1924	OKeh
Dinah	The Revelers [US1]	November 1925	Victor
Don't Wait Too Long	The Revelers [US1]	April 1926	Victor
Dreamy Melody – Out There in the Sunshine with You	Shannon Four – Charles Hart	1923	Columbia [US]
Drinking Song	Shannon Four (The Revelers [US1])	1925	Columbia [US]
Dusky Stevedore	The Revelers [US1]	1929	Victor
Gems from "Oh, Kay!" – Gems from "Honeymoon Lane"	The Revelers – Victor Light Opera Company	1927	Victor
Hello, Aloha! How Are You?	The Singing Sophomores (The Revelers [US1])	1926	Columbia [US]
Honey Mine	The Singing Sophomores (The Revelers [US1])	1926	Columbia [US]
Honolulu Moon – When Day Is Done	The Revelers – Franklyn Baur	August 1927	Victor
How Dy Do, Mis' Springtime	The Merrymakers [US] (The Revelers [US1])	1926	Brunswick
I May Be Gone for a Long, Long Time - Over There	Shannon Four - American Quartet	September 1917	Victor
I'm in Love Again	The Revelers [US1]	August 1927	Victor
I'm on My Way – I'm Waiting for Ships That Never Come In	Shannon Four – Elliott Shaw	1920	OKeh
In a Little Spanish Town ('Twas on a Night Like This) - Blue Skies	The Revelers - Johnny Marvin–Ed Smalle	March 4, 1927	Victor
I Want to Be Happy	Shannon Four (The Revelers [US1])	December 1924	Columbia [US]
I Wonder How the Old Folks Are at Home	Lewis James and Shannon Quartet	May 1924	Victor
Jingle Bells	Shannon Quartet (The Revelers [US1])	November 27, 1925	Victor
Just a Memory	The Singing Sophomores (The Revelers [US1])	1927	Columbia [US]
Just Around the Corner – Behind the Clouds	The Revelers – Gene Austin	April 2, 1926	Victor
Just Keep a Thought for Me / Humming	Lewis James & Shannon Four - Shannon Four	1921	OKeh
Ka-Lu-A - Lalawana Lullaby	Shannon Four - Billy Jones and Ernest Hare	1922	Columbia [US]
Keep Smiling at Trouble (Trouble's a Bubble) – When You and I Were Seventeen	Shannon Quartet – Helen Clark–Lewis James	April 1925	Victor
Last Night on the Back Porch - Why Robinson Crusoe Got the Blues	The Shannon Four - The Two Gilberts	January 1924	Regal [GB]
Lucky Day	The Revelers [US1]	September 1926	Victor
Mandy - Breeze (Blow My Baby Back to Me)	Shannon Four - American Quartet	October 1919	Victor
Mary Lou	The Revelers [US1]	February 1927	Victor
My Castle in Spain	The Merrymakers [US] (The Revelers [US1])	April 1926	Brunswick
Normandy – Let Me Call You Sweetheart	Helen Clark–Franklyn Baur – Shannon Quartet	April 1926	Victor
Oh! Susanna	Wendell Hall and Shannon Quartet	May 1924	Victor
Onward, Christian Soldiers	Shannon Quartet (The Revelers [US1])	1926	Columbia [US]
Ploddin' Along	The Revelers [US1]	September 1929	Victor
Rainbow	Shannon Quartet (The Revelers [US1])	October 8, 1926	Victor
Sing	The Singing Sophomores (The Revelers [US1])	1927	Columbia [US]
Sing Something Simple	The Revelers [US1]	1930	Victor
Sing You Sinners – Across the Breakfast Table Looking at You	The Revelers – Lewis James	July 1930	Victor
Sleep - When Lights are Low	Lewis James and Franklyn Baur - Shannon Four	1924	Columbia [US]
Slow River	The Singing Sophomores (The Revelers [US1])	1927	Columbia [US]
So Long Oolong (How Long You Gonna Be Gone?) - Ching-A-Ling's Jazz Bazaar	Billy Jones with Rega Orchestra - Shannon Four with Rega Orchestra	June 1920	OKeh
Somebody Else	The Singing Sophomores (The Revelers [US1])	1927	Columbia [US]
Sometimes I'm Happy - Hallelujah!	Louise Groody-Charles King - The Revelers	June 17, 1927	Victor
Strike Up the Band!	The Revelers [US1]	June 1930	Victor
Sunny Disposish	The Merrymakers [US] (The Revelers [US1])	1926	Brunswick
Sweet Adeline	Shannon Four (The Revelers [US1])	1923	OKeh
Sweet and Low-Down	Singing Sophomores (The Revelers [US1])	1926	Columbia [US]
Swingin' down the Lane	Shannon Four (The Revelers [US1])	1923	Columbia [US]
Talking to the Moon	The Revelers [US1]	July 1926	Victor
Tenting on the Old Camp Ground	Shannon Four (The Revelers [US1])	1923	OKeh
That Old Gang of Mine	Shannon Four (The Revelers [US1])	October 1923	Columbia [US]
The Last Long Mile - K-K-K-Katy (Stammering Song)	Charles Hart and Shannon Four - Billy Murray	May 1918	Victor
The Sidewalks of New York	Shannon Quartet (The Revelers [US1])	July 1924	Victor
The Varsity Drag - Good News	Ruth Etting - The Singing Sophomores	1928	Columbia [US]
The Varsity Drag - The Best Things in Life Are Free	The Revelers - Jack Smith (The Whispering Baritone)	January 1928	Victor
Tuck Me to Sleep – Down in Happy Valley	Shannon Four – Charles Hart & Elliot Shaw	November 1921	Vocalion [US]
Valencia	The Revelers [US1]	July 23, 1926	Victor
Was It a Dream? - Beautiful	The Revelers - National Cavaliers	September 1928	Victor
Weep No More (My Mammy) – I Wonder Who	Shannon Four – Sam Ash	January 1922	Vocalion [US]
When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba	The Revelers [US1]	1931	Victor
Why Do Ya Roll Those Eyes	The Singing Sophomores (The Revelers [US1])	November 1926	Columbia [US]
Wild Honey – Mammy o' Mine	Robert Bruce – Acme Male Quartet	1919	Pathé
Wonderful One – I'm Drifting Back to Dreamland	Lewis James - Shannon Four	December 1923	Columbia [US]
Yankee Rose	The Revelers [US1]	June 1927	Victor