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American Quartet

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Aliases
American Quartet with Orchestra
Premier Quartet
Country
United States
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American Quartet was the name given to several recording vocal quartets during the early years of the record industry. The name was used as early as 1899 for a group that included tenors John Bieling and Jere Mahoney, baritone S. H. Dudley, and bass William F. Hooley. The best-known American Quartet made its first appearance in 1909 for Victor Records and served as an in-house group. The quartet included Bieling and Hooley, along with tenor Billy Murray and baritone Steve Porter. Bieling left the group in 1913 because of throat troubles and was replaced briefly by Robert D. Armour. Armour was succeeded shortly thereafter by John Young. It proved to be a winning combination for Victor and for the Edison company where it was known as the Premier Quartet.
Members
Harry Anthony
William Hooley
John Bieling
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Covers by American Quartet

Title Performer Release date Originally by
January 1916 Sam Ash
July 1913 Walter Van Brunt
February 1914 Geo. Campbell
Covered by (2 artists)
listen on Internet Archive October 1919 Jack Kaufman and Arthur Fields
August 1910 Ada Jones
March 1923 Willie & Eugene Howard
February 1915 Grace Kerns and J. B. Wells
listen on Internet Archive May 1911 Harry Tally
August 1901 William Tuson
May 1914 William Halley
November 1918 Sterling Trio
January 1911 (unknown), Arthur Collins
listen on Internet Archive November 1910 (unknown)
September 1911 Arthur Collins
  November 1914 Harry Fay REC, Ted Yorke REL
1911 The Peerless Quartet
1921 William Frawley
listen on Internet Archive December 1922 Charles Hart [US]
listen on Internet Archive 1920 (unknown)
Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny Oh! American Quartet June 1917 Unverified
1917 Henry Lewis
listen on Internet Archive 1913 George J. Gaskin
September 1917 Peerless Quartette
 REL November 1910 Lillian Lorraine, Bert Williams REC
Covered by (7 artists)
Pucker Up Your Lips, Miss Lindy American Quartet 1912 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive October 1913 Henry Burr and Albert Campbell
listen on Internet Archive March 1911 Sophie Tucker
listen on Internet Archive July 1922 Marion Harris
listen on Internet Archive November 1921 Original Dixieland Jazz Band
1918 Six Brown Brothers
listen on Internet Archive February 1912 Maurice Burkhart
listen on Internet Archive December 7, 1923 Majestic Dance Orchestra [Joseph Samuels]
  November 1917 George M. Cohan PRF, Billy Murray with Orchestra REC,REL