Swing along: Historical Recording and Credits

Catalogue description

Male vocal quartet, with orchestra

Victor 17899. Matrix/Take: B-16752/1.

Recording and performance details

• Catalogue date: 1915-11-05
• Original format: Sound recording
• Genre: Musical theater; Ethnic characterizations
• Language: English
• Location as catalogued: Camden, New Jersey
• Collection: National Jukebox
• Repository: Recorded Sound Section, Library Of Congress
• Record label: Victor
• Catalogue number: 17899
• Matrix number: B-16752 (Matrix ID)
• Take number: 1
• Disc size: 10-inch
• Performance type: Vocal
• Catalogue subjects: Vocal; Musical theater; Ethnic characterizations; Victor
• Named contributors: Orpheus Quartet — Vocal Group; Murphy, Lambert — Vocalist -- Tenor Vocal; Glenn, Wilfred — Vocalist -- Bass Vocal; Cook, Will Marion — Composer; Werrenrath, Reinald — Vocalist -- Baritone Vocal; Rogers, Walter B. — Conductor; Macdonough, Harry — Vocalist -- Tenor Vocal; Cook, Will Marion — Lyricist

Sources and reuse

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