ABSTRACT
A group that recorded for Edison Diamond Discs in 1920-1922, and Victor in 1928. The members were Elliott Shaw, Charles Hart, and Lewis James. The same singers were also known as the Apollo Trio and Orpheus Trio when they worked for Pathé. [Walsh 1962/10.]
A group established in 1905, and popular from 1916 to 1930. The original members were Robert R. Rainey, William A. Washburn, Reinald Werrenrath, and Walter A. Downie. There were many changes in the membership later. Their first record was for Edison: “Little Tommy Went a-Fishing” (#8866; 1905). They worked for Edison until 1928, their final Diamond Disc being “Shall I Crucify Him?” (#52254). The quartet also recorded for Columbia, Leeds & Catlin, Talk-O-Phone, and Zonophone. Other names used by the group were Aeolian Male Quartet and Broadway Quartet (for Vocalion), and Strand Quartet (for Brunswick). In the late 1920s they were regular performers at the Roxy Theatre in New York under the name Roxy Quartet.
