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This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1909.
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1903.
The Haydn Quartet, later known as the Hayden Quartet, was one of the most popular recording close harmony quartets in the early twentieth century. It was originally formed in 1896 as the Edison Quartet to record for Edison Records; it took its new name when recording for other companies. The name was a homage to Joseph Haydn, the classical composer; the spelling was later revised to Hayden, which reflects the way it was pronounced. The group disbanded in 1914.
The Peerless Quartet was an American vocal group that recorded in the early years of the twentieth century. They formed to record for Columbia Records, where they were credited as the Columbia Quartet or Columbia Male Quartet. From about 1907, when they began to record for record labels other than Columbia, they were more widely known as the Peerless Quartet.
"Shine On, Harvest Moon" is a popular early-1900s song credited to the married vaudeville team Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth. It was one of a series of moon-related Tin Pan Alley songs of the era. The song was debuted by Bayes and Norworth in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1908 to great acclaim. It became a pop standard, and continues to be performed and recorded in the 21st century.
"Pretty Baby" is a song written by Tony Jackson during the Ragtime era. The song was remembered as being prominent in Jackson's repertory before he left New Orleans in 1912, but was not published until 1916.
Henry Burr was a Canadian singer, radio performer and producer. He was born Harry Haley McClaskey and used Henry Burr as one of his many pseudonyms, in addition to Irving Gillette, Henry Gillette, Alfred Alexander, Robert Rice, Carl Ely, Harry Barr, Frank Knapp, Al King, and Shamus McClaskey. He produced more than 12,000 recordings, by his own estimate, and some of his most popular recordings included "Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight", "Till We Meet Again" with Albert Campbell, "Beautiful Ohio", "I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now" "When I Lost You" and "In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree". A tenor, he performed as a soloist and in duets, trios and quartets.
"P.S. I Love You" is a popular song with music by Gordon Jenkins and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. published in 1934.
"Down Among the Sheltering Palms" is a popular song.
The American Quartet was a four-member vocal group that recorded for various companies in the United States between 1899 and 1925. The membership varied over the years, but the most famous line-up — comprising John Bieling, Billy Murray, Steve Porter (baritone), and William F. Hooley (bass) — recorded for the Victor Talking Machine Company from 1909 to 1913. The same group of singers also recorded for Edison Records as the Premier Quartet, and for that and other labels as the Premier American Quartet. From 1912 to 1914 the quartet also recorded with countertenor Will Oakland as the Heidelberg Quintet.
John Scantlebury Macdonald was a Canadian-born singer of Irish and Scottish descent, and recording executive. Under the pseudonym Harry Macdonough, he was one of the most prolific and popular tenors during the formative years of the recording industry. Based upon the ledgers of the four major record companies of the early twentieth century, which are accessible online through the Discography of American Historical Recordings (DAHR), some of his most popular recordings included “Shine On, Harvest Moon”, “Down By The Old Mill Stream”, “They Didn’t Believe Me”, “Tell Me, Pretty Maiden”, and “Where The River Shannon Flows”.
"In the Good Old Summer Time" is an American Tin Pan Alley song first published in 1902 with music by George Evans and lyrics by Ren Shields. The song is in the public domain.
Harry Lee Tally was an American tenor singer of popular songs, who recorded between 1902 and 1917.
Elise Stevenson was a British-born American soprano singer who recorded commercially successful popular songs in the early years of the 20th century.
Albert Charles Campbell was an American popular music singer who recorded between the late 1890s and the 1920s. He was best known for his many duo recordings with Henry Burr, and as a member of the Peerless Quartet and other vocal groups, but also recorded successfully as a solo singer both under his own name and under various pseudonyms including Frank Howard.
John H. Bieling was an American tenor singer who was a pioneer recording artist in the early years of the twentieth century. He featured on thousands of recordings, especially as a member of The Haydn Quartet and The American Quartet, two of the most popular vocal groups of the period.
William F. Hooley was a British-born American bass singer and pioneer recording artist who was popular as a solo singer, as a monologist, and as a member of several of the most successful vocal groups of the early twentieth century, including The Haydn Quartet and The American Quartet.
Samuel Holland Rous, who recorded using the name S. H. Dudley, and less frequently as Frank Kernell, was an American singer, pioneer recording artist, and music business executive. He was unrelated to the black vaudeville performer and impresario Sherman Houston Dudley.
Corinne Morgan was the stage name of CorinneWelsh. She was a contralto singer and pioneer recording artist who recorded popular songs in the early years of the twentieth century and was best known for her duets with Frank Stanley. Some sources misspell her name as Corrine.
Harry Anthony was an American tenor and pioneer recording artist. With James F. Harrison he made several recordings of religious music that were popular at the time. He was known as a solo artist, and also became a member of the American Quartet. He made records for most of the major recording companies of the day.
References
- ↑ Catalog of Copyright Entries, Part 3, Volume 2. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1907. p. 263.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Don Tyler (2007). Hit Songs, 1900-1955: American Popular Music of the Pre-Rock Era. McFarland. pp. 30–31. ISBN 978-0-7864-2946-2.
- 1 2 3 David A. Jasen (2004). Tin Pan Alley: An Encyclopedia of the Golden Age of American Song. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-94900-6.
- 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1986). Pop Memories 1890-1954: The History of American Popular Music . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research, Inc. pp. 74. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
- 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1986). Pop Memories 1890–1954 . Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research, Inc. pp. 29–30. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
- ↑ "Hit Parade of a Half-Century (1905–1955)," Variety , January 4, 1956
- ↑ The Musical Age. Vol. 55. Harry Edward Freund. 1906. p. 344.
- ↑ "Albert Campbell". Songwriters Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2016-07-14. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
- ↑ "Love me and the world is mine (Even Williams)". Library of Congress . Retrieved April 15, 2024.
- ↑ "Love me and the world is mine (Harry Macdonough)". Library of Congress. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
- ↑ "Love me and the world is mine (Haydn Quartet)". Library of Congress. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
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