Peerless Quartet - In the Evening By the Moonlight (1926)

[JFKWT]

Oh god why is there <8000 views T_T

[type61m]

I can't get this out of my head, not a bad thing I guess.

[JeffHendrie]

I have a 1906 Columbia Record of this song, the label says, "COLUMBIA RECORD-Grand Prize-Highest Possible Award-Paris 1900*St Louis 1904-patented dec. 10, 1901, nov. 25, 1902, jan. 2, 1906.-other patents pending-baritone solo=||orchistra accompaniment-In the Evening by the Moonlight, Dear|-LOUISE-Harry Von Tilzer|-Sung by Frank C. Stanley-No. 3521-NEW YORK. COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH COMPANY GENL. LONDON. It was pressed in 1906 too.

[Maylorslicedbread]

I am blessed to have a great grandaddy who can still remeber the good ole days like this song.

[fretkillrlives]

I just heard another version of this song in the movie 1938 "Zenobia" with Oliver Hardy and Billie Burke. "In the Evening by the Moonlight" (1880) Written by James Allen Bland. The Peerless Quartet is the best version I've heard of this nostalgic song. This must have been one of the early electric recordings which began in 1925. Today's pop music is missing the sweetness and humanity found in these older records. Thanks for posting this gem.

[kwisk101]

nice i'm trying to play this on my piano.

[SatoTM3]

justin bieber is a turd compared to this..

no wait...hes a turd compared to everything >=(

[preruminator]

I like their quality, their musicality, their unobtrusive subtlety.

Thanks for posting!

[schlesmail]

So who was who in this photo dating from 1923? From left to right: John Meyer (baritone), Henry Burr (lead), Frank Croxton (bass), & Albert Campbell (tenor). In 1926, after the electric recording process had replaced acoustic recordings (i.e., using a microphone rather than a horn), Burr replaced the other three quartet members with Carl Mathieu, Stanley Baughman, & James Stanley. They retired in 1928--pretty good for a group that was organized around 1904 & topped the charts for many years.

[reallygonecat]

racist

[kgceltics5]

Dont give in to people soo much all the time. Stand up for who you are and what you believe in as a human being. You are you, and not even you can change that, so do what you have to do to find happiness. Dont be afraid to speak your mind to people in all situations. Go be yourself today!

[cdadave83814]

A simply beautiful recording.

[vanness5]

what a fantastically composed photo of the lads.

[BREAKocean]

So good.

[Neoklz]

God, I wish music was this good today :(

[BREAKocean]

I know

[livingaragtimelife]

Bittersweet. It made me cry, evoking days long gone and my father.

[SMNONA100]

@livingaragtimelife Bless your heart. Don't those dear melodies evoke senses of times gone by, and recoverable only in emotion and the threads of memory! They are with us still, those sweet souls, so long as we can recall them in love. We were the once-living, and this is what matters. We will forever linger with them in spirit, and in beauty, in an infinite reality.

[HarborGuy]

First Elec. Rec. I've heard by them.......I thought they were long gone by then and being stars.........Wrong again..........They were very good........

[bill3murr]

make it four....wonderful.....thanks.

[EdisonSquirrel]

This is great!  I was not aware of this electrically recorded rendition of this old tune that was recorded by the Edison Quartet on 2-minute wax cylinder and the Haydn Quartet (the same group) on Victor in 1905.

[edmundusrex]

I have both recordings in my collection. Great, that Im not alone knowing (and loving) these music.

Greetings

ed.

[pax41]

That at least makes three of us. I really like these old quartets too.