GOLDEN GATE QUARTETS. (Est. 1890s; fl. into 1960s). Over the years several quartets have used this name. Possibly the earliest was the group organized in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1892 by
Arthur (Dovey
) Coates
,
Sherman Coates
,
Frank Sutton
, and
Henry Winfred
. They obtained their first professional engagement through
Billy McClain
, who hired them to sing with Whallen and Martell's
South Before the War Company
. Thereafter the group sang in the...
