Male Quartets

Male Quartets The early use of the talking machine for reproducing music coincided with the peak of America’s male quartet movement. The first quartet to record (1891) was the Manhasset Quartet. Many of the earliest male recording artists were not only vocal soloists, but also members of quartets. Henry Burr, Albert Campbell, Billy Murray, Arthur Collins, Steve Porter, and William Hooley were some of the better known artists who doubled as soloists and harmony singers. The songs of the times as…