Sportsmen Quartet

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1941 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: Vocal group

Notes: John Bolig files list personnel as William T. Days, John Rarig, Thurl Ravenscroft, and Maxwell Smith.

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor PBS-061962 10-in. 12/8/1941 Laugh, laugh, laugh Bud Abbott ; Lou Bring ; Lou Costello ; Sportsmen Quartet Comic dialogue and male vocal quartet, with orchestra Vocal group  
Victor PBS-061963 10-in. 12/8/1941 Laugh, laugh, laugh Bud Abbott ; Lou Bring ; Lou Costello ; Sportsmen Quartet Comic dialogue and male vocal quartet, with orchestra Vocal group  
Victor D4VB-1044 10-in. 11/21/1944 I can't tell why I love you, but I do Albert Sack ; Dinah Shore ; Sportsmen Quartet Female vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and instrumental ensemble Vocal group  
Victor D5RC-1093 12-in. 5/17/1945 What is this thing called love? Allan Jones ; Ray Sinatra Male vocal solo, with mixed vocal octet and orchestra Vocal group  
Victor D5RC-1094 12-in. 5/17/1945 Night and day Allan Jones ; Ray Sinatra Male vocal solo, with mixed vocal octet and orchestra Vocal group  
Victor D6VB-2016 10-in. 2/6/1946 McNamara's band John Ryan ; Sportsmen Quartet Male vocal solo, with vocal quartet and jazz/dance band Vocal group  
Victor D6VB-2017 10-in. 2/6/1946 It's the same old shillelagh John Ryan ; Sportsmen Quartet Male vocal solo, with vocal quartet and jazz/dance band Vocal group  
Victor D6VB-2018 10-in. 2/6/1946 Ah dee ah dee ah John Ryan ; Sportsmen Quartet Male vocal solo, with vocal quartet and jazz/dance band Vocal group  
Victor D6VB-2019 10-in. 2/6/1946 Loop-de-loo John Ryan ; Sportsmen Quartet Male vocal solo, with vocal quartet and jazz/dance band Vocal group  
Victor D7VB-0472 10-in. 2/20/1947 Necessity Phil Harris Orchestra Male vocal solo, with male vocal quartet and jazz/dance band Vocal group  
Victor D7VB-0592 10-in. 7/7/1947 Smoke, smoke, smoke (that cigarette) Phil Harris ; Phil Harris Orchestra Male vocal solo, with male vocal group and jazz/dance band Vocal group  
Victor D7VB-1386 10-in. 10/16/1947 Look out stranger I'm a Texas ranger Phil Harris ; Phil Harris Orchestra ; The Sportsmen Male vocal solo, with male vocal group and jazz/dance band Vocal group  
Victor D7VB-1387 10-in. 10/16/1947 Old time religion Phil Harris ; Phil Harris Orchestra ; The Sportsmen Male vocal solo, with male vocal group and jazz/dance band Vocal group  
Decca L 3175 10-in. 8/6/1943 Army hymn The Sportsmen Vocal group  
Decca L 3176 10-in. 8/6/1943 In God we trust The Sportsmen Vocal group  
Decca L 3177 10-in. 8/6/1943 Ke-Toky-I-O The Sportsmen Vocal group  
Decca L 3178 10-in. 8/6/1943 Ke-Toky-I-O The Sportsmen Vocal group  
Decca L 3179 10-in. 8/6/1943 What do you do in the infantry? The Sportsmen Vocal group  
Decca L 3181 10-in. 8/23/1943 People will say we're in love Bing Crosby ; Trudy Irwin Vocal group  
Decca L 3182 10-in. 8/23/1943 Oh! What a beautiful mornin' Bing Crosby ; Trudy Irwin Vocal group  
Decca L 4004 10-in. 11/20/1945 The man that broke the bank Frank Morgan Vocal group  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Sportsmen Quartet," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105229.

Sportsmen Quartet. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105229.

"Sportsmen Quartet." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105229

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Sportsmen Quartet - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85378964

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/136120610

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