The Revelers (1927)
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- The Revelers sing close harmony around the piano in this very early Vitaphone Short. They sing 3 songs, Dinah, Mine, and No Foolin' and appear to be enjoying themselves while singing for the camera.
Tenors: Franklyn Baur and Lewis James
Baritone: Elliot Shaw
Bass: Wilfred Glenn
Pianist: Frank Black
So thrilled to see my grandfather Wilfred Glenn on the right.
I’m a big fan of his work
Barbara, The Revelers have been with me through some of the most formative and traumatic years of my life. I was 17 when I experienced my first real heartbreak. I made a revelers cd to help me cope and I listened to that cd on loop for years as I tried to figure out how to proceed in life, traveling the country to find the purpose of life. That exact cd sits in my car to this day. I am forever indebted to his contribution to music and forever thankful for how he helped change my life.
@@incorporal6381 How kind of you to tell me your story and how heartening it is to have music give us solace and joy and inspiration.
Barbara Glenn
@@barbaraglenn4352 did you get to meet your grandfather? What was he like?
Yes I did.He was a charming, intelligent, fun person to be around who worked hard his entire life to succeed. Just to hear his singing voice makes me melt and how I wish he had lived to see his music revived today.
They have been the inspiration for the Comedian Harmonists.
A group of artists and engineers gave this to us 91 years ago, knowing it would be their only foot forward into the future. Styles change but quality does not. The boom mic was not yet invented. See the condenser mic on the end table? No foolin'... this was a great gift from them to us.
Franklyn Baur, Elliot Shaw, Wilfred Glenn and Lewis James were highly regarded singers in their own right. Frank Black was hired as the first Music Director of the National Broadcasting Company. He conducted the NBC Symphony for the opening of Studio 8H at Radio City. The life and death of Franklyn Baur is chronicled in several places on the internet; it's worth reading. I believe that in 1927 the microphone was hanging from the ceiling. Vitaphone produced a movie showing how "talkies" were made. I think the movie was called "When Movies Talk". It showed the placement of the microphone. Legend is that a director took the microphone off the ceiling, wrapped the cord around a broomstick, left the microphone hanging off the end and gave the whole thing to a studio hand to hold over the actors. Don't know if it's true or not.
Thanks for all that info, guys! It fills-in gaps where they were before.
Also, let us not forget one bunch to thank MOST: the "Warner Bros." themselves!
If not for those rascally bad-boys, none of this that we are now enjoying here would have happened.
First-and-foremost all hail them I say, and then all the wonderful rest!
No question that Frank Black was swell and did well but, it is a shame the Paul Whiteman's Harry "Romeo" Perrella did not get his place first.
Tragically, as grapevile legend has it, it was to be that 'the bottle' got the guy! Essentially, he was the "Bix" of the virtuoso popular piano, both dying on account of it, and all that lead to it.
Perrella's silences between notes were shatteringly perfect, to say nothing of his rhythmic power.
Just before The Comedian Harmonists !!!!!!! the were excellents and greats !!!!!!
„The Revelers“ were great, „the comedian harmonists“ were world class! This is the opinion of the world best music critics!
Everything boils down to a matter of personal taste and I prefer, The Revelers.
These guys make me happy. Thanks, Revelers, for time traveling to my house this morning.
It gives me goose bumps to watch these pioneering artists perform. Bravo to the Revelers (and the Singing Sophomores and the Merrymakers)! Thank you so much for posting this.
I am so happy when I can see such wonderful Vitaphone-Shorts.
Greetings from Vienna, Austria
For those who may be interested, there is a video on this site of a movie called "Air Waves". It was produced in the mid to late 1940's. It shows radio production at NBC in NYC. You will see Dr. Frank Black at work as Music Director of a radio program. Fascinating.
It's a great pleasure to watch these guys singing their hit songs as of 1926/1927! They were an incredible group! Thank you for posting this Vitaphone short!
The Revelers is a top Victor Recording stars of the 1920's.
Wow, they are wonderful!
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I have several Victor records by them. Love this!
Love the Vitaphone early sound shorts!😊❤
I love the Revelers!!!
Ahhh! Carry us back to 1927!
I was led to this video from the comments of Rhythm Boys video.
This is a treasure. I wish there were more such. Thank you so much!
Franklyn Baur!
fantastic!
Absolutely beautiful !
Fantastic!
Wonderful👍
Ultimate unctiousness.
Bravo!
Thanks for recommending this, Adorno.
Say me have existed Katzman orchestra live recording? Thank!
is there a name for this type of harmony???
It's called closed harmony. The sung notes (of the chord) are arranged within a narrow range.
If you like this kind of a capella singing you should also listen to the Comedian Harmonists from Germany.
They were heavily inspired by the Revelers.
@@egoedo thank u so much for this info!!!
@@duncanpinderhughes You're welcome!
Wondering why Franklyn can't help but sort of conduct with his hand continuously...
I think Franklyn was just feeling the music! Looks like the most confident and comfortable out of the 5 on camera.
Frasier! What is the meaning of this!?
Oh do be quiet Niles.
Say, who the dickens are these Revelers?
The comedian harmonists were far better
In your opinion, not mine.
They set the pattern and the German group were fans who followed their lead and acknowledged this.
These are clones of the German artists the "Comedian Harmonists".
Predecessors actually.
No, it’s the other way around my friend!
Just check the history!