Victor matrix B-1242. Darling Nellie Gray / Haydn Quartet

TitleSource
Darling Nellie Gray (Primary title)
Darling Nelly Gray (Normalized title)Sheet music
Authors and ComposersNotes
Benjamin Russel Hanby (composer)
Benjamin Russell Hanby (lyricist)
PersonnelNotes
Haydn Quartet (Vocal group)
Additional Information
  • Description: Male vocal quartet, unaccompanied
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Also recorded as [PM-]1387, 31044, C-600, and B-1043.
EDVR vol. 2 includes a 7th take, of Dec. 15, 1915. No listing of it is found in Victor ledgers; it is believed to be an error. EDVR vol. 2 also lists take date for Take 3 as 10/19/1908.
Copy of Vi 1387 with no take date held in private collection.
Source(s): Allan Sutton blog (take place); trade catalog.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
4/21/1904 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1 Unknown
7/19/1906 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2 Master Victor 1387 10-in.

Darling Nellie Gray / Haydn Quartet

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Darling Nellie Gray / Haydn Quartet - Victor 1387 - Take 2 - 7/19/1906
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7/19/1906 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 3 Destroy
10/19/1908 Camden, New Jersey [unconfirmed] 4 Destroy
11/5/1908 Camden, New Jersey [unconfirmed] 5 Destroy
11/5/1908 Camden, New Jersey [unconfirmed] 6 Master Victor 1387 10-in.
11/5/1908 Camden, New Jersey [unconfirmed] 6 Master Victor 16174 10-in. Pressings made after 12/15/1915 were pressed from new masters created by acoustical dubbing.

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Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix B-1242. Darling Nellie Gray / Haydn Quartet," accessed December 12, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200002223/B-1242-Darling_Nellie_Gray.

Victor matrix B-1242. Darling Nellie Gray / Haydn Quartet. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 12, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200002223/B-1242-Darling_Nellie_Gray.

"Victor matrix B-1242. Darling Nellie Gray / Haydn Quartet." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 12 December 2025.

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