Victor matrix BS-74917. Trampin' / Bennett College Quartet

TitleSource
Trampin' (Primary title)Victor catalog
PersonnelNotes Hide Additional Titles
Bennett College Quartet (Vocal group)Listed in Victor ledgers as Quartet of Bennett College for Women.
Maudie Ruth Gamble (vocalist)Not confirmed.
Nannie Wright (vocalist)Not confirmed.
  • Description: Female vocal quartet, unaccompanied
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
  • Title Note: Victor ledgers state that the composer is unknown.
Notes
Source(s): Dixon/Godrich/Rye (personnel); trade catalog; Victor ledgers.
Dixon/Godrich/Rye names Maudie Ruth Gamble and Nannie Wright as “probable” singers at the recording session. In addition, Dixon/Godrich/Rye names other performers who possibly recorded at the Victor session; the names were found in a newspaper, the Baltimore Afro-American (issues of 5/14/1932 and 12/2/1933), which identified them as members of the Bennett College Quartet. One or more of the following individuals may have been a vocalist or a piano player at the session: Jessie Lee Dickson, Carrie Robinson, Elfreda Sandifer, Grace Coulbourne, and Gladys Thomas.
Victor ledgers note that this selection is sung unaccompanied.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote Hide Additional Titles
1/16/1933 New York, New York. Studio 2 1 Master Victor 23390 10-in.

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BS-74917. Trampin' / Bennett College Quartet," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800040211/BS-74917-Trampin.

Victor matrix BS-74917. Trampin' / Bennett College Quartet. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800040211/BS-74917-Trampin.

"Victor matrix BS-74917. Trampin' / Bennett College Quartet." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 April 2024.

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