Lewis James

b. 1893, Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA, d. 19 February 1959, USA. James made numerous records in the first quarter of the twentieth century when his strong tenor voice was well suited to the demands of pre-electric cylinder records. He sang in several of the all-male vocal groups of the era, some of which simply changed their names depending upon the company recording them. Mainly, these groups were quartets and included the Columbia Stellar Quartet, in which he occasionally deputized for Reed Miller, the Knickerbocker Quartet, with George Eldred, William Morgan and Glenn Howard, t...