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From 1899, an early recording of My Creole Sue sung by the Edison Quartette.

My Creole Sue

Company	Edison's National Phonograph Company
Cylinder #	7204
Category	Quartette
Title	My Creole Sue
Performed by	Edison Male Quartette
Circa	September/October 1899
Announcement	"My Creole Sue, sung by the Edison Quartette."

Enjoyed by quartettes and lovers of quartette music for generations, this creation of Tin Pan Alley artist Gussie Davis quickly became a classic. He had a knack for evoking strong feeling in his music and practiced a successful sub-specialty in tearjerkers.

The quartette in this fine Edison recording sounds, to my ear, like the voices of John Bieling, Harry MacDonough, S. H. Dudley & William F. Hooley. One of Davis' (1863-1899) last compositions, My Creole Sue was published in 1898.

To hear another song by Davis, listen to this 1902 rendition of If I Only Could Blot Out the Past.

To hear My Creole Sue —

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To learn more, see:

The sheet music to My Creole Sue courtesy of Mississippi State University Libraries' Music Museum.
Mini-biographies about Gussie L. Davis from Everything2 and Wikipedia.

Interested in hearing other cylinders featuring vocal quartettes?

Key Title Category Performed by Circa

01/2012 Annie Laurie Quartette The Greater New York Quartette 1899
12/2012 Auld Lang Syne Quartette Edison Male Quartette 1898
02/2004 Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming Quartette Knickerbocker Quartette 1908
10/2013 Good Old Songs Quartette Edison Male Quartette 1906
02/1999 In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree Male quartette Columbia Quartette 1904-1906
04/2000 Jerusalem Mournin' Quartette Polk Miller & His Old South Quartette 1910
12/1998 O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fidelis) Quartette Columbia Quartette 1904
11/2015 Old Time Religion Quartette Polk Miller and His Old South Quartette 1910
04/2005 Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep Male quartette Original Bison City Quartette 1892-1894
12/2000 The Sleigh Ride Party Descriptive selection The Greater New York Quartette 1898
12/2010 Stop That Knocking at the Door Quartette Edison Male Quartette 1906
06/2014 When the Evening Breeze is Sighing Home, Sweet Home Quartette Edison Male Quartette 1903

Key	Title	Category	Performed by	Circa
01/2012	Annie Laurie	Quartette	The Greater New York Quartette	1899
12/2012	Auld Lang Syne	Quartette	Edison Male Quartette	1898
02/2004	Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming	Quartette	Knickerbocker Quartette	1908
10/2013	Good Old Songs	Quartette	Edison Male Quartette	1906
02/1999	In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree	Male quartette	Columbia Quartette	1904-1906
04/2000	Jerusalem Mournin'	Quartette	Polk Miller & His Old South Quartette	1910
12/1998	O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fidelis)	Quartette	Columbia Quartette	1904
11/2015	Old Time Religion	Quartette	Polk Miller and His Old South Quartette	1910
04/2005	Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep	Male quartette	Original Bison City Quartette	1892-1894
12/2000	The Sleigh Ride Party	Descriptive selection	The Greater New York Quartette	1898
12/2010	Stop That Knocking at the Door	Quartette	Edison Male Quartette	1906
06/2014	When the Evening Breeze is Sighing Home, Sweet Home	Quartette	Edison Male Quartette	1903

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