Frank C. Stanley
Frank C. Stanley (1868–1910), a powerful bass-baritone, began his career on records in 1891 as a banjoist, under his real name, William Stanley Grinsted. He adopted his pseudonym to protect his career as a singer of sacred music at a time when making phonograph records was considered low-class. Stanley was as equally at home singing sacred songs or performing "rube," or country, comedy sketches. He was also the founder of the popular Peerless Quartet.
The following recordings featuring Frank C. Stanley are available in the National Jukebox:
| Artist Role | Title | Description | Primary Performer(s) | Date | |
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Vocalist - Bass vocal | Alabama minstrels | Minstrels | Minstrels | 1910-03-03 |
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Vocalist - Bass vocal | Festival Te Deum, no. 7, in E flat, op. 63, no. 1 | Chorus, with orchestra | Trinity Choir | 1910-03-16 |
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Vocalist - Bass vocal | Miserere | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with chimes, orchestra, and male chorus | Elise Stevenson; Harry Macdonough | 1908-05-14 |
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Vocalist - Bass vocal | Miserere | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with chimes, orchestra, and male chorus | Elise Stevenson; Harry Macdonough | 1908-05-14 |
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Vocalist - Bass vocal | The fishermen | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | Harry Macdonough; Frank C. Stanley | 1907-06-06 |
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Vocalist - Bass vocal | By the old oaken bucket, Louise | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | Harry Macdonough; Frank C. Stanley | 1908-06-09 |
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Vocalist - Bass vocal | Almost persuaded | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | Harry Macdonough; Frank C. Stanley | 1906-10-25 |
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Vocalist - Bass vocal | The lost chord | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | Frank C. Stanley | 1905-05-08 |
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Vocalist - Bass vocal | One sweetly solemn thought | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | Frank C. Stanley | |
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Vocalist - Bass vocal | Guide me, O thou great Jehovah | Male vocal duet, with orchestra | Harry Macdonough; Frank C. Stanley |
