Biography

The Greater New York Quartette
Members: Roger Harding (2), Steve Porter (2), Len Spencer, Albert Campbell (2), Fred Hylands
This short-lived vocal group recorded brown wax cylinders for Columbia in the late 1890s. It had a varying membership, reported in Nov. 1897 as Harding, Porter, Spencer and Depew; in Sept. 1898 as Harding, Porter, Jones and Hargrave; and in May 1899 as Harding, Porter, Jones and Campbell. The name continued to be used by Columbia at least until late 1901 (on moulded cylinders). See also Imperial Minstrels.