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Norma Lee
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About The Artist

The Stroup Quartet recorded two sides for Columbia Records on April 20, 1928 in Atlanta, Georgia.

The quartet was led by Lake W. Stroup; he was a probate judge.

While the Quartet only recorded the two sides, readers can get an idea of the tunes they sang from old newspaper articles. On February 7, 1929, the did a 30-minute program over radio station WBT. Miss Willie Blackwood of the Lockhart school faculty was to accompany the group on the piano. Readers learned that Judge Stroup had put together a program of tunes for that broadcast:

  • Quit Your Wicked Ways
  • Old Southern Melody: Old, Oaken Bucket
  • Sweet Little Girl of Mine
  • Rocking On The Waves
  • Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
  • Ain't It A Shame To Work On Sunday?
  • The Man Behind The Plow
  • Stung
  • Dreaming In The Twilight
  • You Can't Make A Monkey Out Of Me
  • Crossing The Bar

Quartet Members:

  • Lake Wilson Stroup (B: December 27, 1892 — D: November 8, 1977)
  • William Lawrence Vassy (B: June 10, 1910 — D: October 29, 1996)
  • (David) Leon Vassy (B: March 14, 1908 — D: February 4, 1997)
  • William (Bill) David Parris (B: March 14, 1902 — March 2, 1988)
  • Credits & Sources

    • Stroup's Quartet Air Songs From Charlotte; February 7, 1929; The Gaffney Ledger; Gaffney, SC