Frank C. Stanley

Frank C. Stanley
Background information
Birth name William Stanley Grinsted
Born (1868-12-29)December 29, 1868
Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Died (1910-12-12)December 12, 1910 (aged 41)
Orange, New Jersey
Occupation(s) Singer
Instruments Banjo
Labels Edison, Victor
Associated acts Peerless Quartet

Frank C. Stanley (29 December 1868 – 12 December 1910) was a popular American singer, banjoist and recording artist active in the 1890s and the 1900s. He was born William Stanley Grinsted on 29 December 1868 in Orange, New Jersey. He first recorded banjo solos under his own name in October 1891 for Edison[1] then began recording vocal records in 1898 for the National and Norcross Phonograph Companies[2][3] under the name Frank C. Stanley. He recorded prolifically for Columbia, Victor and Zonophone disc records between 1901 and 1910,[4] alone and as a member of the Columbia and Peerless Quartets. He died of pleurisy on 12 December 1910 at his home in Orange.

References

  1. ↑ First Book of Phonograph Records. Edison Phonograph Laboratory. 1892. p. 190.
  2. ↑ Deakins, Duane (1959). Edison Standard Index. pp. V.
  3. ↑ "General News". Phonoscope. 2 (8): 11. August 1898.
  4. ↑ "Frank C. Stanley (vocalist : bass vocal)". Discography of American Historical Recordings.
  • Works by Frank C. Stanley at Project Gutenberg
  • Works by or about Frank C. Stanley at Internet Archive
  • Discography of Frank C. Stanley on Victor Records from the Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Recordings (EDVR)
  • B. Lee Cooper, Tim Gracyk, Frank W. Hoffman (2000). Popular American Recording Pioneers, 1895-1925. ISBN 0-7890-1220-0.


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