Frank Croxton
Frank Croxton (born October 7, 1877 in Paris , Kentucky , † September 4, 1949 in New York City ) was an American singer (bass).
Croxton grew up in Lexington from 1882 and studied there at Transylvania University . After graduating in 1898, he took singing lessons in New York with Frank Herbert Tubbs , Oscar Saenger and John D. Mehan and from 1907-08 in Paris with Frank King Clark . He then became a solo singer at New York's Brick Presbyterian Church , and later at the Collegiate Church of St. Nicholas .
His first recording was In the Garden of my Heart , a duet with Henry Burr (1910). In 1912 he founded the Croxton Quartet with Agnes Kimball , Nevada van der Veer and Reed Miller ; Kimball and Miller were later replaced by Inez Barbour and Henry Burr. With the latter he worked as a trio from 1919. He was also a member of the Stellar Quartet from 1914 and of the Peerless Quartet from 1919 to 1925 (with Albert Campbell , Henry Burr and John H. Meyer ). He sang as a soloist and as a member of the aforementioned ensembles recordings for US Everlasting Records , Edison , Columbia Records and Victor Records . His greatest success was Weeping Willow Lane , a 1919 Victor duo with Burr. During the Great Depression Croxton gave his career as a singer with record companies, but he remained active as a church singer and gave singing lessons.
literature
- Frank Hoffmann: Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound , Routledge, 2004, ISBN 9781135949495
Web links
- Frank Croxton at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Frank Croxton in the database of Find a Grave (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Croxton, Frank |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American singer (bass) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 7, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris , Kentucky |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 4, 1949 |
| Place of death | New York City |