Peerless Quartet

The Peerless Quartet
The Peerless Quartet in 1922 L-R: John H. Meyer, Henry Burr, Frank Croxton, Albert Campbell
Background information
Also known as	The Columbia (Male) Quartet The Climax Quartette
Origin	New York City, U.S.
Genres	Vocal group
Years active	1890s–1928
Labels	Columbia, Victor, Edison, Zonophone
Past members	Albert Campbell Henry Burr James Stanley Steve Porter Arthur Collins John H. Meyer Frank Croxton Carl Mathieu Stanley Baughman Frank C. Stanley

The Peerless Quartet was an American vocal group that recorded in the early years of the twentieth century. They formed to record for Columbia Records, where they were credited as the Columbia Quartet or Columbia Male Quartet. From about 1907, when they began to record for record labels other than Columbia, they were more widely known as the Peerless Quartet.

The Peerless Quartet was one of the most commercially successful groups of the acoustic era and made hundreds of recordings, including popular versions of songs such as "Sweet Adeline", "By the Light of the Silvery Moon", "Let Me Call You Sweetheart", and "I Want A Girl (Just Like The Girl That Married Dear Old Dad)". The group continued to record until 1928, with many changes of personnel. They were led until 1910 by Frank C. Stanley, and thereafter by tenor Henry Burr.