The McKee Orchestra and Trio was an instrumental recording group in
American popular music during the 1910s.
For several years the McKee Trio was contracted by the
Victor Talking Machine Company
The Victor Talking Machine Company was an American recording company and phonograph manufacturer that operated independently from 1901 until 1929, when it was acquired by the Radio Corporation of America and subsequently operated as a subsidia ...
(later known as
RCA Victor
RCA Records is an American record label currently owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America. It is one of Sony Music's four flagship labels, alongside RCA's former long-time rival Columbia Records; also Aris ...
).
The still-available recordings include an especially plaintive 1915 rendition of "
A Perfect Day" by
Carrie Jacobs-Bond
Carrie Minetta Jacobs-Bond (August 11, 1862 – December 28, 1946) was an American singer, pianist, and songwriter who composed some 175 pieces of popular music from the 1890s through the early 1940s.
She is perhaps best remembered for writing t ...
(see inset).
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"A Perfect Day" recorded by the McKee Trio.
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American musical groups
Vaudeville performers
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