Born: May 18, 1886, Barren County, Kentucky. Died: December 2, 1959, Birmingham, Alabama. Buried: Mimosa Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. |
Walbert attended State Normal College of Bowling Green, and Dana’s Musical Institute, Warren, Ohio. He studied under Benjamin C. Unseld, Franz J. Strahm, Lynn B. Dana, W. W. Combs, Adger M. Pace, George W. Sebren, and H. A. Vandercook. He married Mable Vaughan, daughter of James David Vaughan, and had one child, James David Walbert. Walbert sang with various Vaughan Quartets, the most famous being the Vaughan Radio Quartet. He became Dean of the Vaughan School of Music in 1941, and edited Vaughan’s Family Visitor.
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