Beat Me Daddy (Eight To the Bar): Museum Object and Cultural History
Beat Me Daddy (Eight To the Bar): recording date: 1940. release date: 1947. recording artist: Will Bradley and his Orchestra.
The object in the museum catalogue
Will Bradley and his Orchestra featuring Ray McKinley. side 1: Beat Me Daddy (Eight To the Bar) [part 1]; side 2: Beat Me Daddy (Eight To the Bar) [part 2] (Columbia 36956), from the album, Boogie Woogie (Columbia C-123). 78 rpm. Both tracks were originally recorded in 1940 and released on Columbia 35530. The album was released in 1947.
Materials, dates and provenance
- recording date: 1940
- release date: 1947
- recording artist: Will Bradley and his Orchestra
- recording artist: McKinley, Ray
- manufacturer: Columbia
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm
- place made: United States
- ID Number: 1996.3034.10154
- nonaccession number: 1996.3034
- label number: 36956
- catalog number: 1996.3034.10154
- Credit Line: Gift of Robert B. Campbell in memory of Dorothy and William Campbell
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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