Dardanella blues: Historical Recording and Credits

Catalogue description

Victor 18688. Matrix/Take: B-24344/3.

Male vocal duet, with xylophone and orchestra

Recording and performance details

• Catalogue date: 1920-07-21
• Original format: Sound recording
• Genre: Blues
• Language: English
• Location as catalogued: Camden, New Jersey
• Collection: National Jukebox
• Repository: Recorded Sound Section, Library Of Congress
• Record label: Victor
• Catalogue number: 18688
• Matrix number: B-24344 (Matrix ID)
• Take number: 3
• Disc size: 10-inch
• Performance type: Vocal
• Catalogue subjects: Blues; Vocal; Victor
• Named contributors: Bourdon, Rosario — Conductor; Black, Johnny S. — Composer; Smalle, Ed — Vocalist -- Tenor Vocal; Fisher, Fred — Lyricist; Murray, Billy — Vocalist -- Tenor Vocal; Reitz, William H. — Instrumentalist -- Xylophone

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