Empty Bed Blues; Keep Knocking (But You Can't Come In): Museum Object and Cultural History
Empty Bed Blues; Keep Knocking (But You Can't Come In): recording date: 1938. recording artist: Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys. manufacturer: Columbia.
The object in the museum catalogue
Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys. side 1: Empty Bed Blues; side 2: Keep Knocking (But You Can't Come In) (Columbia 37629). 78 rpm. This coupling was initially released on Vocalion/Okeh 04184.
Materials, dates and provenance
- recording date: 1938
- recording artist: Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys
- 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: 1996.0320.25234
- accession number: 1996.0320
- catalog number: 1996.0320.25234
- collector/donor number: 17257
- maker number: 37629
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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