Forty and Tight; Piggly Wiggly: Museum Object and Cultural History
Forty and Tight; Piggly Wiggly: recording date: 1929. recording artist: Dodds, Johnny. recording artist: Beale Street Washboard Band.
The object in the museum catalogue
Johnny Dodds with The Beale Street Washboard Band. side 1: Forty and Tight; side 2: Piggly Wiggly (Brunswick 80076). 78 rpm. Both tracks were originally recorded in 1929 and released on Vocalion 1403.
Materials, dates and provenance
- recording date: 1929
- recording artist: Dodds, Johnny
- recording artist: Beale Street Washboard Band
- manufacturer: Brunswick
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm
- place made: United States
- ID Number: 1988.0698.0508
- catalog number: 1988.0698.0508
- accession number: 1988.0698
- collector/donor number: B63
- maker number: 80076
- Credit Line: Gift of Howard A. Guernsey (through Richard L. Guernsey)
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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