I wonder why: Historical Recording and Credits

Catalogue description

Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra

Victor 18270. Matrix/Take: B-19317/3.

Recording and performance details

• Catalogue date: 1917-02-28
• Original format: Sound recording
• Genre: Musical theater
• Language: English
• Location as catalogued: Camden, New Jersey
• Collection: National Jukebox
• Repository: Recorded Sound Section, Library Of Congress
• Record label: Victor
• Catalogue number: 18270
• Matrix number: B-19317 (Matrix ID)
• Take number: 3
• Disc size: 10-inch
• Performance type: Vocal
• Catalogue subjects: Vocal; Musical theater; Victor
• Named contributors: Pasternack, Josef — Conductor; Smith, Harry Bache — Lyricist; Harris, Marion — Vocalist -- Soprano Vocal; Kern, Jerome — Composer; Murray, Billy — Vocalist -- Tenor Vocal

Sources and reuse

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