It Hurts So Good; Screenin' the Blues: Museum Object and Cultural History
It Hurts So Good; Screenin' the Blues: recording date: 1929. release date: 1946. recording artist: Rodgers, Ike.
The object in the museum catalogue
Ike Rodgers. side 1: It Hurts So Good; side 2: Screenin' the Blues (Century 3003). 78 rpm. Both tracks were originally recorded in 1929 and released on Paramount 12816. This pressing was released in 1946.
Century was a bootleg label founded by Sam Meltzer in New York, active from 1946 to April 1949. The label re-issued hot jazz recordings from the 1920s originally released by Paramount, Gennett, and QRS.
Materials, dates and provenance
- recording date: 1929
- release date: 1946
- recording artist: Rodgers, Ike
- manufacturer: Century
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- ID Number: 1988.0698.2022
- catalog number: 1988.0698.2022
- accession number: 1988.0698
- collector/donor number: R33
- maker number: 3003
- Credit Line: Gift of Howard A. Guernsey (through Richard L. Guernsey)
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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