It's hard to kiss your sweetheart when the last kiss means good-bye: Historical Recording and Credits

It's hard to kiss your sweetheart when the last kiss means good-bye: Catalogue date: 1909-09-03. Original format: Sound recording. Genre: Popular music.

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Catalogue description

Victor 16377. Matrix/Take: B-8119/00.

Male vocal solo, with orchestra

Recording and performance details

Catalogue date: 1909-09-03
Original format: Sound recording
Genre: Popular music
Language: English
Location as catalogued: Camden, New Jersey [unconfirmed]
Collection: National Jukebox
Repository: Recorded Sound Section, Library Of Congress
Record label: Victor
Catalogue number: 16377
Matrix number: B-8119 (Matrix ID)
Take number: 00
Disc size: 10-inch
Performance type: Vocal
Catalogue subjects: Vocal; Victor; Popular music
Named contributors: Roden, Robert F. — Lyricist; Mills, Kerry — Composer; Van Brunt, Walter — Vocalist -- Tenor Vocal

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