King of the Delta Blues Singers: Museum Object and Cultural History
King of the Delta Blues Singers: release date: 1961. recording artist: Johnson, Robert. manufacturer: Columbia.
The object in the museum catalogue
Robert Johnson. King of the Delta Blues Singers (Columbia CL 1654). 33-1/3 rpm.
The cover art for this album was made by American art director, graphic designer, photographer, and author Burt Goldblatt (1924-2006). Goldblatt is best known for creating the covers of jazz albums for record companies CBS, Decca, Atlantic, Savoy, Roost, Bethlehem, and Jolly Roger.
Materials, dates and provenance
- release date: 1961
- recording artist: Johnson, Robert
- manufacturer: Columbia
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: vinyl (overall material)
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 12 in; x 30.48 cm
- place made: United States
- ID Number: 1996.3034.09212
- catalog number: 1996.3034.09212
- label number: CL 1654
- nonaccession number: 1996.3034
- Credit Line: Gift of Robert B. Campbell in memory of Dorothy and William Campbell
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of American History through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed.
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