"Los Angeles Town": Museum Object and Cultural History
"Los Angeles Town": publishing date: 1981. composer; lyricist: Pickens, Watie Riley. composer; lyricist: Cude, Bobby Lee.
The object in the museum catalogue
The sheet music for “Los Angeles Town” says that it was presented by Watie Riley Pickens and Bobby Lee Cude as a commemorative song in celebration of Los Angeles’ bi-Centennial. The sheet music was published by Cude & Pickens Publishers of Daytona Beach, Florida in 1981. The cover features a picture of a projector that is casting an image of the music’s title on a black background.
Materials, dates and provenance
- publishing date: 1981
- composer; lyricist: Pickens, Watie Riley
- composer; lyricist: Cude, Bobby Lee
- publisher: Cude & Pickens Publishing
- Object Name: sheet music
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 12 in x 9 in; 30.48 cm x 22.86 cm
- place made: United States: Florida, Daytona Beach
- ID Number: 1981.0531.01
- accession number: 1981.0531
- catalog number: 1981.0531.01
- Credit Line: Gift of Bobby Lee Cude and Watie Riley Pickens
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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