Marimba: Historical Recording and Credits

Catalogue description

Victor 18723. Matrix/Take: B-24757/4.

Male vocal solo, with 3 marimbas, violin, and orchestra

Recording and performance details

• Catalogue date: 1920-12-21
• Original format: Sound recording
• Genre: Humorous songs
• Language: English
• Location as catalogued: Camden, New Jersey
• Collection: National Jukebox
• Repository: Recorded Sound Section, Library Of Congress
• Record label: Victor
• Catalogue number: 18723
• Matrix number: B-24757 (Matrix ID)
• Take number: 4
• Disc size: 10-inch
• Performance type: Vocal
• Catalogue subjects: Humorous songs; Vocal; Victor
• Named contributors: Hess, Cliff — Lyricist; Levy, Ted — Instrumentalist -- Marimba; Bourdon, Rosario — Conductor; Rattay, Howard — Instrumentalist -- Marimba; Reitz, William H. — Instrumentalist -- Marimba; Black, Johnny S. — Composer; Gorodetzer, Meyer — Instrumentalist -- Violin; Johnson, Howard E. — Lyricist; Murray, Billy — Vocalist -- Tenor Vocal

Sources and reuse

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