Shadow Dancing; Let It Be Me Vinyl: Museum Object and Cultural History
Shadow Dancing; Let It Be Me Vinyl: release date: 1978. recording artist: Gibb, Andy. Object Name: sound recording.
The object in the museum catalogue
This is the 7-inch 45 rpm vinyl record containing Andy Gibb’s single “Shadow Dancing” and the B-side “Let it Be Me,” released in the United States in 1978. “Shadow Dancing” was written by Andy Gibb with his brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb of Bee Gees fame. “Shadow Dancing” hit number one on the United States Billboard Hot 100 in June of 1978, and was Andy Gibbs third consecutive number one hit after “I Just Want to Be Your Everything” and “(Love is) Thicker Than Water.”
Materials, dates and provenance
- release date: 1978
- recording artist: Gibb, Andy
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Physical Description: vinyl (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 7 in; 17.78 cm
- place made: United States: California, Los Angeles
- ID Number: 1982.0095.07
- accession number: 1982.0095
- catalog number: 1982.0095.07
- Credit Line: Gift of Dick Clark
- 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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