Somebody Changed the Lock on My Door / Wynonie's Blues: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

This is a 78 rpm recording of the single "Somebody Changed the Lock on My Door" backed with "Wynonie's Blues" recorded by Wynonie Harris. The black shellac disc has a black circular central label with white text around the top margin that reads “ MASTERWORKS IN JAZZ.” Under the text there is a drawing of a male figure, shown from the shoulders up. The figure is turning his head over his left shoulder. Across the bottom half of the drawing if large white text that reads “APOLLO.” Under this text on the proper right side is smaller text that reads “Vocal Blues.” The bottom half of the label has large white text at the top that reads “WYNONIE’S BLUES / (Wynonie Harris) / Wynonie “Blues” Harris / with / Illinois Jacquet and his / All Stars.” There is no jacket or sleeve with this album. The release number of the record is 362.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1945
• Published by: Apollo Records, American, 1944 - 1962
• Recorded by: Wynonie Harris, American, 1915 - 1969
• Type: 78 rpm records
• Medium: vinyl , ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: Diameter: 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Blues (Music)
• Topic: Rhythm and blues (Music)
• Object number: 2011.173.97
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Savanna Vaughn and C. Warfield Clark, M.D.
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © 1945 Apollo Records Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.