Sugar Foot Stomp; Hocus Pocus: Museum Object and Cultural History
Sugar Foot Stomp; Hocus Pocus: recording date: 1931. recording date: 1934. recording artist: Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra.
The object in the museum catalogue
side 1: Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra. Sugar Foot Stomp; side 2: Connie's Inn Orchestra. Hocus Pocus (Bluebird B-10247). 78 rpm. Side 1 was originally recorded in 1931 and released on Victor 22721. Side 2 was originally recorded in 1934 and released on Bluebird B-5682. Connie's Inn Orchestra was a pseudonym for Fletcher Henderson and his Orhestra on this recording.
Connie’s Inn Orchestra was a name used for bands that played at Connie’s Inn, a club at Seventh Avenue and 131st Street in Harlem, from 1923 to 1934. Notable musicians who performed at the club include Fletcher Henderson, Louis Armstrong, Harlan Lattimore, and Wilber Sweatman.
Materials, dates and provenance
- recording date: 1931
- recording date: 1934
- recording artist: Fletcher Henderson and his Orchestra
- manufacturer: Bluebird
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm
- place made: United States: New Jersey, Camden
- ID Number: 1988.0698.1285
- catalog number: 1988.0698.1285
- accession number: 1988.0698
- collector/donor number: H89
- maker number: B-10247
- Credit Line: Gift of Howard A. Guernsey (through Richard L. Guernsey)
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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