The Yankee Doodle blues: Historical Recording and Credits

Catalogue description

Male vocal duet, with orchestra

Victor 18959. Matrix/Take: B-26885/5.

Recording and performance details

• Catalogue date: 1922-09-29
• Original format: Sound recording
• Genre: Blues
• Language: English
• Location as catalogued: Camden, New Jersey
• Collection: National Jukebox
• Repository: Recorded Sound Section, Library Of Congress
• Record label: Victor
• Catalogue number: 18959
• Matrix number: B-26885 (Matrix ID)
• Take number: 5
• Disc size: 10-inch
• Performance type: Vocal
• Catalogue subjects: Blues; Vocal; Victor
• Named contributors: Gershwin, George — Composer; Bourdon, Rosario — Conductor; Smalle, Ed — Vocalist -- Tenor Vocal; Murray, Billy — Vocalist -- Tenor Vocal; De Sylva, B. G. — Lyricist; Caesar, Irving — Lyricist

Sources and reuse

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