Weary Blues; Franklin Street Blues: Museum Object and Cultural History
Weary Blues; Franklin Street Blues: recording date: 1942. recording artist: Bunk Johnson's Jazz Band. recording artist: Johnson, Willie "Bunk".
The object in the museum catalogue
Bunk Johnson's Jazz Band. side 1: Weary Blues; side 2: Franklin Street Blues (Jazz Information 12). 78 rpm.
Jazz Information was a record label distributed by Commodore Records that produced recordings of Bunk Johnson in 1942.
Materials, dates and provenance
- recording date: 1942
- recording artist: Bunk Johnson's Jazz Band
- recording artist: Johnson, Willie "Bunk"
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- ID Number: 1988.0698.1414
- catalog number: 1988.0698.1414
- accession number: 1988.0698
- collector/donor number: J28
- maker number: 12
- Credit Line: Gift of Howard A. Guernsey (through Richard L. Guernsey)
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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