Whiffenpoof Song; Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries: Museum Object and Cultural History
Whiffenpoof Song; Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries: release date: 1942. recording date: 1937. recording artist: Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees.
The object in the museum catalogue
Rudy Vallée and his Connecticut Yankees. side 1: Whiffenpoof Song; side 2: Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries (RCA Victor 27843), from the album, Heigh Ho Everybody (RCA Victor P 111). 78 rpm. Side 1 was recorded in 1937 and initially released on Bluebird B-7135. Side 2 was recorded in 1937 and initially released on Bluebird B-7368. This album was released in 1942.
Materials, dates and provenance
- release date: 1942
- recording date: 1937
- recording artist: Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees
- manufacturer: RCA Victor
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm
- place made: United States: New Jersey, Camden
- ID Number: 1981.0656.527
- maker number: 27843
- maker number: P 111
- accession number: 1981.0656
- catalog number: 1981.0656.527
- Credit Line: Gift of Eula W. Wake in Memory of Harry Wake
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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