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Why, dear?: Historical Recording and Credits

Why, dear?: Catalogue date: 1921-09-20. Original format: Sound recording. Genre: Popular music.

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Catalogue description

Victor 18816. Matrix/Take: B-25614/5.

Jazz/dance band, with piano duet

Recording and performance details

  • Catalogue date: 1921-09-20
  • Original format: Sound recording
  • Genre: Popular music
  • Location as catalogued: New York, New York
  • Collection: National Jukebox
  • Repository: Recorded Sound Section, Library Of Congress
  • Record label: Victor
  • Catalogue number: 18816
  • Matrix number: B-25614 (Matrix ID)
  • Take number: 5
  • Disc size: 10-inch
  • Performance type: Instrumental
  • Catalogue subjects: Victor; Instrumental; Popular music
  • Named contributors: Smith, Joseph C. — Leader; Banta, Frank E. — Instrumentalist -- Piano; Frey, Hugo — Instrumentalist -- Piano; Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra — Musical Group; Cohen, Henry R. — Composer

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