Recording artist:

Dalton, Walter  Search this

Marvin, Frankie  Search this

Manufacturer:

Perfect  Search this

Physical Description:

shellac (overall material)

Measurements:

overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm

Object Name:

sound recording

Place made:

United States: New York, Brooklyn

Recording date:

1928

Description:

<p>Walter Dalton. side 1: Watermelons Smiling on the Vine; side 2: Oklahoma Blues (Perfect 12474)<br>78 rpm. Side 1 was originally recorded in 1928 and released on Cameo 8361. Side 2 was originally recorded in 1928 and released on Cameo 8328.</p>

<p>Walter Dalton is a pseudonym on Perfect for Frank Marvin.</p>

<p>Perfect Records was an American budget record label founded in by Pathé Phonograph and Radio Corporation, in 1922. Perfect and Pathé became part of the original merger of record labels that formed the American Record Corporation, in 1929. Perfect was discontinued in 1938.</p>

Location:

Currently not on view

Related Publication:

Russell, Tony. Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921-1942

ID Number:

1996.0320.14820

Collector/donor number:

13775

Maker number:

12474

Accession number:

1996.0320

Catalog number:

1996.0320.14820

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Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-b27e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_1293746