"The Song Without a Name"
date: label: publishing date
content: early 1930s
name: label: lyricist; composer
content: Russell, Benee
label: depicted; performing artist
content: Vallee, Rudy
label: publisher
content: Leo Feist, Inc.
label: publisher
content: Radio Music Company Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This sheet music for the song "The Song Without a Name" was written and composed by Benee Russell and sung by Rudy Vallee. This fox trot was published by the Radio Music Company Inc. of New York, New York, in the early 1930's. The cover notes that the song is “The prize-winning song in the Song of the Year Contest conducted by the N.Y. Evening Graphic. “ The red, white, and blue cover has a photograph of Rudy Vallee in the background, with a cartoon image of a pianist playing a grand piano in the foreground.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York
topic: label: Subject
content: Radio
label: related event
content: Song of the Year Contest
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Sheet Music
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0439.45
label: accession number
content: 1982.0439
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0439.45
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sheet music
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 1/4 in x 9 in; 31.115 cm x 22.86 cm