The Leap Frog Song; I'm a Mad Matador
date: label: recording date
content: 1929
name: label: recording artist
content: Murray, Billy
label: manufacturer
content: Oriole
notes: label: Description
content: <p>Dan Hughes. side 1: The Leap Frog Song; side 2: I'm a Mad Matador (Oriole 1526)<br>78 rpm. Both tracks were released on various Plaza Music Company labels.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Dan Hughes is a pseudonym on Oriole for Billy Murray.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Oriole Records was an American budget record label sold exclusively by McCrory Stores from 1921 to 1938.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The Plaza Music Company was formed in New York City with the Banner Record label, in 1922. The company acquired several smaller labels in the 1920s including Domino, Jewel, Oriole, and Regal. In 1929, the Plaza Music Company, Cameo Record Corporation, and Pathé Phonograph and Radio Corporation merged into the American Record Corporation (ARC). Plaza began a single matrix series for all of its labels in 1923, beginning with 5000. ARC would continue using this system after the merger.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Abrams, Steven. 78 rpm Discographical Project
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0320.18191
label: label number
content: 1526
label: accession number
content: 1996.0320
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0320.18191
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sound recording
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: shellac (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm