In the Jail House Now; Frankie and Johnnie
date: label: recording date
content: 1929
name: label: recording artist
content: West Virginia Rail Splitter
label: recording artist
content: Arkansas Woodchopper
label: manufacturer
content: Champion
notes: label: Description
content: <p>West Virginia Rail Splitter. side 1: In the Jail House Now; side 2: Frankie and Johnnie (Champion 15852)<br>78 rpm. This coupling was initially released on Gennett 7036.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>West Virginia Rail Splitter is a pseudonym on Champion for The Arkansas Woodchopper.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Champion was a budget label manufactured by Gennett, the premier label of the Starr Piano Company, maker of pianos, phonographs, and records. Champion records were originally manufactured and sold by Kresge stores but became more widely available through other retailers. The Champion label was active from 1925 to 1934. The Champion trademark was sold to Decca Records, which continued to issue releases on Champion from 1935 to 1936</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, Richmond
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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: Russell, Tony. Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921-1942
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0320.24736
label: accession number
content: 1996.0320
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0320.24736
label: collector/donor number
content: 13796
label: maker number
content: 15852
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